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PIT BITS - 2026 U.S. National Champs 5

Tech, sun, asphalt, good times.

Jason_Schroeder
7/24/2026 7:47am
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Heather Young brings us some behind-the-scenes action from the pits at U.S. National Champs!
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Canyon is positioned to have a good weekend with Aletha and Luca gunning for Natty sleeves!
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The positioning of the Intense van in the background is fun
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AG w/o AG-2 grips?!
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Certified Unc grips
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The Unc in question 
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Trimmed down pit setup this week for Pinky and his mechanic, Marc Maurissen.
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Maxxis' new "HD Men" casing
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east coast
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Good Guy
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Good Boy
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Good Boy 2.0
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Mr. Juan Hall in his happy place—wrenching for Intense Factory Racing
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Teagan Heap, one thumbs up for the weekend
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ZFR Race Team looking so pro!
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T-Swerve - our track POV dust-eating warrior
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Stack 'em 
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Damp 'em
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Float 'em
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The dust producer
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Yeti is another team, like Canyon, with two top contenders for the sleeve this weekend.
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Mouth de la west this week!

Don't miss Vital Raw from practice yesterday!

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Zuestman
2 days ago

Heather absolutely slaying the pit bits!

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big b
2 days ago

Luca to Frameworks???

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TEAMROBOT
1 day ago

Luca, Richie, Asa, Pinkerton, Maples, Gwin, and many more who legitimately have the chance to win- is this the most competitive senior men's USA national champs since the 90's or eeeeeearly 2000's? And I'm sure I'm forgetting someone important in my list.

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