Jessica Patterson, sponsored by Bad
Boy Power Drink, will be competing in the Women's Motocross
event in X Games 14, the biggest and most prestigious
alternative sports competition on the planet. Women's
Moto X Racing will include ten of the top women motocross
racers in the world competing for the gold medal and a prize
purse in the first-time event. The competition will take place
on Friday, August 1st, and Saturday, August 2nd at the Home
Depot Center sports complex in Carson, California. Seeding
will take place on Friday from 4:30 to 5:30pm, with the main
event at 1:15 on Saturday. The main event will be carried live
on ABC beginning at 4:00pm ET on Saturday to an estimated
television audience in the tens of millions.
"Adding women's motocross to X
Games this year is great timing and a perfect fit," said
Rick Alessandri, managing director, X Games Franchise.
"We are committed to expanding the female participation
at this world-class event, and the women's motocross circuit
demonstrates unbelievable talent deserving recognition on the
X Games stage."
Patterson, five-time AMA/WMA Women's
Motocross National Champion, and the most accomplished rider
in the history of the WMA, will ride the # 250 Bad Boy Power
Drink - Honda of Houston - Fox Racing Honda.
"Jessica Patterson, and the nine
world-renowned competitors that she's racing against in X
Games 14, will finally get a venue that will show the entire
planet just how talented, dedicated, and incredibly fast, the
best women Moto X riders are," said Jeff Engle, U.S.
Sales Manager for Bad Boy Power Drink. "This Saturday,
all of Bad Boy's employees, our distributors and our national
chain partners, will be rooting for the best woman rider in
the world to take the gold in X Games 14, Bad Girl Jessica
Patterson."
Twenty hours of live X Games
programming on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, will be aired July 31 -
August 3, as well as on ESPN International, EXPN.com, ESPN
Classic, ESPN360.com, SportsCenter and ESPN2's X Center.