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Ryan Sipes has a new gig. The former 250SX race winner announced that he has been named team manager of the Rocky Mountain/Red Bear Racing Kawasaki off-road team for 2025 and beyond.
The team, which is owned by off-road racer Stu Baylor, will compete in GNCC and National Enduro this upcoming season.
“New Year, new job 😁
“I am proud to be managing the Rocky Mountain/Red Bear Racing Kawasaki Offroad team for 2025 and beyond. I am super grateful for the opportunity and excited to get back into GNCC and National Enduro racing. The atmosphere is just different in offroad, in a good way. And although I won’t be racing, it’s going to be fun passing along my knowledge to our riders and helping them be their best and achieve their goals.
“Huge thanks to @stewardbaylor514 for trusting me with this. Now that we aren’t competitors, I can finally share my secrets with him 😂
“I was a Team Green rider all throughout my amateur career. It feels good to be back with the brand! The new KX’s are amazing bikes. We have great mechanics. We have winning riders. We have an unbelievable practice facility at @the_shoals_mx. Our whole program is top notch. It’s gonna be a good year 👌🏻
“See yall soon ✌🏻✊🏻”
The Kentucky native turned pro in 2004 and raced professionally over the next 10 years before retiring from full-time racing at the conclusion of the 2013 season. During his pro SX/MX career, Sipes captured three 250SX wins and finished third overall in the 2011 250SX East Region.
After retiring, Sipes found a new place in the sport by racing anything and everything. From off-road to Straight Rhythm to Flat Track to SX and MX, if there was a race, Sipes was probably there.
Eventually, Sipes and Red Bull launched a YouTube series documenting Sipes’ unique schedule called “General Sipes.”
Sipes continued to compete until 2023, when in Jan of that year he sustained a massive injury while training for the upcoming season in Florida. Ryan had a high-speed crash that resulted in an open book pelvis fracture, torn bladder, internal bleeding, broken sacrum, L4, L5 vertebra, and brain bleed. While Sipes has fought back to be close to 100%, the crash ended his career.
Following the crash, Sipes found a home at Jason Baker’s Moto Sandbox facility where he served as a coach before departing earlier this year to take on his new role as team manager.
Main image: Sipes
