In case you hadn't noticed — and how could you not? — these are not good times for motor sports.

Yes, those were empty seats you saw Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and television ratings for the Indy 500 reached record lows.

Plus, it also rained on NASCAR's day, figuratively and literally. And who knows where all the problems in the auto industry will leave NASCAR at the end of this season.

But off-road racing has been hit particularly hard in recen ...

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