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- ↑ Spike TV's "The Reality of Speed" reality show to cover lives of AMA Supercross team [ permanent dead link ]; September 12, 2003, SpikeTV press release, Retrieved January 29, 2008
- ↑ Speed Channel Renews Holigan Racing's The Reality of Speed; Erik Arneson; November 21, 2005; Retrieved January 29, 2008