Team New Zealand’s international motocross campaign is back on track.
Waikato teenager Callum Paterson has never before raced at the sandy Taikorea Motorcycle Park facility, on the outskirts of Palmerston North, but that’s no reason not to expect him to win there on Sunday.
While Canterbury’s Dylan Walsh is making waves in Europe this season, he’s also fiercely keen to return to New Zealand at the end of the year and “settle some unfinished business”.
This weekend’s fourth round of seven in the popular NZXC cross-country series could be make or break time for a couple of riders with trophy-winning aspirations.
The 2017 United States Motocross Championship returned to action following its final break of the season for the Unadilla National from Unadilla Motocross Park, New York, at the weekend.
Spain’s Marc Marquez is probably the last person a rider would want breathing down their neck, when leading into the final corner of a MotoGP race.
It was Dutchman Jeffrey Herlings and Frenchman Benoit Paturel who stole the show at the Swiss motocross Grand Prix at Frauenfeld-Gachnang at the weekend.
Yamaha’s Dean Ferris finished 1-1 in the MX1 class at the ninth round of 10 in the Australian MX Champs at Toowoomba at the weekend, successfully defending his MX1 title with a round to spare.
It will be three of the fastest motocross racers that the United States who will represent the country at the 2017 FIM Motocross of Nations at Matterley Basin in Winchester, United Kingdom, on October 1.