With eight years of Motocross of Nations experience under his wheels, not to mention five national MX1 crowns to his credit, including the title he won earlier this year, Honda’s Cody Cooper was always going to be one of the favoured riders competing at Taupo on Saturday.
Manawatu motorcycle ace Paul Whibley has strengthened his stranglehold on this season’s three-round Dirt Guide Cross-country Series after taking another solid win at round two near Tokoroa on Sunday.
It’s difficult to imagine a better home GP for a rider than the one that Tony Cairoli experienced at the weekend in Ottobiano, in Italy, in front of thousands of his adoring fans all cheering loudly for their hero.
It was a case of one big day working for the benefit of another when bikes blasted out of the start gate at the eighth annual Battle of the Clubs motocross in Taupo on Saturday.
Colorado’s Eli Tomac struck back at round five of the United States Motocross Championships at Muddy Creek Raceway, in Tennessee, at the weekend.
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The naming of the three-rider squad to represent New Zealand at the upcoming Motocross of Nations in England will be delayed for at least a month.
Now more than five months into the job, it’s fair to say that Aucklander Virginia Henderson is now well settled in and she has a firm grip at the helm of New Zealand’s most important motorbike organisation.
