Kirk Gibbs finally broke MX1 Championship leader Dean Ferris’ six round winning streak and collected his first round win of 2017, at the weekend’s seventh round of 10 of the Australian Motocross Championships at Shepparton in Victoria.
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American visitor Kyle Peters is preparing for the seventh instalment of the Australian Motocross Championships being held at Shepparton in Victoria this Sunday and, following what was a difficult event at Nowra, he is determined to turn things around.
This weekend it is the seventh round of 10 in this year’s Australian Motocross Championships, set for Shepparton, in country Victoria on Sunday, and it’s crunch time for title hopefuls.
Matamata’s Brodie Connolly (KTM), likely to be one of the Kiwi crew to tackle the 2017 Oceania Championships after he won the 12-14 years’ 85cc class at the New South Wales junior state titles event at Lake Macquarie, Sydney, last week. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com
There is perhaps no greater international sporting rivalry than the one that exists between Pacific Ocean near-neighbours Australia and New Zealand.
Three wins from three starts and using three different bikes, Manawatu’s Paul Whibley made it a triple treat in every way possible when the Dirt Guide Cross-country Series wrapped up near Tokoroa on Sunday.
Australian Formula One car driver Daniel Ricciardo says he has admiration for the mental and physical strength that MotoGP star Valentino Rossi shows as he continues to win races and be at the top of his sport for 21 years.
Round seven of the United States Motocross Championships at Southwick, in Massachusetts, at the weekend saw some of the world’s best riders rip up the sand at what was probably the most physically-demanding tracks of the season thus far.
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