New Zealander Ben Townley’s Australian Motocross Championships comeback didn’t last long, the former MX2 world champion crashing out of qualifying at Nowra in New South Wales at the weekend, but the comeback campaign of former Australian champion Daniel Reardon was a huge success on Sunday.
GETTING OUT AND ABOUT
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GIBBS PROMISES MORE
If the opposition thought things were going to get easier from KTM’s pair of championship-leading MX1 factory team riders coming into this weekend’s eighth round of the Australian Motocross Championships, they might have another thought coming.
STILL GOING FULL THROTTLE
As one of Yamaha’s best motocross Grand Prix riders of the modern era, New Zealand’s Josh Coppins brought a lot to the manufacturer and the Italian factory team through his results, determination and professionalism.
TOWNLEY IN AUSTRALIA
Former MX2 world champion Ben Townley will return to the MX Nationals at the eighth round of 10 in the series in Nowra this weekend, once again representing the Penrite Honda Racing team for the second time this year.
HOW SWEDE IT WAS
Sam Love is another Kiwi road-racer who is making waves internationally this season.
BELGIUM THIS WEEKEND
It’s a long way from the mini motocross ranks in New Zealand to where he is today, but Waikato motocross ace Josiah Natzke is on the fast track to the top and, if he can maintain his momentum in Belgium this weekend, he’ll be at the pinnacle of his sport.
WHIBLEY FLIES SOLO
Perhaps Taikorea’s Paul Whibley is twice as good as anyone else on the Kiwi cross-country motorcycling scene.
BACK-TO-BACK WINS
National junior cross-country champion Nick Wightman showed the sort of form that earned him that title when he again won the junior section of the weekend’s Woodhill Two-man Cross-country race.
FEBVRE THE FLYING FRENCHMAN
The slippery, chewed-up clay of Loket, in the Czech Republic, made for tight lap times and edge-of-your-seat racing for everyone except Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube’s Romain Febvre who was in a league of his own this weekend as he blitzed his way to a double race victory for his fifth MXGP overall of the season.
DUNGEY, ON A COUNT-BACK
The weather played a major role at the ninth round of the 2015 United States Motocross Championships on Saturday, as a day of consistent rain provided unique and challenging conditions for the racing at Washougal.
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BACK TO STRENGTH
The Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP team will be back to full operation for the 13th round of the 2015 FIM MXGP World Championship this weekend at Loket and the Grand Prix of Czech Republic, with Clement Desalle set to return from a three race absence due to a knee injury.
WE’LL DRINK TO THAT
BikesportNZ.com Kawasaki rider Scotty Canham tells us what drives him to win.
WILD IN WOODHILL
Round two of the Woodhill Two-man Cross Country series is all go this weekend and is the precursor to Paul Whibley’s round three of the NZXC race at the end of August.
BACK IN ACTION
If you sat down with a certain young man from Bourke, New South Wales, and he told you he was just coming out of retirement at 23 years of age, you’d most likely call his bluff.
HEALTH IS MOST IMPORTANT
Defending world MXGP champion Antonio Cairoli will take a break from riding to allow his recent injury to completely heal, the KTM Motorsports Department has announced.
IT WAS A BIG DAY FOR JAY
It was a special day for Jay Wilson on Sunday.
Not only was the New Zealand MX2 (250cc) champion from Tweed Heads, near Coolangatta, celebrating his 21st birthday at the seventh round of 10 in the Australian Motocross Championships on Sunday, but he was also able to extend his championship advantage at the top of the 250cc class standings.
CHASE LEADS NZXC SERIES
Taupo’s Wyatt Chase seems unstoppable at the moment, with another impressive podium-topping performance in the Manawatu at the weekend.