PHILLIPS ON THE ATTACK
Rotorua motocross ace Michael Phillips will be out to make up lost ground this weekend in Australia.
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VINING WINS; SMITH LEADS
This season’s Suzuki North Island Cross-country Championships are shaping into a real clash of the giants and, after round three at the weekend, the title could go in any direction.
Continue reading →LAST THROW OF THE DICE
There is plenty to ride for as the country’s elite motorcycle road-racers head to the Manawatu for the national championships’ grand finale, the fifth and final round, this weekend.
Continue reading →STEWART ARRESTED
Florida’s James “Bubba” Stewart, the black American motocross champion dubbed the “Tiger Woods of supercross” was arrested Monday on suspicion of impersonating an officer and pulling over a vehicle in Osceola County in which two off-duty troopers were riding.
Continue reading →ELECTRIFYING PERFORMANCE
He’s an electrician, an extreme sportsman and he’s sponsored by an explosives company, so you just know that fireworks are going to happen when Sam Love is about.
Continue reading →NO STOPPING COOPER
Mount Maunganui’s Cody Cooper followed through on all the promise he’s been showing this season, clinching the national MX1 motocross crown on Sunday.
Continue reading →KIWIS LEARN HARSH LESSONS
Some harsh lessons were learned by the Kiwi contingent at round two of the British Motocross Championships at Canada Heights, in Kent, at the weekend.
Continue reading →WHIBLEY SLIPS BACK
New Zealand’s Paul Whibley remains on target to win the Grand National Cross-country (GNCC) Championships in the United States this season, despite experiencing mixed results over the first three rounds.
Continue reading →STROUD WINS AGAIN
Superbike title No.9 is in the bag.
Continue reading →MELANDRI AND CHECA
Italy’s Marco Melandri and Spain’s Carlos Checa shared the wins at round two of the 2011 World Superbike Championship at Donington Park, in the United Kingdom, at the weekend.
Continue reading →COOPER BREAKS THROUGH
It has been long overdue, but Mount Maunganui’s Cody Cooper has finally clinched that most coveted of New Zealand motocross titles, the senior MX1 crown.
Continue reading →REED’S ON TOP
Australian Supercross star Chad Reed has achieved another major career milestone today, taking his privateer TwoTwo Motorsports team to the top of the leader board in the 2011 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championships.
Continue reading →BUGDEN QUICKEST
Brisbane Suzuki ace Robbie Bugden was quickest at a damp Hampton Downs today as riders completed qualifying ahead of tomorrow’s fourth round of five in this year’s Castrol Power 1 New Zealand Superbike Championships.
Continue reading →BOYS ON FILM AGAIN
Thanks to the crew at Ilabb, we can bring you part three of their documentary on the Demon Energy New Zealand Motocross Championships.
Continue reading →SMART TACTICS
A steady as you go approach may be the order of the day for Inglewood’s Midge Smart this weekend.
Continue reading →LOOKING FOR A CLEAN SWEEP
Waikato’s Darryll King is determined to make it a clean sweep of titles on Sunday for the team that bears his initials.
Continue reading →ROCKING IN SPAIN
Motocross legend turned team manager Stefan Everts takes time out to introduce his KTM factory team for 2011.
Continue reading →BACK ON HOME TURF
A homecoming of sorts may be just the psychological edge that Darryll King needs to race his way to yet another national motocross crown on Sunday.
Continue reading →GATHERING MOMENTUM
The motocross season continues to gather momentum for MX1 world champion Tony Cairoli and former champion David Philippaerts.
Continue reading →DE DYCKER DOMINATES
Belgium’s Ken De Dycker delivered another perfect performance at the second round of the Dutch Motocross Championship in Halle at the weekend.
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