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TOMAC SETS THE PACE
The 2018 United States Pro Motocross Championships got underway on Saturday for the landmark 50th running of the Hangtown Motocross Classic in California. In the premier 450 class, reigning champion Eli Tomac (Kawasaki) captured back-to-back opening round wins. New Zealand’s … Continue reading →
FERRIS BUILDS ON HIS LEAD
Defending champion Dean Ferris continued to blitz the MX1 field and build upon his already sizeable lead in the Australian Motocross Nationals during a damp day of racing at round four of 10 in the series on Wonthaggi’s dark sand … Continue reading →
A KIWI DOUBLE-WHAMMY
It was a thrilling weekend for the New Zealand-based Altherm JCR Yamaha Racing Team with two of its riders topping the podium in two very different corners of the world. Otago’s Courtney Duncan was unbeatable at the third round of … Continue reading →
HERLINGS AND PRADO AGAIN
Round eight of the FIM Motocross World Championship’s 2018 season, the MXGP of Germany, wrapped up at Teutschenthal at the weekend with the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team celebrating wins by its rider Jeffrey Herlings (in the MXGP class) … Continue reading →
MOTOFEST WORTH ANOTHER LOOK
We know you’ll enjoy this extended highlights package from Hampton Downs in March, that weekend’s inaugural MotoFest event doubling as the third round of four of the 2018 New Zealand Superbike Championships. The two-day festival of motorcycling promised a huge … Continue reading →
‘KIWI GIRL’ BACK IN ACTION
The 2018 MXGP World Championship continues this weekend at the hilly Teutschenthal circuit for the eighth round of the season, the MXGP of Germany, an event that also represents the third round of six in the FIM Women’s Motocross World … Continue reading →
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EURO BATTLE FOR KIWI RIDERS
Two of the FIM European Motocross Championships classes – EMX250 and EMX125 – shared the programme with the weekend’s MXGP of Latvia, the two European classes featuring Kiwi riders Dylan Walsh and James Scott. Canterbury man Walsh (Husqvarna) managed ninth … Continue reading →
INTO THE MXGP CAULDRON
Australian Todd Waters chats ahead of his return to Grand Prix racing in Latvia this weekend. It’s a big weekend for him, stepping in to replace the injured Brian Bogers, but not an overwhelming one because he has plenty of … Continue reading →
BUSY WEEKEND IN LATVIA
The weekend will be a busy one at Kegums, in Latvia, as it is jam-packed with both MXGP and EMX motocross championship racing. Adding to the schedule is the classes of EMX250 and EMX125. Watch out for points leaders Martin … Continue reading →
A HARD MAN TO PIN DOWN
Bay of Plenty’s Brad Groombridge is never one to be placed in a pigeon hole. The 27-year-old Taupo locksmith is a leading rider on the national motocross, enduro, cross-country and TT racing scenes and he simply can’t be classified, buttoned-down, … Continue reading →
ANDRELL SPRINGS A SURPRISE
It was something of a dream outing for Auckland’s Joseph Andrell, the 29-year-old competing at the 2018 edition of the New Zealand Mini TT Championships near Taupiri at the weekend. The Landscape gardener from Orewa shifts dirt for a living, … Continue reading →
SMITH WAS UNTOUCHABLE
It was more than just a training exercise, but the pace of former national motocross champion Hayden Smith at the weekend’s New Zealand Miniature TT Championships showed he certainly was ready for his upcoming World Junior Motocross Championships bid in … Continue reading →
TOWNLEY FIGHTS BACK
Former world motocross champion Ben Townley is back on the KTM bike brand he rode to win that world title and he’s obviously loving it. Though now retired from racing fulltime, the Bay of Plenty father-of-three used some of that … Continue reading →
REST IN PEACE ERIC
The motocross world is in mourning today with news that Five-time former motocross world champion Eric ‘The Kid’ Geboers has passed away. He jumped out of a pleasure boat at recreational lake Miramar in Mol, Belgium, on Sunday evening, in … Continue reading →
HANNON READY TO STEP UP
“Simply the best” and “unstoppable” were phrases used by the commentator to describe Cambridge’s Jared Hannon as he blitzed the field on his way to winning the 8-12 years’ 85cc class at the Kawasaki-sponsored annual New Zealand Mini TT Championships … Continue reading →
SUPERCROSS HISTORY MADE
It was an historic and monumental night for Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Jason Anderson and his team at the final round of the 2018 Monster Energy Supercross championship held in Las Vegas. Having never captured a 450SX championship since … Continue reading →
TT CHAMPS WERE A BLAST
Bikes were pushed to breaking point at the annual New Zealand Mini TT Championships near Taupiri at the weekend, with riders twisting throttles to the stops in a bid for title glory. All competitors relished the perfect riding conditions over … Continue reading →
PLENTY OF INCENTIVE
MX Sports Pro Racing has announced that $6.5 million in prize money and contingency will be on the line for this season’s Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championships in the United States.
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