Auckland’s Chris Birch won five out of six rounds of the New Zealand Enduro Championships last season and the Kiwi motorcycling legend is already threatening to do the same or similar again this year.
GREAT NIGHT FOR KTM FACTORY
American Ryan Dungey and Frenchman Marvin Musquin made it a great night out for the US Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team on Saturday picking up wins in both the 450cc and 250cc class races, as the competition moved to the East Coast for the first time in 2015.
SMITH TAKES FIRST BLOOD
It is perhaps too early to be making bold predictions, but Mokau’s Adrian Smith is certainly on target to make it national cross-country title No.5 this season.
LOOKING BACK IN TIME
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COVERING THE HOT SPOTS
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THE CHASE IS ON
Taupo’s Cohen Chase is accustomed now to winning motocross titles – he’s won plenty over the past few years – but he has yet to crack the No.1 at senior championship level.
It is probably just a matter of time.
SEASON SET TO BLAST OFF
The New Zealand Cross-country Championships will feature added fury this season with the return to domestic racing of Kiwi international Paul Whibley.
PERFECT BEGINNING
It was a perfect beginning to the motocross season for young Australian Jay Wilson at the weekend.
ROUND TWO AT WHANGAMATA
Auckland’s Chris Birch knows he has a target on his back and he’ll feel it again in Whangamata this weekend.
DICKEY WRAPS UP SERIES
A runner-up finish on Sunday was more than enough for Kawasaki rider Jason Dickey to wrap up the Bel Ray Cross-country Series for 2015.
COLUMB BACK ON TOP
Queenstown motocross racer Scott Columb was given the hard word by his race team boss just after Christmas, ‘shape up or ship out’.
He shaped up.
UPSETS AND SURPRISES
Upsets and surprises was the theme of the day’s racing at the first round of four in this season’s New Zealand Motocross Championships in Taranaki on Sunday.
NZ MX CHAMPS ROUND ONE
The big winners at the opening round of the New Zealand Motocross Championships in Taranaki today were Queenstown’s Scotty Columb (MX1), Australia’s Jay Wilson (MX2) and Taupo’s Cohen Chase (125cc).
CANARD TAKES SAN DIEGO
The United States Supercross Championships made its debut inside Petco Park in San Diego on Saturday in front of a sold out crowd of more than 42,000 for the sixth race of the 2015 season.
WINDING BACK TIME
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TEAM FEELING POSITIVE
The Australian KTM Motocross Racing Team is enthusiastically targeting this weekend’s first round of the New Zealand Motocross Championships on the outskirts of New Plymouth, despite the fact that no member of the team has been there before.
COVERING THE EVENTS
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