Britain’s Tom Sykes took his Kawasaki to extend his World Superbike Championships lead at Portimao, in Portugal, round eight of 13 at the weekend.
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
The defending world champions of MXGP and MX2 respectively won the day at the MXGP of Sweden, round 12 of 18 in the 2014 FIM Motocross World Championships at Uddevalla.
KING FINISHES WORLD No.2
New Zealand’s Darryll King came within a whisker of winning another world title but the Kiwi hero eventually had to settle for the No.2 ranking for 2014 when he was edged out in Sweden at the weekend.
ROCZEN ON TOP
The 2014 United States Motocross Championships reached the halfway point on Saturday with the annual Independence Day tradition at the Red Bull Red Bud National at Buchanan, Michigan, the sixth round of 12 in the series.
TARAWERA 100 WIN No.2
He celebrated a winning debut at the Honda Tarawera 100 cross-country marathon last season and now Bay of Plenty’s Ben Townley has made it two impressive victories in a row.
KING STRIKES FIRST
Multi-time former New Zealand motocross champion Darryll King has tasted first blood at the Veterans’ Motocross Wordl Cup, part of the programme at the Swedish Grand Prix at Uddevalla, round 12 of the world MXGP and MX2 series.
WORKING TOWARDS LATVIA
While Kiwi legend Josh Coppins won’t play a major part at the Motocross of Nations in Latvia this coming September, the former MXoN rider and team manager will still have a huge influence on what transpires at the great event this season.
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WORLDS SET TO COLLIDE
The worlds are set to collide this weekend.
The cross-country world meets the enduro and motocross worlds at the big annual Tarawera 100 near Kawerau on Saturday with top-class riders entered from all the various dirt bike codes.
TAUPO EVENT POSTPONED
Heavy rainfall over the past fews days means that, unfortunately, the High School Motocross Tournament that was to be held tomorrow (July 4) in Taupo has been postponed, with much of the track now under water.
HOW SWEDE IS THAT?
Swedish privateer Fredrik Noren will fill in for the injured Justin Barcia for the remaining rounds of the 2014 United States Motocross Championships, beginning with the Red Bud National at Buchanan, Michigan, this weekend.
KIWI FRIEND INJURED
Britain’s Jake Nicholls has been sidelined with injury.
The Wilvo Forkrent KTM team rider clashed with another rider during the fifth round of the British Championship last weekend at Whitby and broke his finger.
DE LAUTOUR WINS; SMITH LEADS
Mokau’s Adrian Smith may be a record four-time New Zealand cross-country champion, but even he can have an “off day”.
The Yamaha star won the opening round of the popular Dirt Guide Cross-country series in May and he was obvious favourite to win again at round two near Atiamuri on Saturday.
KANTERS MAKES HIS MARK
North King Country’s Hayden Kanters plasters ceilings during the week, but at the weekends it’s his motocross rivals that he likes to plaster, with big sprays of dirt.
MARQUEZ STILL UNBEATEN
MotoGP champion Marc Marquez continues his unbeaten 2014 run to eight in a row despite chaotic weather during Saturday’s Dutch TT at Assen, the eighth round of 18 in the championship in the Netherlands.
MOSIG BREAKS THROUGH
Yamaha rider Kade Mosig has had a fairytale weekend at the sixth round of the Australian Motocross Championships, topping off his first Open race win by taking the overall round honours at Swan Hill in Victoria.
ROCZEN DOES IT AGAIN
Round five of 12 in the United States Motocross Championships produced a wild afternoon of competition on Saturday from one of the newest tracks in the series at Muddy Creek Raceway in Tennessee.
BATTLE OF THE CLUBS
New Zealand has a new champion motorcycle club.
The Tokoroa-based South Waikato Motorcycle Club (SWMC) became the fourth different club in five years to win the big annual Battle of the Clubs motocross – a fundraiser event to help send a Kiwi squad to the “Olympic Games of motocross, the annual Motocross of Nations, in Latvia in September – when they dominated racing at Taupo on Saturday.