There were mixed feelings for Queenstown’s Scott Columb after he won on debut with the new Yamaha YZ450F bike at the weekend’s big annual Michael Godfrey Memorial Motocross near Christchurch.
MARQUEZ DOES IT AGAIN
MotoGP champion Marc Marquez continued his perfect season at a dramatic Italian Grand Prix, decided in his favour by a last lap pass and 0.123s victory over fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo.
MOTOCROSS TRAGEDY
The New Zealand motocross community has been saddened by news yesterday of the death of rising young star Trent Haywood.
DESALLE PREVAILS IN FRANCE
Round nine of the FIM Motocross World Championship allowed the crowd to fully appreciate the blistering fast speeds the riders of MXGP carry as they held the throttles on their four stroke machines wide open up and down hard clay based hills of Saint Jean d’Angely in southern France.
ROCZEN BREAKS THROUGH
The 2014 United States Motocross Championships made its second and final stop in the state of California on Saturday for round two of the 12-race championship series.
DUNLOP WINS SUPERBIKE TT
New Zealand’s Bruce Anstey set a new outright lap record on his way to finishing fourth overall in the six-lap Superbike TT at the Isle of Man overnight.
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KIWI RIDERS IN A FIGHT
The Kiwi riders are continuing to chip away at the Grand National Cross-country Championships in the United States, with more solid results achieved at the latest round of the series at the weekend.
Pahiatua’s Paul Whibley finished eighth in the XC1 Pro Class at round seven of the GNCC at Masontown, West Virginia, at the weekend and Auckland’s Callan May claimed 13th spot overall in the XC2 Pro Lites division.
KIWIS MAKE AN IMPACT
The love-hate sporting relationship between New Zealand and Australia has really been put to the test this season with the Kiwi motocross men stirring up their Australia cousins across the Tasman.
HARWOOD UNDER THE RADAR
South Islander Hamish Harwood won the championship in the under-19 motocross grade in Australia last season and now he’s determined to back that up by also scooping the main prize in the senior MX2 class this season.
FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
Taumarunui’s Adam Blackburn is going from strength to strength in his cross-country motorcycle racing career and the 28-year-old puts his recent success down to one thing … his new bike, a GasGas XC200.
CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE
Ever wondered what motorcycle cross-country racing is all about? Here’s your chance to find out.
The seventh annual running of the Dirt Guide Cross-country Series kicks off at Tar Hill, just south of Tokoroa, this weekend (May 31) and the popular three-round competition presents as an ideal opportunity for novice or first-time racers to become initiated in the sport.
MacKENZIE TAKES WIN
Scottish rider Billy Mackenzie claimed the overall round win in the Monster MX1 class, at the fifth round of 10 in the 2014 Australian Motocross Championships at Wanneroo, on the outskirts of Perth, on Sunday.
WARD STUNS; HARWOOD MOVES UP
Teenage privateer Caleb Ward stunned the established stars by winning the MX2 class at round four of the Australian Motocross Championships at Wanneroo, on the outskirts of Perth in Western Australia, at the weekend.
CAIROLI AND HERLINGS DOMINATE
Thanks to the endless hours spent on the track overnight, moving mud and fixing jumps, the circuit of Matterley Basin was primed and ready for Sunday’s British Grand Prix, round eight of the FIM Motocross World Championships, which fell perfectly into the hands of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s duo of champions Antonio Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings.
HISTORY MADE AT GLEN HELEN
More than 27,000 fans witnessed a historical afternoon of racing at Saturday’s 2014 United States Motocross Championship season opener, which took place in San Bernardino, California.
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TOWNLEY STEPS IN
Former MX2 World Motocross Champion Ben Townley will return to the Penrite Oil Honda Racing Team to contest the MX1 class at this weekend’s fifth round of the Australian Motocross Championships at Perth’s Wanneroo circuit.