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A crisp and sunny afternoon in Shropshire, England, saw Suzuki take a double victory at the annual Hawkstone Park International; the third and final major pre-season meeting in Europe. |
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After his emphatic win at the opening meeting of the year in Mantova, Italy - Shaun Simpson's pre-season preparations have not gone to plan for the second outing in a row. Having only recently recovered from the tumble he sustained in France a couple of weeks ago, Simpson was once again in the wars, this time back on home soil at the Hawkstone Park International meeting. |
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THE 2010 Maxxis British Motocross Championship got under way at the Little Silver circuit amid rumours that a severe weather warning for the South West would put the meeting on hold. |
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ROCKSTAR Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey re-claimed his grasp on the Monster Energy AMA Supercross and FIM World Championships after he took his third championship win at round eight of the series inside Atlanta’s legendary Georgia Dome. Title contender Ryan Villopoto had a disastrous night with a big crash and could only grab two points after finishing in 19th overall. |
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TWO names topped the results columns at Bracken Rocks on Sunday at the opening round of the ACU British A and B Youth Trials Championship, Kent’s hot property Chris Short, and MRS Sherco teamster Luke Walker. However, to say they took the opposition apart would be the biggest understatement of the year. |
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JUST one-week after the series opener, the North Berks MCC Wallace Cup Trial, the Stratford-upon Avon MCC’s Colmore Cup Trial attracted an entry of over 100 riders, including 50 Novogar contenders to test their mettle on the slippery banks, roots and streams in the Moreton-in-the-Marsh area of Gloucestershire. |
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WITH near torrential rain covering the South East of England last weekend, the opening round of the Metzeler ACU British Enduro Championship, organised by the Diss MCC, proved to be one of the toughest, and certainly the wettest, BEC season openers in recent memory. |
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Suzuki’s Tom Sagar and Paul Edmondson climbed to the top of their respective podiums yesterday as they won a class each at the opening round of the Metzeler British Enduro Championship at Thetford Forest in Norfolk. |
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The first round of the 2010 Maxxis British championship started in fine style for the entire PAR Honda team at Little Silver in Devon. |
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As you may have noticed in Trials + Motocross News of late we have been looking for a new Gobstopper Girl to grace the pages of our Classified section each week! So now there is only one last question... who do YOU want to see as the next Gobstopper Girl? |
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TONI Cairoli and Ken Roczen were the big winners at Valence on Sunday, but the feverish anticipation of the 2010 GP season, now just six-weeks away, increased yet further as three different marques made the podium in MX1, a fourth won a moto, and the top four slots in MX2 were all taken by different coloured bikes!
After his stunning victory at Mantova a fortnight earlier Shaun Simpson looked on the way to more honours in France as he chased home Marvin Musquin in a KTM 1-2 in the opening race of the day, but a horrific crash soon after the start of race two put the Scot out for the day but fortunately with nothing more serious than a cut elbow.
Report and Pictures: ALEX HODGKINSON |
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ONCE again North Berks MCC was the host for the opening round of the Novogar Trials Championship, although for 2010 there was a slight difference. Love it or hate it, the no-stopping rule had been re-introduced by the ACU, but how would the riders adapt? |
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RED Bull KTM rider David Knight rightfully reclaimed his Tough One crown at the weekend with a stunning victory at Nantmawr Quarry, against the biggest field of international riders ever to grace the event.
The hype surrounding the 2010 TM Racing Tough One stepped up a gear just days before the event with the withdrawal of KTM Factory rider Taddy Blazusiak. The battle between Knight and Blazusiak was eagerly awaited by spectators, but was not to be as Taddy was suffering with a bad bout of flu. |
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THE 2010 Monster Energy AMA Super-cross, and FIM World Championship headed to the Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, for the seventh round of the series and the opening round of the East Coast Lites. And what a night it was as the packed crowd of over 60,000 fans witnessed Ryan Villopoto take his second consecutive win of the championship to pip Ryan Dungey and lead the series by virtue of most wins. Meanwhile in the East Coast Lites, French ace Christophe Pourcel made it a Kawasaki double with a win over Suzuki’s Austin Stroupe. |
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New Adult Two Stroke Championship with cash on the line @ BYMX |
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The weekend started with the infamous ‘Tough One’ Extreme Enduro on Saturday which was won easy by Knighter. His brother Juan Knight flew the GAS GAS flag and finished a respectable 7th overall on his faithful CC300.. |
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Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey raced to second place at Saturday night’s AMA/ FIM Supercross at Indianapolis and continues to lead the series, tied on points with Ryan Villopoto. |
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Enduro maestro and multi-titled David Knight, who in 2010 is back on a KTM, signaled his intention to be one of Taddy Blazusiak's greatest rivals this season when he dominated the sixth edition of The Tough One in England's Shropshire in the Nantmawr Quarry. |
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Antonio Cairoli the ruling MX1 world champion and the latest recruit to the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team continued his pre-season preparation with a blistering attack on the Valence circuit to take victory in the second major pre-season contest. |
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Looking to continue the same form that netted him the overall win at the opening meeting at Mantova, Italy - Shaun Simpson arrived in Valence, France for his second meeting of the year with high hopes of repeating a similar performance. However despite showing great speed during both of Saturday's free practice sessions, and Sunday morning's time training period, Simpson's day was brought to an early end as a result of a first lap crash in the second moto, after having finished behind his team mate Marvin Musquin in the opening MX2 race. |
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