MX Diary

Published: 07th May 2008

IN just over a week’s time the gate will drop on the opening round of the 2008 British Four-stroke Minibike Championship. The fantastically prepared circuit at Bonneville, Essex, has the honour of hosting the initial encounter, which will hopefully pick up on the great success of the inaugural series that took place last year.

Published: 07th May 2008

FOLLOWING straight on from the West Midlands Group event, South Staffs clubs pulled together to put on an event to remember for their riders at Hawkstone Park on Bank Holiday Monday.

Published: 30th April 2008

AFTER a two week-break for GP action in Spain and Portugal, the Maxxis British Motocross championship will already hit the halfway point of the series on Sunday when the Norwich Vikings MCC host the fourth of eight rounds of the 2008 championship at Lyng, Norfolk, on Sunday.

Published: 30th April 2008

THE Cumbria Twin-shock cliub has been busy up at the popular Bassenthwaite track getting it ready for this years racing season which kicks-off on the May 25/ 26 Bank Holiday weekend with its big open centre meeting.

Published: 23rd April 2008

ONE of the great highlights of the British motocross year is almost upon us once again with the announcement that entries are now open for the original and best evening series of them all; The Rhayader Evening Motocross Series.

Published: 23rd April 2008

PREPARATIONS for the 2008 Irish Motocross Grand Prix which will be held at Fairyhouse Racecourse, located near Dublin, over the weekend of August 30/ 31, moved up a gear this week following the successful meeting with representatives for the FIM, Youthstream and The Motorcycle Union of Ireland at the venue.

Published: 16th April 2008

still to be worked in, general feedback was very positive and it is clear that both Hockey and Barclay have taken a more traditional approach to the track design which bodes well for good racing.

Published: 16th April 2008

IT has just been announced by the Dyfed Dirt Bike Club that round four of the Ian Durston Plant Services-sponsored British Sidecar-cross championship will now be held at Tavernspite, instead of Talsarn. Riders are reminded that transponders will be required for the next round at Desertmartin on Saturday, April 26. If a transponder has not been used for a considerable time it could take longer than normal to fully recharge.

Published: 09th April 2008

FRESH off the back of a hard couple of weekend’s work at Canada Heights second Maxxis British Motocross Championship event and the opening round of the World Motocross Championship, the contendors for the country’s premier series converge on Torrington, Devon, on Sunday, for the third instalment determined to play catch-up to the flying Scotsmen Billy MacKenzie and Shaun Simpson who creamed the opposition last time out. With just two rounds down, it has already been an eventful and exciting championship and with a re-vamped track at Torrington to look forward too the thrid round is likely to throw up more fireworks and great racing.

Published: 09th April 2008

Whilst Team Martin received four full factory bikes from Japan for Marc De Reuver and Julien Bill, CAS Honda have restricted their HRC input to specific parts, but this is no indication of a two-class society.

Published: 02nd April 2008

AFTER a fast, frantic season opener at flat-out Little Silver Moto Park last month, the British MMX Championship returns to the South West for round two of the 2008 series at Whiteway Barton, Devon, on Sunday. Both the Open and Under 21 classes will be in action at the tricky, potentially wet Whiteway circuit, as well as the opening salvo of the British Quadcross Championship, and with the first round jitters out of the way, the championship contenders will be going all out on the day to bag as many points as possible and establish themselves firmly as title candidates.

Published: 02nd April 2008

MOLSON Kawasaki’s Gareth Swanepoel will miss the start fo the MX2 World Championship season after going under the knife on Wednesday to fix the ongoing wrisrt problem that has hampered his early season.

Published: 26th March 2008

WHILE his ARB Tuning Kawasaki team-mate Mark Jones was enjoying a resurgency that saw him claim a runner-up moto finish and third overall at Canada Heights British

Published: 26th March 2008

ANYONE in attendance at the opening round of the Maxxis British Motocross Championship at Donington Park recently or the MMX Championship curtain raiser a week previous,

Published: 19th March 2008

ATFER domination by Billy MacKenzie and Tommy Searle respectively at the Donington Park season opener just two weekends ago, the Maxxis British Motocross Championship gets down to the real business of hard championship graft on Sunday as round two of the series stops off to resume action at the spectacular and always superbly turned-out Canada Heights circuit.

Published: 19th March 2008

A RECORD £40,000 prize package, spread over Ulster Championships for Motocross and Supermoto, was announced last week by the governing body of the sport, the Motorcycle Racing Association. Speaking at a press conference in Lisburn, the sports development officer, Malcolm Beattie, welcomed a new title sponsor on board.

Published: 12th March 2008

AFTER last year's somewhat abbreviated British Sidecar-cross Championship the 2008 version, which starts next Monday, March 24, at Frome will be bigger and better than ever before, writes Chris Helm.

Published: 12th March 2008

THERE is just one day to go until the exciting kick-off to the 2008 Wulfsport British Masters Championship, when the series gets underway at the scenic former GP circuit at Culham Parc, near Abingdon, Oxon.

Published: 05th March 2008

JUST seven days after the gruelling Hawkstone Park International whetted our collective appetites, the Maxxis British Motocross Championship bursts into life this Sunday, March 9, with the opening salvo of the 2008 series taking place at the spectacular Donington Park circuit which will host the MXdN this autumn.

Published: 05th March 2008

THE opening round of the 2008 Remedies Bar Motocross Championships took place on Sunday at Garlands Moor, near Holsworthy, Devon. Heavy rain had fallen prior to the meeting so things were a bit slippery to begin with and a lot of track maintenance was required which put the days schedule slightly behind. As a result there was only time for two blocks of races.