Wednesday February 22, 2012
Danny Webb is one of of Britain’s brightest hopes for World Championship glory this year, riding the all new Mahindra Moto 3 bike. Danny is competing in the ultra competitive Moto 3 World Championship for the Indian team and is tipped for a top placing in the 2012 season.
Danny was one of the stars at the 2011 Thundersprint and is looking forward to returning to Europe’s biggest biking street party.
He said: “I just love the atmosphere at the Thundersprint. The crowds are great and always very welcoming. It’s just like one of the bigger Grands Prix with thousands of spectators everywhere you look. The atmosphere is very friendly and yet really exciting too.
“I really enjoy entertaining the Thundersprint crowds every year and you can be certain it will be showtime when I get on the track in Northwich again next year.”
Thundersprint organiser, Frank Melling, is delighted that Danny will be returning to Northwich’s very own “Grand Prix in a Car Park”. Frank said: “We love having Danny at the Thundersprint. He combines brilliant riding ability with a great sense of humour and I’m certain that he will be an outstanding addition to the galaxy of stars we have riding with us next year.”
Danny will be at the Thundersprint Bike Show on the afternoon of Saturday 12 May and then will be starring in the Thundersprint’s “Grand Prix Evening” which will be held at Cranage Hall Hotel on the evening on May 12.
The following day, Sunday 13 May, Danny will be at the Thundersprint – meeting fans and having fun on the track – throughout the whole day.
For more information contact
press@thundersprint.com or 01928 740 498
Wednesday February 22, 2012
NG Road Racing are please to play host to the successful and very competitive 250GP ACU National Championship & NG Cup for the 5th year running, with the continued support from Dunlop Motorsport, Willis Developments and Auto Cycle Union. For 2012 the series will run over 14 rounds at 9 of the countries top racing venues, including the very popular return of Donington Park for a double header in June and the long awaited addition of Castle Combe in Sep-tember.
In 2011 the National series went right down to the wire with only 2 points separating the leading 3 contenders when they met for the final round at Thruxton. Lincolnshire’s Ant Hodson was crowned champion after an epic race long battle with 2010 Champion Andrew Sawford, winning by just 0.21 seconds with a last gasp overtake entering the Club Chicane on the final lap. Both were Yamaha TZ250 mounted.
The 2012 series, which includes the NG Cup Series for Novice and Clubman license holders, kicks off with rounds 1 and 2 at Brands Hatch Indy circuit on 17th 18th March. The rest of the series is:
Sunday 29th April—Mallory Park Round 3
19th 20th May—Pembrey Rounds 4 and 5
2nd 3rd June—Donington Park Rounds 6 and 7
Saturday 30th June—Oulton Park Round 8
28th 29th July—Cadwell Park Rounds 9 and 10
18th 19th August—Anglesey (Coastal circuit plus Friday Testing)
Saturday 1st September—Castle Combe Round 13
Saturday 6th October—Thruxton Round 14
Full details, Regulations and Entry form can be downloaded
For further information contact series coordinator Steve Bostock at sbostock@ngroadracing.org or 07967 681639
Tuesday February 21, 2012
The 2012 National Clerk of the Course Seminar is scheduled for Saturday 17 March. Anyone wanting to know more details please contact Tracey Cossar at the ACU on 01788 566402 or email
tracey.cossar@acu.org.uk
Tuesday February 21, 2012
Due to the busy couple of weekends recently in the Enduro calendar , the deadline for receipt of applications for the U23 Enduro Training Squad has been extended to the 1st March.
Applications for the U23 Enduro Squad are now invited, primarily from riders competing in the British /Sprint/Extreme Enduro Championship at Championship or Expert level.
To be eligible, riders must be under 23 years of age or become 23 during 2012.
The selected squad members will be given financial support towards travel / accommodation costs incurred when attending UEM Enduro Championship events and possibly in addition, some home based training sessions.
In the first instance please contact Mary Kerr at ACU HQ on 01788 566403 /email
mary.kerr@acu.org.uk with a request for an application form.
Tuesday February 21, 2012
NG Road Racing's full 2012 Calendar and Entry Form downloads are now on the Club website.
Entry forms can be downloaded at www.ngroadracing.org
3rd 4th March - Pembrey Testing and ACU Training Weekend.
17th 18th March - Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit) - Championship Rounds 1 & 2
Sunday 29th April - Mallory Park - Round 3
19th 20th May - Pembrey - Rounds 4 & 5
2nd 3rd June - Donington Park - Rounds 6 & 7
Saturday 30th June - Oulton Park - Round 8
28th 29th July - Cadwell Park - Round 9 & 10
18th 19th August - Anglesey (Coastal - plus Friday Test Day) - Rounds 11 & 12
Saturday 1st September - Castle Combe - Round 13
Saturday 6th October - Thruxton - Round 14
Tuesday February 21, 2012
Exciting news for trials fans as the World Trials Championship returns to Nord Vue, Penrith, Cumbria at the end of July, for those that came in 2009 you will know how good this compact venue is, with all the sections just minutes from the start stage, work has already begun on the sections Graham Jarvis will pit his section building skills against the best trials riders in the world and with great spectator viewing you won’t miss the action of your favourite stars. The venue offers good car parking and camping areas including a campsite bar. The organising team are arranging a host of other activities starting on the 27th July (see website for details). The venue is only minutes from the M6, JNC 41, Penrith.
The title sponsorship is shared this year between the Lloyd Motor Group based in Carlisle and Sheffield based TRC Truck Rental. Event director’s John Kerwin and Graham Jarvis promise an improved trial over 2009 as the venue matures, the trade village will be bigger and the early support from the trade has been excellent with most of the major importers taking stands or sections.
Tickets are on sale now at a special discounted price go to http://www.britishtrialgp.com
Monday February 20, 2012
This weekend has finally arrived and the HIMX team are all geared up and ready to go for the Hawk International at Hawkstone Park this Sunday 26th February. The Hawk Plant diggers and bulldozers are in, the track is looking great and so far the weather is getting better, the riders are set and the action will kick off early Sunday morning at the fantastic Hawkstone Park venue.
A whole host of top foreign and British riders are entered including from foreign shores Tanel Leok, Gautier Paulin, Kevin Strijbos, Clement Desalle, Xavier Boog, Marc de Reuver, Arnaud Tonus, Nico Aubin and many more top names.
They will be going head to head with some of the best motocross riders from the British Motocross scene including Stephen Sword, Jason Dougan, Stuart Edmonds, Shaun Simpson, Martin Barr, Ned Parker, Graeme Irwin, Elliott Bank-Browne, Jake Nicholls, Neville Bradshaw, plus various other top riders who are racing in the British Championship this weekend.
The racing is set to be fraught and action packed at one of the most loved British Motocross tracks in the country at one of the biggest Motocross events set to be staged in the UK this year. Spectator gates are open from 7am on Sunday morning and there will be action on the track from 9am with racing all day, tickets are to be bought on arrival at a fantastic price of £20.
If you require any information contact Gary Ford on
ford542@btinternet.com or 07966 367456.
For more information see -
http://www.hawkstonemx.co.uk/LatestInternationalNews.aspx Tickets are only available to buy on the gate and will be £20 per adult and under 14's are free.
Parking on site is also free.
For more information see -
http://www.hawkstonemx.co.uk/LatestInternationalNews.aspx The 2012 Hawkstone International Motocross is supported by
Hawk Plant Hire -
www.hawk-group.co.uk Doodson Motorsport -
www.doodsonbg.com Route 77 Energy Drink -
www.route77energy.com RJS Builders -
www.rjsbuildersltd.co.uk Muk Junkie -
www.motocleaningproducts.com Salop Leisure -
www.salopleisure.co.uk Cradley Kawasaki -
www.cradleykawasaki.co.uk Transporterland -
www.transporterland.com Golden Tyre -
www.goldentyreuk.com Media Partners
TMX & DBR
MOTO & MPORA
For Directions to Hawkstone Motocross circuit click here: -
http://www.hawkstonemx.co.uk/Travel.aspx
Monday February 20, 2012
The Track Racing Committee is to make the selections for the 2012 FIM 125cc & 250cc Gold trophy Championships along with the UEM 125cc European Cup, anyone wanting to be considered for any of these events should contact Tracey at the ACU on 01788 566402 or email tracey.cossar@acu.org.uk
The age classes for the championships are:
FIM 125cc - 12 - 16 years
FIM 250cc - 14 - 17 years
UEM 125cc - 10 - 16 years
Monday February 20, 2012
David Knight, three-time World enduro champion, got off to the best possible start to what he hopes to be his tenth British enduro championship (outright) title at round one of the 2012 ACU Doodson British Enduro Championship at the Abbey Enduro in Powys over the weekend – with
a double victory.
Run in difficult wintry conditions, Knight (KTM) was followed home each day by Tom Sagar
(Honda) and Danny McCanney (Gas Gas). In fact the event was dominated by Manx riders, with Knight, McCanney, Alex Rockwell (Husaberg) and Jamie McCanney (Husaberg) four of the top
five in Day One were Manx, and four of the top six on Day Two. All four Manxmen will also be contending the Enduro World Championship this year.
The conditions tested the organisers as much as the riders and credit has to go to the
organising club Mid Wales Dirt Riders and to chief clerk of the course Paul Edmondson for producing a course that remained rideable even for the clubmen entry in the worst conditions,
and for taking prompt and decisive action in shortening the course when needed.
David Knight: “A good start for the championship for me, although I think like everyone I could have done without the Siberian conditions. It was a good ride though, not too long with plenty of time at the checks and the tests were real good. I thought in the conditions the course would have cut up more but it held up. Great start to the championship for me – I'm very pleased to get the double win.”
Tom Sagar: “I was part of the organising effort as well as part of the entry for this weekend so I saw the challenges the weather brought from every aspect. It was a challenge for everyone, right down to the riders' support crews. I'm very happy to get two seconds, these were not ideal for my Honda CRF450 – being based on a motocrosser – and David was on form, so for me a great way to start the season.”
Dusty Martin, ACU Steward of the Meeting: “The organising club were well and truly tested this weekend but they came through with flying colours. Credit has to go to the team of three clerks of the course led by Paul Edmondson as to make a course as rideable as this in such extreme conditions is a major achievement. I appreciated, too, that Paul pre-rode the lap each day and made alterations accordingly, cutting out sections that would have proven stoppers. Altogether the club was very efficient and decisive in their decision making and certainly snatched victory from some very savage jaws of defeat – in terms of the weather.”
Paul Edmondson, Clerk of the Course: “It was a battle with the weather but we came through
and I think we proved the easy-to-follow two special test enduro concept worked. The course
stayed rideable for all and for amateur riders it was possible to compete without a support crew.
It was still tough and there were DNFs but this is the British championship, the pinnacle of the sport in the UK, it's what it's all about.”
Provisional championship class results attached; for full results refer to www.enduronews.com
2011 ACU British Enduro Champions
Outright Champion: Greg Evans KTM 350EXC-F
E1 (two-stroke) Champion: Ashley Wood KTM 125EXC
E1 (four-stroke) Champion: Paul Edmondson KTM 250XC-F
E2 Champion: Tom Sagar KTM 450EXC
E3 Champion: Danny McCanney Gas Gas EC300
Expert Champion: Lewis Belfield KTM 250EXC
Clubman Champion: Rob Johnson Husqvarna TE250
Veterans Champion: Wyn Hughes Husqvarna TE449
About the ACU Doodson British Enduro Championship
The ACU British Enduro Championship (BEC) is the premiere off-road motorcycle championship in the UK. With an officially-sanctioned 36-year history the championship encompasses the UK’s most long-standing, toughest enduros. Past champions include world champions David Knight and Paul Edmondson and worldwide enduro legend Geraint Jones. BEC enduros see riders compete for up to eight hours per day following a cross country trail according to a strict and often demanding time schedule, along the way completing special tests timed to the second. The winner is the rider who typically stays penalty free on the trail and sets the best times in the tests (the riders‘ scores being a accumulation of trail and test times – the least time wins). The BEC is governed by the ACU – the internationally sanctioned national governing body for motorcycle sport in the British Isles (except Northern Ireland).
2012 ACU Doodson British Enduro Championship
Round 2: April 14-15 Helmsley, North Yorks
Round 3: July 14-15 Hafren, Mid Wales
Round 4: August 4-5 Dyfi, Mid Wales
Round 5: September 1-2 Natterjack, Hampshire
Round 6: October 13-14 SEEC, Surrey
Friday February 17, 2012
This week’s ‘What’s on Weekly’ features a selection of just a few events taking place around the country this weekend and next week.
Trials
On the 19th February the North Derbyshire Youth Motorcycle Club will be hosting the North Derbyshire Cup at the Victory Quarry Doveholes, Nr Buxton in Derbyshire. The event is open to Youth Classes A.B.C.D & E (Conducted Route.) and Adults Expert to Dead Easy including an Over 40's & Twin-Shock class. Entries Close at Start Time 11 am. Book early if possible for Conducted Route and contact Alan Nixon on 01332 559813 or 07989051715
Motocross
Next weekend The Hawk International will take place with a strong list of British Teams entered alongside the international teams and riders. Nearly all the top British Championship teams have entered this year and are using the opportunity to get some race time under their belt before their National Championship kicks off a couple of weeks later. The track is already looking really good and with all the classes now being full including all the support classes it is set once again to be another fantastic year at Hawkstone Park. The most current signing is Irish Team Tyco Suzuki, this year it consists of top British rider Stephen Sword, Swordy who is one of the fans favourite riders will be eager to gain some good results after a difficult season last year. His team-mate is Southern Irishman and character Stuart Edmonds, Edmonds is looking to have a very competitive season on his new Tyco machine. Adding to them are a whole host of riders riding in the 2012 British Championship this years including - Jason Dougan, Kevin Strijbos, Shaun Simpson, Lewis Gregory, Alex Snow, Ashley Greedy, Gert Krestinov, Alfie Smith, Nez Parker, Martin Barr, Matiss Karro, Jamie Law, Lewis King, Marc de Reuver, Luke Dean, James Price and Ashley Wilde in MX1. In MX2 the line-up includes - Graeme Irwin, Arnaud Tonus, Ryan Houghton, Luke Hawkins, Liam Garland, Dan Brough, Elliott Banks-Browne, Jake Nicholls, Sean Mitchell, Joe Bamfield, Alan Keet, Jordan Divall, Lewis Tombs, Dan Thornhill, Nathan Watson, Ray Rowson, Jordan Booker, Nico Aubin, Damon Strydom, James Dunn, Neville Bradshaw, Jake Millward, Jack Kelly, James Cottrell and Connor Walkley.
Enduro
The 2012 ACU Doodson British Enduro Championship will get underway in a beautiful Welsh valley in Powys over the weekend of February 18-19, with Britain's top enduro riders again keen to win the most coveted title in UK off-road, that of ACU British Enduro Champion. The seven round 14 race series will travel the length and breadth of England and Wales before a new champion is crowned at the final round in Surrey in October. Britain's best enduro racer, David Knight MBE, a three-time world enduro champion, will be looking to gain his tenth ACU British Enduro Championship, after injury ruled him out of last year's title chase. The Manxman will be competing on a full-works KTM 500EXC identical to the bike he'll race in the Enduro World Championship (EWC). His toughest competition is likely to come from former EWC KTM team-mate, now a Fast Eddy Racing Honda CRF450R-mounted Tom Sagar, from Newtown in Powys. Sagar won the outright title in 2007 and 2008 and narrowly missed out on the title again in 2011 and having withdrawn from EWC now views the ACU BEC title as his primary target for each season.
Also the Welsh Trail Riders Association are pleased to announce the rescheduling of the Snow Run that was cancelled last weekend. The event will now be taking place on the 26th February at the same venue.
If your club is running an event in the coming weeks and would like to be a part of this feature please contact Richard Blyth on pr@acu.org.uk with details of your event.