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Tweaked knee ruins Millward’s Hawkstone bid

IT RAINED, it poured and gale-force winds threatened awnings throughout the paddock but the Chambers Racing Husqvarna team dug in deep and kicked the year off in a positive fashion at the season-opening Hawkstone Park International Motocross. With team members Ben Franklin and Aaron McCarroll sidelined through injury, three riders – Jake Millward, Tom Grimshaw

Hawkstone report and highlights edit

The history books will show that it was Jeffrey Herlings who won the storm-hit Hawkstone Park International despite finishing level on points with Briton Shaun Simpson after the pair had a win and a third place each. https://youtu.be/cRfcxgGnWy8 With the rain lashing the track and turning it into a mudfest as storm

Hawkstone is ON and here’s the final entry lists

No storm is going to stop Hawkstone Park from running the famous international on Sunday, as four times world champ Jeffrey Herlings takes on all comers in the biggest International of the Year. Herlings missed last year’s race due to injury but he's fit and ready to go on his

Wainwright joins Hooper Yamaha

The youngest ever Rob Hooper Racing Yamaha Motocross team are all set and ready to roar into the 2020 season at the Hawkstone International on Sunday as the team have added 20-year-old Howard Wainwright to the line up this week. He has already been out and on track with his

Simpson ready for Hawkstone debut

Shaun Simpson is to debut his own 2020 race team - SS24 KTM - at the Hawkstone Park International on Sunday. The three times British Champion and MXGP ace has already sourced bikes, staff and sponsors for his SS24 team, alongside dedicating himself to hours of saddle time on practice tracks

Wade joins expanded Hitachi KTM squad

Hitachi KTM Fuelled by Milwaukee is proud to announce an extension to their rider line up for 2020 for the FIM Motocross World Championship, ACU British Motocross Championship and the European 125 Motocross Championship. Wade and Lane are the new boys The British KTM team will run four riders for the up

Watson out of Hawkstone

Factory Yamaha rider Ben Watson has announced he's not riding this weekend's Hawkstone Park International. "I am sorry to say this but I will not be racing this weekend's Hawkstone International. I will see you all at Matterley Basin”, he said on social media. He has not given any reason for his

Canada Heights goes into reverse

The legendary Canada Heights circuit is being revamped for 2020 including a decision to reverse the direction of the track. The first turn will now be a left hander, instead of a right which is the direction the circuit has been run for several years. The track has been used

MotoHead and GoRaceMX partner to boost UK dirt biking

Two of off-road motorcycling’s fastest-growing digital brands - MotoHead and GoRaceMX - have joined forces in a ground-breaking alliance to give a boost to riders, events, practice tracks, clubs, facilities and the industry involved in the grass roots of the sport. MotoHead – the free online source for dirt bike news

Sign up for the Simpson army

Britain’s leading rider in the FIM Motocross World Championship, Shaun Simpson, is giving his MXGP followers and fans a unique chance to be part of his new SS24 KTM MXGP team and 2020 racing season with a refined programme around his ‘Simpson Army’ fan club. The 31 year old has constructed