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Date swop for Hawkstone Maxxis round

Following MXGP promoter Youthstream’s decision to run an additional round at Sevlievo in Bulgaria on August 25-26, ACU Events has re-jigged the Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship supported by Pro Clean calendar. As a result round seven of the domestic series, which was originally scheduled for Hawkstone Park on the last

Relive Simpson’s Hawkstone smash

A year ago this weekend at the Hawkstone Park International saw former British champ Shaun Simpson go down hard at the start of the first 450 moto and get run over by the rest of the pack! Luckily he wasn't too badly injured.. This amazing sequence was captured by MotoHead snapper

Your complete guide to Hawkstone

It's the start to the season in the UK and one of the biggest races of the year - the Hawkstone Park international which takes place on Sunday on the legendary Shropshire track. And this year, the excitement will be higher than normal as the man on form, Briton Max

Can Anstie win at Hawkstone?

Max Anstie has already proved he can beat the best in the world with a stunning double win at the MX of Nations at the end of 2017. And last week he took two second places behind world champ Tony Cairoli in Sicily - on the track Cairoli has been

Herlings talks Hawkstone after Italy crash

KTM's Jeffrey Herlings had a nightmare start to his 2018 season as it lasted just one corner! He collided with several riders entering the first corner of the MX1 sprint in the opening Italian championship race at Riola Sardo and crashed heavily; being run over by a following rider. The

Nathan Watson in for Hawkstone

Enduro ace Nathan Watson will go back to motocross to contest the Hawkstone Park International on February 11. The factory KTM ace, who was second at the Le Touquet beach race on Sunday, quit MXGPs in 2016 and went full-time to enduro in 2017 for KTM. He also raced at

Strijbos and Covington out of Hawkstone

Two top GP riders are out of the Hawkstone Park International on February 11. Kevin Strijbos and Thomas Covington will be missing the event to recover from injuries. Strijbos, who this year moved to KTM, fell and broke his collarbone this week. "Well, this just happened today. Crash and broken collarbone.

Herlings heads Hawkstone full house

All three classes are now full for the Hawkstone International on February 11, with triple world MX2 champ Jeffrey Herlings heading the open class field from Max Anstie, Tommy Searle, Gautier Paulin, Jordi Tixier, Kevin Strijbos, Glenn Coldenhoff, Valentin Guillod, Evgeny Bobryshev and Brits Graeme Irwin, Kristian Whatley, Brad Anderson

World champ Jonass in for Hawkstone

World MX2 Champion Pauls Jonass will be racing at the Hawkstone International on the 11th February. He said: "I'm very excited to race again at the Hawkstone International. 2017 was my first year to the circuit and I really enjoyed the race and I'm looking forward to coming back and having some good, strong races in

British teams target Hawkstone

The Buildbase Honda team of Jake Nicholls and Josiah Natzke, plus the Crescent Yamaha team headed by Jake Shipton have all signed up to race the Hawkstone International on February 11 next year. For MX1 rider Nicholls and MX2 star Kiwi, it will be their first races on Dave Thorpe's team