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Major UK race dates revealed

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Hot on the heels of the recent world and British championship calendars, the MX Nationals and Masters series have revealed their 2020 dates. The ACU British championship has announced 11 potential dates, of which eight will form the championship. These are: 15 March29 March12 April3 May31 May21 June12 July19 July9 August30 August4

ASA Husqvarna snaps up teen Talviku

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Estonian 17-year-old Jorgen-Matthias Talviku has signed for the British ASA Husqvarna team and will be competing on the FC 250 during the 2020 season in the MX2 class the ACU British Motocross Championship as well as representing the team throughout the FIM EMX250 European Championship. The talented teen finished an impressive

Gilbert to Husky as Par Homes RFX swops brands

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Josh Gilbert has signed to race Husqvarnas in the world MX2 championship next season after joining the Par Homes RFX team whihc has changed from KTM. Gilbert with his new bike Managed by former British champion Neil Prince, the team will attack the ACU British Motocross Championship, as well as taking up

Clarke’s the Buildbase Honda 250 man

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Former world junior champ and AMA supercrosser Steven Clarke is to race for Dave Thorpe's Buildbase Honda team in 2020, replacing Josh Gilbert who is set to chase his GP dreams at the RFX team. The news about Brummie Clarke was revealed on social media and also in the team

Shipton heads official Yamaha UK assault

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Shipton took a fine second place at the Blaxhall Maxxis Jake Shipton will spearhead Yamaha's official MX1 effort in the British championships next year, riding for the Crescent Yamaha team. He was teamed up with Martin Barr in the MX2 class in 2019, but the team has yet to announce any

Norris calls it a day

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Luke Norris has decided to step away from racing after a succession of injuries. He's contested British and European races in the past few years but has decided to call it a day. He said: "I’ve decided to hang up the boots with racing due to on going problems with my

Maxxis pulls out of British championship

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Maxxis will end its 14-year partnership with the ACU as title-sponsor of the British Motocross Championship from the 2020 season. Due to changing needs following substantial growth over the years, the Maxxis brand marketing activity will now take a more globally-focussed approach to its sponsorship strategies and a shift of domestic focus to

2020 International dates set

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Now the GP calendar has been revealed, two of the top pre-season international races have announced their dates for 2020. The big Hawkstone Park International kicks on February 9, and the Lacapelle Marival race in France will be a week later on February 16. That's two weeks prior the opening

See Tommy gun the Buildbase Honda!

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Whoa there! Big Red's a quick bike... Tommy Searle has signed for Dave Thorpe's Buildbase Honda to contest the British championship.. and we were there to see his first ride on Big Red. Check it out here! https://youtu.be/1KpPhK0WfPw Searle talks to the Buildbase mechanics The official Honda statement says: Reigning Maxxis ACU British MX1 Motocross champion

British GP causes date shuffle

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Despite being dropped from the provisional MXGP calendar for 2020, the British GP at Matterley is back on and will be the first round of the series next year. Sadly there is no EMX 2T round there, but there is an EMX125 and WMX round. And that means the ACU

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