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Shipton takes Patchquick hat trick!

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Shipton takes the win Yamaha's Jake Shipton’s took a third win in the iconic Patchquick Trophy Race at Little Silver in Devon this week. Crescent-back Jake has had an impressive week of racing after taking his career-first British Motocross Championship podium on his YZ450F at Desertmartin on Sunday. Switching the sand of

Josh Gilbert digs deep!

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Buildbase Honda’s Josh Gilbert grabbed the MX2 series lead in the opening race at round five of the Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship supported by Pro Clean at Desertmartin on Sunday but lost it in moto two when a technical problem forced him out. With his MX1 team-mate Lewis Tombs sidelined

Double Desertmartin disaster for Simpson

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Shaun Simpson’s return from a broken hand went from glory to disaster in both motos as the British championship hit the sand of Desertmartin in Northern Ireland. In the first race, the tough Scotsman looked like he was going to chip away at Tommy Searle’s six-point series lead as he held the lead on

Desertmartin Overall Results

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Finally we have results from the Maxxis British Championship from Desertmartin in Northern Ireland. MX1 Overall MX2 SW85 Overall BW85 Overall

Shaun Simpson back for Desertmartin

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The Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship supported by Pro Clean passes the halfway mark this weekend with round five at Desertmartin in Northern Ireland on Sunday and it’s super-tight at the top in both the MX1 and MX2 classes. https://youtu.be/1Z53VbBk4zA Highlights from Blaxhall The huge first-race, first-turn pile-up in MX1 last time out

250 two-strokes in British MX2 series

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A rule change for 2020 will see 250cc 2-Strokes competing in the Maxxis MX2 class. The capacity for the Maxxis MX2 class will be bikes over 120cc up to 250cc for 2-stroke engines and over 175cc up to 250cc 4-stroke engines. The proposal has been in consideration since the 2018 season

Houghton back home and on the mend

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Just two weeks after a horrific first bend crash, Ryan Houghton is back home from the hospital and on the mend. It was during round 4 of the British Maxxis British Motocross Championships at Blaxhall that the incident occurred with 10 or so of the leading pack going down hard

Godspeed Cliff Barton

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Former AMCA Superclass champion Cliff Barton has passed away suddenly, and tributes have flooded in from former rivals, friends and people in the bike industry. Barton was a great all-rounder, winning championships on solos in the 1970s and 1980s and then on sidecars. He was AMCA Superclass champion in 1975. Hailing from

Desertmartin date for Herlings

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The fifth round of the 2019 Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship at Desertmartin, Northern Ireland, has received a timely boost as it has been confirmed that four times World Motocross Champion and Red Bull KTM Factory Rider Jeffrey Herlings will attend the event on the 30th June as a guest of

Searle victorious despite high-speed pile-up

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Searle rode hurt but took the red plate A horrific high-speed crash that wiped out more than half a dozen of the top men in the first corner of the opening MX1 race may have been the unfortunate incident that marred the Blaxhall British champions round, but going down hard didn’t stop Tommy Searle

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