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Bird flies to MX Nationals lead

As day one of the Michelin MX Nationals came to a close at a sunny Sherwood, Richard Bird with a win and a second place led the experts MX1 by two points from race one winner John Meara with Brad Cavill just five off the lead with two more races

Injured Shipton takes time out from racing

RFX Crescent Yamaha’s MX1 rider, Jake Shipton, has made the difficult decision to withdraw from racing in a bid to get back to full fitness. Jake fractured his back in several places at Blaxhall in March, unfortunately after all the hard work that’s gone into his return to riding with

Can Nicholls win at Sherwood as Whatley returns

Buildbase Honda Jake Nicholls hasn’t placed a wheel wrong since turning his back on the MXGP world scene, and will aim to keep his perfect score alive as the fourth of the six-round Michelin MX Nationals British Championship takes place at the up-rated Sherwood MX Track at the weekend. However,

GP men rule at Desertmartin

It was Britain's GP men Tommy Searle and Conrad Mewse who were the stars of the show as the Maxxis British championship headed to Northern Ireland on Sunday, writes Dick Law. Mewse was back with a bang for round five of the Maxxis British Motocross championship at a very hot and

Ando out of Desertmartin Maxxis

Former British champion Brad Anderson has taken the painful decision to miss this weekend's British championship at Desertmartin to give his injured right knee more chance to heal. Hard man Ando, who hurt the knee at the British GP yet rode in immense pain to take the EMX300 win, has left

Brunell to race KTM 250 two-stroke

Arenacross ace Jack Brunell is to join the two-stroke revolution and race a KTM 250 in the Hitachi ASA KTM team in the UK for the rest of the season. He’ll compete in the two-stroke class in the Maxxis British championship, kicking off this weekend at Desertmartin in Northern Ireland. He made

Banks-Browne does the Docks double

Elliott Banks-Browne on his Geartec Husqvarna once again, with two pro MX1 race wins, climbed on to the top step of the winner’s podium at round three of this year’s Bridgestone British Masters at a blustery Preston Docks race track, writes Dick Law. But while Banks-Browne was doing his thing in

Close Masters action at rainy Docks

At the end of a showery and overcast first day of racing at round three of the Bridgestone British Masters at the excellent Preston Docks venue, the lead in most of the classes couldn’t have been closer which will mean it’s all to play for going in to day two

On-form Nicholls dominates Patchquick

Once again Jake Nicholls on his Buildbase Honda stamped his authority on national motocross competition, this time by winning Wednesday night’s famous £20,000 Patchquick Trophy. Nicholls three race wins from three starts was backed up by his young team mate Josh Gilbert who this time switched from his usual MX2

Whatley takes a break from racing

Rob Hooper's Yamaha team has made the move to stand down their MX1 racer Kristian Whatley from racing action in the short term, in a bid to rejuvenate the rider's ailing fortunes. Whatley, who entered the 2018 season off the back of a serious injury which he suffered at the beginning

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