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Published: 19th November 2008

WITH the 2008 World Enduro Championship titles having only recently been decided, the Indoor Enduro World Cup kicked off in Barcelona, Spain, last weekend where home rider Ivan Cervantes took an early series lead following some impressive riding aboard his factory KTM. With Ivan joined on the podium by team-mate Taddy Blazusiak in second, Finn Mika Ahola rounded out the podium while Graham Jarvis and Greg Evans flew the flag for Britain, and both scored world championship points.

Published: 19th November 2008

THE latest event on the Wilden MXC winter calendar was a Championship meeting at Stipers Hill, Polesworth, and spectators witnessed a raft of cracking individual performances from Dane Reeves, David Keet, Jordan Pyne and Josh Spinks as they all went through the card unbeaten on the day. The supporting cast didn’t let anyone down either as they produced some of the best racing of the winter so far on a course in really good nick.

Published: 19th November 2008

CCM Racing’s 2009 official factory motocross team broke cover as a complete unit for the first time last Friday at the Dirt Bike Show. The all-British squad revealed its full personnel line up and its new colours for next season.

Published: 19th November 2008

SEVENTEEN year-old Jack Challoner won the Yeadon Guiseley club’s DT Smith Trophy Trial at Addingham Moorside, riding, for the first time, a powerful 290cc Beta-UK machine – and the brand new EVO model at that! Challoner has had to ride a 125cc Beta in World and European events to date but, from January, is free to ride any capacity machine in International events.

Published: 19th November 2008

THE sun always shines on the righteous, so goes the old saying, and there must have been at least 180 righteous motocrossers at the opening round of the Melville MC’s Winter Motocross Series at the fabulously prepared stubble-field at Loch-houses, near Dunbar, south of Edinburgh, at the weekend.

Published: 19th November 2008

LIKE the Himalayas, the DEP Pipes British Two-stroke Championship has been consistently moving forwards over the last few years. Everything was put on the line when the series was first started in 2005, but its exponential growth has proven that there’s a cadre of hardcore two-stroke racers out there still to be catered for. From a single class in 2005, by the start of 2008 the organisers were looking at dedicated two-stroke events that rival anything else in the UK with five classes and some real talent throughout the field. There’s no doubting the vision and commitment within the MCF, and 2009 is set to be one hell of an action-packed season!

Published: 13th November 2008

IT was simply a perfect weekend for James Stewart and Max Anstie. ‘Bubba’ joined David Vuillemin in the record books as the only other King of Bercy to race unbeaten through the weekend, ‘Mad Max’ even got his teeth in the adults after sweeping his third consecutive title as Prince, and both maximum men loved every minute! “That’s a real honour to join David in the records,” gleamed ‘Bubba’ after going 18/18, “And I have never enjoyed a race so much, the whole thing, the introduction, the show, I gotta come back next year and try to do it again.” And Bercy favourite Max Anstie, who will turn 16 before the next Bercy classic, had a word for his admirers and the opposition from the podium: “That’s three in a row, I just can’t wait for next year.”

Published: 13th November 2008

DAN Thorpe headed a Gas Gas landslide at Wildboarclough on Saturday where he won the 61st Northern Experts trial from fellow GG riders Ross Danby and Shaun Morris. For Danby it was a real hot ride, the Bewdley teenager was right in the zone on the fantastic, two-lap, 20-section course, as was Shaun Morris. For Shaun it was something akin to the form of pre-eye injury days, the normally reserved Preston rider being almost extrovert at the end of what was a cracking trial. Neither Shaun nor 2008 Northern Expert Michael Brown had a certain score in their heads at the finish. “I have no idea what we got for Eardley’s Burden, could have three or five,” commented The Atom.

Published: 13th November 2008

A DIGNIFIED two-minutes of absolute silence at 11am in Nantmawr Quarry, on Sunday, gave time for reflection, a quiet before the storm at the final round of the Motul GBHS Series. WOR Events six-year relationship with Motul has gone from strength-to-strength and this year the series has been very well attended. Next season is planned to be even better. Set in and around the intimidating Nantmawr Quarry, the home of the legendary Tough One, the final round proved to be one of the toughest. In addition to the quarry’s testing terrain there was the added hurdle of flat-out tracks and field sections, which surround the upper parts of the quarry area.

Published: 13th November 2008

FIFTY-five riders turned up for Golden Valley Classic club’s trial at Catswood Farm, Bisley, near Stroud, on Saturday afternoon. The club made the decision to run the event on Saturday to avoid the Remembrance Day silences. Due to the concerns regarding fading light, it was decided to run only three laps of ten sections. Rain the previous night left some sections slick, although nowhere near as bad as the club’s previous trial at this venue. The killer section proved to be section nine.

Published: 13th November 2008

ONCE again the masses were attracted to Wilden Lane with over 400 riders turning out for the Remembrance Day Motocross. After some heavy overnight rain the racing conditions were classified as good early in the day for the kick off to the latest round of the Wilden Winter Championships. This however proved to be the calm before the storm as yet another mid-afternoon onslaught from the elements had everyone running for cover and taking an early bath.

Published: 13th November 2008

WOULD you like to work for your favourite off-road weekly paper? If the answer is “Yes”, here’s your chance because Trials and Motocross News is on the lookout to recruit a reporter/ trainee reporter to take over the coveted role of Motocross Editor.

Published: 06th November 2008

NEXT week, at the 2008 Dirt Bike Show at Stoneleigh Park, Trials and Motocross News will proudly launch ‘T+MX The Annual 2009’. The Annual is a not-to-be-missed full colour, perfect-bound, glossy magazine production from the T+MX team that is absolutely jam-packed with features that will take a look back at the 2008 season while looking forwards to an exciting 2009.

Published: 06th November 2008

HOPE was alive and kicking on Sunday morning in more ways than one. The north Derbyshire village, west of Sheffield, again hosted the Sheffield and Hallamshire club’s National Merle Morewood Peak Trial, complete with all the characters in the sidecar brigade and a healthy 45 Normandale Classic Championship contenders aiming for a final reshuffle in the five classes. A total of 31 Clubmen, including ladies, and 10 Hard course runners, plus 20 ‘Barrow Boys’ assembled under the giant chimney of the Blue Circle Cement Works – plus Superman and Batman and Robin, complete with cloaks. That more or less signalled the tone of the British Sidecar Championship finale. It was a day out for the sidecar lads. Although just what the residents of Hope thought when the Caped Crusader sped through the village on a sidecar outfit we wouldn’t like to say. As for the Normandale Classic contenders, it was business as usual as Dave Thorpe, Phil Wiffen (absent), Nic Draper, Simon Levett and Stephen Farrell all nailed their respective classes. Jon Bliss and Wiffen did not ride the Peak as their respective titles were in the bag.

Published: 06th November 2008

THE final round of the Gimoto National Supermoto Champion-ship saw large entries for the racing at Cadwell Park. Fancy dress at the clubhouse to celebrate Halloween on Friday evening was followed by fun racing for dads and mechanics on Saturday evening.

Published: 06th November 2008

A STUNNING ride in atrocious conditions by reigning East Yorkshire Centre Champion, Simon Kershaw, helped him narrowly defeat David Pye in Northallerton and DMC’s Bilsdale Trophy Trial on Sunday. These two riders produced a cracking finale to this superb event as they entered the final group locked on 40-marks each.

Published: 06th November 2008

WITH the AMCA Sidecar Championship still undecided, the South Staffs Group made the journey to Bromsberrow last Sunday for the seventh and final round.

Published: 06th November 2008

ONCE arch rival, Marc Coma, lost his chance of taking a third win with clutch and transmission problems, Cyril Despres held his nerve over the final two stages to clinch a fifth victory in the gruelling UAE Desert Challenge. The event remains a traditional Dakar shakedown for the world’s leading riders, but has lost a little of its significance since the ASO decided to take the January event to South America and away from the Saharan deserts.

Published: 06th November 2008

Another spectacular show!

Published: 30th October 2008

AFTER again missing out on the home AMCA MX1 motocross title, Ben Saunders gained some consolation at the weekend by earning the runners-up spot in the IMBA MX1 European series with a gutsy performance in the deep Dutch sand of Meijel.