Oliver and Archie Osmaston spend a few weeks training down in Spain with John Van Den Berk, and it's good news for the latest TMC Honda recruit Liam Garland as he will be on the start line for this years Nationals after all. Read the full stories here and on the DBR Rage pages out Friday March 12th.....
New Adult Two Stroke Championship with cash on the line @ BYMX
As a replacement for the Clubman class at BYMX
Nationals this year there will now be a new ACU Adult Two stroke Championship
series with the added bonus of cash prizes being up for grabs at all five
rounds. In total there will be a £3000 kitty that will be divided
out over the course of the championship season. The prize fund breaks
down as follows, The overall winner at each round calculated on the weekend
day points will receive £200, 2nd place, £150, third £100,
fourth, £75, fifth £50, and sixth place will receive £25.
The championship will run over five rounds and will be kicking off at Norley
in Cheshire on the weekend 17th/18th April and will then visit, Mepal, Finningley,
Brampton and conclude at Cusses Gorse. The championship is open to any rider
over 15 years of age and riding either 125cc, 250cc or up to 520cc machinery.
The 125cc class will be scored separately. There will be five 16 min plus
1 lap races run over the course of the weekend and the registration fee for
the series is £150, with a weekend race fee of £70 per round.
For the full set of regulations email Sonia@acu.org.uk or telephone 01788 566404
ACU Adult Two stroke Championship Dates and Venues
Round 1 April 17th/18th hosted by Cheshire NW SCC @ Norley, Cheshire.
Round 2 May 22nd/23rd hosted by Cambridge JSC @ Mepal, nr Ely Cambridge.
Round 3 July 17th/18th @ Finningley, South Yorkshire
Round 4 July 31st/Aug 1st hosted by East Cumbria MCC @ Brampton.
Round 5 Sept 11th/12th hosted by Hucklebridge Events @ Cusses Gorse, nrWinterbourne Gunner, Wilts
Venue Change. Round five BYMX
Round five of this year's Express Insurance BYMX Championship will now be held at Finningley, South Yorkshire. It is with regret that the BYMX series will not be visiting Hawkstone Park. But with a Classic Scrambles Event to be held at the Shropshire circuit just one week after the proposed visit of the Youth championship it was felt by the organiser's that the track would not recover in time or be in a suitable enough condition for the Classics event. The meeting at Finningley will also feature the third round of the Ladies British Championship on the Sunday with rounds one of the Mini Bike Championship on the Saturday followed by Round Two on the Sunday.
BYMX 2010 Dates and Venues
Round 1 March 27th/28th hosted by the Glenrothes Club @ Leuchars, Fife.
Round 2 April 17th/18th hosted by Cheshire NW SCC @ Norley, Cheshire.
Round 3 May 22nd/23rd hosted by Cambridge JSC @ Mepal, nr Ely Cambridge.
Round 4 June 19th/20th hosted by West Cumbria MCC @ Dean Moor nr Workington, Cumbria.
Round 5 July 17th/18th ..Finningly South Yorkshire
Round 6 July 31st/Aug 1st hosted by East Cumbria MCC @ Brampton.
Round 7 Sept 11th/12th hosted by Hucklebridge Events @ Cusses Gorse, nrWinterbourne Gunner, Wilts
BYMX Team Event October 10th Hosted by Hucklebridge Events @ Marshfield, Wilts.
New Gear for BYMX
Following hot on the heels of last weeks announcement of the brilliant tie up between the Honda Extreme Academy and this years BYMX series. This week there is yet more exciting news that the BYMX headline series sponsor Express Insurance along with Dunlop tyres have also signed up to a pair of brand new initiatives for the 2010 championship series. Dunlop with a total prize fund commitment of over £2000 for the BYMX series alone have generously donated a pair of tyres to the best performing rider in each of the four youth classes who doesn't currently have any tyre contract. There will be four sets of tyres up for grabs at each of the seven rounds. The only qualification being that you can only win once in the season. The news from Express Insurance is that they will be featuring and awarding a prize to a nominated "Top Gun" rider from each round. The rider will be nominated at the end of the meeting by the BYMX series media journalists Mike Gurney and James Williams. The rider will then be interviewed on video for broadcast on the new Express Insurance website that is to be launched very soon.
Xtremely Good News, from Honda
The United Kingdom is to become the first European
country to finalise details for a Honda Xtreme Academy junior championship
for 11-15-year-olds. The Xtreme Academy was announced last December with young
riders signing up to the European programme that is seen as a potential first
step on the ladder to becoming part of Honda Racing's World Championship Xtreme
programme in MX1, MX2, Enduro and even the Dakar Rally.
Honda has announced that its 2010 Xtreme Academy series will run alongside
the British Youth Motocross championship, which also carries Junior, Small
Wheel, Big Wheel and Youth Open categories.
The Xtreme Academy prize fund will offer the series winner £1000 worth of vouchers that can be exchanged for goods and services at their local Honda dealer. Second and third placed riders will receive £500 and £250 worth of vouchers respectively.
Honda (UK)'s racing manager, Neil Tuxworth, commented: “We have long held the belief that investment in youth will pay dividends in the longer term, so we are delighted to announce these Honda Xtreme Academy / BYMX UK dates.”
Honda (UK) Xtreme Academy / BYMX calendar 2010:
Round 1 March 27th/28th Leuchars, Fife
Round 2 April 17th/18th Norley, Cheshire
Round 3 May 22nd/23rd Mepal, Cambridge
Round 4 June 19th/20th Dean Moor, Cumbria
Round 5 July 17th/18th Finningley
Round 6 July 31st/Aug 1st Brampton
Round 7 Sept 11th/12th Cusses Gorse, Wilts
Young riders between 11 and 15 years who wish to apply to compete in the UK's
Honda Xtreme Academy series should contact the ACU on 01788 566400 or email
sonia@acu.org.uk
moto.cross@acu.org.uk
Round Two
Round Three
Round Four
Round Five
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Round Seven
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