News from July 2011
Mike Kras Takes Home Latvian Grand Prix Points
Once again the Beursfoon Suzuki team scored some Grand Prix points in the Mx2 class with its rider Mike Kras. On the fast track of Kegums – Latvia, Mike took 7 world championship points which makes him move into 22nd position in the World Championship standings. A 19th position in the first heat after a [...]
Gautier Paulin Ends String of Podiums with Luckless Latvian GP
The Zelta Zirgs circuit in Kegums Latvia, hosted round 10 of the FIM MX World championship this weekend. Yamaha Monster Energy’s, Gautier Paulin was looking to add to his 6 consecutive podiums in front of 21.000 spectators however the French youngster was clean out of luck on the tricky track and left Latvia more than [...]
Steve Ramon Shows Good Speed in Latvia
Perfect weather conditions and a strong crowd of 21.000 turned out at round 10 of the FIM MX World championship in Kegums, Latvia this weekend. Rockstar Energy Suzuki racer, Steve Ramon, was determined going into Sunday’s race having put in a strong qualifying performance on Saturday. The Belgian would run out of luck in the [...]
Rockstar Energy Suzuki MX1 in Top 10 at Kegums
Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 ended an intense period of the FIM Motocross World Championship with Steve Ramon and Clement Desalle earning eight and ninth positions overall at Kegums this afternoon. The Grand Prix of Latvia, watched under sunny skies by 21,000 people, represented the 10th round of 15 in the 2011 series and also [...]
Evgeny Bobryshev makes it three in a row in Latvia
Evgeny Bobryshev has made it three consecutive podiums for the Honda World Motocross team, with an excellent 3rd place finish at the GP of Kegums, Latvia. Bobryshev went 3-3 across both motos to take home 3rd in the overall classification and to step onto the podium once more in front of a crowd of enthusiastic [...]
Gareth Swanepoel Endures Testing Millville National
The Lucas Oil AMA Pro National MX series passed the halfway point in sweltering and testing conditions as round 7 of the 12 round series was held at the Spring Creek Motocross Park in Millville on Saturday. DNA Shredstix/Star Racing Yamaha’s, Gareth Swanepoel, made the most of a difficult qualification session as over night showers [...]
Home Run: Dany Torres Wins Red Bull X-Fighters Madrid
MADRID (Spain) – Spaniard Dany Torres got a perfect five-for-five vote from the impressed judges and sent the sell-out crowd of 25,000 watching in Spain’s biggest bullfighting arena into fits of euphoria with his scintillating final run to capture Red Bull X-Fighters Madrid on Friday night. “It’s the best day of my life,” the 24-year-old [...]
Photo Feature: Steven Frossard and Tommy Searle Make the Box in Latvian MXGP
The trophy cabinets of the FIM Motocross World Championship Monster Army continue to stack-up as Monster Energy Yamaha factory rider Steven Frossard and CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy Pro Circuit’s Tommy Searle both lifted their cans from the podium steps in Latvia. The motocross GP show has produced six punishing events in seven weeks. The Monster [...]
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Tyla Rattray Breaks Through For Third Overall Win of the Season
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Tyla Rattray piloted his Kawasaki KX(TM)250F through the heat and humidity at the seventh round of the AMA Motocross Championship series to earn 2-1 moto finishes on the way to his third overall victory of the season at Spring Creek MX in Millville, Minn. His teammate Dean Wilson grabbed his sixth runner-up [...]
Interview With Geico Honda’s CRF250R Rider Justin Barcia
When GEICO Honda’s Justin Barcia clinched the Supercross Lites East Championship title in early May, it was the culmination of a lifelong dream. Barcia enjoyed a hugely successful amateur-racing career before transitioning into the professional ranks in the summer of 2009. Last year he finished runner-up in his rookie season in the Supercross Lites East [...]
