Riders lucky to escape without serious injury

Report by Steve Turner

Published 24^th March 2009 

The second round of the Maxxis British Championship took place at Langrish, Hampshire on 22nd March and both riders were fortunate to escape without serious injury as they both had big crashes on the under prepared, extremely dangerous track. Jordan ended the day with a dislocated ankle but it could have been a lot worse and both riders were lucky not to have ended up with season ending injuries

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We’ll never know what could have been

Report by Steve Turner

Published 16^th March 2009

The first round of the British Masters series took place at Culham in Oxfordshire on 15th March.

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This weekend marked the start of the 2009 Maxxis British Championship at Canada Heights. The soft going resulted in extremely rutted and technical conditions for the riders, lets see what unfolded as the domestic championship gets into full swing as some of the best riders in Europe challenge to be become the 2009 Maxxis British Motocross champion.

Maxxis British Championship, Round 1

Good start to season

Report by Steve Turner

Published 10^th March 2009

The first round of the Maxxis British Championship took place at Canada Heights, Kent on 8^th March and presented the Proppa.com STR Honda riders with an extremely challenging opener to their season.

Qualifying

Both riders were below par in qualifying with Jordan in 10^th and Nez in 25^th which would make good starts a little harder to achieve.

Race 1

Both riders had reasonable starts with Jordan in 8^th and Nez in 16^th. On lap six Jordan made his way past Scott Column but not without the New Zealanders roost fouling his goggles resulting in him losing the place back to Column together with a further two places as both Lewis Gregory and Carl Nunn took advantage. From then on it was a case of holding his position to the end of the race and with Column and Zach Osborne both hitting the dirt on lap eight Jordan was back up to 8^th which was to be his finishing position.

Nez was having a great ride moving up through the field to 11^th on lap eight before losing a couple of places in the last two laps to Column and Dorren Coutts. 13^th place in a field as stacked as this one was still a great result for the youngster and shows he can cut it at this level.

Race 2

Jordan got a great jump and was looking good until Mackenzie dropped it in the first corner right in front of the pack. Both Jordan and Nez managed to swerve round the carnage but not without delaying their progress leaving them in 15^th and 17^th respectively as they passed the pit area. Both lads had unbelievable first laps with Jordan passing the timing clock in 5^th and Nez in 10^th however after feeling unwell in the period between the two races Nez was soon dropping down the field and after losing ten places in four laps he made a swift exit to the van.

By lap three Jordan was up to 4^th but by this time the front three were gone and he was left with a lonely ride to the end of the race or that’s what we all thought until around four laps from the finish he suddenly started eating into the 25 second lead Brad Anderson had over him. He was now in the groove and looked awesome as he pushed for all he was worth to reduce the margin and although it was all in vain as he crossed the line just three seconds behind the PAR Honda pilot it showed he has the fitness the go to the very end which is testament to the hard work and commitment he has put   throughout the winter.