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Tuesday, 28 August 2012
SUPER STRIJBOS TAKES KEN HALL TROPHY WITH THREE WINS AND TONUS AND OSBORNE BACK ON FORM AT ROUND 7 OF BRITISH MX CHAMPIONSHIP AT LANGRISH
The forecast didn't look good but the weather gods once again smiled down on the British MX Championship yesterday as the crowds flocked to the classic circuit at Langrish, Petersfield which is not 10 miles from where the British GP was held last week at Matterley Basin.
MX2
The Raptor Titanium sponsored Bike It Monster Energy Yamaha team were out in force at the weekend with Zach Osborne and Arnaud Tonus up at the front again after both coming back from injuries sustained earlier in the season. Championship contenders and fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored riders Elliot Banks-Browne of HM Plant KTM UK and Mel Pocock, also of Monster Energy Yamaha were in the mix at the front as well making for some great racing.
After an awful start in the first race and clawing his way back up to an impressive 6th place finish in the first race, Tonus went on to edge out his team-mate Osborne in the next two races to secure a 6-1-1 result on the day, 2nd on the box to Osborne whose 1-2-2 result was good enough to get him the overall result.
Despite taking a storming holeshot in the last MX2 race of the day, EBB could not hold hoff Osborne and Tonus but made sure he stayed ahead of Pocock to keep himself in the points race going into the final round in October.
MX1
It was all about the man-to-beat this year, Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Kevin Strijbos took three holeshots and three emphatic wins around the fine soil of Langrish, the pace never looking too much for him as he cruised to win the Ken Hall trophy, the overall win with a 1-1-1 result and extended his points lead in the championship, making any challenges on him winning the title very slim indeed.
Fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Bike It Cosworth Monster Energy Yamaha man Shaun Simpson had no answer to the Belgian in 2nd place overall on the day and is now over 50 points in arrears so barring Strijbos not racing the final round the championship looks like his for the losing.
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
DUNGEY WINS 2012 OUTDOOR AMA MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP, WITH ROCZEN WINNING HIS FIRST EVER US RACE AND MUSQUIN WINNING HIS FIRST OVERALL WIN IN THE US
Cool conditions with little rain promised great racing action that didn't disappoint at the weekend at Round 10 of the 2012 AMA Motocross Championship as our sponsored team KTM Red Bull USA had their most successful outing ever with Ryan Dungey cementing the 450 title for the second time in his career and the first ever US title for KTM, Ken Roczen taking his first ever race win in the US and Marvin Musquin taking his first ever overall win in the US with a 2-3 result.
250 Lites
Qualifying fastest, Musquin looked good from the get-go, putting in a superbly consistent performance to grind out the overall win.
Race one saw Raptor Titanium sponsored newcomer Zach Bell of the Geico Honda team holeshot, with series points leader Blake Baggett in second and rival and Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Justin Barcia in third. Capitalizing on a mistake by Baggett, Roczen quickly zoomed into second place and put the pressure on Bell for the lead, with Musquin moving up fast as he also passed Baggett for third place. Soon the two orange riders had first and second place and were on track for a historic KTM 1-2 in the Lites Class in AMA Motocross, crossing the line in emphatic style to cement the result. Rockstar Suzuki and fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored men Blake Wharton and Jason Anderson took 4th and 5th behind Baggett.
Race two saw another Geico Honda out front early on as Barcia grabbed the holeshot, followed by team-mates Justin Bogle and Zach Bell. It was a Raptor Titanium sponsored rider infested field up front as Musquin sat in fourth, Eli Tomac in fifth, Wil Hahn in sixth and Martin Davalos in seventh. Tomac then made an astonishing charge up the pack, soon getting on Barcia's back wheel, making a clean pass and sealing yet another victory for the Raptor Titanium sponsored Geico Honda man this year and cementing a Raptor Titanium 1-2-3 on the box overall. Musquin took 3rd behind Barcia to get the overall victory, with Bogle in 4th, Baggett in 5th and winner of race one Ken Roczen in 6th.
250 Lites Results
1. Musquin Musquin 2/3 KTM
2. Eli Tomac 6/1 HON
3. Ken Roczen 1/6 KTM
4. Justin Barcia 7/2 HON
5. Blake Baggett 3/5 KAW
6. Justin Bogle HON
7. Wil Hahn HON
8. Jason Anderson SUZ
9. Martin Davalos SUZ
10. Jessy Nelson HON
11. Blake Wharton SUZ
12. Jake Canada HON
13. Malcolm Stewart SUZ
14. Zach Bell HON
15. T Baker HON
16. C Thompson YAM
17. Ryan Sipes YAM
18. A Martin HON
19. D Tedder KAW
20. J Hayes KTM
450 Motocross Class
Ryan Dungey made history this weekend, taking his second 450 Motocross Class title in his career and KTM's first ever Motocross title in the USA.
With his closest rival in the championship and fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Mike Alessi scoring 10th overall on the day and Dungey taking yet another overall victory with a 1-1 score, nobody is now close enough on points to catch Dungey making him the champion-elect this year and much deservedly so.
The fastest man at the beginning of the season James Stewart had an awful weekend, having more crashes and scoring 15th overall.
Jeff Ward Racing Kawasaki and Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Josh Grant scored a solid 5th overall, ahead of fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored man Nico Izzi of the Star Valli Yamaha team who was 6th overall. Grant's team-mate Kyle Chisholm took overall 9th.
Motocross Results
1. Ryan Dungey 1/1 KTM 2012 AMA MOTOCROSS CHAMPION
2. Broc TIckle 2/4 KAW
3. Andrew Short 4/3 HON
4. Davi Millsaps 3/5 YAM
5. Josh Grant 5/6 KAW
6. Nico Izzi YAM
7. Tyla Rattray KAW
8. Phil Nicoletti HON
9. Kyle Chisholm KAW
10. Mike Alessi SUZ
11. Kiniri YAM
12. Justin Brayton HON
13. Vince Friese SUZ
14. A Howell SUZ
15. James Stewart SUZ
16. B LaMay YAM
17. R Marshall KTM
18. K Regal YAM
19. D Anderson KAW
20. J Wentland KTM
BRITISH GP SPECIAL: DOUBLE WINS FOR TOMMY SEARLE AND WINS FOR RAPTOR TITANIUM SPONSORED RIDERS IN EMX AND 125cc CLASSES
Glorious sunshine beamed throughout the whole weekend at Matterley Basin as Round 13 of the 2012 FIM World MX Championship saw a spectacular festival of motocross thrill and entertan the crowds all weekend and saw some fantastic results from our sponsored riders.
HM Plant KTM UK's James Dunn took an ecstatic win in the second 125cc class race of the weekend before the main event action kicked off, getting one of many British wins for the weekend and certainly rewarding all his hard work this year.
Fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored rider also on a HM Plant KTM UK machine Natalie Kane put in a great performance in the WMX class scoring 3-2 result for the weekend and securing yet another excellent British result.
It was unfortunately a disappointing weekend for our sponsored rider and current red-plate holder in the MX2 class of the British Championship Mel Pocock as he just missed out on a home GP podium as fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Maxime Desprey of the Floride Pro Circuit Monster Energy Kawasaki team took a 1-1 result to take the overall on the day.
MX2
After a dominant display in qualifying it looked as though the Factory KTM Red Bull team were going to prove too strong for their rivals scoring a 1st and 2nd result in the qualifying race, the series points leader and almost certain 2012 MX2 World Champion Jeff Herlings taking the race win. Raptor Titanium sponsored home hero and crowd favourite Tommy Searle of Floride Pro Circuit Monster Energy Kawasaki pushed the Dutchman hard and went down mid-way through the race, managing to battle back up to 6th place place to get a decent gate pick for race day. Raptor Titanium sponsored Bike It Cosworth Monster Energy Yamaha rider Zach Osborne looks to be recovering well from injury as he took 3rd in the qualifying race.
It soon transpired that Tommy's pick of the gate proved his master stroke of the weekend as he stormed both holeshots ahead of the pokey KTM's out of the starting blocks and controlled the racing from there. Herlings pushed him hard all day, remaining on his back wheel through the majority of the races, but found no answer to Searle's prowess in front of the fervent home-crowd as Herlings dropped it late in both races striving for the lead. With a 1-1 result, Tommy won the GP and closed the points gap slightly on Herlings who took a 2-2 result with two rounds left to go.
Zach Osborne replicated his form on qualifying day and took a 4-3 result for a 3rd on the box in front of a supportive British crowd. His team-mate and fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Arnaud Tonus had a solid weekend as well scoring a 6-6 result to take 6th overall.
It was also an excellent weekend for the Raptor Titanium sponsored Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki team who's riders scored 7th and 8th overall for the weekend with Dylan Ferrandis scoring a 7-7 result and Valentin Teillet getting and 8-8 result.
It was also a good ride from British and Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Elliot Banks-Browne of HM Plant KTM UK who took a 13-18 result on the day to take a solid result.
MX2 Results
1. Tommy Searle 1/1 KAW
2. Jeff Herlings 2/2 KTM
3. Zach Osborne 3/4 YAM
4. Jeremy Van Horebeek 5/3 KTM
5. Jake Nicholls 4/5 KTM
6. Arnaud Tonus YAM
7. Dylan Ferrandis KAW
8. Valentin Teillet KAW
9. Jordi Tixier KTM
10. Glenn Coldenhoff KTM
MX1
Antonio Cairoli continued his utterly devastating run of form on the super-smooth Matterley Basin track comfortably taking a 1-1 result to almost certainly cement the 2012 World MX1 title for his 6th title and took his 51st overall GP win. Fellow Factory KTM Red Bull man Max Nagl has returned from career-threatening injury to go 2-2 on the day and helps extend Cairoli's championship lead.
Raptor Titanium sponsored Factory Kawasaki Racing Team rider Gautier Paulin took overall 3rd with a 3-4 to return to good form after a disappointing few GP's for him in his first year in the MX1 class. His team-mate and fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Xavier Boog took 5-7 on the day to go 5th overall with a solid performance.
Home-crowd favourite and Raptor Titanium's Shaun Simpson put in a fantastic performance to go 10-13 for the day on his Bike It Cosworth Monster Energy Yamaha.
HM Plant KTM UK's Kevin Strijbos on Raptor Titanium footpegs put in a characteristically consistent performance to take overall 8th with a 7-12 result for the day, maintaining 6th in the points standings just ahead of fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Xavier Boog on the KRT machine.
MX1 Results
1. Tony Cairoli 1/1 KTM
2. Max Nagl 2/2 KTM
3. Gautier Paulin 4/3 KAW
4. Ken De Dycker 3/5 KTM
5. Xavier Boog 5/7 KAW
6. Clement Desalle 6/11 SUZ
7. Tanel Leok SUZ
8. Kevin Strijbos KTM
9. Rui Goncalves HON
10. Davide Guarneri KTM
MX1 Points
Tony Cairoli 542
Clement Desalle 487
Christophe Pourcel 452
Gautier Paulin 440
Ken De Dycker 404
Kevin Strijbos 342
Xavier Boog 336
Tanel Leok 300
Rui Goncavles 295
Shaun Simpson 242
MX2 Points
Jeff Herlings 572
Tommy Searle 521
Jeremy Van Horebeek 475
Joel Roelants 367
Jake Nicholls 359
Jordi Tixier 340
Max Anstie 274
Dylan Ferrandis 261
Jose Butron 257
Alessandro Lupino 221
Monday, 13 August 2012
ANOTHER OVERALL WIN FOR RYAN DUNGEY AT SOUTHWICK WITH TOMAC TYING ON POINTS WITH BAGGETT IN LITES CLASS
The first sand-track of the year in the 2012 AMA Motocross Championship awaited the return of the riders at the weekend, with perfect conditions kicking off the day.
250 Lites Class
Qualifying fastest was Raptor Titanium sponsored championship contender Eli Tomac of the Geico Honda squad, ahead of team-mate and fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored man Justin Barcia.
Geico Honda's latest acquisition and Raptor Titanium sponsored man Zach Bell took the first holeshot in the first race, but it was to be a huge learning curve for the newcomer as championship contenders Eli Tomac, Marvin Musquin of KTM Red Bull USA and Blake Baggett sat right behind pressuring all the way.
Tomac took advantage of Bell going down on lap six and moved into the lead with a strong advantage over second place Marvin Musquin and then Blake Baggett. The three remained that way to the chequered flag, with Raptor Titanium's Ken Roczen in 4th and Blake Wharton taking 6th.
The second race was much more akin to what we have seen this year as Blake Baggett had an epic battle with our sponsored man Ken Roczen of KTM Red Bull USA. Both passed holeshotter Jessy Nelson very early in the race and the other three championship rivals Musquin, Tomac and Barcia were not far behind.
As the track cut up really rough late in the race, lap times began to tumble as they struggled to carve their way through the tricky sand conditions, with Baggett taking advantage of this and showing he is certainly the strongest rider this year moving into the lead and the race win, with Roczen 2nd and Tomac in 3rd to tie with Baggett on points for the day.
250 Lites Results
1. B Baggett 3/1 KAW
2. E Tomac 1/3 HON
3. K Roczen 4/2 KTM
4. M Musquin 2/5 KTM
5. J Barcia 7/4 HON
6. M Stewart 6/7 KTM
7. A Martin 8/6 HON
8. J Nelson 5/11 HON
9. T Baker 10/10 HON
10. R Sipes 12/12 YAM
11. J Bogle 11/13 HON
12. J Anderson 37/8 SUZ
13. W Hahn 21/9 HON
14. B Wharton 9/28 SUZ
15. C Thompson YAM
16. J Hayes KTM
17. T Lorusso SUZ
18. Z Freeberg KTM
19. S Rife HON
20. M Davalos SUZ
450 Motocross Class
Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Broc Tickle was on top in qualifying for the 450 class, with Raptor Titanium sponsored man and championship points leader Ryan Dungey of KTM Red Bull USA in 2nd.
Raptor Titanium sponsored championship 2nd place man Mike Alessi of Motoconcepts Suzuki took the holeshot in race 1 but Dungey was really close behind, moving into the lead on lap 5 to complete another routine win for the KTM rider with Alessi taking a hard-earned 2nd.
Race 2 looked to be going the same way with Alessi taking yet another holeshot this year with Dungey moving past very early on this time and easing out a comfortable lead. This was where the similarities with previous races this year ended though as Dungey took a tumble into the sand and Alessi regained the lead. Dungey managed to get himself back on the bike and running again in second place, with a charging Tyla Rattray of Pro Circuit Kawasaki sitting in third.
Dungey put in an absolutely storming lap to take control of the race once more and retake the lead, but damage to the bike meant he had to stop and take on fuel and came out behind Rattray who had overtaken Alessi into the lead!
After a blistering quick pit stop, Dungey came out close to Rattray and pressured the South African right to the chequered flag, coming in 2nd behind Rattray who took his first ever 450 moto win. Alessi came a solid 3rd place, with fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored riders Josh Grant and Kyle Chisholm of Jeff Ward Racing Kawasaki coming 8th and 9th.
450 Motocross Results
1. R Dungey 1/2 KTM
2. M Alessi 2/3 SUZ
3. B Tickle 6/4 KAW
4. D Millsaps 7/6 YAM
5. T Rattray 20/1 KAW
6. M Brown 9/7 KTM
7. J Grant 8/8 KAW
8. A Short 5/11 HON
9. Chisholm 11/9 KAW
10. T Hahn 3/35 HON
11. Marshall 4/32 KTM
12. M Byrne 40/5 SUZ
13. Rockstool 14/12 HON
14. J Dowd 10/16 KAW
15. C Craig 15/15 HON
16. L Smith KTM
17. B LaMay YAM
18. Weimer 13/19 KAW
19. R Kiniry YAM
20. P Nicoletti HON
250 Lites Points
Blake Baggett 400
Justin Barcia 376
Eli Tomac 368
Ken Roczen 345
Marvin Musquin 294
Wil Hahn 230
Blake Wharton 197
Jason Anderson 181
Jessy Nelson 170
Travis Baker 156
Jake Canada 132
Malcolm Stewart 123
Alex Martin 109
G Swanepoel 106
Ivan Tedesco 105
K Cunningham 96
Justin Bogle 84
Kyle Peters 73
Martin Davalos 58
Zack Freeberg 57
Motocross Points
Ryan Dungey 430
Mike Alessi 345
Jake Weimer 290
Andrew Short 273
Broc Tickle 253
Josh Grant 195
Justin Brayton 185
Kyle Chisholm 159
James Stewart 151
Brett Metcalfe 142
Michael Byrne 138
Davi Millsaps 114
Tommy Hahn 101
Nico Izzi 95
Ryan Sipes 94
Tyla Rattray 84
Les Smith 66
Cole Thompson 64
Christian Craig 62
Jimmy Albertson 61
Monday, 6 August 2012
KTM RED BULL CONTINUES DOMINATION THIS YEAR AS HERLINGS AND CAIROLI CLEAN UP AT LOKET, CZECH REPUBLIC
Balmy, warm conditions ensured a good turnout at Loket in the Czech Republic at the weekend as thousands of MX fans poured into the venue to watch the racing action from Round 12 of the 2012 FIM World MX Championship.
In the the European MX Championship Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Mel Pocock of Bike It Cosworth Monster Energy Yamaha took another race win and a 2nd place to keep his dominant form in the EMX class.
MX2
It all seemed too easy for KTM Red Bull's Jeffrey Herlings who breezed to victory in the first MX2 moto of the day, with Raptor Titanium sponsored Brit Tommy Searle of Floride Pro Circuit Monster Energy Kawasaki unable to respond to the hard-pack prowess of the young Dutchman. Herlings team-mate Jeremy Van Horebeek of KTM Red Bull suffered mechanical issues in the first race and so scored a DNF in moto 1, good news for Tommy Searle who extended his points advantage over the Belgian, but unfortunately yielding more points to extend Herlings' lead at the top of the championship.
The second moto was much more action-packed as Herlings went down trying to pass Van Horebeek early in the race, allowing Searle to get right on the Dutchman's back wheel and put some serious pressure on as Van Horebeek extended out a considerable lead, with Searle eventually muscling Herlings out of the way on an uphill corner causing Herlings to hit the dirt. But the KTM Factory rider showed great resilience and strength as he picked himself up and started after Searle, eventually catching back the Brit after four laps and then easily catching Van Horebeek who seemed to slow considerably to allow Herlings past for the win. Van Horebeek then took 2nd in moto 2 behind his team-mate which saw Searle lose even more points, now going 57 points behind with three rounds to go which is looking unassailable at this stage.
It was an excellent day for the Raptor Titanium sponsored Bike It Cosworth Monster Energy Yamaha team as Zach Osborne looks to be recovering well from injury taking overall 3rd at the GP this weekend which looks to be turning the dreadful fortunes of the team this year which has been plagued with bad luck.
It was a shame for the overall MX2 GP winner Joel Roelants, Tommy Searle's Raptor Titanium sponsored team-mate as he came in 8th overall.
It was an excellent outing however for Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Valentin Teillet of Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki as he managed to score 6th overall.
MX2 Results
1. Jeffrey Herlings, Netherlands, KTM
2. Tommy Searle, GBR, Kawasaki
3. Zachary Osborne, USA, Yamaha
4. Jake Nicholls, GBR, KTM
5. Romain Febvre, France, KTM
6. Valentin Teillet KAW
7. Max Anstie 5/12 HON
8. Joel Roelants 9/7 KAW
9. Jose Butron KTM
10. Jeremy Van Horebeek 0/2 KTM
MX2 Points
Jeffrey Herlings 528
Tommy Searle 471
Jeremy Van Horebeek 439
Joel Roelants 367
Jake Nicholls 325
Jordi Tixier 319
Max Anstie 263
Jose Butron 241
Dylan Ferrandis 233
Alessandro Lupino 214
MX1
It was a triumphant return to racing for Factory KTM's Max Nagl as he scored an impressive 3-4 overall result, including a storming holeshot in race 2 after months of continuous back surgery following an injury sustained last year. Tony Cairoli stepped back into business-as-usual form after a double win in Russia last week to secure yet another 1-1 result for the Czech GP and bringing up his 50th career GP win to put him with the greats of the sport.
Raptor Titanium's Christophe Pourcel of CP377 Kawasaki chalked up a 2-3 result for the day, dropping points after a crash late in the second moto gifting the 2nd place finish to Clement Desalle, but Pourcel's 2nd to Desalle's 4th in moto 1 secured an overall 2nd for the Frenchman.
Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Xavier Boog of the factory Kawasaki Racing Team secured one of his best results of the season with overall 5th behind Nagl, with his team-mate Gautier Paulin finishing overall 8th.
After a tough year, Raptor Titanium's Greg Aranda of 2B Yamaha scored his best result this year with overall 10th.
Great result for Raptor Titanium's Shaun Simpson who moved into the top ten of the championship points standings with 223 points!
MX1 Results
1. Tony Cairoli 1/1 KTM
2. Christophe Pourcle 2/3 KAW
3. Clement Desalle 4/2 SUZ
4. Max Nagl 3/4 KTM
5. Xavier Boog 6/7 KAW
6. Ken De Dycker 7/8 KTM
7. Rui Goncalves 11/5 HON
8. Gautier Paulin 5/11 KAW
9. Tanel Leok SUZ
10. Greg Aranda YAM
MX1 Points
Tony Cairoli 492
Clement Desalle 462
Christophe Pourcel 435
Gautier Paulin 402
Ken De Dycker 368
Kevin Strijbos 319
Xavier Boog 306
Tanel Leok 277
Rui Goncavles 273
Shaun Simpson 223
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