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.