TOMMY SEARLE SIGNS OFF 250 MX2 CAREER IN STYLE AS HE SCORES 1-1 AT TEUTSCHENTHAL

Huge crowds flocked to see the final round of the 2012 Motocross World Championship at Teutschenthal last weekend, but with both MX1 and MX2 titles being sewn up at Faenza in Italy several weeks ago, the focus was more on the star power of Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Ken Roczen, now riding for KTM Red Bull USA, making his MX1 debut on the KTM 350SX-F machine in front of his home-crowd.

Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Tommy Searle of Floride Pro Circuit Monster Energy Kawasaki checked out his MX2 career in dominant fashion on GP day as he took a commanding 1-1 result to set himself up for next year in the MX1 class.

It was also a fantastic day for the Raptor Titanium sponsored Monster Energy Bike It Cosworth Yamaha team as Zach Osborne got 2nd on the overall podium in his last ever World Championship GP before he moves to the Raptor Titanium sponsored Geico Honda squad next year to race in the US, with Arnaud Tonus taking 3rd overall on the podium behind his team-mate to cement an all-Raptor Titanium sponsored rider MX2 podium to end a great year for us as we now look forward to next year for more great racing!

Ken Roczen did not disappoint on the day either in the MX1 class as he battled with the top guys in the MX1 standings Clement Desalle and Antonio Cairoli to take overall 2nd on the podium. 3rd man in the final championship standings and Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Gautier Paulin finished overall 5th to round off a solid year for him on the green machine.

BLAKE BAGGETT HANGS ON TO WIN 2012 AMA 250 OUTDOOR MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

A well organized and structured race meeting was the venue at Lake Elsinore for the twelfth and final meet of the 2012 Outdoor AMA series, with all to play for in the 250 class as the Raptor Titanium sponsored Geico Honda riders Eli Tomac and Justin Barcia were within striking distance of Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Blake Baggett for the championship title.

Having already sewn up the title several weeks ago, it was still our sponsored man Ryan Dungey of KTM Red Bull USA taking yet another overall 1-1 result and victory in the 450 class to make the year even better for KTM Red Bull if that were possible.

250 Lites Class

It was Eli Tomac on top in qualifying with a super-speddy 2:36 lap time around the incredibly long Lake Elsinore circuit, with fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored riders Ken Roczen and Marvin Musquin of KTM Red Bull behind in second and third.

Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Eli Tomac

The KTM Red Bull and Raptor Titanium riders Marvin Musquin and Ken Roczen followed up a good qualifying session to take first and second out of the gate, but were soon chased down by Justin Barcia as Roczen went down early on. Tomac fought to get up front to gain points on the championship leader Baggett who in turn was furiously battling with Barcia up at the front. Tomac soon got around Musquin into third and began pressuring Baggett in a thrilling three-way race for the win. Baggett characteristically turned up the heat at the end and stormed to the win to edge closer to the 2012 title with Tomac in 2nd and Barcia 3rd. Musquin kept it upright to take 4th with Geico Honda and Raptor Titanium sponsored man Wil Hahn in 5th.

With many of the main competitors going down or getting bad starts on the first lap of the second moto there was everything to play for, however as long as Baggett finished 13th the title was his. Tomac went down on lap one so it was down to Barcia to try and salvage the championship and with a valiant effort he won the race, but with an absolutely flying Baggett who stormed up from 11th to 2nd in the race, at one point going four seconds a lap faster than Barcia he was never going to be beaten on the day.

Congratulations to Blake Baggett, 2012 250 AMA Outdoor Motocross Champion!

250 Lites Results

1. Blake Baggett 1/2 KAW
2. Justin Barcia 3/1 HON
3. Marvin Musquin 4/3 KTM
4. Wil Hahn 5/4 HON
5. Malcolm Stewart 7/6 KTM
6. Ken Roczen 6/7 KTM
7. Eli Tomac 2/14 HON
8. Blake Wharton SUZ
9. Jessy Martin YAM
10. Jessy Nelson HON
11. Kyle Cunningham YAM
12. Jason Anderson SUZ
13. Justin Bogle HON
14. T Baker HON
15. D Epstein KAW
16. Kyle Peters YAM
17. Alex Martin HON
18. C Thompson YAM
19. K Rusk HON
20. D Tedder KAW


250 Lites Points

Blake Baggett 519
Justin Barcia 499
Eli Tomac 487
Ken Roczen 456
Marvin Musquin 406
Wil Hahn 316
Blake Wharton 265
Jason Anderson 238
Jessy Nelson 225
Travis Baker 193
Malcolm Stewart 190
Jake Canada 170
Alex Martin 153
Justin Bogle 142
Kyle Cunningham 132
Gareth Swanepoel 106
Ivan Tedesco 105
Kyle Peters 91
Martin Davalos 85
Ryan Sipes 58

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TOTAL DOMINANCE FROM KTM RED BULL FACTORY TEAM AT LIEROP ONCE AGAIN TO ALMOST CERTAINLY CEMENT BOTH TITLES FOR THEM AGAIN IN 2012

The tough sand of Lierop is legendarily unforgiving and is the perfect terrain for KTM Red Bull man-to-beat in the MX2 class Jeff Herlings as he stormed to a 1-1 result in front of his home crowd at the weekend to take himself to 65 points ahead of nearest championship rival, Raptor Titanium sponsored Brit Tommy Searle who took a 4-4 result and dropped badly needed points ending almost all hopes of championship contention for the Brit with two rounds left to go.

In the MX1 class it was once again all about Tony Cairoli who showed his class and obliterated the field with another 1-1 result and yet another overall GP result to add to his growing tally. Whether it be sand or hard-pack it doesn't seem to bother the Italian who just keeps on winning.

Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Gautier Paulin of the Factory Kawasaki Racing Team moved up to 3rd place in the standings after Christophe Pourcel scored two DNF's and slipped down to fourth place, just 6 points ahead of 5th place Ken De Dycker now.

Both Herlings and Cairoli can now sew up the titles at the European GP in Italy next weekend.

DUNGEY KEEPS ON WINNING AT ROUND 11 OF 2012 AMA MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP, WITH FINAL SHOWDOWN IN STORE AS TOMAC SWEEPS BOTH MOTOS TO KEEP BAGGETT WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE

Track conditions were perfect as the 2012 AMA Motocross Championship rolled into Steel City, Delmont at the weekend. With Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Ryan Dungey of KTM Red Bull USA having already won the 450 Championship the main events were undoubtedly the fiercely competitive 250 Lites Class races which is still very much hanging in the balance with Raptor Titanium sponsored riders Ken Roczen, Eli Tomac and Justin Barcia all in with a chance clinching the title.

250 Lites

The fastest man of the weekend was undoubtedly our sponsored rider Eli Tomac on the CRF250F machine powering to the fastest qualifying lap by almost two seconds quicker than fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored rider, KTM Red Bull USA man Ken Roczen.

In the first race it was championship leader Blake Baggett of the Pro Circuit Kawasaki squad who took the holeshot, but looked to be riding safe and soon surrendered the lead to Justin Barcia. Roczen sat in third but soon relinquished that spot to a rampant Eli Tomac who showed the class he had in qualifying by storming right up to the back wheel of Barcia to make for a spectacular last few laps as the two Geico Honda men battled for the lead, the quicker Tomac edging out his team-mate to take the first moto win. Barcia settled for 2nd ahead of Roczen in 3rd. Baggett seemed content with 4th to keep himself at the top of the points.

The second race saw an utterly dominant performance from Tomac who rounded the first corner behind rookie Jeremy Martin who he soon dispatched with ease and led the entire race from there. Nobody else got a look in as he completed the 1-1 result to take himself second in the overall championship points table, just 14 behind Baggett with one round to go which will set up some compelling racing for next week's season climax at Lake Elsinore.

Overall winner at Steel City - Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Eli Tomac!

250 Lites Results

1. Eli Tomac 1/1 HON
2. Ken Roczen 3/2 KTM
3. Justin Barcia 2/3 HON
4. Blake Baggett 4/4 KAW
5. Marvin Musquin 5/5 KTM
6. Wil Hahn 9/6 HON
7. Alex Martin 8/9 YAM
8. Blake Wharton 7/11 SUZ
9. Malcolm Stewart 6/12 KTM
10. Jake Canada 11/10 HON
11. J Martin HON
12. Kyle Cunningham YAM
13. Jason Anderson SUZ
14. Jessy Nelson HON
15. Justin Bogle HON
16. Cole Thompson YAM
17. Baker HON
18. Kyle Peters YAM
19. Martin Davalos SUZ
20. Ryan Sipes YAM


450 Motocross Class

It was all about Raptor Titanium sponsored man Mike Alessi of Motoconcepts Suzuki in qualifying as he set a blistering fast lap time ahead of fellow Raptor Titanium sponsored riders Nico Izzi of Star Valli Yamaha second fastest and Josh Grant of Jeff Ward Racing Kawasaki fourth fastest.

Despite a poor qualifying performance Ryan Dungey continued his winning ways, grabbing the holeshot in the first race and not surrendering the lead all race ahead of Andrew Short in 2nd and Mike Alessi in 3rd.

Things weren't as straight forward in the second race for the KTM Red Bull USA man with Mike Alessi getting a much better start, leading almost the entire race with Josh Grant in second. Dungey soon fired into action and tore his way up through the field to eventually close down Alessi and take yet another 1-1 result this year.

2012 450 Champion - Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Ryan Dungey!

Motocross Results

1. Ryan Dungey 1/1 KTM
2. Mike Alessi 3/2 SUZ
3. Josh Grant 4/4 KAW
4. Jake Weimer 7/3 KAW
5. Tyla Rattray 6/9 KAW
6. Nico Izzi 8/8 YAM
7. Davi Millsaps 5/11 YAM
8. Phil Nicoletti 11/6 HON
9. Andrew Short 2/32 HON
10. Justin Brayton 12/10 HON
11. LaMay YAM
12. Broc Tickle KAW
13. Kyle Chisholm KAW
14. Kiniry YAM
15. Larson KTM
16. Craig HON
17. Howell SUZ
18. Friese SUZ
19. Noren HON
20. Jimmy Albertson SUZ


250 Lites Points

Blake Baggett 472
Eli Tomac 458
Justin Barcia 454
Ken Roczen 427
Marvin Musquin 368
Wil Hahn 282
Blake Wharton 239
Jason Anderson 222
Jessy Nelson 205
Travis Baker 177
Jake Canada 170
Malcolm Stewart 161
Alex Martin 144
Justin Bogle 126
Kyle Cunningham 113
Gareth Swanepoel 106
Ivan Tedesco 105
Martin Davalos 85
Kyle Peters 78
Ryan Sipes 58


Motocross Points

Ryan Dungey 530
Mike Alessi 409
Andrew Short 333
Jake Weimer 327
Broc Tickle 309
Josh Grant 262
Justin Brayton 222
Kyle Chisholm 198
Davi Millsaps 176
Jame Stewart 163
Nico Izzi 149
Brett Metcalfe 142
Michael Byrne 138
Tyla Rattray 136
Tommy Hahn 101
Ryan Sipes 94
Robert Kiniri 87
Ben LaMay 85
Vince Friese 82
Christian Craig 74

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.

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

Marvin Musquin

Ken Roczen

Eli Tomac

Zach Bell


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

2012 AMA Motocross Champion, Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Ryan Dungey of KTM Red Bull USA!

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

Tommy Searle taking the holeshot!


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

Gautier Paulin

Xavier Boog


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