Tuesday January 31, 2012
Hot on the heels of the recent announcement that US racer Ricky Dietrich will contest the 2012 Husqvarna ACU British Sprint Enduro Championship, organisers GMC Events are pleased to announce that Poland’s Endurocross star Taddy Blazusiak will also take his place on the start line at the series opener in Aldershot on February 11/12.
Tuesday January 31, 2012
On Saturday 28th January the ACU held the annual Awards Presentation at the Park Inn Hotel in Northampton. During the course of the day nearly 700 people attended to celebrate the achievements of both Youth and Adult riders from all disciplines of the ACU. The Youth Awards took place over the lunchtime and highlighted the hard work of the future stars from the sports of Trials, Motocross, Quads and Grass Track.
Friday January 27, 2012
Stebbings Car Superstore of King’s Lynn, East Anglia’s number one car supermarket, have agreed to become an official sponsor of Round 3 of the Maxxis British Motocross Championship at Lyng on May 6th this year.
Friday January 27, 2012
The Isle of Man Centre will be holding a number of Motocross and Trials Seminars. The Seminars will be taking place at Knock Froy on the Isle of Man on Wednesday 1st February and Sunday 5th February.
Friday January 27, 2012
With the opening round of the 2012 Phoenix Tools Motocross series just 6 weeks away registrations have been flooding in and are filling up fast in all classes, including the new over 35’s 40s & 50s group.Venues have now been finalised with two new tracks being introduced one being Chew Magna, Nr Bristol, which will be a brand new track to be built in July, with input from the Premier team. and also the round which was originally to be ran at Waggadon Farm, Torrington on May 20th has been replaced with Wrangaton, Nr Ivybridge. After several meetings with P & P Events, some changes and improvements are to be made to the existing track ready for the 20th of May.
Friday January 27, 2012
CH Racing Husqvarna’s new signing Ricky Dietrich will compete in the 2012 ACU British Sprint Enduro Championship. With the opening two rounds of the 2012 Husqvarna ACU British Sprint Enduro Championship rapidly approaching American off-road racer Ricky Dietrich has confirmed his participation in the series, which starts in Aldershot, Hampshire on February 11/12.
Friday January 27, 2012
With preparations now well under way for this year's Hawk International at Hawkstone Park on 26th February and some massive top international riders putting their names down to compete this year, an added bonus has also come with TV footage of the event.
Monday January 16, 2012
After the confirmation last week of the Buildbase Honda Team the top names are now flooding in for the 2012 Hawk International on the 26th February. 2011 British MX2 Champion Arnaud Tonus has confirmed to ride the 2012 event with the Dixon Yamaha Team, Tonus is eager to kick start his season how he finished and prepares himself for the GP's and the British series once again.
Thursday January 12, 2012
Look down the championship standings for both the MX1 and MX2 classes in MXGP and it will take you a while to find a rider with the Union Flag next to their name. While the likes of Germany’s Ken Roczen and Holland’s Jeffrey Herlings have exploded onto the world scene recently, the same can’t be said for young British riders. But Roczen and Herlings, while special, aren’t unique. We have youngsters in the UK who are equally as talented but the problem is that we simply don’t nurture them, nor do we provide the environment in which they can realise their true potential.
Tuesday January 3, 2012
Dennis Slaughter, stalwart of the Norwich Vikings MCC and the ACU has been awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours list. Dennis has been involved in British Motorcycle Sport as a competitor, official and organiser for 63 years.
As a volunteer and at the age of 83 Dennis has spent every single day at the Cadders Hill Motocross circuit based in Lyng near Norwich preparing it for meetings of all levels which have included local club, Regional, National and International events.
Tuesday January 3, 2012
It is with great sadness that the ACU has learnt of the tragic death of former Sidecar Cross Champion and Current International Quad rider Mark Watson on Boxing Day. British Championship front runner and European title contender, Mark Watson, died as the result of a car accident in Northumbria.
Monday January 2, 2012
RHL Activities is pleased to announce that entries are now open for an exciting new addition to the off-road calendar; the RHL Beach Race at Swansea on the 2nd to 4th of March 2012.
With massive savings on advanced entries, now is the time to make sure you are down on the list to take part in the inaugural Swansea race.
Monday January 2, 2012
After visiting the Arena on Wednesday (21st December), the ACU would like to announce that, after lengthy negotiations over many aspects of the possibilities of saving the Wembley round of the ACU British Supercross Series, the decision has been made that with such a short time scale before the proposed event, it is not in the best interest of the sport, especially the riders and fans, to attempt to keep the event alive.