Herlings Stomps Lommel

 Herlings Goes 1 - 1

Red Bull KTM Factory rider Jeffrey Herlings, despite crashing in both motos today, has again gone 1-1 and won his 11^th Grand Prix of the season and his 79^th GP victory of his career. The Dutchman was in total control all weekend in the deep, dark sand of Lommel, and on most occasions was probably riding 70% from his limit.

“We kept going and last lap I tried to pass my friend," Herlings said. "I tipped over, but still a 30 second win and happy with my day. Two good starts and the bike was perfect. Also the guys at WP suspension did a great job and I look forward to Switzerland now.”

Second overall was Antonio Cairoli with 2-2 results and third was Max Anstie with 4-4 results. The points lead by Herlings in the MXGP standings is now 33 points with five rounds go to.

Coldenhoff led the second MXGP moto early from Anstie, Herlings, Gajser, Cairoli, Seewer, Febvre, Guillod, Desalle and Bobryshev 10^th. Herlings into the lead after half a lap, and Cairoli went past Gajser.

Cairoli flying as he passed Anstie and went after Coldenhoff, and Febvre passed Gajser. Herlings is riding three seconds a lap quicker than his competition and even Cairoli in second is looking average, some 13 seconds back after four laps.

Febvre goes down, and drops back to sixth place, and after five laps its Herlings, Cairoli, Coldenhoff, Anstie Gajser, Febvre, Seewer, Desalle, Bobryshev and Simpson.

Anstie closed in on Coldenhoff for third place, and after nine laps its Herlings with a 17 second lead to Cairoli, then Anstie in third, Coldenhoff, Febvre, Gajser, Seewer, Desalle, Bobryshev, and Van Horebeek 10^th.

Coldenhoff repassed Anstie and Febvre also joined the battle for third place. After 11 laps it was Herlings, Cairoli, Coldenhoff, Anstie, Febvre, Seewer, Gajser, Desalle, Van Horebeek, and Bobryshev 10^th.

Herlings down in the final lap and struggling to get up, but Herlings wins it from Cairoli and Coldenhoff. Herlings lapped up to ninth place, and nearly passing Desalle in 8th.

MXGP - Grand Prix Race 2 - Classification

1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 35:34.847; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:33.050; 3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:47.722; 4. Max Anstie (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:54.030; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +1:15.523; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +1:35.515; 7. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +1:44.319; 8. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +2:13.053; 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 10. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Suzuki), -1 lap(s); 11. Shaun Simpson (GBR, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 12. Julien Lieber (BEL, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 13. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 14. Graeme Irwin (GBR, KTM), -1 lap(s); 15. Tanel Leok (EST, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 16. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), -1 lap(s); 17. Jeffrey Dewulf (BEL, KTM), -1 lap(s); 18. Harri Kullas (EST, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 19. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), -1 lap(s); 20. Valentin Guillod (SUI, KTM), -1 lap(s); 21. Todd Waters (AUS, Honda), -1 lap(s); 22. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, KTM), -1 lap(s); 23. Petar Petrov (BUL, Honda), -1 lap(s); 24. Lars van Berkel (NED, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 25. Matiss Karro (LAT, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 26. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Kawasaki), -2 lap(s); 27. Filip Bengtsson (SWE, Yamaha), -2 lap(s); 28. Jonathan Bengtsson (SWE, KTM), -2 lap(s); 29. Menno Aussems (NED, Honda), -3 lap(s); 30. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), -4 lap(s); 31. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, Yamaha), -8 lap(s); 32. Dietger Damiaens (BEL, KTM), -11 lap(s); 33. Yentel Martens (BEL, Husqvarna), -12 lap(s); 34. Gert Krestinov (EST, Honda), -13 lap(s); 35. Ander Valentin (ESP, Husqvarna), -13 lap(s); 36. Nathan Renkens (BEL, Honda), -13 lap(s);

MXGP - GP Classification

Champions Crowned: 2018 Loretta Lynn’s Amateur National

The third and final Championship motos being run and Amateur National Champions are being crowned at the 2018 Rocky Mountain ATV Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

Here are the winners of the older classes. Many of you may have actually raced with some of these guys.

Junior 25+   (1st) Mike Brown  (2nd) Ricky Renner

Senior 40+   (1st) Mike Brown   (2nd) Barry Carsten

Masters 50+ (1st) John Grewe   (2nd Barry Carsten

MXGP of Belgium - Qualifers

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MXGP Qualifer

Herlings wins Qualifier

Red Bull KTM Factory rider Jeffrey Herlings has won the MXGP qualification race. His ninth of the season and the Dutchman was pretty much on cruise control, winning by 15 seconds. Second was Antonio Cairoli and Roman Febvre third.

“I know this track, I have been here a couple of times in my life. It was a good race, I had a good start and cruised, and I am looking forward to tomorrow. I hope to get two good starts and two wins.”

Febvre led into the first lap, but Herlings who started second was quickly into the lead, followed by Gajser, Cairoli, Anstie, Van Horebeek, Strijbos, Bobryshev, Desalle, and Seewer 10^th. The pass by Herlings was as always, impressive.

Cairoli worked into third place after passing Gasjer, and soon after Gajser went down. Febvre looked really fast, but still Herlings was moving away. Paulin was back in 18^th place, and his average season continued.

Simpson was working hard in ninth place and was all over Desalle, but then a small mistake cost him a little bit of time. After two laps it was Herlings with a four second lead over Febvre, then came Cairoli (eight seconds back after two laps), Anstie, Strijbos, Van Horebeek, Bobryshev, Desalle, Simpson, Gajser, Seewer, Coldenhoff, Butron, Tixier and Searle 15^th.

Gajser another mistake and down in 14^th place, with Paulin in 16^th, Irwin 19^th, Lieber 20^th, and Waters 24^th. Herlings clearly cruising as after six laps his lead was less than four seconds over Febvre, and 10 seconds over Cairoli in third.

Seewer and Simpson were in a great battle for 8^th place, and Desalle went down, with the two Yamaha riders nearly hit him in a blind jump. Simpson and Seewer were closing up on Bobryshev for seventh place.

Cairoli closed up on Febvre and passed for second. Herlings won it from Cairoli and Febvre.

Kalib Russell To Test AMA MX

GNCC Champion Kailub Russell to Race AMA Pro Motocross!

Photo: Simon Cudby

Five-time GNCC National Champion Kailub Russell will compete in the 450MX class for the last three rounds of the 2018 AMA Pro Motocross Championship beginning on Aug 11 with the Unadilla National in New Berlin, New York.

Russell, who currently leads the GNCC XC1 Open Pro Championship by 54 points, will continue to vie for his sixth-consecutive title when the cross-country racing series resumes from a two-month American summer break on Sept. 16.

In the meantime, Russell has been hard at work training and riding in Florida at the Baker’s Factory with some of the world’s most elite motocross athletes. With a break in the offroad schedule, Russell jumped at the well-timed opportunity to try his hand in the Pro Motocross Championship with full support from the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team. Russell’s mechanic will be Jade Dungey for the last three rounds.

"I'm really excited to have an opportunity to ride under Roger De Coster’s team. It's been a goal of mine to compete in AMA Pro Motocross for a long time and I hope I can put in some solid performances!” Russell said.

Roger DeCoster added, “As a multi-time offroad champion, I have a lot of respect for Kailub and his racing accomplishments. It’s been his dream to race a professional motocross event and it just so happens that we have an extra race bike prepared so it makes sense to take advantage of his open schedule and see what he can do at the last three rounds.”

The 2018 AMA Pro Motocross Championship resumes next Saturday, Aug. 11, with the Unadilla National in New Berlin, New Yor

 

 

 

 

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Wade Young – “there were some gnarly days for sure”

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With his impressive victory at Red Bull Romaniacs 2018 Wade Young became the youngest ever winner of the event and in doing so ticked-off one huge racing life goal.

Round four of the World Enduro Super Series saw Sherco Factory Racing’s Wade Young commanding role for five epic days of Enduro racing in Romania. The 22-year-old South African battled all week both with his main rival Manuel Lettenbichler and the incredibly demanding riding conditions to secure the biggest victory of his career to date.

Congratulations Wade, how does it feel to have won the 15th edition of Red Bull Romaniacs?

Wade Young: “Thanks. This race is probably the toughest Enduro race around so I’m really stoked on the win. It’s a hugely demanding event. It’s five days on a bike and you get pushed to your absolute physical limit. 

“I’ve been trying for a while now to get it done and finally the winner’s trophy is mine. But thanks also go to my whole Sherco Factory Racing team, my mechanic and family and friends who’ve kept me going all week.”

 

Photo Credit: Andrea Belluschi/Future7Media

Entering the final day of racing you only had a small four-minute lead, were you nervous about that?

“I felt like I was riding well all week and knew that I could do it. But also, Manuel Lettenbichler was riding good too and was keeping me honest. He was fast on the up hills but I managed to reel him in on the downhills and flowing sections of the course. It went like that for the whole day right until the last couple of checkpoints. I knew then it was a case of now or never and I just gave it everything I had. I rode at maximum attack for the final 20 kilometres.”

What was the feeling like entering the final hillclimb in Gusterita, knowing you’d done enough to win?

“I could hear the crowd cheering and the atmosphere was just pumping. The final hillclimb is always nervy because it’s so steep and easy to make a mistake. With the gap being so tight crashing there could have lost me the entire race. I wanted to celebrate but held back until the finish line and then once I passed the chequered flag the enormity of it all hit me. It was an unreal moment in my Enduro career.”

 

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Aside from winning the race, were there any other highlights for you during the Red Bull Romaniacs?

“Probably just before the service point on off road day three. There we had the hardest climb of the race and I managed to pull a gap on the guys. Up until then the climbs were not my strongest asset and to just get it right and build a small lead felt awesome. It was a little victory in itself.”

You’ve had multiple podium results in Romania and now a win, what is it about the Red Bull Romaniacs that suits your style of riding?

“I think it’s the long days — it’s not just all about technique. Somewhere like the Erzbergrodeo relies a lot on technique and trials riding, where for me Red Bull Romaniacs is a pure form of Enduro riding. It’s man and machine against the elements for as long as it takes each day. It’s the toughest and most physically demanding Enduro race in the world. It requires you to dig deep and that’s something I can do when the going gets tough. I feel like I showed that this week — there were some gnarly days for sure.”

 

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Finally, with a debut Red Bull Romaniacs win do you think you can keep that momentum going and claim a debut Red Bull 111 Megawatt victory?

“I’d definitely like to. Although it’s completely different to here in Romania, it’s a race where I’ve finished on the podium before. I’m riding well and I’ve always been strong there, so I’ll try to fight for the top step of the podium again.”

World Enduro Super Series – 2018 Schedule

Rnd 1. Extreme XL Lagares (Portugal) May 11-13

Rnd 2. Erzbergrodeo (Austria) May 31-June 3

Rnd 3. Trèfle Lozérien AMV (France) June 8-10

Rnd 4. Red Bull Romaniacs (Romania) July 24-28

Rnd 5. Red Bull 111 Megawatt (Poland) September 8-9

Rnd 6. Hawkstone Park Cross-Country (England) September 22-23

Rnd 7. Gotland Grand National (Sweden) October 26-27

Rnd 8. Red Bull Knock Out (The Netherlands) November 10

Supercross ‘Legends and Champions’ on show in Geelong

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Take a ride down memory lane at round three of the season.

Fans at round three of the 2018 Australian Supercross Championships presented by Yamaha Motor Australia at GMHBA Stadium in Geelong, Victoria, are set to enjoy the ultimate dose of supercross nostalgia.

A star-studded line-up of Australian Supercross Legends and Champions are set to make a special appearance at the 13 October event.

The Legends and Champions revival will be headlined by decorated Australian dirt bike veteran Craig Dack, who is a Geelong local, and his longtime arch-rival Glen Bell, in a special feature of the national championship meeting. Craig Anderson, Troy Carroll, Jay Marmont, Danny Ham, Cameron Taylor and Ryan Marmont are also confirmed to appear.

“It will be an absolute thrill for multiple generations of race fans to see so many Legends and Champions of Australian Supercross on the grid together,” enthused Geelong race organiser and triple world champion Troy Bayliss, of Troy Bayliss Events.

“The Dack versus Bell rivalry was huge back in the 1980s and early 1990s and to see these two heroes of the sport take to the track once again will be a very special occasion, where true fans of the sport can show their appreciation for the part all these Legends and Champions played in the golden years of Australian supercross racing.”

While not a race, the Legends and Champions parade is set to kick off the evening’s action on a spectacular USA-inspired race track built from thousands of tonnes of topsoil that will be trucked onto the expansive infield of GMHBA Stadium.

With so many of the Legends and Champions having been part of great rivalries in their hey-days, the Geelong parade will rekindle countless memories for riders and fans alike, turning back the clock to an era when pre-mix fumes and Rat Racing gear ruled the Australian supercross scene.

“Having an Australian Supercross Championship event in my hometown is special in its own right,” admits Dack, who is nowadays owner and team principal of the powerhouse CDR Yamaha Monster Energy Team. “But to also have the opportunity to be included in the Legends and Champions parade is sure to make for a night everyone at the event will remember.

“I will be riding my 1992 Yamaha YZ250 in the Legends and Champions parade, which is my favourite bike in my collection, as Yamaha gave it to me as a retirement present in my final year of professional racing,” Dack reveals.

“To line up alongside some of my old rivals like Belly, not to mention so many of my former CDR Yamaha team racers over the past 26 years, will be such a special occasion and I hope to see thousands of past and present supercross fans at the Geelong event to cheer us all on.”

Queensland-based Australian Supercross Championship Hall of Fame member Troy Carroll, who won six Australian Supercross Championships in the late 1990s and early 2000s, can’t wait to get back behind the start gates at the Geelong event.

“Having the opportunity to line-up alongside guys like Dacka in the Legends and Champions parade will be so memorable,” Carroll commented. “I can’t wait to do some laps with the guys and then settle back with the Geelong fans and enjoy a big night of racing.”

AORC Recap from Dungog – Aussie Enduro Championships

Race recap from Round 5 & 6 of the 2018 Yamaha Motor Australia AORC in Dungog, New South Wales. The first time card enduro of the season for the Australian national championships is looking pretty sweet.