Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 12:26PM Jett and Hunter generate lots of media attention and are attracting crowds everywhere they go. They are having fun and so are the fans. Hers's a quick video showing the enthusiam they bring.
Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 8:13PM Team Italy is coming into Foxhill VMXdN swinging with former world champion David Philippaerts at the helm. The Italian team have entered the International VMXdN team race at the annual VMXdN Foxhill event which has quickly become the biggest and most anticipated event on the UK motocross calendar. The epic MX festival has also become the biggest vets’ event worldwide.
Spearheading the Italian squad which is owned by Bruno Mamprin and managed by Dalle Ore Gianluca will be the 2008 world MX1 champion, David Philippaerts
Philippaerts needs no introduction and will be racing a Kawasaki KX 500. Philippaerts is a super smooth, yet aggressive racer who spent fifteen years racing at world championship level, culminating in a championship on the factory Rinaldi squad in 08 and will sure to be at the sharp end of the racing in the headline event of the weekend on August bank holiday weekend.
Backing Philippaerts up is another former MX1 and MX2 Grand Prix rider Andrea Cervellin. Cervellin’s experience over the years racing for many factory teams will be a real advantage for the Italian squad, he is lining up on a Honda CR 250.
The third rider on the squad is former MXGP racer from 2017 and 2018 is Filippo Bertuzzo. He will be on board a Yamaha YZ 250.
The Italian team is sponsored by Acroprofil Italy, and these three guys will boast plenty of experience.
To witness all the action when the gate drops, secure your tickets now. If you’ve never been before, this four-day festival will leave you wanting more and for those that have witnessed the event first hand it just keeps getting better!
Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 8:12PM 
Ken Roczen took his first win of the season and admitted that mentally, he is in a much better spot than he was ten years ago to deal with the first turn crashes this season that hindered his true potential this season – but the speed has always been there.
“We have been riding real good, just not having the best luck getting around the first turn and that’s kind of been my achilles heel,” said Ken in the press conference.
“It is a bit frustrating. Some things are a little bit, I mean, you kind of make your own luck, you know what I mean? But some things are just a little bit out of control.”
“I’ve left way more frustrated before where I felt like crap,” said Ken, who is now 15 points back of points leader Jett in the title chase. “I was riding like crap and it just sucks ending on a bad note on a race night. Nonetheless, whether I go down on the first turn or not, I’ve just always left it out there and, charged how long I could. When you feel strong, too, and you do everything in your power to make the best of the situation, then that angriness or frustration just leaves me a lot sooner”.
“I just chalk it up to, it is what it is and we try again next weekend. So, I think I’ve just also gotten better at putting that aside. Yeah, (this year) some of the results were just not that great, but I felt like I was riding really well and that’s in the end what I mainly focus on.”
“The mindset and the comfort for me personally is way different than 10 years ago, that’s for sure,” he says. “And even, just even from a few years ago, I honestly feel like I’m now more ready than ever to battle for a championship than I’ve ever felt in the past. And that’s a nice feeling to have. So I just value a lot of things that I used to stress about. Like practice. Every weekend is a bit different, and sometimes you need to force yourself to kind of like, quit being the way you are right now and just focus on the night show. So, it just really depends. Sometimes I wake up on the wrong side of the bed and then it just makes things a lot harder. I feel like today was honestly one of those days a little bit. I think I just know how to deal better with it honestly. It’s just, an experience thing, I think. I wish I would have that mentality a lot sooner than now, but I’m almost 30!”
There is no doubt Ken Roczen has always had more than enough talent to win a supercross title and if he can get around the first turn and lap with no issues, then maybe at nearly 30, this could finally be Ken Roczen’s year – what a story it would be!
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 9:07AM
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 8:49PM Antonio Cairoli and Alessandro Lupino in action during some pre season test with the new Ducati 450 Demo MX. Conditions of the track were brutal, a lot of ruths and bumps. The day before Mantova was the theater of the last round of Internazionali d'Italia MX Series
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 8:45PM How Hunter Lawrence’s Glendale top-five made history
Section: Competition Post: Alex Gobert
Joins brother and Team Honda HRC teammate Jett toward the front.
Image: Octopi Media.
A fifth-place result from Hunter Lawrence in 450SX at Glendale came as a season-best since stepping up with Team Honda HRC for the 2024 season, and in doing so he and teammate Jett Lawrence – who placed third on Saturday night – became the first brothers in history to both finish inside the top five of a premier class main event.
While Jett, 20, won on debut at Anaheim 1 and has gone on to post three more top-fives across the opening six rounds – including another win in Detroit and his podium in Glendale to reclaim the red plates – it has been more of a bumpy start for 24-year-old Hunter on the factory CRF450R.
“P5, a career-best, so that was really cool,” the elder Lawrence told MotoOnline. “I’ve been working really hard during the week, so it’s cool to see it pay off. Awesome, pat on the back, heading in the right direction, and a good pat on the back to myself and the team. Looking forward going into the break, continue to get better, and hopefully come out swinging at Dallas, so should be awesome.
“Just keep training and building confidence on the bike. I’m still learning the bike, it’s a lot of motorcycle to hold onto, so doing that explosive stuff and just trying to get better in those opening laps. A lot of that is just confidence, having the confidence to send it at full speed in a line you haven’t gone or a section through the whoops – stuff like that, you’re maybe not comfortable with.”
Hunter’s premier class career started on the back foot when he failed to qualify at A1, which was shocking for the reigning 250SX East and 250MX champion, but from there he has been showing signs of improvement with 10-7-11-8-5 scores across the next five races. By virtue of that type of consistency, he’s climbed to ninth in the point-standings, and confidence is building as he gains comfort on the bike.
For Jett, who made his way by Hunter for position on lap five in his run to the podium, to see Hunter making inroads was fitting: “It’s an awesome thing to have both of us in the top five. Hunter’s had few kind of rough weekends, so it’s cool to see him ride like how we rides again and get a top five. It was cool to see, he finally got a bit of a break from an unlucky last few weekends.”
As for Team Honda HRC manager Lars Lindstrom, the accomplishment of having both Lawrences – technically rookies in the premier class of Monster Energy Supercross – racing toward the front and finishing with 3-5 results came as a welcome one, effectively pin-pointing starts as being paramount among the talent-packed field that is 450SX 2024.
“Tonight was a great night for the team, which is very difficult to accomplish,” Lindstrom said. “Having all your riders do well is pretty rare, and even though we didn’t win tonight, it was a win for the team as a whole. Having Hunter step up to the level that he and we all know he belongs, and having Jett come through the pack to get a podium and take the points lead back, was fantastic. Starts have never been more important, so we need to focus on that as much as possible for the rest of the series.”
With light beginning to shine through at the end of the tunnel, the next likely target will be a double podium for the Australian-born pair, and eventually, the possibility of Hunter bringing home a Supercross main event victory in the premier class is a very genuine one.
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 9:30AM Ducati will compete in the Italian Championship with Alessandro Lupino, and rumors in the USA suggest that Joe Gibbs of JGR could reassemble his team to race Italian bikes. Anything is possible in this world. JGR has dealt with challenging Yamaha bikes and somewhat underperforming Suzuki models in the past. Could they venture into Ducati territory? Gibbs had previously mentioned retiring due to financial losses in Motocross. However, there’s speculation about the potential reopening of their North Carolina facility. The JGR MX team has a history of adaptability and innovation, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see them explore new avenues, including partnering with Ducati for future races.”
