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Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 9:13AM
Jay Wilson took his YZ450F to a perfect three wins from three starts to kick off his campaign in stunning fashion
Jay Wilson made his debut in the IA1 (450cc) class a memorable one at the opening round of the 2023 Japanese Motocross Championship taking his YZ450F to a perfect three wins from three starts to kick off his campaign in stunning fashion.
Wilson, the 2022 250cc Japanese Champion, made the move to the 450 class for 2023 with the newly formed Yamaha Factory Innovation Team and has adapted well to the new YZ450F. Despite a mishap in the early free practice session, Wilson went on to win his qualifying race and then pieced together three impressive motos to take the round one victory.
It’s the perfect start for Wilson and his team and with plenty of rounds to come, he expects the competition to step up in the coming rounds.
“The weekend went well and to be honest, I’m a little surprised by the results,” Wilson said. “Throughout the pre-season and in testing, my Yamaha teammates have shown they have plenty of speed and often been faster than me so to dominate the opening round wasn’t expected.
Monday, April 10, 2023 at 7:16PM Herlings on fourth in Switzerland
The FIM Motocross World Championship returned to Swiss territory for the first time in five years. The third round of the 2023 MXGP calendar at Frauenfeld was the scene for Andrea Adamo to score 2nd overall in the MX2 category with his works KTM 250 SX-F. Jeffrey Herlings classified 4th in the MXGP class.
An overdue and welcome return to Switzerland and some of the most vocal and enthusiastic fans in Europe awaited MXGP on Easter weekend. Round three gathered under bright but temperate conditions at Frauenfeld northeast of Zurich and around a rough and demanding new layout for the Grand Prix. Frauenfeld had previously staged MXGP dates in the middle of the last decade but had not hosted the series since 2018.
Jeffrey Herlings came to the meeting after claiming his 100th career victory in Sardinia two weeks previously and then after victorious outings in domestic events in Europe in a quest to build-up his race speed and conditioning even further. The 28-year-old rode to 3rd place in Saturday’s RAM Qualification Heat and then waited until Monday’s motos to secure to a 6th and a 4th for 4th on the day and dealt with a rough, quick and potentially treacherous surface with a composed approach despite suffering with arm-pump.
In the MX2 class Andrea Adamo made use of decent starts and an effective rhythm to be among the leaders with a 3rd and a 2nd. The haul was enough for Adamo’s second walk to the rostrum in his first season with the team and with the factory KTM 250 SX-F. Liam Everts was once more in the top ten reckoning and an 8-6 effort (the second moto 6th place being his second-best result of the young season so far) was another learning experience for the Belgian.
There will be little time to dwell on round three as MXGP pushes directly onto the fourth appointment of the campaign next weekend. Another bumper and expectant crowd are expected to flock to the hard-packed, slick but spectacular setting of Pietramurata in Arco di Trento for the Grand Prix of Trentino.
Jeffrey Herlings, 6th and 4th for 4th overall in MXGP: “I had a good gatepick after Saturday but the break in the schedule didn’t help me much. I felt a bit tight today and although I had a good start in the first moto I had some arm-pump and went backwards. It was a shame. I took the points. It was not a great weekend but not a bad one. I’ll look forward now to Arco next weekend and work from there.”
Andrea Adamo, 3rd and 2nd for 2nd overall in MX2: “A really good weekend for me. A solid one. The track was a bit different to what we are used to but I enjoyed it: something different is also cool! I think we can all be quite happy with 2nd overall today. Now we’ll go back to Italy for some training and get ready for Arco. We are confident at the moment and I hope we can try for the same result or even better.”
Liam Everts, 8th and 6th for 7th overall in MX2: “My Quali race went well and my pace was good but in the first moto I got held-up, tipped-off and struggled to find my rhythm. In the second moto I was 5th for most of the race until Kay [De Wolf] got around me at the end. P6 for 7th overall though felt like an improvement. I liked the track here. It was better on Saturday; more lines and slower but a bit faster today. It was an unusual weekend but we made the most of it.”
Monday, April 10, 2023 at 7:13PM 
Following his horrific crash at the Glendale round of AMA Supercross, Christian Craig has provided an update on his condition. Sadly, the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing rider has confirmed he’s dislocated his hip, dislocated elbow and broken his elbow. Here’s his post below.
“Rough day in AZ. Ended up going down early in first practice. Dislocated hip and dislocated elbow. Was able to get them both put back in at hospital. My elbow is also broken so will be getting surgery on that once the swelling goes down. Appreciate everyone that has reached out- including lots of the guys I race every weekend. And thanks to everyone who was at the hospital with me while Paige Craig hopped on a flight as well as the mobile medical team for taking care of me. Unfortunately, this is part of the sport and I’ll heal up to be ready,’’ he explained.
Monday, April 10, 2023 at 7:07PM Moto two victory seals Benistant MX2 round win at Frauenfeld.
Delivering success for Monster Energy Yamaha at the third round of the 2023 MXGP World Championship, Maxime Renaux claimed the overall victory in the premier class as Thibault Benistant stood tall in MX2 in Switzerland.
Victory in the second moto was decisive in Renaux scoring the round win, the Frenchman going 2-1 on the day to take his first GP honours of the season.
Red plate-holder Jorge Prado (Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing) emerged on top in the opening moto, but P3 in the final encounter saw him miss out on the overall by two points. Kawasaki Racing Team’s Romain Febvre completed the podium with consistent 3-2 scores.
Round two winner Jeffrey Herlings (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) was P4 in Switzerland courtesy of 6-4 finishes, as Calvin Vlaanderen rounded out the top five thanks to 5-8 results.
Notably, Jeremy Seewer (Monster Energy Yamaha) was cross jumped in the opening moto and after remounting only scored a single point from the outing, later rebounding to finish fifth in the second bout.
In terms of the MXGP Championship standings, Prado – who won the qualifying race in Switzerland – leads on 155 points, with Herlings second on 134 and Renaux third with 131.
After recovering from a fall in the opening MX2 moto and finishing fourth, Benistant delivered in the final encounter to secure the overall with a 4.929s victory ahead of Andrea Adamo (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing).
Adamo finished second for the round with 3-2 scores, as Kay de Wolf (Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing) went 2-4 to complete the top three. Teammate and race one winner Roan Van De Moosdijk concluded the round P4, managing eighth place in race two.
Red plate-holder Jago Geerts (Monster Energy Yamaha) rounded out the top five with 7-3 results, suffering a sizeable fall in the opening moto.
Geerts leaves Switzerland still in possession of the MX2 red plate, as Benistant – who was also victorious in the qualifying race – moves up to second, 20 points behind the lead, with de Wolf in third a further three points back.
The second round of the Women’s Motocross World Championship also took place at Frauenfield, as Courtney Duncan (Kawasaki) took the overall honours ahead of race two winner and points leader Lotte Van Drunen (Kawasaki). Daniela Guillen (GasGas) completed the top three with 3-4 scores.
Monday, April 10, 2023 at 8:27AM Skill, preparation, attitude, strong bike, luck all combined with the Works Connection Pro Launch Device give Eli a very successful night at the Glendale SX.
Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 3:30PM Rocky Mountain Ticket to Ride. If you’re not familiar, each year at the GNCC banquet two winners on each night (2 ATV and 2 bike) are selected for a trip to Utah to ride in the Moab area with our friends from Rocky Mountain ATV/MC, and additionally we send along a member of the GNCC staff. Rocky Mountain takes care of the entire trip, and everyone raves about how much fun it is. Last weekend saw the dirt bike portion of the Ticket to Ride take place and it was a great time.
The winners also bring along a guest to ride as well, and this year’s group was a really solid one. WXC racer Taylor Johnston won one of the spots and brought along JDay Womens Pro and occasional WXC competitor Savannah Kipp, and the other winner was Vet A class racer James Bower who brought fellow Vet A competitor Tom Truxell. On our end, I got the pick to go for the first time (everyone assumed I had been before, but I hadn’t!) and I was absolutely blown away at how great of riders everyone was, as well as how much fun it really was. The rocks out in the Utah desert are polar opposite of what we have here.
Naturally, as an east coast off-road rider you expect rocks to be slick but the rocks out there provide perfect traction, even when they’re wet! Day one we rode the White Wash Sand Dunes area, which is chocked full of awesome sand, rocks and tons of free roaming riding. You can just about go ride anywhere you want. Our entire group managed to ride right on top of each other’s rear wheels through the entire day and for day two Just Deschamps and the crew from Rocky Mountain decided our group would be fit for something a little more technical on day two.
Day two we rode the Temple Mountain area which is much more technical single track type trail that even features the famous “Five Miles of Hell” loop, which we opted to skip since we were all on borrowed bikes. Regardless, there were still a lot of really tough and technical sections to contend with, but like I said, there’s nothing but pure traction on those rocks. At one point, Justin even mentioned that this was the first time they had taken the Ticket to Ride group to the Temple Mountain trails, which was pretty cool to hear.
Overall, it was an absolutely awesome experience that I could go on and on about, including raving about just how cool and high tech the Rocky Mountain ATV/MC facility is… If you ever see it, it gives you a real appreciation for what it takes to fulfill even the smallest order. Huge thanks to Justin and Chance from Rocky Mountain for making the two days of riding absolutely epic, and also a big thanks to Rachel Bretzing for organizing flights, hotels and other arrangements, plus driving everyone to and from the airport.
Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 3:22PM
Five Questions: RJ Hampshire
Post: Dylan Wills
Rockstar Husqvarna rider's take on Seattle and his recent 450SX debut.
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s RJ Hampshire’s 2023 Monster Energy Supercross campaign has been the best start to a season in his career, showing a wealth of consistency to go along with the blistering speed that we’re all aware of. He was granted the opportunity to step up to the 450SX class while his usual 250SX West series was on hold, where he impressed during his first showing in the premier class at Daytona. The 27-year-old features in this latest Five Questions feature.
Is there anything you picked up racing in the 450 class?
The best way to practice is to race – [Jett Lawrence and Cameron McAdoo] weren’t racing and I was, so any knowledge that I could take away from that was going to be positive. Daytona was awesome, I don’t think many people expected me to ride like that. I was actually really sick for the two-weeks leading up to it, so I didn’t really feel well up until about Thursday this past week. I got back on the 250 and got my health back to being good and right away I felt awesome, I don’t know if it was from riding the 450 or what. We didn’t really change much on the bike, it is just so to replicate the 450 when you’re jumping back onto a 250, my riding style is completely different between the two bikes. It’s kind of all out on the 250.
What was it like getting that heat race win in Daytona?
I was pretty beaten up after Oakland, but I just told myself to pull it together and that we were going racing in Daytona. I think I had four days on the 450 leading up to Daytona, the last time I rode supercross on a 450 was probably about 2017, so I haven’t touched a supercross track on a 450 since then. The team were all for it, but the first couple of days on the bike were not good, then it came down to the few days before Daytona and I had my first good day on it, then Wednesday the team showed up and we did 30-40 minutes of testing and decided to go racing. You couldn’t have painted a better picture, that was an awesome experience and debut. I knew I wasn’t ready to battle for a main event win, but man it was cool. I was stoked the team gave me an opportunity.
Can you take us through the track conditions in Seattle and maybe compare it to past years?
Yeah, I just raced Indy, well I didn’t race but I did practice and this track had a lot of similarities, it got beat down so fast. I was first heat race out and they had kind of fluffed it up, but it went straight back to having deep ruts while the berms were actually kind of dry and slick, especially before the finish, so that made it hard to get into a flow.
Did you find the Seattle layout was a hard track to pass on?
I struggled in the heat race, my start was bad, and I was still in sixth with like three laps to go. But, in the main event, I did pick some areas out, I had that line into the sand before the wall, but you had to almost catch the guy in front of you off guard to make it.
When you passed Cameron, was that a spot you had picked out, or did that opportunity just present itself and you made the most of it?
The first time, kind of, but the second time, I thought it was their last lap, my pit board said ‘two to go’ two laps before that. We kind of got side-by-side going down the whoops, I was sending it cause I thought it was the last lap and there was a lapper between us, I saw he wasn’t going to protect that inside so I squared up and went for it, but I thought that was the last corner, last lap so that’s why I went for it like that.
