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MPS RACING - MAG SPORT RACING 2007 - Review June
Back on April 25th we travelled to one of Dirtbike Trax events at one of our local tracks at Tong near Bradford.
Si had come up from Dorset to ride as we were going to Italy on the Monday for the UEM so we had a full team Si, Gav and Edd, I decided to sit this one out!
The competition was stiff with KTM rider Tom Sagar ,Ryan Voase, Paul Bolton, Justin Wilson And Graham Jarvis competing.
Tom got a good start and pulled a good lead and nobody got close to him, Si had titanic battle with Ryan and Paul and settled for 3rd behind Ryan deciding that the European Championship the following week was more important.
Gav moved up to 5th place then crashed heavily bending his handlebars but pitted, replaced them before rejoining the race in last place but still finishing well and picking up points.
Edd still improving with every event came home a strong 9th ahead of some very fast riders, another good event.
The next event was the first round of the Husqvarna NEEC at Graythwaite where two of Britain's best were late entries Paul Edmondson ( ex world champion ) and Tom Sagar current European Champion.
Gavin was on good form and was determined to give them a run for their money and that's what he did.
Second to Tom after two tests only missing out on beating fast Eddy after a spill on the final test a brilliant result only just beaten by two world class riders.
Edd also had his best result with an excellent 3rd in the expert class riding better every week.
Next was the big one, our first World round. We caught the ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao in Spain then down to Pourto Lumbraras in Southern Spain.
In the UK our set up is quite big but here with the big teams we were the little fish in the big pond but we still worked in a professional manner and found that we were as organised and as competitive as everybody else.
We found that we became the focal point for the other British riders who soon found it was the best place to get a good cup of tea and somewhere to chill out.
It was really good to be able to help out Tom Sagar and Greg Evans even though they were riding the wrong bikes!
Both our riders had a good weekend even if the results were a mix of good and bad but two good overall finishes which we were very happy with.
Next stop was Portugal where things were a little easier as we knew what to expect and the fact that the paddock was in the centre of the town.
With the extreme test very close both bikes were re built by Al Wakely, Wyn Hughes and myself and were looking good.
Again both Si and Daryl had strong rides on Saturday and started even better on Sunday with both riders placed in the top six after the first lap.
However Daryl had a couple of crashes and Si still in 6th place had an experimental front wheel spindle break on the second to last test, putting him out of the event luckily he was uninjured but very disappointed.
The Yorkshire lads were in action at Guisburn at a dirt bike trax event, where Gav took a good win against some top opposition and Edd 8th well done to both of them!
Back home to our local event the Ryedale Motor Clubs Langdale Enduro were we had a full team Si, Gav, Edd and me.
The Ryedale lads had set out a top course and the rain that was forecast held off, riders were away at 9.00 with Si looking good for the win but things didn't work out quite to plan after two tests Si led from Gav by 11 seconds but on the last test Si crashed giving Gav a well earned win with Si second Edd 3rd in the expert class and me well down in 20th must try harder!
Next stop off to Italy for the 4th round of the WEC. Just a short trip this time only 12 hours on the ferry and an 800 mile drive to the beautiful ski resort of Borno north east of Milan.
We arrived on the Wednesday evening and set up camp. On Thursday morning we walked the 3 tests, the MX test was a grass field with hundreds of corners and lots of tricky jumps the field was a sea of track tape how anybody could remember all of it is beyond me.
Next on to the extreme test which started with a log pile about 20 feet high ( unfortunately cut out after it rained ) then some tricky climbs and runs down a rocky stream then through a tunnel about 500 meters long under the town, then a man made jump out, up a narrow valley, all very spectacular!
The enduro test was a mix of dry rocky river bed and root strewn woodland.
Saturday was a good day for both riders, with Daryl 6th and Si 10th on Sunday. Daryl finished 4th just 10 seconds off a rostrum. Si had a bad day with two crashes which hit his confidence and decided not to continue as he couldn't focus on the task ahead so it was time to relax and sample some Italian beer and look forward to the next event.
Last weekend saw Gav, Edd and myself head to Thorpe Perrow in North Yorks for a North riding enduro club multi lap event.
Gav won again winning by a huge margin, I crashed on the first lap holding up Edd who was behind me, in his haste to catch up with the pack he clipped a tree breaking his throttle but made it back to the pits to replace it ( robbed from our latest sponsors bike Richard Sheen of Sheen Projects Ltd ) after a strong fight back he finished 3rd.
Si was back in Wales competing in the Powys Enduro and was locked in battle with Tom Sagar again, with Tom tacking the win by a small margin, good to see him back to his best after Italy.
Many thanks to all our supporters.
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