Mackenzie set for Donington showdown -ozzy go- Billy Mackenzie MCN Interview

Donington Park hosts another GP this weekend – this time it’s
on dirt as the penultimate round of the World Motocross
championship heads to the UK.

MCN collared MX1 class rider Billy Mackenzie for a chat to
preview the round that will race on an all-new track built from
scratch on the infield of the famous racing circuit.

Billy Mackenzie will on the receiving end of a great deal of
attention from the expected 30,00-plus crowd and as a factory
Kawasaki rider he currently leads the British Championship
and is the UK’s top racer in the premier MX1 class.

Billy Mackenzie became the first Brit ever to win a Grand Prix
in the category when he guided his works Kawasaki KX450F-SR
machine to first and second positions in the two Motos at Sugo
in Japan last May.

The 23-year-old Scot from Edinburgh is nearing the end of his
debut season in the class having won four Motos and two Grand
Prix – plus a number of podium results – in MX2 in 2005.

Donington Park is a new circuit and a ‘level playing field’ for
most of the riders. click on ozzy go to the interview on MCN