In his first season in the MX1 class Scottish rider Billy Mackenzie
scored a GP win and at times looked very strong. We caught up
with the new CAS Honda signing while he was getting ready to go
out training. Like all good factory riders Mackenzie will come into
the 2008 season ready to race. interview on mxlarge.com
pic from vitalmx.com
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Billy MacKenzie MXLarge Interview -ozzy go-
Sheffield Supecross Preview -ozzy go- mxlarge.com
The first round of the Future West ACU British Supercross
Championship draws ever closer with some leading GP and
American riders contesting the Sheffield Supercross this weekend.
The impressive world class rider line-up will see the addition of
another Canuck to the line up. Doug Dehaan of Ontario, Canada
who rode for the Butler Brother's US Supercross/Motocros team in
2007 will be racing aboard a PAR Homes Honda at the opening
round of the Future West ACU British Supercross Championships.
Dougy D will be replacing fellow Canadian Brady Sheren who
broke his wrist last weekend testing and preparing for Sheffield.
Sheren will be out for at least 6 weeks but will be back in time for
Anaheim 1 in January.
"It's too bad for Brady I know he was looking forward to coming
to Sheffield, it would have been a great experience for him,
fortunately we have a long list of other riders who want to come
and Doug Dehaan was at the top of the list. Doug should have
never been on the reserve list in the first place, he deserves a
much higher rung on the ladder. We had already commited to soo
many riders and when Doug called me originally there just wasn't
any space left for him". says Future... full story on mxlarge.com
pic from transworldmotocross.com
Mackenzie wins first British Championship -ozzy go- kawasaki-racingteam.com
23 year old Mackenzie, winner of the Grand Prix of Japan and the first world championship event with the KX450F-SR, gave the manufacturer their first British accolade since 1996 and ended Honda’s seven year dominance in the premier class of the UK competition.
The eighth and final round of the Maxxis-backed championship at a sunny and spectator-packed Pontrilas circuit was actually won by team-mate Tanel Leok who was making a one-off appearance. The Estonian assisted the crew and Mackenzie enormously by defeating the Scot’s main rival Ken de Dycker in the first moto (‘Mac’ was third) and then shadowed and defended leader Mackenzie in the second race until the two factory machines had a safe margin, by which stage he moved through and went on to seal his second chequered flag of the day.
With results of third and second to take second overall Mackenzie
confirmed his maiden British Championship by ten points over De
Dycker and only missed the podium once from eight rounds, not
dropping out of the top four in sixteen motos. click on ozzy go to
the full story on kawasaki-racingteam.com
2007 Maxxis British Motocross Championship: Final Round Results
Howton Court, Pontrilas, Hereford, September 16, 2007
Howton Court 450
1. Tanel Leok (Kawasaki) 1-1
2. Billy MacKenzie (Kawsaki) 3-2
3. Ken De Dycker (Honda) 2-4
Howton Court 250
1. Jason Dougan (Suzuki) 1-2
2. Tommy Searle (KTM) 3-1
3. Mike Brown (Honda) 2-5
British MX1 Championship Final Standings
1. Billy Mackenzie (De Groot Kawasaki) 394pts
2. Ken De Dycker (Cas Honda) 384pts
3. James Noble (Multitek Honda) 339pts
British MX2 Championship Final Standings
1. Mike Brown (Cas Honda) 376pts
2. Tommy Searle (KTM UK) 371pts
3. Gareth Swanepoel (Molson Kawasaki Racing) 343pts
Donington Park MX1 and MX2: Tommy Searle sizzles Donington crowd for MX success
Factory KTM rider Tommy Searle sent 28,000 fans wild at the
brand new motocross facility at Donington Park when the 18-
year-old won his first Grand Prix in the MX2 category on Sunday.
The rider from Kent has now risen to second place in the FIM
World championship with just one round remaining and cannot be
displaced.
His results of second and first in the two motos of 35 minutes and
two laps duration under cloudy but bright skies delivered his
maiden triumph and continued an impressive record of results at
his home round.
Tommy Searle is already the UK’s top off-road racer after less
than two full seasons at the highest level.
In 2005 he raced his first Grand Prix at Matchams Park, Ringwood
and surprised many by not only qualifying but also scoring points.
Twelve months ago at Matterley Basin in Winchester he notched
his first GP podium and this weekend continued the trajectory.
“It has been a perfect day and the crowd were incredible,” he
said. “I had some difficult finding my lines in the first race and
could not catch Nicolas Aubin but he rode well. In the second I
could get away and pushed hard to stay ahead of Jeremy Tarroux
and I’m so pleased to finally win a Grand Prix. “This was the
penultimate round and I was worried that I’d run out of chances.”
Spectators including Marco Melandri, Troy Corser and Niall
Mackenzie watched how the infield had been transformed into a
spectacular circuit with many challenging jumps.
The layout ran from the outside of Goddards corner almost up to
Coppice and was constructed in just over a month to entertain the
penultimate round of the world championship.
Britain’s other main hope, Billy Mackenzie, could not repeat
Tommy Searle’s example in MX1. The 23-year-old Scot, winner in
Japan this year and leader of the British series, stalled his works
Kawasaki while leading the first race. He then grabbed a neutral
coming out of the gate in the second and hit the dirt several more
times trying to come through from the rear of the pack. He was
twelfth overall. click on ozzy go to the full story on MCN
photos from londonbikers.com & kawasakiracingteam.com
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
Flying Scot Mackenzie Aims For Home Glory -ozzy go- superbike-news.co.uk
Billy Mackenzie is planning to spoil the party in the Park for the
five riders chasing the World MX1 Championship at this Sunday’s
penultimate round at Donington Park – the determined Scot has
enjoyed home glory before and is eager for more at this all new
event to the Leicestershire circuit.
He goes head to head with Kiwi Josh Coppins who returns from
injury to boost his hopes of winning elite crown. The Yamaha rider
has missed a couple of rounds after damaging his shoulder in a
tumble and that has allowed his rivals to close in.
Belgian rider Steve Ramon is just a dozen points down and in this
hotly competitive series, his team-mate Kevin Strijbos, a winner
last Sunday in Northern Ireland, has powered in, together with
Sebastien Pourcel and David Philippaerts.
Mackenzie is ready to take on all-comers: “I really want to win
this one. There is pressure and I put it into something positive.
We get good vibes off the crowd. I never put any pressure on
myself, I just try my best and that’s all you can do. But it helps
when the British fans are there just to push it along.”
He will be looking to them to boost him to victory, just as they did
in corresponding event when it was held in the Isle of Wight: “I
can’t define what it is that they give you, but it’s always there,
giving you that extra boost. The British fans are the best in the
world. “They get right behind you and that win on the Isle of Wight
two years was the best moment of my career right up to winning
this year in Japan, so I guess you could say that a moto win in
Britain is equal to three GP wins in a row anywhere else. To win
the Grand Prix at Donington would be awesome.” click on ozzy go
to the full story on superbike-news.co.uk
World Title Shodown British Motocross GP -ozzy go- donington-park.co.uk
Five riders power into the penultimate round of the World
Motocross Championship at Donington Park on August Bank
Holiday Sunday knowing that they can secure the crown with
a strong performance in the British Motocross Grand Prix.
Kiwi Josh Coppins should have won his race against time to be
fit to defend his slender lead in the premier MX1 category – the
Yamaha rider has been nursing a shoulder injury and his absence
from the previous two rounds has enable the pack to play catch-
up on him.
Coppins knows all too well that he has to be back at this all new
event to the Leicestershire circuit to head off the growing threat
to his supremacy.
Leading the charge is the Belgian rider Steve Ramon who has
narrowed to within a dozen points, but, in a hotly competitive
series, his team-mate Kevin Strijbos, a winner last Sunday in
Northern Ireland, has closed in, together with Sebastien Pourcel
and David Philippaerts.
The course on the infield section of the parkland circuit has been
specially crafted, using some 50,000 tons of soil, to provide an
fast, high leaping and exciting challenge for the elite riders as
they go for gold – they will have two 35 minutes plus two lap
races to decide the points, and the pressure is on now in the
scramble for the title.
Pushing the title contenders all of the way will be top British riders
including Billy Mackenzie and James Noble, while in the MX2
category, which also has two races, each of 35 minutes plus two
laps duration, Tommy Searle is gunning for double top to secure
the overall runner-up position at the expense of former champion
Chris Pourcel.
There are just five points between the Frenchman and Searle,
aboard the Red Bull KTM, who ran the newly crowned champion
Antonio Cairoli close in the Northern Ireland round. He had to
settle for second best, but Searle, who bases himself in Tonge, a
couple of miles from Donington, is determined to turn the tables
on the high flying Sicillian in his home round.
Searle has checked out the course and reckons it will be both
demanding and thrilling to ride and he heads up a home challenge
that also includes the highly... click on ozzy go to full story
Ken De Dycker & Mike Brown deliver a CAS Honda whitewash at Brampton -ozzy go-
2007 Maxxis British Motocross Championship Round 7
Low Gelt, Brampton, nr Carlisle, August 12, 2007
West Devon Motocross Club
Brampton MX2
1. Mike Brown (Honda) 1-1
2. Tommy Searle (KTM) 4-2
3. Jason Dougan (Suzuki) 2-5
4. Tom Church (Kawasaki) 5-6
5. Gareth Swanepoel (Kawasaki) 8-4
MX2 Championship Standings after Round 7 -of 8
1. Mike Brown (Cas Honda) 328pts
2. Tommy Searle (KTM UK) 316pts
3. Gareth Swanepoel (Molson Kawasaki Racing) 305pts
4. Tom Church (Molson Kawasaki Racing) 281pts
5. Shaun Simpson (Wulfsport Kawasaki) 264pts
Brampton MX1
1. Ken De Dycker (Honda) 1-1
2. Billy MacKenzie (Kawsaki) 3-2
3. Brad Anderson (Yamaha) 2-3
4. Wayne Smith (Honda) 4-5
5. James Noble (Honda) 8-4
MX1 Championship Standings after Round 7-of 8
1. Billy Mackenzie (De Groot Kawasaki) 342pts
2. Ken De Dycker (Cas Honda) 334pts
3. Brad Anderson (Pioneer Yamaha) 292pts
4. James Noble (Multitek Honda) 291pts
5. Gordon Crockard (PAR Homes Honda) 251pts
Billy Mackenzie takes sensational first win in Japan -ozzy go- Kawasaki Racing Team
Sugo, Japan, 27 May 2007 - KRT rider Billy Mackenzie’s continued domination
of the Grand Prix of Japan at the Sugo circuit set a number of landmarks today
in front of 24,000 spectators and a large crew of appreciated Team Green staff.
The 23 year old, who has won the MX2 class at Sugo in 2005 and 2006,
became the first ever British rider to triumph in the MX1 category with
first and second positions and also provided the potent KX450-F SR with
its maiden victory in the premier competition of the FIM Motocross World
Championship. His ‘overall’ success under cloudy skies and occasional
sunshine came about in only the Scot’s sixth Grand Prix in KRT colours.
For the third year in a row the popular Sugo circuit proved a very rough,
technical and physically demanding test. A deluge of rain meant that the soft
mud was thoroughly soaked for Saturday’s practice and qualification periods.
The effect of the downpours caused the mud to be exceedingly bumpy with
some deep ruts and boggy sections of the course making the track far from easy.
Mackenzie missed out on his debut pole position by two tenths of a second on
Saturday and early signs that the Briton meant business was evident with his
rapid lap to head the time sheets in the second Free Practice period.
The first moto saw ‘Mac’ take a poor jump from the gate but he bullied his way into
the first three by the third corner and then take the lead from Mike Brown several
turns later. He had an advantage of three seconds by the end of the lap and quickly
built up an incredible twenty-one second gap after seven circulations, which he then
managed to the chequered flag for the first ever ’25’ points for the KX450-FSR.
A second moto repeat ‘escape’ from the chasing pack looked likely when he again
overtook Brown on the opening lap and massaged a five second margin over the
American and Ken de Dycker for most of the race. The current British Championship
leader caused a late shock when he lost control... click on ozzy go to the full story
Billy MacKenzie & Mike Brown shares the wins in Japan, Coppins extends lead -ozzy go-
Sports Land, Sugo, Japan, May 27, 2007
MX1 World Championship Round 6
Grand Prix of Japan at Sugo Sports Land
MX1 Sugo Moto 1
1. Billy MacKenzie (Great Britain/Kawasaki 211)
2. Jonathan Barragan (Spain/KTM 7)
3. Josh Coppins (New Zealand/Yamaha 6)
4. David Philippaerts (Italy/KTM 19)
5. Mike Brown (USA/Honda 4)
6. Ken de Dycker (Belgium/Honda 9)
7. Sebastien Pourcel (Frenh Republic/Kawasaki 90)
8. Yoshitaka Atsuta (Japan/Honda 83)
9. Steve Ramon (Belgium/Suzuki 11)
10. James Noble (Great Britain/Honda 16)
11. Manuel Priem (Belgium/TM 8)
12. Kevin Strijbos (Belgium/Suzuki 2)
13. Kazumasa Masuda (Japan/Honda 82
14. Kornel Nemeth (Hungary/Suzuki 108)
15. Max Nagl (Germany/KTM 101)
MX1 Sugo Moto 2
1. Mike Brown (USA/Honda 4)
2. Billy MacKenzie (Great Britain/Kawasaki 211) 
3. Josh Coppins (New Zealand/Yamaha 6)
4. Steve Ramon (Belgium/Suzuki 11)
5. Yoshitaka Atsuta (Japan/Honda 83)
6. David Philippaerts (Italy/KTM 19)
7. Tanel Leok (Estonia/Kawasaki 5)
8. James Noble (Great Britain/Honda 16)
9. Manuel Priem, (Belgium/TM 8)
10. Kevin Strijbos (Belgium/Suzuki 2)
11. Sebastien Pourcel (French Republic/Kawasaki 90)
12. Max Nagl (Germany/KTM 101)
13. Danny Theybers (Belgium/Honda 21)
14. Kornel Nemeth (Hungary/Suzuki 108)
15. Kuraudo Toda (Japa/Suzuki 65
MX1 World Championship Standings after Round 6 -of 7
1. Josh Coppins (New Zealand) 274pts/7 wins/11 podium
2. Kevin Strijbos (Belgium) 211pts/1 win/5 podiums
3. Steve Ramon (Belgium) 186pts/4 podiums
5. David Philippaerts (Italy) 148pts/1 win/1 podium
7. Jonathan Barragan (Spain) 143pts/1 win/2 podiums
8. Mike Brown (USA) 141pts/1 win/1podium
11. Billy MacKenzie (Great Britain) 120pts/1 win/1 pod.
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