Phillips - the New kid on the block
By TMX Archives on 26th Mar 08
ANYONE in attendance at the opening round of the Maxxis British Motocross Championship at Donington Park recently or the MMX Championship curtain raiser a week previous, or simply if you read about the events in T+MX News the following Friday, will have not failed to notice the appearance of a new name well inside the top-ten of the MX1 class in both series; Michael Phillips. Indeed, such were the performances of the previously unheard of Phillips at both events that it sent many, T+MX included, searching through their programmes to find more information on the mystery rider. Subsequent probing discovered the impressive Phillips to be the latest in a long and illustrious line of New Zealand natives making the long trek across the globe to follow a motocross dream in europe. Riding for the Nigel Arnold Robinsons KTM team, and based with Nigel himself, T+MX tracked down the 22-year-old native of Rotorua on the North island to find out more about his racing background and his aspirations for his time in Europe...
For full story see T+MX NEWS, Friday, MARCH 28, 2008