9 December 2021 Issue

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Lightning Bolt

Billy Bolt got the defence of his SuperEnduro world title off to the best start possible as he took maximum points in the opening round of the 2021/22 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship in Lodz, Poland

V for Victory!

The 1971 Victory Trial would prove to be a muddy affair as a huge entry of riders turned out for the 46th running of this national event

Sheff Special

For a good few years in the nineties and noughties, the run up to the festive period was livened up considerably by supercross events that were held in arenas around the UK – exotic locations like London, Belfast and Sheffield. Since these races are no more, join us as we look back to 2008 and the opening round of the 2009 ACU British Supercross Championship

Winter Wonderland

Walters Arena in South Wales was the venue for the latest off- road event put on by Nick Plumb and the Outdoor Welsh Events team when they ran the Kenda Winter Weekend Enduro comprising of five races over the two days

The Real Tenerife Disaster

On 9 December 2006 a relatively unknown British motocross racer was getting set to take on an international line-up of racers in sun-baked Tenerife. This is his story

Remembering Rene

The death of Rene Hofer in a skiing accident on 4 December 2021 was a total tragedy. We look back at the career of a rider who was just 19-years-old when he became a first-time MX2 GP winner at Pietramurata on October 27, 2021.

Taking Stock and Looking Forward

Already a four-time motocross world champion, Tim Gajser failed to win a fifth title in 2021 despite leading the MXGP series several times through the year and remaining in the championship chase until the very end. We talked to the amiable 25-year-old Slovenian about his year, how he feels about it and what lies ahead for the HRC Honda starHRC Honda sta