Dylan Walsh on what cost the overall & the team racing into title contention
By Team TMX on 7th Jun 21
British Motocross Championship Canada Heights Dylan Walsh
The only thing more surprising than Dylan Walsh making it to the gate at Canada Heights was that the super-fast British-born Kiwi didn't bag a holeshot in the opening race.
That and a collision with points leader Tommy Searle conspired against the REVO Seven Kawasaki pilot from taking the MX1 overall victory, missing out by a single point on Sunday as the team contested round three of the 2021 REVO ACU British Motocross Championship fuelled by Gulf Race Fuels.
Still sore after his heavy fall last weekend at FatCat, Walsh qualified third but didnt manage to pull one of his trademark fast starts in the opening moto. However, he pulled through from an initial seventh and was sitting in second in the closing stages when a collision with defending champion Tommy Searle dropped him back to fifth.
Second time out and the 23-year-old made no mistakes out of the gate, nailing the holeshot and leading for the full race distance to end the day in second overall and reduce the deficit to the series leader to just four points.
Dylan Walsh
"Were buzzing after that second moto," said Team Principal Mark Yates. "We switched to a scoop tyre for the second race which was especially effective in getting out of the gate and up the hill into the first turn.
"Im really pleased for Dylan. He proved today that hes a rider who is worthy of wins and titles at this level.
"Weve struggled a bit over the last few weeks with set-up dont forget, a 450 is new to us and were also learning a new bike but Im confident that were now getting there, especially with our understanding of the relationship between the suspension and the level of engine braking that comes with the bigger motor.
"We did a lot of work with the bike last week and Dylan absolutely loves the changes weve made so he was feeling very confident. The crash in the first moto was unfortunate but second time out he was in a different class and now were only four points off the championship lead with everything still to play for.
Dylan Walsh said: "Todays been much better. I made the wrong tyre choice for the first moto and got a bad start but I worked my way up to second before Tommy and I came together.
"Id like to thank Mark, Sam and Josh for the work theyve done on the bike. Its night and day different its wicked! Ive got that monkey off my back and feel so confident. It should have been an overall win for me but Ill take that win in the second race and well carry this momentum into the next round at Foxhill."
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