Dylan Walsh opens 2021 MXGB with impressive podium - latest on James Dunn injury
By Press Release on 3rd May 21
British Motocross Championship James Dunn Dylan Walsh
The new REVO Seven Kawasaki team made its competitive debut at the opening round of the 2021 REVO ACU British Motocross Championship fuelled by Gulf Race Fuels at a tough and testing Culham MX Park on Sunday.
It proved to be a day of decidedly mixed fortunes for the teams MX1 pairing of Dylan Walsh and James Dunn.
Dylan claimed a podium finish after losing a tie-break for second overall with a 2-3 race card but James day ended early when a qualification crash put him out.
Team Principal Mark Yates: "Dylan had hard-fought battles with [Evgeny] Bobryshev and Tommy Searle. We do a lot of pre-season testing and suspension work but the conditions today were so choppy that the bike wasnt quite right and Dylan wasnt able to push as hard as he wouldve liked.
"The track was really good but it was so gnarly the braking bumps down the hill were brutal but all-in-all Im really pleased for Dylan. You dont win a championship at the first round but you can definitely lose one and hes come away with a third overall and is joint second on points which is a good starting point for us.
Dylan Walsh
"Theres been a lot of hard work by the team leading up to this and weve come away with a podium after a very positive start to the season for Dylan.
"James has had a great pre-season with no issues whatsoever he really got his speed up and was riding real strong and it was so unfortunate that he had a small crash on the out-lap of qualifying that put him in hospital.
"Luckily, nothings broken and hes had a CT scan and everythings all right, weve just got to see when hes going to be fit enough to ride again."
Dylan Walsh: Its not too bad a result. The track was very difficult. Half of it was soft and half of it was hard and it was real technical.
We made a few wrong choices with the bike set-up but were still learning the bike and things like that can happen at the first race of the season and weve learned some lessons for the next round which is good.
I feel like my riding was a little bit better than my result but overall its a good start and there are lots of positives. Im really enjoying the Kawasaki and were going to continue working hard I think the plan is to head out to Belgium for more training and keep learning.
James Dunn: "I think I managed about two corners! Ive been checked out in hospital and luckily everythings okay I banged my head and have a sore leg but after a bit of rest I should be fine.
"It was just one of those freak things that caught me out. I wasnt even going that fast. It all happened pretty quickly and the next thing I knew I was laying on the floor.
"I felt my preparation had been solid and I was feeling good and looking forward to getting out there."
James Dunn
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