Future West Supercross
By TMX Archives on 27th Nov 08
The new Merseyside Liverpool Echo Arena will be rocking to a different beat on the evenings of Friday and Saturday 23rd and 24th of January, when an international star studded line-up of champion riders invade the waterside venue for the second and third rounds of the British Supercross Championships.
The series will be making its second annual visit tothis outstanding venue, which will celebrate its first anniversary in Januarywith the return of the British Supercross Championship. The arena is situated inthe newly developed Albert Dock tourist area which is alive with people, hotels,bars, restaurants, and other tourist attractions and is all just a short walk tothe city centre of the famous music city.
Last years inaugural Liverpool Supercross event at thenewly completed Liverpool Echo Arena attracted a healthy size crowd on Fridayevening followed by a capacity crowd on Saturday evening. All were treatedto two nights of outstanding racing entertainment from some of the best ridersfrom around the globe. This year's event promises to be even better than lastyear after close exciting battles in all three pro classes at round one of theChampionship at the Sheffield Arena in October.
Defending SX1 champion Mike Brown hailing from TennesseeUSA and defending SX2 champ Colton Facciotti from Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada will be back to defend their respective titles. The best of Britishriders will also be in Liverpool to competeagainst the international riders and compete in the new British only OpenPro class. Following Liverpool the seriesmoves on to the fourth and final round at The O2 Arena the following Saturdayevening on the 31st of January. Be a part of history. Get your tickets now callthe Liverpool Echo Arena box office on 0844 800 0400. For London tickets call 0844856 0202 or visit www.fwsx.com
Currentstandings after round one at Sheffield
British Open
1. 2 Tommy Searle Red Bull KTM KTM 250F
2. 23 Carl Nunn SusoMotovision Suzuki Suzuki 250F
3. 104 Gordon Crockard PAR Honda Honda 250F
4. 50 Martin Barr Relentless Suzuki Suzuki 250F
5. 272 Neville BradshawDB Racing Honda 250F
6. 60 Scott Elderfield PAR Honda Honda 250F
7. 77Jack Brunell IHLE Racing Honda 250F
8. 11 Glen Phillips KTM KTM 250F
9.511 Steven Clarke Relentless Suzuki MX Suzuki 250F
10. 144 Elliott BanksBrown Suzuki Swift MX Suzuki 250F
11. 33 Ashley Greedy Talbot Cabs Suzuki250F
12. 500 Carl Brogden KTM 250F
SX2
1. 1 Mike Brown USA Red Bull KTM KTM 250f
2. 2Tommy Searle GBR Red Bull KTM KTM 250f
3. 12 Kyle Beaton CAN Dixon UTAG Yamaha Yamaha250f
4. 701 Tyler Bright USA DK Suzuki Suzuki 250f
5. 23Carl Nunn Suso GBR Motovision Suzuki Suzuki 250f
6. 272 Neville Bradshaw RSADB Racing Honda 250f
7. 50 Martin Barr IRLRelentless Suzuki Suzuki 250f
8. 134 Rasmus Jorgensen DEN Relentless Suzuki Suzuki 250f
9. 59 LloydVercuill RSA Wildmoor Kawasaki Kawasaki 250f
10. 511 Steven Clarke GBRRelentless Suzuki Suzuki 250f
11. 144 Elliott Banks Brown GBR Suzuki SwiftMX Suzuki 250F
12. 1* Colton Facciotti CAN U Tag Dixin Yamaha Yamaha250f
SX1
1. 1 Colton Facciotti CAN Dixon UTAG Yamaha Yamaha 250f
2. 13 HeathVoss USA PAR Honda Honda 450f
3. 801Jeff Alessi USA PAR Honda Honda 450f
4. 1Mike Brown USA Red Bull KTM KTM 250f
5. 701Tyler Bright USA DK Suzuki Suzuki 250f
6. 511Steven Clarke GBR Relentless Suzuki 250f
7. 979 Ben Coisy FRA Honda
8.104 Gordan Crockard IRL PAR Hoomes Honda Honda
9. 12 Kyle Beaton CAN U TagDixin Yamaha Yamaha 250f
10. 33 Ashley Greedy WALES TalbotCabs Suzuki 250F
11. 56 Luke Remmer GBR Kawasaki 250F
12. 59 Lloyd Vercuill RSAWildmoor KTM 250