Michelin stars set for Foxhill feast
By TMX Archives on 8th Apr 15
The famous Foxhill Moto Parc hosts round two of the Michelin MX Nationals this weekend (April 11/12).
Following the highly successful opener at Preston Docks the event team has been hard at work pulling together what is promising to be a first-class weekend of racing at the first of the scheduled former GP venues.
For many of the entry this will be their debut riding an international standard track and with this in mind – and in order to make it an enjoyable experience for everyone – some minor track modifications have been sanctioned by the ACU to make this possible.
The Bell MX1 and MX2 Experts Cup will take centre stage on Saturday with Will Orritt and Keiran Banks aiming to emulate their performances from three weeks ago.
Orritt has a 12-point lead in the MX1 class from Leighton Holmes while Banks is 14 points clear of Ollie Osmaston in MX2.
In the BW85cc class Jack Bincliffe leads from Team Green Kawasaki's Dylan Woodcock.
Joel Rizzi, another Team Green rider, heads the championship chase in the SW85cc class.
Sunday sees the pro classes in action with Kristian Whatley (Buildbase Honda) heading into Foxhill on maximum points after his two race wins at Preston.
Next is the on-form Martin Barr (ERT KTM) who's 10 points adrift of Whatley with Brad Anderson (MBO Power ASA Yamaha) third.
In MX2 it's Frenchman Steven Lenoir (Dyer & Butler KTM) who's on top, leading Jake Millward (Verde KTM) by five points.
Adam Sterry (Wilvo Forkrent KTM) was top MX2 rider in the opening race at Preston but a cut hand slowed him second time out.
Based on the riders' results from the Maxxis round at Lyng expect Whatley and Sterry to control their classes in the two mixed-capacity races but it's going to be a close-run thing with a lot depending on who brings their ‘A' game to the Swindon circuit.
The action starts both days at 9am. Postcode for Foxhill is SN4 0DR.
For more details go to www.mxnationals.co.uk.
