Star Line-Up for NEC British SX Championship
By TMX Archives on 17th Nov 09
Round 1 & 2. With one week to go to the opening round of the Future West ACU British Supercross Championship at Hall 5 of the NEC on Saturday November 28th the rider line up is looking very interesting in all classes.
Defending SX1 and SX2 Champ Mike Brown will be back to run the #1 plate. Steve Dixon's U-tag Yamaha team will be fielding a large fourman rider line-up starting with US rider Zach Osborne. Osborne wouldhave been a strong contender for last year's SX1 and SX2 titles had henot missed the opening round at Sheffield. This year Osborne will becompeting in the whole series in his quest to pry away the #1 platesfrom Brownie who just happens to be his friend and neighbour statesside. It's not going to be a walk in the park for Osborne or Brown asrecent German Supercross winner and fellow American Cole Siebler willbe joining the British series at the NEC on the second weekend onDecember 5th. Siebler recently split wins with Kyle Beaton at theopening rounds of the Canadian Arenacross Championship in Chilliwack,British Columbia.
Newly Crowned Canadian MX1 champ and 2 time British Supercross champColton Facciotti will be back to contest the whole series on Dixon UtagYamaha's. With two consecutive Canadian MX1 titles under his beltFacciotti will be on a mission to get back his British title from MikeBrown and add a third BSX title to his growing collection. AnotherCanadian who will be returning to the UK is Kyle Beaton. Beaton is wellknown and liked by the British fans for his never say die come frombehind style of racing best demonstrated at Cardiff a few years agowhen he worked his way through the field to take the win and morerecently at The O2 in London in 08 when he did the came from behind andpipped Mike Brown to the post. Beaton will also be contesting the wholeseries again on a Dixon prepared YZ250F
Some new, to the British Supercross Championship Americans, willalso be competing this year including Ben Lamay who will be riding aSamsung Yamaha and Ryan Blizzard who will be on board a MeridethSuzuki. If that's not enough two more Canadians will be making thetrip, Spencer Knowles will be the fourth member of the Dixon Yamahasquad, Knowles is touted as being one of the big names of the futurefrom Canucksville. The 16 year old from Vancouver trains with KyleBeaton and has picked up some of Beaton's speed and determination. Thefinal Canadian on the list for the NEC is Colton McLean from VancouverIsland, McLean will be riding a DK Off Road prepared Suzuki.
There are a couple of disappointments, one being Mike Alessi'swithdrawal from all Supercross events including European, Australianand US events. Future West's John Hellam had this to say about thecontroversial Alessi, "Mike was supposed to come to our Sheffield eventlast year but was unable to because of an injury, his absence did nothurt the series as the racing was very close without him. This year anyone of a number of great riders could win with such an evenly matchedfield." Another possible change to the line up is the possibility thatdefending British Open Supercross champion Carl Nunn will not be fullyfit in time for the opening round at the NEC. If that turns out to bethe case Nunn will join the series for the last 2 rounds at Liverpoolon January 23rd and London on January 30th.
With the possibility of Nunn missing the opening round, the door iswide open for the British Open Supercross Championship. Ulster's,Gordon Crockard who narrowly lost last year's championship to Nunn inthe last race at The O2 will be a strong contender again this year.Crockstar has fully recovered after his Hawkstone Park incident and ischomping at the bit. Crockard will have some strong competition withhis fellow countryman Martin Barr. Barr had to dip out of last year'sseries after receiving an injury at round 2 in Liverpool and is allfired up to put his Relentless Suzuki up front and clinch a BritishSupercross title. Elliot Banks Browne will be making his début on forDB Racing Honda and will be there to spoil Crockard and Barr's plans aswill LPE's Kawasaki Kristian Whatley and Honda's Jordan Rose.
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HERE IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE PRO LEVEL RIDERS REGISTERED FOR THE SERIES.
MIKE BROWN USA KTM
ZACH OSBORNE USA YAM
COLTON FACCIOTTI CAN YAM
COLE SIEBLER USA HON
KYLE BEATON CAN YAM
GORDON CROCKARD IRE
JORDON ROSE GB HON
MARTIN BARR IRE SUZ
ELLIOT BROWN BANKS GB HON
BEN LAMAY USA YAM
KRISTIAN WHATLEY GB KAW
RYAN BLIZZARD USA SUZ
SPENCER KNOWLES CAN YAM
COLTON MCLEAN CAN SUZ
DAVID GOOSEN GB HON
HARRY BERTRAM GB KAW
PAUL SMITH GB HON
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FUTURE WEST ACU BRITISH SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Round 1 NEC Birmingham - Carole Nash International Motorcycle Show - Saturday, November 28th - Tickets: 0844 338 8000
Round 2 NEC Birmingham - Carole Nash International Motorcycle Show - Saturday, December 5th - Tickets: 0844 338 8000
Round 3 Liverpool Echo Arena - Saturday January 23, 2010 - Tickets: 0844 800 4000
Round 4 The O2 Arena, London - Saturday January 30, 2010 Tickets: 0871 984 0002