The stars come out for Sheffield
By TMX Archives on 9th Sep 08
A star-studded line-up of international talent has been assembled for round one of the British Supercross Championship on the 25th October at the Sheffield Arena.
Following on from last weeks announcement of US Rockstar Makita Suzuki's MikeAlessi and brother Jeff Alessi confirming to compete at Sheffield more nameswere released this week including the two defending British Supercross ChampionsMike Brown and Colton Facciotti among others.
Newly crowned Canadian MX1champion Colton Facciotti will be back at Sheffield on 25th October to defendhis British SX2 title. Facciotti dominated the Canadian Motocross Nationals inthe premier MX1 class with eight overall wins out of a nine round series despitemissing one of the rounds with a broken collarbone. Facciotti will again becompeting in two classes at Sheffield taking a shot at SX1 and defending his SX2championship.
Defending SX1 British Supercross Champion Mike Brown willalso be back at Sheffield to campaign in both SX1 and SX2 championship battles.Neither Brown nor Facciotti will be eligible to compete in the brand new BritishSupercross Championship Open class, which is only open to the best of theBritish regulars, which will make its debut at Sheffield.
Other starriders include Canadian and crowd favourite Kyle Beaton who has confirmed forSheffield. Beaton's come from behind charges always have the fans on the edge oftheir seats as witnessed at the final round of the British SupercrossChampionship at London's O2 Arena back in February, where Beaton battled throughthe field to catch and pass Mike Brown for the win in the Pro Open class. Beatonalong with Brown and Facciotti will also be competing in both the SX1 and SX2classes.
US rider and former World Supercross champ Heath Voss will bemaking his first appearance in the British Supercross Championship at Sheffieldcompeting in the SX1 class. Joining Voss will be fellow countryman and formerwinner of the Montreal Supercross Jason Thomas. Thomas is no stranger to BritishSupercross after making appearances at the last two Sheffield events. Moreriders will be added to the line up in coming weeks.
Internationalriders already confirmed for Sheffield: -
Mike Alessi USA RockstarMakita Suzuki
Jeff Alessi USA Moto XXX Honda
Mike Brown USA TBA
ColtonFacciotti Canada Blackfoot / Dixon Yamaha
Kyle Beaton Canada TBA
HeathVoss USA Honda
Jason Thomas USA Honda
For tickets and information on the upcoming British SupercrossChampionship please visit www.fwsx.com Tickets for the first round of the seriesat Sheffield Arena on October 25th are available from the Sheffield Arena boxoffice on 0114 256 5656.
Tickets for rounds two and three are availablethrough the Liverpool Echo Arena box office on 0844 800 0400. The final round ofthe series has now been confirmed for London's O2 Arena and will be on salethrough www.theo2.co.uk website.
2008/2009 British SupercrossChampionship Schedule
Round Date VenueTickets
1 Saturday, 25th of October Sheffield Arena, Sheffield0114 256 5656
2 Friday, 23rd of January Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool 0844800 0400
3 Saturday, 24th of January Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool
4Saturday, 31st of January O2 Arena, London