Three Kings?
By TMX Archives on 21st Sep 05
As dbr was going to press the ACU released details of the finalised Team GB three-man line-up for the Motocross des Nations.RWJ Honda's James Noble will race the MX1 division, Champ KTM's Carl Nunn goes in MX2 and Billy MacKenzie steps up As dbr was going to press the ACU released details of the finalised Team GB three-man line-up for the Motocross des Nations.RWJ Honda's James Noble will race the MX1 division, Champ KTM's Carl Nunn goes in MX2 and Billy MacKenzie steps up to the Open class on a Dixon Racing 450cc Yamaha.The event - the biggest race on the world MX calendar - will be held at Ernee in France on September 24/25. Teams representing 36 countries have entered from as far afield as Iran, Australia and Colombia.Team GB manager Rob Herring is confident with his choice. "The team's picked itself," reckons Rob. "We've got the three best riders we could possibly go with at this moment in time."Billy Mac, the only surviving member of the '04 team, is looking forward to the race. "The chance to represent your country is cool - and it's a great feeling to be ranked in the top three in the UK," he says. "I just want to go there and give it everything and hopefully bring home the trophy."I'm excited to be jumping on the 450 but I told Rob I wanted to be in MX1 rather than the Open class so I could race Ricky Carmichael."All the teams are going to be strong and we've definitely got the strongest team we could have but I guess the strongest have got to be the US and Belgium."Factory Kawasaki rider Stephen Sword - who aggravated a wrist injury at the recent Dutch GP - is 100 per cent behind the team. "The other guys are going well and all deserve their places - I think they deserve it more than me," says Swordy. "We need to take a team that's fully fit and if they all ride like they have been doing this season we should do well."After missing last year's event, Team USA start as favourites. Ricky Carmichael and Kevin Windham will fill the big-bore berths while on-from Ivan Tedesco takes over the MX2 ride from the out-of-form Mike Brown.