Yamaha major sponsor of British Supercross
By TMX Archives on 6th Oct 09
Yamaha UK will be front and center when the British Supercross Championships burst into life at the NEC in November.
In addition to their financial support Yamaha UK's Steve Dixon's UTAG Yamaha team will be fielding a powerhouse team as a serious effort to clinch the SX1 and SX2 Future West ACU British Supercross Championships. The rapidly approaching Championship, which kicks of at the NEC on Saturday, November 28th and repeats the following Saturday evening, December 5th will run alongside the Carole Nash International Motorcycle and Scooter show.
American ZACH OSBORNE and Canadian KYLE BEATON will be leading the charge for the British based factory backed Yamaha team. Beaton, who just won the Montreal SX2 class in front of 50,000 Canadian fans is on a roll and out to prove himself after an injury earlier in the year dashed his chances of a Canadian outdoor title. Former GP winner Osborne who entered the British Supercross Championship at Liverpool last year after missing the first round at Sheffield will be campaigning the whole series this year. Osborne also has something to prove after an injury in the GP of Portugal took him out of action earlier in the year.
Osborne and Beaton will be lining up against some serious competition including defending SX1 and SX2 champ, KTM's MIKE BROWN and of course newly sign KTM US factory star MIKE ALESSI. Alessi, arguably one of the fastest racers in the world will be out to re-position himself as top dog after an injury riddled season robbed him of the US outdoor title. Brown will be equally determined to retain his British SX1 and SX2 titles.
The best of home grown British talent will be out to win in all classes. The British Pro Open class which is open to British based riders only will give the fans an extra action packed pro class plus the best of the best in British Schoolboy, Youth, Amateur and Quad classes. None of the British riders seem more ready to beat the yanks than Carl Nunn. Nunn, the defending British Open Supercross champ proved that he can run with and beat the best by winning against Brown at Liverpool last year and by recently winning the Red Bull Pro Nationals MX1 Championship.
Runner up to Nunn last year, Par Homes and Ulster's own Gordon Crockard will be back to contest the series along with DB Racing's British based South African Neville Bradshaw. Bradshaw who recently claimed the Red Bull Pro Nationals MX2 title will be back to further add to the mix. LPE Kawasaki will also be fielding an impressive team with Elliot Banks Brown and Kristian Whatley and possibly an as yet unconfirmed offshore rider. This year's series will also get a first time look at the latest crop of Canadian young guns including Spencer Knowles from Vancouver and Manitoba's Ryan Millar. Both Millar and Knowles are products of the Canadian Arenacross Championships that has produced some great riders over the last 20 years.
There seems to be some confusion regarding tickets for the NEC. Just to clarify the Supercross events are ticketed separately from the Carole Nash International Motorcycle and Scooter show and can be bought through The Ticket Factory box office on 0844 338 8000.