Following closely in the wheel tracks of the last event at Lydden Hill just over a week ago, Round 4 of the British Supermoto Championship supported by Round 5 of the National Supermoto Championship, both take place this coming weekend; the 14th/15th July, at Teesside Autodrome near Middlesbrough.
Young Australian hope Joe Harvey aboard a Halsion Lincoln Aprilia SXV550 is the only wild card scheduled to join the 28 permanent riders for this round of the series and Harvey will be hoping that his second outing as a wildcard will bear more fruit than his debut at Lydden Hill, which was dogged by machine troubles and ever-changing, non-Australian type weather conditions, which never really allowed the young Aussie charger to get into his stride.
In the Open Championship, Christian Iddon (Factory Aprilia SXV550) stamped his authority on the Lydden Hill meeting with three race wins, but endured a torrid time at the German Grand Prix in the meantime and is bound to be looking to pick up his game again as a result.
His main challenger Matt Winstanley (Robinsons of Rochdale KTM 610) had one of the best results of his Grand Prix career in Germany and will come to Teesside on a high and no doubt looking to claim the lead of the series from Iddon. Other top riders including Sam Warren (SR Off-Road Aprilia SXV550), South African Craig Venske (Robinsons of Rochdale KTM 610) and veteran ex-enduro rider Ady Smith (UK KTM 610) will also be keen to ride the new circuit layout at Teesside where the circuit owners have built a completely new off-road section in order to accommodate the 2007 series.
The current 1st and 2nd placed riders in the 450 Championship, Chris Hodgson (Robinson of Rochdale KTM) and Keith Farmer (SMRacing Rocket Centre Aprilia UK SXV450) also made the long trip to Germany and will be coming back armed with additional experience and knowledge as a result, which they will be looking to apply at Teesside. With three races at each meeting and a points system that is unforgiving of errors, they will need all of this and more, to stay in front of the charging Lee Jones (Buff Aprilia SXV450) and Ricky Higgs (Aprilia UK SXV450).
Providing fantastic support to the British Championship once again this weekend, is the NORA Sport National Supermoto Championship featuring 450, Open and Youth Solos, Quads and the superbly entertaining Superlites (pictured left).
Teesside Autodrome is located just off the main A66 at South Tees Motor Sports Park, Off Dormer Way, South Bank Road, Middlesbrough. The post code for Satellite Navigation users is TS6 6XH. The circuit telephone number is 01642 231 117 and the circuit website can be found here -
www.teessidekarting.co.uk.
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