Team Shift Motul Suzuki gathered momentum in the Pro Open and Pro Lites classes with a new rider line-up in the opening round of the 2007 Australian Motocross Championship at Broadford, Victoria at the weekend. Fielding the revised line-up for the entire 10-round motocross series, Suzuki welcomed back former Australian Champion Daryl Hurley (RM-Z450) to contest the Pro Open class while Luke Burkhart assumed his new mantle aboard the RM-Z250 in the Pro Lites class.
Daryl Hurley’s Australian Motocross championship defence ended in disaster at round eight of the 2006 Motocross Nationals in Broadford, Victoria at the weekend. After leading the Motocross Nationals Series from the first round, the Team Shift Motul Suzuki rider suffered a serious knee injury in race one. He was rushed to hospital in Melbourne and is yet to find out the extent of his injury which will determine if he is able to contest either of the remaining two rounds.