The 2008 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R has claimed its first victory in the UK. Astro Racing’s, Kenny Gilbertson, took his ZX-10R to victory at Mallory Park last weekend proving the new machine is going to be a force to be reckoned with.
It was called scrambling and it grabbed the imagination then, but today it is called Motocross and attracts massive crowds and enormous television viewing audiences worldwide with an explosion of speed, excitement and adrenalin. The modern, highly professional, sport with manufacturer backed teams and elite riders is a far cry from those televised romps in the mud that filled in between the wrestling and the football results on both BBC and ITV during cold winter Saturday afternoons forty years ago.
Rizla Suzuki racers Chris 'Stalker' Walker and Cal Crutchlow showed impressive pace to mix it at the sharp end of today's double-header ninth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Mallory Park in Leicestershire. Despite practice and qualification being cancelled due to torrential rain and floods, the Rizla Suzuki aces made the most of a 35-minute morning practice session to set their bikes up for the dry and sunny race day conditions.