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Orange the Colour of MX World, European and National Titles in 2008
3 Days ago
KTM MX riders have not only been successful at world and European level in the 2008 season but have also raked in a number of national titles in countries well known for their high level of competition and enthusiasm for the sport.
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KTM riders prominent at MX of Nations in 2008
30 September 2008
Team USA successfully retained the MX of Nations at Donington Park Raceway in the UK on Sunday to conclude the MX season for 2008. Well supported by KTM riders, France and Belgium took the minor places.
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Kawasaki Dominate Proceedings at the Motocross of Nations
29 September 2008
Kawasaki riders win all three motos and Team USA takes overall victory at the 2008 Motocross of Nations held at Donington Park in Great Britain. If the 2008 Motocross of Nations proved anything it’s that team work is a vitally important ingredient for success. That’s why Team USA – that this year consisted of James Stewart, Ryan Villopoto and Tim Ferry who were all mounted on Kawasaki race machines – became champions of the Motocross of Nations for the 19th time.
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Harri Kullas Wins Ricky Carmichael MXoN Award Youngest Rider
29 September 2008
16 year old Finnish Harri Kullas was the youngest and best placed rider at this 62nd edition of the Red Bull Motocross of Nation and won the Ricky Carmichael Motocross of Nations Award Youngest Rider. After Swiss Arnaud Tonus won the very first Award named after multiple MXoN winner Ricky Carmichael last year now Kullas takes the prize into his home country Finland.
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Coppins 4th for New Zealand at 2008 Motocross of Nations
29 September 2008
Yamaha Monster Motocross Team’s Josh Coppins took 4th position overall in the MX1 class at a cloudy and sometimes wet Donington Park for the 62nd Motocross of Nations, assisting his country, New Zealand to a final finish of 8th place. MX1 World Champion David Philippaerts steered his YZ450FM for Italy and fought with American number one James Stewart in the first moto taking 3rd spot but a brace of crashes in his second race left him the outside the top twenty.
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Teka Suzuki Men Take 'MX of Nations' Podium
29 September 2008
The 2008 Motocross of Nations held at Donington Park in Great Britain proved to be quite successful for Teka Suzuki WMX1 riders Ken De Dycker and Steve Ramon as they both finished second overall in their respective classes - MX1 and Open - on their factory RM-Z450s as they headed Team Belgium to third overall in the final team classification. ?It was also a successful day for Italian team rider Alex Salvini who scored a very creditable fourth overall in the premier MX1 division and Cody Cooper who was fifth in the Open class for New Zealand.
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Get down & dirty with the best! Red Bull Motocross of Nations
24 September 2008
The going will be tough, fast and spectacular as the World’s best riders get down and dirty in the Red Bull Motocross of Nations at Donington Park this weekend – 35 teams, each of three riders, will be scrapping for the sport’s World Cup and the Americans expect to retain the silverware.
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Marc Marquez charges to sixth place in Indianapolis
16 September 2008
Repsol KTM 125 rider Marc Marquez was KTM's best performer at the Indianapolis Grand Prix, scoring a strong sixth place, less than half a second behind the podium rankings. A good set-up and some last-minute fine-tuning to his bike allowed the Spanish teenager a fast and consistent ride up with the front riders. He was in the running for a podium place when the race was cancelled after 16 laps when rain and wind lashed the track.
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Sword misses podium by a point in Italy
16 September 2008
Molson Kawasaki’s Stephen Sword misses out on third overall at the Grand Prix of Citta Di Faenza by a single point while MX1 satellite rider Tom Church secures a career best season ranking in MX1 Sword misses podium by a point in Italy. The Grand Prix of Citta Di Faenza will go down in history as the last ever for the Church family owned and operated Molson Kawasaki team who will cease to operate after the final round of the British Motocross Championship at Hawkstone Park on September 21. To mark the team’s last ever GP, MX2 riders Stephen Sword and Gareth Swanepoel as well as MX1 satellite rider Tom Church pulled out all the stops to make it a memorable one.
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Philippaerts Wins 2008 MX1-GP World Championship!
15 September 2008
The Yamaha Monster Motocross Team celebrated a fantastic end to a wonderful season of racing as David Philippaerts became world champion and went home permanently with the red plate as MX1-GP series leader after the fifteenth and final round at the Faenza circuit in Italy. The 24 year old fronted the FIM world championship for 13 of the 15 events and was crowned 'number one' with the YZ450FM for the first time in his career in front of 30,000 wiling spectators.
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Suzuki Wraps-Up Mx1 Manufacturer Title
14 September 2008
Suzuki have wrapped up the 2008 FIM MX1 Manufacturers World Championship due to the outstanding efforts of the Teka Suzuki WMX1 team and its riders Steve Ramon and Ken De Dycker who powered their aluminium-framed, fuel injected RM-Z450s to second and third place in the individual championship classification after 15 had-fought rounds.
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Red Bull KTM's Tyla Rattray is MX2 World Champion
14 September 2008
Tyla Rattray on Sunday became the worthy MX2 World Champion, confirming the title with a second place in the first moto at Faenza the last GP of the season. Stefan Pierer, CEO of KTM Sportsmotorcycle AG was at the finish line to congratulate the freshly crowned world champion from South Africa saying: "We believed in Tyla and he finally did it. He's a great guy!" Rattray has come close to taking the title before but has been dogged by injuries, including one that took him out of contention in the final stages of the season that required major knee construction surgery.
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Strong Qualifying for Teka Men in italy
13 September 2008
Team Teka Suzuki WMX1 riders Steve Ramon and Ken De Dycker qualified in third and fourth position during this afternoon's 30 minute timed qualification session for the final round of the FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship at Faenza in Italy.
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Sidi GP of Città Di Faenza - Latest Info
13 September 2008
An extremely hot Monte Coralli track in Faenza will host the finale to the World MX1 and MX2 Championships this weekend. As David Philippaerts is leading the MX1 standings, runner up Steve Ramon and team mate Ken de Dycker prepare their attack to the Italian on his home soil.
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Osborne committed to Yamaha for 2009 MX2-GPs
11 September 2008
The British Utag Yamaha.com team have secured the services of vibrant young American Zach Osborne for the 2009 FIM MX2 World Championship. The 18 year old from Abingdon, Virginia will steer a YZ250F in next year’s series after impressing in a several outings this season. The teenager reeled off a series of excellent lap-times on his world championship debut through one of the hardest tracks of the schedule – Lommel, in Belgium – and was then again quick seven days later on the hard-pack of Loket for the round in the Czech Republic.
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Aubin Back on the Podium at Lierop
09 September 2008
Yamaha Ricci Racing's Nico Aubin celebrated his second podium result of the 2008 MX2-GP World Championship and also moved up to third in the series standings courtesy of his third position in the damp sand of Lierop for the Grand Prix of Benelux and the fourteenth and penultimate round of the competition.
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KTM's Steffi Laier second in Women's MX2 World Championship
08 September 2008
KTM congratulates its supported rider Steffi Laier of Germany who on Sunday sealed second place in the Women's World championship MX2 on the sandy track at Lierop in southern Netherlands.
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One hand on the MX2 title for KTM's Tyla Rattray
08 September 2008
Red Bull factory rider Tyla Rattray came out fighting in the two MX2 races of the GP of Benelux on Sunday to conquer the sandy and torn-up track for a double victory and another 50 points in the race for the title.
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Championships Get closer After Leok's and Rattray's Win's in Fairlyhouse
02 September 2008
Fairyhouse Racecourse hosted a crowded Grand Prix of the Republic of Ireland today in front of 16,000 spectators who enjoyed the sunny weather. Tanel Leok won his first ever MX1 GP from Ken de Dycker and Steve Ramon, who is still second in the Championship with a five point gap from leader David Philippaerts. In the MX2 class Tyla Rattray won from Tommy Searle and Steven Frossard as first heat winner Zach Osborne broke the bike in the final heat.
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French MX2 Championship Title for Frossard
21 August 2008
Team CLS Kawasaki won French MX2 championship when Steven Frossard won the last round in Lacapelle Marival. Involved in the MX1 class, Gregory Aranda ended the series on the podium in third position. Coming to Lacapelle Marival with a strong lead after his successive wins in Villars sous Ecot and Gaillac Toulza, Steven arrived in Lacapelle with some pressure. Second of his qualifying group he was careful at the start of the opening race, coming fourth. He passed Boissière, his last rival for the title and came second behind Tarroux, and then took the lead of the race. He was leading pretty easily when he crashed in the eighth circulation, losing the lead and coming back in action second, his classification in this race.
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