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.
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.
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.