Riders gain wild card entries in British Round of MX3 World Championship

Both Jordan and Nez have been allocated entries in the forthcoming British round of the MX3 World Championship to be held at Hawkstone Park on the 11th & 12th April.
After a couple of weeks spent recovering from their injuries, suffered at the second round of the Maxxis Championship at Langrish both riders are enthusiastic about their chances to excel at the Shropshire venue.

The Championship is being promoted by RHL Activities as part of a three day extravaganza called the Handlebar Festival which includes Quad Bikes, Trials Bikes, BMX Bikes , Mountain Bikes as well as the Motocross. For details of the event log onto http://www.handlebarfestival.com/

Maxxis British Championship Rd2 - Langrish

Riders lucky to escape without serious injury

The second round of the Maxxis British Championship took place at Langrish, Hampshire on 22nd March and both riders were fortunate to escape without serious injury as they both had big crashes on the under prepared, extremely dangerous track. Jordan ended the day with a dislocated ankle but it could have been a lot worse and both riders were lucky not to have ended up with season ending injuries.

Qualifying
Jordan was impressive in qualifying posting the fastest time of any rider not doing GP’s leaving him with 6th gate pick for the races. Nez was looking relaxed and confident during the free practice but just as the timed qualifying got underway he suffered a massive crash on one of the big drop-offs at the top of the circuit wrecking his bike in the process but unbelievably not himself. After limping back to the pits he managed to pull himself together and proceeded to achieve 24th qualifying position albeit with his confidence severely dented.

Race 1
Jordan exited the first corner in 6th but somehow Nez had managed to rail it right around the outside and come out two places ahead in 4th. By the end of the first lap Jordan had moved up to 4th and Nez had settled into 8th but on the second lap he hit the deck at the end of the pit straight dropping him down to 13th and after recovering to 11th on lap six he went down again, this lime leaving him a lap down to eventually finish in 28th.
Jordan looked pretty secure in 4th in the early stages but as at Culham the week earlier he started to feel extremely tired after only ten minutes and was lucky to finish the race in 10th as he struggled to hang onto the bike in the closing stages.
Blood tests have revealed an iron deficiency which he can start to treat and hopefully get himself back to full fitness for the next meeting.

Race 2
Jordan had a poor start by his standards and was only in 13th at the end of the first lap. On the second lap as he made a move on Tom Church in the horrible valley section at the bottom on the circuit he came to grief, bashing his ankle on a post, ending his day in the process.
Nez had made an awful start and was down in 29th but to his credit he battled throughout the whole race trying to survive without crashing whilst trying to make progress through the field at the same time. He eventually brought it home in 18th place and was happy to drive away from Hampshire knowing that he wouldn’t have to ride the circuit again this year and looking forward to attacking his favourite track up at Brampton in the 3rd round.

British Masters Rd1 Culham

The first round of the British Masters series took place at Culham in Oxfordshire on 15th March. Qualifying
With the weather being unusually warm and sunny and the track being in great condition everyone was looking forward to a good day’s racing and the team wasn’t to be disappointed as Jordan took pole with a blistering lap despite only riding his standard practice bike. Nez posted 7th fastest and both riders were on a high going into the first race.
















Race 1.
Jordan gated well in third behind Brad Anderson and Billy MacKenzie who was a surprise entrant after deciding he needed a bit of extra race time under his belt before commencing his GP season. Jordan, who had been unwell all week was unable to fend off the impressive Kristian Whatley and had to dig deep to stay in contention until the end of the race to post a hard fought 4th.
Nez had struggled out of the gate and had to be extremely aggressive to make his way up to 9th at the end of the first lap. After disposing of Glen Philips on lap three he had progressed to 6th but the gap to Scott Columb was sizeable and it was therefore a welcome surprise to see him reel in and then pass the New Zealander on the last lap, finishing just behind the exhausted Rose to record a superb 5th place.



Race 2
Both riders had great starts with Nez battling with MacKenzie through the first few corners at the front of the pack just in front of Jordan in third. As they entered the back straight at the bottom of the circuit Anderson stormed past Jordan and then Nez to move into second place but with Nez brimming with confidence from the first race he wasn’t about to roll over easily and as they exited the right hander at the far end of the track Nez blasted past Anderson and set off after MacKenzie. As they flew past the finish line for the first time Nez was unbelievably right on the back wheel of the British Champion and decided to go for an audacious inside pass at the bottom of the drop down. However he dropped it in the tight rut, holing his radiator and bringing his race to an abrupt end.
Jordan was suffering even more than in the first race and was to be passed by Whatley, Columb and Jamie Lewis before bringing it home in 6th for a disappointing 5th overall. The only thing he was looking forward to was a trip to the doctors to find out what was causing him suffer such a loss of energy.