Tough ride for Suzuki riders at Foxhill

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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 12:00

Round five of the Maxxis British Motocross Championship, held at the renowned Foxhill track near Swindon, proved to be a tough but promising event for MVR-D Suzuki riders Matiss Karro and Carl Nunn, with Karro narrowly missing out on an MX2 podium and Nunn back inside the top-ten.

With Karro struggling in qualifying, the young Latvian's determination paid off in the first of three MX2 races, pushing through the pack to a solid seventh place finish. Less success in the second moto, saw Karro play catch up on his RM-Z250, eventually crossing the line in a disappointing 12th. But by the final race of the day, Karro was back on the pace, to just miss out on a podium finish in fourth.

Matiss Karro commented, "I'm not a huge fan of the track, but I kept my head down and tried hard. The second race was obviously a disappointment and overall I'd have liked to finish higher than eighth, but on the whole we've bagged some solid points.

In MX1, Carl Nunn had a tougher time, but crucially rode to a top-ten finish in the second race in eighth, after a tough start due to a DNF. Race three saw a 15th place finish, ending the day in 15th overall.

Team manager, Mark Chamberlain, commented,"It's been tough and not exactly what we'd hoped for today. Both riders tried hard and came back from a tough start, but regardless of this we're still not where we need to be. The whole team has worked incredibly hard this season, which makes things even more frustrating, but I'm confident that we'll see improved performances from both riders as we move into the second half of the season. I'd also like to congratulate our youth rider Joe Bamfield on a great ride to a top-ten overall. He continues to try hard and has impressed the whole team".

Results

MX1 Overall

1st Evgeny Bobryshev, 2nd Stephen Sword, 3rd Josh Coppins, 4th Brad Anderson, 5th Tom Church, 6th Jason Dougan, 7th James Noble, 8th Alex Snow, 9th Ryan Blizzard, 10th Gordon Crockard, 15th Carl Nunn (SUZUKI)

MX1 Championship Standings

1st Bobryshev (335), 2nd Sword (289), 3rd Anderson (275), 4th Swanepoel (223), 5th Dougan (222), 6th Crockard (175), 7th Church (167), 8th Noble (164), 9th Nunn (142), 10th Lamay (142)

MX2 Overall

1st Jake Nicholls, 2nd Scott Elderfield, 3rd Zach Osborne, 4th Neville Bradshaw, 5th Bryan MacKenzie, 6th Elliot Banks-Browne, 7th Mel Pocock, 8th Matiss Karro (SUZUKI), 9th Shane Carless, 10th Martin Barr

MX2 Championship Standings

1st Osbourne (305), 2nd Nicholls (298), 3rd Barr (250), 4th Banks-Browne (219), 5th Pocock (215), 6th Whatley (184), 7th Karro (SUZUKI) (181), 8th Carless (176), 9th Bradshaw (154), 10th MacKenzie (144) Girlracer Magazine

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