18 | JANUARY 2018 http://www.adbmag.com.auSOIL SAMPLE HOT OFF THE PRESS
TM SIGNS NAGL
Max Nagl has signed with TM Racing
for the MXGP World Championship
and will compete on the 2018 TM
450Fi MX. The one-year deal will see
the former factory Husqvarna rider
contest all rounds.GG TEAM
Gas Gas has revealed its 2018 Enduro
World Championship team featuring
two new riders, Christophe Nambotin
and Johnny Aubert, at the EICMA
show in Milan. They join current rider
Antoine Basset in the factory squad.WILSON SHIFTS GEAR
SHIFT MX has signed factory
Husqvarna rider Dean Wilson to wear
both the 3LUE Label and 3LACK Label
gear, which he showed off at Sydney’s
AUS-X Open.FOX LE AUSSIE GEAR
In recognition of Monza Imports’
25-year partnership with Fox Racing,
it has released Australian-fl avoured
Green and Gold Limited Edition Fox
360 Racewear. This year also marks
Monza’s 25-year association with
Craig Dack Racing.AMA SX CHANGES
The 2018 AMA Supercross
Championship will have a revised
points system, three Triple Crown
Monster Energy Cup-style events and
two 250SX East/West Showdowns.
There will also be four Supercross
Amateur events but no more semis in
qualifying for the Main Event.BIKE FOCUS IN NOOSA
Noosa Council is leading the
development of a plan to improve
facilities for overlooked sports in the
Noosa, Sunshine Coast and Gympie
Council areas, and those sports
include motocross and trailriding. The
plan is to better provide for dirtbike
riders through better use of existing
facilities or by providing new ones.PEEL VALLEY MOTORCYCLE Club
has just opened a new track in the
Tamworth region. Based at Casey
Stoner’s property in Dungowan,
the club was started as a way of
getting off-road racing back on
the map in Tamworth, but its reach
goes far beyond that.
Peel Valley is looking to join
the Northern Inland Pony Express
Series, giving riders in New England
and the Northern Tablelands more
tracks to ride. “We started the club
as a way of getting more bums on
[dirtbike] seats in the Tamworth
area. It gives the kids something
to do on a weekend,” said MarkSimpson, a club representative.
Early November saw the club
host its fi rst senior and junior pony
express. With a good turn out and
a track that catered to all riding
levels, it was a great success and is
a sign of things to come.
The club is hoping to run three
grasstrack events in its opening
year, alongside both junior and
senior pony expresses and, with
more funding, plans to build a
natural-terrain motocross track.
The main aim of the club is to
improve skills, getting the back-of-
the-pack riders up the front in local
races “It’s ot bout bein thefastest rider on the track, we want
to focus on improving the back and
middle-pack riders,” Simpson said.
In October, Queensland-based
Aaron Rankmore from Motocross
Race Developments did a training
camp in Moonbi through the club.
On 9-10 December, Mackenzie
Tricker will be doing another one.
Currently, the club relies on
volunteers and help from the
community to mark tracks and
prepare for race weekends.
If you want to get involved,
contact the club through Facebook
at ‘Peel Valley Motorcycle Club’.
Jack TizzardNEW TRACK IN TAMWORTH
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The fi rst round of grant
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CPR, rescue breathing and, in
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METCALFE SEES RED
HONDA HAS SIGNED Brett
Metcalfe to spearhead its
Australian MX Nationals 450
campaign. Metcalfe is no
stranger to Honda, having
achieved his best result in the
AMA Motocross Championship
aboard a CRF450R in 2010.
The South Australian
turned in some strong results
this year and fi nished seventh
overall despite switching
from SD3 Husqvarna to a
privateer KTM and then to
Monster Energy Kawasaki.
“I want to win an
Australian championship
in the MX1 class, it’s
something I always promised
myself I would try and do
before I fi nished racing
professionally,” he said.