MacKenzie continues his charge for The Fuchs Silkolene Charity
Award
The hunt for the 2008 Maxxis ACU British Motocross Champions
continued as the third round of the series took place at a
wet and muddy Torrington circuit in Devon. Despite the heavy
going, Fuchs Silkolene backed rider Billy MacKenzie –
CAS Honda kept his 100% record intact as he took another two
race wins to increase his tally to six victories from six
starts. In addition to his overall victory, the reigning MX1
British champion once again stole The Fuchs Silkolene Charity
Award, for recording the fastest lap of the day under race
conditions.
MacKenzie was in devastating form for the third round in
a row, with the young Scot topping qualifying by over eight
seconds ahead of two gate to flag victories that left his
rivals in his wake. Billy won the second and final MX1 moto
by the monster margin of one minute and twenty-one seconds
to further increase his advantage in the overall standings
after three of the eight scheduled events. MacKenzie will
take a healthy forty-four point lead to the next round at
Lyng, Norfolk on Sunday 4th May, with the Honda rider looking
the clear favourite to retain his title even at this early
stage in the domestic season.
In the MX2 class it was overall winner Stephen Sword –
Molson Kawasaki who claimed The Fuchs Silkolene Charity Award,
with his fastest lap time being recorded on the opening lap
of race two, as was MacKenzie’s in the MX1 category.
Sword now heads the points table by a single point from Shaun
Simpson – KTM UK, as this duo continue to scrap it out
for top honours on all fronts in the MX2 division of the series.
Fuchs Silkolene are the official lubricant partners of the
2008 championship in addition to being sponsors of this charity
award.
The award
Using the information provided by the championship’s
official timekeepers, the fastest three riders in each class
at each round are awarded bonus points on a 5, 3 and 1 basis
respectively. In addition to the two class winners being presented
with prizes at each round, their cumulative points total will
also count towards a very important overall prize that will
be concluded at the last round in September. The rider with
the highest points tally, irrespective of class, following
the final meeting at Hawkstone Park will be presented with
“The Fuchs Silkolene Charity Award” and a cheque
for one thousand five hundred pounds to donate to a recognised
charity of their choice.
The Fuchs Silkolene Charity Award
Results Round 3 – Torrington – 13th April 2008
MX1 MX2
1 - Billy MacKenzie 5 pts 1 – Stephen Sword 5 pts
2 - Mark Hucklebridge 3 pts 2 - Shaun Simpson 3 pts
3 - Tom Church 1 pt 3 - Jason Dougan 1 pt
Overall MX1 to date
1 – Mackenzie 15, 2- Church 5, 3 – Hucklebridge
3 / Anderson 3, 5 – Gundersen 1, 5 – Jones 1
Overall MX2 to date
1 – Sword 9, 2 – Simpson 8, 3 – Searle 5,
4 – Barr 3, 5 – Dougan 1 / Leuret 1
Next event: Round 4 - Lyng – 4th May 2008
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