Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship 2008
 Round
2 – Canada Heights
MacKenzie and Simpson shine at Canada Heights
A light covering of snow dusted the Kent circuit ahead of
the second round of the 2008 Maxxis British Motocross Championship.
However whilst extreme Easter weather conditions halted events
elsewhere in the UK, the country’s premier off road
motorcycle series enjoyed a well prepared and drying track
surface despite the dull and overcast skies overhead.
Reigning MX1 British champion Billy MacKenzie – CAS
Honda maintained his 100% record with another pair of race
wins at the spectacular Canada Heights circuit that overlooks
the infamous M25 motorway. MacKenzie was once again in blistering
form to out qualify Kenneth Gundersen – UTAG Yamaha,
before dominating both motos from start to finish to increase
his championship lead to twenty two points after just two
rounds.
A battling Brad Anderson – Swift Suzuki edged out a
rejuvenated Mark Jones – Kawasaki for the runners up
spot in the MX1 class on the day. Anderson got the nod despite
tying with Jones on points, thanks to a better second race
result when he followed MacKenzie across the line. Anderson
also moves into second position in the general standings on
a similar footing, with the Suzuki rider now sharing the same
points tally as Gundersen at the quarter point in the campaign.
Shaun Simpson – KTM UK picked up from where Tommy Searle
– KTM UK left off after the first round. The promising
young Scot was the man of the meeting, topping MX2 qualifying
by over two seconds, before cruising to two race wins. His
margin of victory in both encounters told the true scale of
his success, it being thirty-six and forty-six seconds respectively.
Stephen Sword – Molson Kawasaki could only manage third
spot overall on the day, behind Simpson and Martin Barr –
UTAG Yamaha, but now heads the MX2 championship standing by
ten points over the Yamaha rider. Sword went 2 – 4 to
earn his podium place, and to keep his title challenge alive,
but will be only too aware of the threat that his young KTM
rival will pose as the series progresses over the coming months.
The 2008 championship moves further south for its next instalment
on Sunday 13th April, when the series visits Torrington in
Devon. Here both of the main championship classes will be
joined by the MXY2 youth category that takes place at four
out of the eight rounds. For further information and all the
latest series news please visit www.mxgb.co.uk
MX1 Moto One: 1: MacKenzie 2: Jones 3: Gundersen 4: Anderson
5: Elderfield
MX1 Moto Two: 1: MacKenzie 2: Anderson 3: Church 4: Jones
5: Gundersen
MX1 Overall: 1: MacKenzie 50 2: Anderson 40 3: Jones 40
Championship to date: 1: MacKenzie 100 2: Anderson 78 3: Gundersen
78
MX2 Moto One: 1: Simpson 2: Sword 3: Barr 4: Dougan 5: Nunn
MX2 Moto Two: 1: Simpson 2: Barr 3: Bradshaw 4: Sword 5: Leuret
MX2 Overall: 1: Simpson 50 2: Barr 42 3: Sword 40
Championship to date: 1: Sword 84 2: Barr 74 3: Simpson 70
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