NEW ROOKIE MX SERIES SET FOR 2008
A brand new event to encourage rookie motocross riders will
take place at the 11th World MX1 Championship round at Lommel
in Belgium on August 1st.
The event is dedicated to all the MX2 machine-mounted amateur
riders who will have the privilege to race the final on the
GP circuit.
With the selection process being carried out on a separate
race track during Wednesday and Thursday, the scenery of the
final will move to the Grand Prix circuit and the eventual
top three finishers will receive their trophies on the World
Championship podium.
MX Rookie General Director Eric Geboers and FAM (Federation
of Amateurs Motocross) Secretary Guido Verboven recognised
the amateur riders as the base of a pyramid structure where
the top is represented by the FIM Motocross World Championship.
Setting up the MX Rookie right next to the Grand Prix circus
will represent the chance to connect the base with the top,
with the event representing the bridging.
FIM Motocross World Championship promoter, Youthstream's
President. Giuseppe Luongo said: "What matters for us
is the sport of Motocross. Of course we have professionals
and amateurs, and of course all professionals have been amateurs
in their early days of racing. Now subject to the FIM final
approval and to the homologation of the track, I will give
the Youthstream approval to make the MX Rookie final on the
official Grand Prix track on the Friday and to use the World
Championship structures, including the podium."
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