Tough start to British Championship for Relentless Suzuki MX
Despite being hampered by pre-season injury, the Relentless Suzuki MX team were out in force at the weekend, as riders Martin Barr, Jamie Law and stand-in Scott Columb, kicked off their Maxxis British Motocross Championship campaign at Canada Heights in Kent.With team rider Scott Probert, unable to start the first round of the series due to injury, New Zealander Scott Columb flew over to join the team, fresh from taking the Supercross title back at home with Suzuki. Riding Probert's RM-Z450, Columb didn't ride the bike until practice on Sunday morning, but still went on to finish both races solidly in 11th and 12th.
Fellow MX1 rider, Jamie Law, was keen to forget the weekend, after a heavy crash in the first race, left him battered for the second, seeing him eventually retire.
In MX2, Martin Barr was looking to put his recent injury woes behind him also, but had to wait until the second race to mix it up with the front-runners, after suffering a heavy crash in race one. Race two would see Barr back at the sharp-end, battling it out to finish in a solid fifth place.
Relentless Suzuki MX team manager Rob Hooper commented, "It's been a tough start to the season, but Martin demonstrated his true ability in the second race today. Scott Columb will be with us for the next few rounds and I'm confident that we'll see Jamie back on the pace at Langrish too."
MX1 Overall Result
1st Brad Anderson, 2nd Carl Nunn, 3rd Tom Church, 4th James Noble, 5th Billy MacKenzie, 6th Jordan Rose, 7th Cedric Melotte, 8th Kristian Whatley, 9th Scott Columb, 10th Jamie Lewis
MX2 Overall Result
1st Shaun Simpson, 2nd Neville Bradshaw, 3rd Stephen Sword, 4th Mattis Karro, 5th Jake Nicholls, 6th Pascal Leuret, 7th Graeme Irwin, 8th Scott Elderfield, 9th Wayne Smith, 10th Shane Carless, 11th Nick Treist, 12th Martin Barr
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