Rotorua Motorcycle Club Inc

  ? 2011 Club Des Nations – Team Rotorua   With a hard charge in 2010 the Rotorua Club managed a very deserving 7th Overall in the first ever Club Des Nations run by the Taupo Club. The event format is the same as the Des Nations International motocross event with the exception being that [...]

North Island Cross Country Champs – Round one (3 hrs) Date: 27 Feb 2011 Track Conditions: Hard pack clay farm tracks, rough, dusty and hot. Race (3rd place 0-250cc 4 stroke, 6th place overall): We lined up for the start; it was a dead engine 5 meter run, shot gun start. Once again I struggled [...]

Paeroa Street Race Date: 20 Feb 2011 Track Conditions: Very hot street circuit. Qualifying 1 (1st place): I went out behind Toby Summers and Scott Moir.  We quickly passed Toby and then I sat in behind Moir watching his lines and managed to put down the fastest lap. Qualifying 2 (1st place): I went out [...]

Scott Birch Dirt Guide Round 1 Date: 30th April 2011 Track Conditions: Tight single track with hard pack clay Result: 7th overall, 2nd 0-300cc 4 stroke class Race: As I currently have no dirt bike, I borrowed my girl friends 250 KTM-EXCF. We all lined up for the dead engine start. I got a good [...]

Cameron Vaughan NZ Junior Motocross Champs  Sponsors Craig Stevens M/C Spy Goggles Fly Racing Mum, Dad and Casey Alpinestar RK Chain Pirelli Tyres   Afam Sprocket Stormaster Socks   Premier Brakes   CLASS:  15-16 125 BIKE: Yamaha 125 TRACK CONDITIONS: Really Fast . OPPOSITION: Hamish Harwood, Micah Mcgoldrick, James Anderson, Logan Blackburn, Cullam Moore, Garth [...]

John Phillips Red Bull Pro Nationals Round 1 Location: Fat Cat Moto Park, Doncaster Date: 3/4/11 Team: Dirt bike-Gym Class: MX2 Result: 8th Weather and track conditions: The day was sunny but was still cold. The track was made up of deep sand, and was super rough as the juniors and two stroke classes had [...]

John Phillips Maxxis British Masters Championship Round 2 Date: 27 March 2011 Location: Canada Heights Class: MX2 Bike: RMZ 250 Track and weather conditions: Weather was really good, it didn’t get too cold. The track had a lot of ups and downs, up top was really hard pack and got quite skaty, down the bottom [...]

John Phillips Maxxis British Masters Championship Round 1 Location: Mallory Park Date: 13/3/11 Class: MX2 Weather and track conditions: The track was made up of clay, rock and a bit of sawdust; it had some big jumps, long straits and some really tight turns. The weather was a bit overcast in the morning but the [...]

Michael Phillips Rockstar Australian Motocross Championship Round 3 Date: 10 April 2011 Location: Raymond Terrace, New Castle, NSW Australia Bike/Class: Honda CRF 450, Pro Open Team: Carlton Dry Honda Thor Racing Overall day: 7th Race format: 2x 10 lap motos with 5 min break between races in the morning then another 2x 10 lap races [...]

Michael Phillips Rockstar Australian Motocross Championships Round 2 Location: Appin Motocross Track NSW Date: 3rd April 2011 Team: Calton Dry Honda Thor Racing Bike/Class: Honda CRF 450, Pro Open Result:  4th Qualifying: I had a good rhythm at the start of practice but as soon as I saw the green flag to start qualifying I [...]