Motocross of Nations Short List announced
The ACU, through its appointed Team Manager, Mark Eastwood, has announced a short list of five riders for the 2009 Motocross of Nations to be held in Italy in early October.
Only three riders will travel to the event, one MX2, one MX1 and an MX open class rider, who may be on any capacity machine from 250cc to 600cc.
Eastwood has named Stephen Sword, Shaun Simpson, Tommy Searle, Billy Mackenzie and Brad Anderson as the squad he will choose the final three from later in the season.
Eastwood said: “At the moment I’ve got my rider line up down to Brad, Billy and Tommy. Then I obviously need to keep an eye on Shaun and see how he comes back from his injury. Stephen Sword is also in the frame, there are others that I have thought of but for this year these are the guys to consider. Maybe it will be different for next year.”
Eastwood, who still competes at British Championship level, will now be talking to all five riders and their respective Team Managers. He has been given a budget from the ACU to support the British effort. Eastwood will monitor the five riders in both British and World Championship events and has close contacts in the States to keep an eye on Searle. No pressure will be put upon Simpson until he returns from his early season injury.
Motocross Committee Chairman, Brian Higgins added: “Mark has been given the job and we will leave the final selection completely with him. We do not have to submit our entry until early September and I expect the choice to be made fairly close to that time, as three of his squad are currently struggling with injuries”
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16 Responses to “Motocross of Nations Short List announced”
June 30th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Out of the selection for GB riders for MX of Nations only two riders are currently fit. What about the other UK riders that are racing at world level??
June 30th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
i think Shaun Simpson MX2, MAX ASTIE Open, and i thinnk we should get tomnmy on an 450 and go MX1
June 30th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
hey what about max anstie two ride des nations !!!! billy mac never going to win a race as lond as he has got a hole in his ass !!! #4 poor old simpson wont be fit !!! so it only leaves us #60 ando #123searl #99anstie
June 30th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
brad anderson for sure he is on it! and the honda is riping he deserves the ride he is the top brit this year and should ride for the country
June 30th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Ando shud b on Nations Team this year he deserves it – i reckon he has def proved himself to be one of the best riders in the country this year there shudnt b any doubt of him bein there representin the brits!
June 30th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
sory i thought the name of the person u wanted went at the top lol, stil ando for nations! and tommy for sure
June 30th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
anderson 4 des nations he is not only an awesome rider but also a crowd pleaser aswell!!
June 30th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
why the hell ant we usein max anstie. he turned pro in america an hes already beaten tommy. ando is the kid for it. if only we could drop billy. max anstie tommy an ando. proper team.
July 1st, 2009 at 9:08 am
Ando Ando Ando – Hes proved himself with good consistant results in the British Championships. He went to the MX3 at Hawkstone park and rode real well – showed good speed and should of actually got the overall! In the GP at Mallory Park he showed great speed by getting up to 6th in race 1 and mixing it with the top riders of the GP’s before a couple of small mistakes. but overall great results! Hes recently been to the MX3 GP where he won both races! We know he will give 110% for the country and how great it will be to watch!
July 1st, 2009 at 9:23 pm
It would be silly to leave Brad out of the Team for Des Nations!
Riding well, gets the Crowd going, what more can I say!!
Come on ANDO!!!
July 1st, 2009 at 10:58 pm
If only Shaun was fit, But as he’s not.
1. Brad Anderson
2. Max Anstie
3. Tommy Searle
Special mention to Stephen Clarke & Jake Nicolls
July 4th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
billy mac mx1, tommy mx2 or open ( but on 250 if in open) simpson mx2 or open, ( agen on 250) that shud deffo be the riders, no questions asked!
July 9th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Searle
Anderson
Mac211
Let ando off the leash what we got to loose? hes quality!
August 10th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
The team has got to be Billy Mac (MX1), Tommy (MX2), Shaun Simpson (MX3), they nearly got us on the podium last year and they have all improved since last year. Anderson is on fire at the minute but I think the other three are slightly quicker so i’d pick them!
August 17th, 2009 at 12:07 am
The reason Anstie isn’t mentioned is because he’s injured. I’m pretty sure at the X games(which is a moronic event for racers)he broke his shoulder and wrist when Blake Wharton landed on top of him off a jump. The xgames should only be attended by retired racers and freestyle guys. Young guys that are involved in the US National and Gp series should stay away. It’s a commercial death trap.
August 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
carl nunn??? billy mcs injured so is simpson!! whats mark eastwood going on about at all? its so simple. ando 450, searle open and max anstee in 250 max would wipe the floor with most mx 2 riders!! and americas team isnt strong this year, i think we have a good chance of winning if he picks team stated i want britan 2 win but recon germany might get it this year nagal n roczen, schiffer!
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