Michelin MX Nationals and the Revo MXGB Championship have had some calendar problems recently with date clashes causing riders to choose between the two.
British championsip bosses decided to change their Foxhill date to Saturday June 19, whilst the MX Nationals already had that date in place for the Hawkstone round of their championship. This has then caused the riders to either forfeit one round of the championship completely, or undertake a 2.5-hour drive from Foxhill in Swindon on Saturday to Hawkstone in Shrewsbury on the Sunday to grab points in both championships.
Paul Irwin, owner and founder of the MX Nationals championship, has released a statement with a work-around for riders wanting to attend both championships.
“As most of you know there is a clash of championships on the 19th/20th June between the MX Nationals and the Revo ACU championship,” said Irwin.
“Although this is far from ideal and certainly not something the MX Nationals wanted, it is not possible to change, so we must deal with the challenge ahead. Firstly, it is great to see the support we have in the paddock with many riders booking in for both days at Hawkstone.
“In an effort to make this situation work for as many riders as we can, we will try and accommodate those riders attending Foxhill on the Saturday and where possible allow them to ride on the Sunday only.
“They will obviously lose championship points from not attending Saturday’s racing, but we will make it so that all riders re-qualify on Sunday. The schedule for the weekend will be almost identical to round one apart from a Sunday morning ten minute timed session for grid positions in all classes. There will be no sighting laps then before race one on Sunday. This is an impossible situation so please work with us.”
MX Nationals Round 2 Schedule –
Hawkstone Park Saturday 9:00am
Timed Practice BW/SW85 Championship 12 mins
Timed Practice MXY1/2 Championship 12 mins
Timed Practice Clubmen MX1/2 12 mins
Timed Practice Amateur MX1/2 12 mins
Timed Practice Pro/Expert MX2 5 mins Free + 15 mins timed
Timed Practice Pro/Expert MX1 5 mins Free + 15 mins timed
Track Prep 15 mins
Saturday 11:00am
Race 1 BW/SW85 Championship 15 mins + 1
Race 2 MXY1/2 Championship 18 mins + 1
Race 3 Clubmen MX1/2 16 mins + 1
Race 4 Amateur MX1/2 18 mins + 1
Race 5 Pro/Expert MX2 20 mins + 1
Race 6 Pro/Expert MX1 20 mins + 1
Track Prep 15 mins
Race 7 BW/SW85 Championship 15 mins + 1
Race 8 MXY1/2 Championship 18 mins + 1
Race 9 Clubmen MX1/2 16 mins + 1
Race 10 Amateur MX1/2 18 mins + 1
Race 11 Pro/Expert MX2 20 mins + 1
Race 12 Pro/Expert MX1 20 mins + 1
Sunday 9:00am
Timed Practice BW/SW85 Championship 10 mins
Timed Practice MXY1/2 Championship 10 mins
Timed Practice Clubmen MX1/2 10 mins
Timed Practice Amateur MX1/2 10 mins
Timed Practice Expert MX1/2 10 mins
Timed Practice Fastest 40 MX1/2 10 mins
Track Prep 15 mins
Race 1 BW/SW85 Championship 15 mins + 1
Race 2 MXY1/2 Championship 18 mins + 1
Race 3 Clubmen MX1/2 16 mins + 1
Race 4 Amateur MX1/2 18 mins +1
Race 5 Expert MX1/2 20 mins + 1
Sighting Lap Fastest 40 MX1/2 1 Lap
Race 6 Fastest 40 MX1/2 25 mins + 2
Track Prep 15 mins
Race 7 BW/SW85 Championship 15 mins + 1
Race 8 MXY1/2 Championship 18 mins + 1
Race 9 Clubmen MX1/2 16 mins + 1
Race 10 Amateur MX1/2 18 mins +1
Race 11 Expert MX1/2 20 mins + 1
Sighting Lap Fastest 40 MX1/2 1 Lap
Race 12 Fastest 40 MX1/2 25 mins + 2
Podium Presentation 16:30 ETA
