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The second event of the SE zone in classes EMX65, EMX85 and EMX OPEN was held in Croatian track Mladina in Jastrebarsko. Mladina track is known for very hard weather conditions and this time was the same as expected. On Saturday practices must be canceled because the track was so muddy that riding was impossible. Therefore Warm ups must be used as qualifications. Because of muddy conditions the track must be shortened. In first races the track was still muddy. In class EMX65 first race won Moldavian rider TIMUS Nikolai folowed home rider PISKOR Dominik on second and SAGMALIS Antonis from Greece on third. In second race SAGMALIS Antonis von in front of TIMUS Nikolai. Third finished home ridir PISKOR Dominik. After second event TIMUS Nikolai lead the championship, SAGMALIS Antonis is second and PISKOR Dominik third. In EMX85 class firs race won home rider HRANIC Nikola in front of

The second round of the European SuperMoto Championship was organized on the circuit of Arad, Romania, after ten year of absence in the calendar. The previous event was organized in 2004. In class SM2, Devon Vermulen (NED) with TM won both heats and kept the red plate of the Championship leader with fourth consecutive win since the beginning of the series this year. In Romania, Devon was followed by Yuri Guardala (ITA) with Honda, who saw the chequered flag in both heats at the second positions. The third place on the podium was occupied by Toni Klem (FIN) with KTM. In class SM85, Hakan Halmi (BUL) with KTM won both heats in the opening event of the season for the Junior riders Hakan was followed on the second place of the podium by the rider Simon Winter (DEN) with Honda who shared the same amount of points with Can Oncu

The Semi-Final 2 of the Individual Speedway European Championship was held today in Krsko (Slovenia). 1500 spectators watched an impressive meeting., with 2 additional heats for reserve place and for 1st , 2nd and 3rd place. The unhappy man of the night was a home hero Aleksander Conda who broke a collarbone after winning his first heat. Qualified riders are: Maksims Bogdanovs, Przemyslav Pawlicki, Andriy Karpov, Jurica Pavlic, Hans Andersen, and the reserve is Daniel Nermark. Next Semi-Final round is scheduled on the 24th of May in Zarnovica (Slovakia).    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 053/2014      

The first Semi-Final of the Individual Speedway European Championship was held today in Dougavpils (Latvia). Michael Jepsen Jensen was flying to the victory in the semifinal 1 in Daugavpils, finishing on 14 points, the victory was almost secured before his last heat, only needing 1 point to take first place. More exciting was the result for the next places, before the last 4 heats, 8 riders was in play for the last 4 qualification places. After finishing the last 4 heats it was clear that 4 riders was equal on 11 point, but all riders was through to the ECC. Two riders was also equal on 10 points for reserve place. In first run-off Russian Renat Gafurov took a victory against Josef Franc and securing the reserve place. Final heat was a run off for 2-3-4 and 5 position. Local hero Andzejs Lebedevs took the victory in the run-off, finishing

The second round of the EMX250 and of the EMX300 Motocross European Championships were held today in the Spanish track of Talavera de la Reina (Spain). In the EMX250 class the overall winner were two riders British Steven Clarke (KTM) and French Sullivan Jaulin (Kawasaki) who both got one first and second position. In the provisional rankings Clarke leads with 83 points in front of British Ben Watson with 63 points. In the EMX300 class overall winner was also British Lewis Gregory (Yamaha) who won the first heat and was second in the second heat. Second overall position went to Italian Marco Maddii (KTM), who won the second heat and was third in the first round. The leader of the provisional rankings is Italian Samuele Bernardini with 88 points, closely followed by Marco Maddi with 85 points. The next round of both Championship will be held on the 25th of

The second round of the North West qualification leg of the EMX 65cc and EMX 85cc was held in Wächtersbach / Aufenau (Germany). On a very difficult track the four races was run, and in the first race EMX 85cc number one was Roan van de Moosdijk The Netherlands, with Jorge Prado Garcia (Spain) on the second place and number three was Adam Einarsson (Sweden). In second race was Jorge Prado Garcia (Spain) the fastest rider, Roan van de Moosdijk (The Netherlands) number two, and on the third place came Gianlucca Fachetti (Italy) In the first race in the EMX 65cc class was the fastest rider Rasmus Pedersen (Denmark) on the second place Max Pålsson (Sweden), and on the third place Noel Nielsson (Sweden). The second Race in EMX 65cc was the fastest rider Rasmus Petersen (Denmark). Number two Ben Hess (Germany) and on the third place Magnus Smith (Denmark)

The 3rd round of the FIM European Honda Junior Cup took place this weekend on the Imola circuit. 22 riders from 14 nations went to the start. The race developed into a very exciting competition. A group of 11 riders battled lap after lap for the podium. In round 6, there were still 10 and in the last lap it was only 7. The winner was Augusto FERNANDEZ in front of Javier ORELLANA and Josh HARLAND all Spanish riders. Augusto Fernandez (WIL Sport) has come out victorious at the end of an exciting battle for the victory in the Pata European Junior Cup, powered by Honda race at Imola. The young Spaniard crossed the line a fraction of a second ahead of compatriot Javier Orellana (Europe Food SL), second, and Brit Josh Harland (Josh Harland), third, with several other protagonists who were also in contention for the win. Fernandez is

The 3rd round of the FIM European Championship took place today on the Imola circuit (Italy). The Italian Rider Marco Faccani went on to start in the lead and won ahead of the Finn Niki Tuuli and Stefano Casa Lotti (Italy). Marco Faccani (San Carlo Team Italia Kawasaki) narrows thus his gap to the leader of the FIM Europe Superstock 600 Championship Tuuli after taking a lights to flag victory in the third round of the series at Imola today. Behind Faccani, a titanic race long battle kept the crowd entertained with eventually Niki Tuuli (Kallio Racing Yamaha) and Stefano Casalotti (VFT Racing Yamaha) completing the podium. The Finnish rider recovered from saving what looked almost certain to be a big highside crash on the opening lap, starting his charge on the leader before eventually settling for second place and keeping the championship lead for just 2 points over today's

Tackling the territory of the EMX125’s latest dominant force, Red Bull KTM Racing’s Davy Pootjes proved to be tough this weekend as the youngsters lined up here in the sand of Valkenswaard for round three of the European Championship EMX125. With a full gate of screaming two-strokes, the gates dropped for race two and the ‘play-to-win’ mentality set in. After Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Brian Hsu went down hard on the start straight, only a few turns later there was even more carnage when at least six riders went down in a pile. One of which was yesterday’s runner up, Diga Racing’s Tomass Sileika who managed to dust himself off but was so far back, he couldn’t salvage a top twenty finish. Before the end of lap one, yesterday’s race one winner and The Netherlands’ latest sensation Red Bull KTM Racing’s Davy Pootjes was in the lead, checking out for

The EMX150cc Motocross European Championship started today in the Dutch track of Valkenswaard. Jere Haavisto collected the overall win in Valkenswaard after a thrilling second race that went right to the wire. Race one victor and local wildcard Rick Elzinga pushed the flying-Fin all the way but was forced to settle for second, while Matias Murto made it back-to-back third place finishes. The Honda 150 European Championship now heads to Matterley Basin for the British GP on the 25th of May.    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 045/2014