After much anticipation the Maxxis British MXY2 championship got underway at Lyng, Norfolk this past weekend and Team Green Youth riders Dylan Woodcock and Jed Etchells were keen to get off to a solid start.
After two races and a few incidents on the tough, rough sand based circuit Dylan came home eighth overall with Jed 13th. Meanwhile, at the Judd Premier MX Cup at Milden Hall, Their younger team mate Lewis Hall stormed to overall victory on his Maxxis tyres.
Jeff Perrett – Team Manager said of the weekend’s results: “It’s an okay start to our Maxxis MXY2 championship.
In the first moto Dylan rode pretty decent. Not the best I’ve seen him ride or know how he can ride but it was a solid, steady start to his championship with a fifth. Jed got a flier from where he was on the far inside of the start line. He then had a crash and had to work hard back up to 16th, but I was pleased with how well he was riding considering the time he’s lost to the others with his injuries.
The second moto saw Dylan get off to a bad start unfortunately, eventually moving up to 11th.
Jed rode a strong consistent race to come in just behind Dylan. It was good progress made, both on the track from his starting positioning where he didn’t really have a chance of coming out of the first corner in the top 20, but also it was just good for him as he works his way back to full fitness.
The highlight of the weekend was of course Lewis’ dominant win at the Judd Premier Cup at Mildenhall. He absolutely ripped to four out of five wins and his starts were much more like what we’re looking for going into the first British Youth Nationals on April 2/3. Dylan is now flying back to America to compete in the first set of qualifiers for the Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Nationals, then he’s back for the next Maxxis MXY2 alongside Jed at Canada Heights on 23/24th April.”
