The Dirty Weekend Ahead – 18th and 19th of August

Its time to get down and dirty with another weekend of riding upon us.

After a few weeks with only a little racing going around the world, this weekend has it all if you are a fan of Motocross with a round of the Monster Energy MX Nationals being held in country New South Wales, a round of the Monster Energy FIM World Motocross Championships in the Motherland at Matterley basin motocross and to get it all underway the 10th round of the Lucas Oils AMA Pro Racing Championships in the United states coming from Unadilla.

The second to last round of the Monster Energy MX Nationals should be a interesting one and will set the tone for the final round of the series. By Sunday afternoon we will either have a better idea of who is the favourite for the MX1 title between Josh Coppins and Todd Waters, or things will be even tighter than the 12 points separating that currently separate the two riders.

The MX2 class really is between two riders in Luke Styke and Ford Dale, with Josh Cachia hanging in there as an outside hope. While Styke spent the early part of the year winning, it has be the latter two that have been running up front regularly over the past few rounds.

Dale and Cachia tied on points for the round at Appin and you would just about put money on the two of them being the front runners again this weekend at Moree as they put the hammer down in a last ditched effort to reel in the points needed.

Though Styke has not been on the podium the past couple of rounds he has been in the mix riding and riding steadily, he has only dropped a handful of points and continues to finish between 2nd and 5th in every moto, if he can keep that type of form up for the final six motos of the year he should hold on for his first Pro Lites championship.