The Australian KTM Motocross Racing Team's sharp new 2015 squad is about to kick its season off at one of New Zealand's biggest motocross events, the Woodville GP.
The KTM Motocross Racing Team traditionally contests the annual Woodville GP and the four-round New Zealand Motocross Championships as competitive preparation for the Australian MX Nationals which begin on March 29 at Horsham in Victoria.
The 2015 team features Australian motocross Vice Champion Kirk Gibbs, entering his third year in orange, alongside brand-new teammate Luke Styke, the 2013 MX2 Champion who is stepping up to the MX1 class for the first time.
Gibbs is feeling upbeat and positive after coming out of his first off-season without injury in five years, and hopes Woodville is the first step on the road to his goal of an MX Nationals title in 2015.
‰ÛÏAs soon as I finished the two Queensland Supercross races at the end of last year, I gave the bike back, and said I don‰Ûªt want to look at it until after Christmas." Gibbs admitted. "It was late in the first week in January when I got my bike, so I've only been on it for two weeks, but I feel pretty good on the bike already.
"For me, Woodville reminds me of Conondale without grass, it's a real natural terrain track, a little bit up and down hill.
"Normally it's been a tough gig for me in the last couple of years, because I've always been coming back from injury, and I'm sure it‰Ûªs going to be tough again this year, because I believe there‰Ûªs a lot of good riders coming. I haven't been back on the bike for very long, but I'm in a much better position than I have been in the past.
