Midwest Husaberg UK Team

2011 Season

Jul 18, 2011

2 Podium finishes for Midwest Husaberg UK riders

Category: 2011

Posted by: Jack Stringer

Metzeler ACU British Enduro Championship Rounds 4 & 5 July 9th to 10th Knighton, Wales

Conditions were near perfect for rounds 4 & 5 of the Metzeler ACU British Enduro Championship at Knighton in Mid-Wales after rain the previous week diminished into a dry and sunny weekend. The traditional Welsh enduro terrain of forestry combined with the undulating grassland hillsides would provide an ideal venue for the UK's best enduro riders to do battle. The course would consist of 3 laps including a MX and cross country special test each lap with the MX test ridden twice at the end of the day. On Saturday it was to be Si Wakely riding his Husaberg TE250 who adapted well to the grassy MX test setting consistently fast times during the day, and really showed his speed and fitness by being the fastest on the last 2 tests of the day ending in a very impressive 2nd overall. Fellow team mate Alex Rockwell started slowly on the first day and it wasn't until the afternoon that he was matching the speed of the leaders which left him in 6th overall on day one. Sunday would be the same course but 1 lap shorter and it was Alex Rockwell, riding his Husaberg FE390, who now found his speed by narrowly missing setting the fastest time on the first test by 15 hundredths of a second. A couple of small mistakes in the cross country test meant Alex would finish the day in an impressive 3rd overall. Team mate Si Wakely also having made a couple of errors in the treacherous cross country test again showed that he is the master of fitness by being the fastest rider on the last test of the day earning him 5th overall.

Alex said The event was great a perfect combination of enduro riding and special tests I really enjoyed the event, the bike ran spot on all weekend with the suspension being the best yet. We are still making minor changes all the time to get the bike how I like it and we are improving all the time, we were a little lucky at the end of day 2 when I had some track tape caught in the rear wheel and sprockets which then melted the gearbox sprocket seal losing a lot of oil but I only had to ride steady back to the finish

Si said I really felt comfortable on the grassy MX tests and the bike was awesome on them, I was a little disappointed about making a few mistakes in the cross country tests on day 2 but it's brilliant to be back on the podium the first time for me with Husaberg

Joint team manager Simon Molter said The conditions were perfect for the event and the club should be congratulated. Si and Alex both showed there speed this weekend which we are pleased with and our continued testing with the 2 new riders is showing in our ever improving results