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Round 4 of the Supercross masters was held on Saturday night at Wayville Showgrounds in Adelaide, South Australia.

In the 250 class, Craig Anderson ran a smart and consistent 3 moto's to come up in first place, with and equal second being decided by the winner of the third moto between Daryl Hurley, and Shane Metcalfe.

1. Craig Anderson
2. Daryl Hurley
3. Shane Metcalfe

In the 125 class, Troy Dorron once again stamped his authority with a convincing overall win, with Troy Carrol and Robbie Marshall bringing up second and third respectively.

The 2002 Australian Motocross Championship will be sponsored in its entirety by Maxxis Tyres, it was announced today.

Maxxis Tyres manufacture a complete range of MX tyres along with its road and ATV range which are distributed in Australia by McLeod Accessories.

See here for more details, and the http://www.thumpernats.com.au/ website for extra information on the series changes in 2002.

The new drysdale V8 motorcycle, developed in response to the new rules that will allow four strokes to compete in the Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing, is nearing completion, with pictures of the cruiser version released (albiet with the 750cc motor, rather than the still in development 1000cc motor).

Check out these sites which have more information on the Drysdale, other wild bikes, and the Changes that the four strokes will bring to the Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing.

Having just recently bought a little Z50 for the kids, I started searching the 'net for some information on the little beasties.

Well, I knew that the 150 models were becomming popular, but what do you know, the Z50, XR50 and that sized bike is having a massive resurgence as well!

Check out some of these articles/sites!

http://bbrmotorsports.com/News/CareyH_TWMX.htm

http://bbrmotorsports.com/News/DB_0202.htm

http://www.fast50s.com/

Whew. Sounds like those guys are having way too much fun. Maybe the kids wont get much use out of the little beastie after all ;-)

Anyone who enjoys time in the Victorian bush, 4 wheel drivers, prospectors, dog walkers, rally drivers, shooters, timber workers, miners, apiarists, eucalyptus distillers, farmers, hunters, firewood users, horse-riders, trail bike riders, fishermen, bow hunters, campers... Anyone who enjoys time in the Victorian bush!

Come to Bendigo and join with other bush users to SAY NO to more restrictions

Veggie Dave's Extreme Racing Site has done a good Supermotard FAQ page, available here. The rest of the site is pretty good too!

Check it out at Veggie Daves Extreme Racing

The FIM met over the weeked in Geneva.

The calendar for the 2002-2003 World Supercross Championships was one of the decisions finalised. Click here for the 2002 World Supercross schedule.

The 2002 Motocross Calendar has been decided for a while. Click here for the 2002 Motocross schedule.

The webdesigner over at www.husky.com.au has been very busy, with a whole range of 2002 model tests by various motorcycle magazines being added to the "Bike Tests" section of the site (see the top right of the menu bar).

Checkout those sweet new four stroke models, and the improvements they've made to the two strokes also at the site www.husky.com.au, but remember, dont drool.

Yamaha Australia have started an Owners club for Yamaha owners to get together, organise events, club runs etc.

Check it out here.

Joel Smets has taken out his third successive Beaucaire International Motocross in dominant style. With 1st, 1st and 3rd results, nobody else really came close. A crash in the final Moto relegated him to third, stopping him from totally dominating the rest of the field.

Andrea Bartonlini grabbed second overall with a consistent effort, and Pit Beirer was third.