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Friday
Jul162010

Team Kawasaki Motivated for Moree

DateFriday, July 16, 2010 at 9:21PM

Cody Mackie - KRT

Kawasaki Racing Team riders, Billy Mackenzie, Cody Mackie and Luke Arbon head to the 7th round of the 2010 Australian Motocross Championship at Moree, NSW, full of confidence and optimism. With Mackenzie currently sitting in 2nd place in the Championship in the Opens class and Mackie in 3rd place in the Pro Lites class, both riders will be riding for valuable Championship points as they strive for Championship Titles. Under 19s rider Luke Arbon makes a sooner than expected return to racing, lining up this weekend after breaking his wrist at the previous round. Currently sitting in 5th, Luke is striving for a top three finish to the series.

With more moto wins and pole position qualifications this season than any other Opens rider, KRT’s Billy Mackenzie has been the rider to beat throughout the season. An unfortunate crash early in the day at Canberra affected his overall points haul and places him second on the leader-board, however his current speed and form stands him well in his chase for Championship glory.

Billy says, “I’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain over the next two weekends. I’ll just go out there and race the race-track and whatever happens happens.”

Sitting 3rd in the Pro Lites class and only two points shy of 2nd place is KRT’s Cody Mackie. Showing his best form so far in the series at the last round (finishing 2nd overall) Cody heads to Moree confident of further success.

Cody says, “I’m really excited about this weekend. It’s a new track and I haven’t ridden there so I’m really looking forward to getting into it. I want to finish these last few rounds on a high. I had my best round last round and want to improve on that this weekend.”

Striving for a top three Championship finish in the Under 19s’ class, Luke Arbon will amazingly line up at Moree this weekend on his KX250F after injuring his wrist last round. Luke’s earlier than expected come-back shows his high level of fitness and gritty determination to represent both himself and his team as best he can.

KRT Manager Troy Carroll is very happy with the team’s preparation heading into Moree, saying, “It’s been another great 3 weeks. Both Billy and Cody’s preparation has been great. It’s been unfortunate that Luke hasn’t been able to ride since injuring his wrist at Wodonga but he will be racing this weekend.”

“I think myself and the mechanics have worked really hard the last few weeks. We haven’t left any stone unturned so that the riders have the best possible opportunities to win over the next two weekends”.

KRT will be racing for precious Championship points at Moree this Sunday 18 July before the season wraps up the following weekend at Coolum QLD.

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Friday
May072010

Kawasaki Racing Team Welcomes Unit Clothing Onboard

DateFriday, May 7, 2010 at 3:30PM

The Kawasaki Racing Team is pleased to announce that highly successful clothing company Unit has joined forces with KRT as a valued team sponsor in 2010.

The addition of such a successful brand as Unit to the Kawasaki Racing Team’s family of sponsors is indicative of Kawasaki’s commitment to aligning itself with other quality and respected brands in its quest for Championship glory.

Luke Arbon - Unit

KRT Manager Troy Carroll is excited about the collaboration between KRT and Unit saying, “We are driving the team to set high targets both on and off the track and with a company such as Unit joining our team in 2010, it highlights that quality brands want to be associated with a strong and professional team such as the Kawasaki Racing Team.”

“I personally would like to thank those at Unit for their willingness to be a part of our team, not only for 2010 but into the future.”

KRT Principal, Kevin Crutcher says, “It’s great to see Unit coming on board and joining all of our other great sponsors. The clothing is second to none and the team loves wearing it. We look forward to bigger and better things with Unit in the years to come.”

CEO of Unit, Ian Everest says, “We’re really excited to begin this relationship with the Kawasaki Racing Team.”

“As Australia’s leading motocross casual clothing brand, it is a great fit to be represented by such a strong team for 2010.”

“We’re also pleased to be working with Troy Carroll. His professionalism and championship winning experience will be great for the team.”

KRT looks forward to a successful and productive relationship with Unit throughout 2010 and beyond. For more information about Unit, visit www.unitriders.com

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Wednesday
Apr142010

Kawasaki - KRT Takes Red Plate to Canberra

DateWednesday, April 14, 2010 at 9:24PM

Thanks to a sensational opening round by KRT’s newest signing Billy Mackenzie, the green team takes the coveted Opens class Red Plate with them to the second round of the Australian Motocross Championship in Canberra this Sunday 18 April where the team plans to exceed its Championship lead even further.

Billy Mackenzie's Red Plate

Finding much success previously in both Europe and Japan, Scottish rider Billy Mackenzie added to his already impressive resume at the opening round of the Australian Motocross Championship at Horsham setting extremely fast lap times, qualifying in pole and taking the overall round win in convincing fashion.

KRT hopes to add another Red Plate to its arsenal at the second round of the series with Pro Lites rider Cody Mackie showing great form and sitting just 5 points shy of the series leader.

Kawasaki Racing Team Principal, Kevin Crutcher says, “We enjoyed a great start to the season at Canberra but the season has only just begun and there is still a lot more work to be done. Our goal is to gather all three red plates and with the speed both Cody Mackie and Luke Arbon are showing, that’s very achievable.”

“We’re all looking forward to Canberra and are confident of further success. I encourage everybody to make their way over to the Kawasaki pits where we’ll have our brand new KRT posters available with rider signings throughout the day”.

KRT’s Billy Mackenzie, Cody Mackie and Luke Arbon will be in action at the second round of the Australian Motocross Championship at Canberra this Sunday 18 April.

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Monday
Nov092009

KRT RIDERS ADVANCE AFTER CANBERRA SUPER X

DateMonday, November 9, 2009 at 2:39PM

Although the hard packed Canberra track was not overly suited to KRT’s Craig Anderson and Luke Arbon, both riders still managed to advance a position on the leader board at the 4th round of the Monster Energy SuperX at Canberra on Sat 7 November.  

 

Open rider Craig Anderson qualified well in 4th place on his KX450F and looked on track to finish inside the top 5 at Canberra. The hard packed conditions, unsuited to Craig’s aggressive style of riding, prevented the twelve time Australian Champion from finishing inside the top 5. Craig still finished inside the top ten with his 8-9-9 results throughout the three moto finals leaving him in 9th position overall for the round. Craig’s consistent points haul throughout the Monster Energy SuperX series advances him to 8th place overall in the Championship.

 

Craig says, “I qualified well but I didn’t feel like I could ride to my full potential on the hard track. It’s still good to take away points and move up the ladder. I’m looking forward to moving even further up the leader board at Parramatta in front of a home crowd.”

 

Proving he is yet to show his true potential in the series, young Lites rider Luke Arbon moves inside the top ten in the Championship even though he suffered a DNF in one of his final motos at Canberra. Luke’s 10-DNF-8 result at the 4th round still gave the 17 year old enough points to advance him to 10th overall in the Championship. The unfortunate DNF came about from a final corner incident where Luke was hit from behind by another rider.

 

KRT Manager Brett Whale says, “It was certainly a tough weekend for Kawasaki at Canberra. We are definitely looking forward to the Sydney round this coming weekend. Ando should put on a good show in front of a home crowd.”

 

KRT’s Craig Anderson and Luke Arbon will be racing for even more Championship points at the 5th round of the 2009 Monster Energy SuperX Championships at Parramatta Stadium on Saturday 14 November.

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Monday
Oct262009

KRT on the Charge at Geelong SuperX 

DateMonday, October 26, 2009 at 3:11PM

KRT riders Craig Anderson and Luke Arbon both improved their standing in the 2009 Australasian SuperX Championships after round 2 at Geelong on Saturday 24 October with both riders advancing up the Championship leaderboard.

 

Open rider Craig Anderson put on a spectacular show during the “Man on Man” qualifying to win the first two rounds and advance to the semi final. Craig exhibited a lot of speed to win his way through to the semis causing the commentators to remark that Craig was riding the fastest they’d seen him ride all year. The semis were going to be tough however with Craig coming up against his cousin, fellow Kawasaki rider and world Champion Chad Reed. After a great battle that saw both riders swapping for the lead, Chad came away with the win and Craig came away with 3rd place overall and a good gate pick for the 4 moto finals.

 

Craig rode well throughout the four 6 lap finals (6-5-9-17) and was on track for a podium finish for the round until a crash in the 4th and final moto relegated him to the rear of the field resulting in 8th place overall for the round. For his efforts Craig earned enough Championship points to advance himself to 7th place overall in the Championship.

 

Craig says, “I’m happy with the bike and happy with how I rode. I was really disappointed not to finish on the podium after crashing but overall I stepped it up from last round and really felt like I was in the mix the entire round. My goal is to get faster each round and I’m really looking forward to Perth. The Perth venue is an indoor venue and I really like racing indoors. I can’t wait.”

 

After an outstanding SuperX debut in Tasmania that saw him rocketing out of the gates and straight to the front of the pack in both Pro Lites motos, 17 year old KRT rider Luke Arbon was looking forward to a solid result at Geelong. His day of racing was to become a whole lot harder however after Luke crashed heavily in qualifying. Showing a lot of guts, the sore KX250F rider found the strength to line up for the main event and put in a good performance to hold on for an 11th place finish. Luke’s efforts advance him to 11th place overall in the Championship.

 

KRT Manager Brett Whale says, “A fantastic result this round for Kawasaki.”

 

“I was really happy with how Ando rode.  He put in a good performance to qualify in 3rd, also a big effort by Luke Arbon to even be out there after such a big crash in qualifying. We’re looking forward to Perth.”

 

KRT head to Perth, WA for the 3rd round of the 2009 Australasian SuperX at Burswood Dome on Saturday 31 October.

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