After the highs of Spain last weekend, REVO Husqvarna UK faced a big test of character at Culham Moto Park in Oxfordshire on Sunday for the first round of the Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship.
Mel Pocock showed he was on the pace with third in MX2 qualification and 18-year-old Dylan Woodcock posted sixth fastest time but on just his second fast lap Martin Barr went over the handlebars on his FC 250 and injured his leg and thumb.
In the opening race Mel came back from a fall to take third, super-tough Martin gritted it out to salvage valuable points in seventh and Dylan claimed the final point up for grabs with 20th.
Martin Barr – 12th (7-DNF)
“In quali I got one lap in and then hit a big, soft hole flat-out – it was like hitting a brick wall – which stopped me dead and I went over the bars. I caught my leg on the way over and bent my thumb.
“I wasn’t sure whether I was going to go out for the first race or not but you have to dig deep and give it a go and I rode a steady race to bring it home in seventh.
“I got a pretty bad start in race two and went down in the second corner. I was coming back through the pack when a guy cross-rutted and just completely t-boned me.
“It’s been a disaster of a day but it’s a long season so I’ll go home, get healed up and live to fight another day.”
Mark Yates (Team Principal)
“Coming off the back of two excellent EMX250 race wins in Spain we were on a bit of a high but we all appreciate that every weekend can’t be like that and Martin getting injured in qualifying is a blow.
“We were debating whether he should have gone out in the first race but he wanted to try and toughed it out for a brave seventh but two crashes in the second moto were too much
even for him.
“We’ll have to see what the doctor says but the main thing
is he’s ready for the second Euro round in Portugal so he may need to take next weekend off.
“We’ve certainly suffered mixed fortunes this weekend but the team has worked faultlessly.”
By Sean Lawless