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Don’t miss the off-road event of the year!
After what feels like centuries of intense planning and scheming the DBR, T+MX and FatCat Motoparc-promoted family event of the year is finally here. Dirt 3-2-1 is set to rock the whole of South Yorkshire on July 17/18/19 as the all-encompassing off-road sports festival lands at FatCat Motoparc in Armthorpe for a weekend of fun, frolics and funanigans in a dirt bike stylee.
We’ve got motocross, endurocross and supercross races lined up, loads of practice sessions all weekend long, a ladies-only trial, a massive trade village with exhibitors aplenty, brand-new bike displays, a bouncy castle and slide, food stalls, ice cream, a licensed bar and even the opportunity for newcomers to off-road sport to give motocross a go in a safe and controlled environment thanks to our good buddies at Big X.
Situated merely 30 seconds from junction 4 of the M18, Dirt 3-2-1 is the perfect way to spend the first weekend of the school summer holidays. Admission on Saturday and Sunday – Friday is FREE – costs just £5 per person with accompanied under 10s coming in for nowt. For more information call the event hotline on 01524 834030.
Practice with the Pros
Fridays are all about having fun and seeing as though there’s nowt quite as fun as riding a perfectly prepped track with your mates then that’s what we’ll be doing all day long, so blag a day off work and come do some riding with us.
Joining us on the day we’ll have pro riders from the STR Honda, DB Racing Honda, LPE Kawasaki and Relentless Suzuki teams plus a couple more who we’re waiting to hear from yet. All the pro riders who rock up on the day are willing to give you tips and advice as well as sign an autograph or two before showing you the fast way around the awesome FatCat race track that will be used for Sunday’s Doodson Insurance-sponsored race event. So come ride for giggles or to eke out an advantage on the rest of the pack – whatever your reason you’ll be more than welcome…
Supercross
After Friday’s laidback practice sessions the action heats up in the Dirt 3-2-1 race arena on Saturday morning with some scintillating supercross action. The course for the Pidcock Motorcycles Supercross has been especially engineered for this event by FatCat’s resident track builder Neil Mason and recently received a big thumbs up from STR Honda’s James Noble and Jordan Rose who spun a lap or two around the 50-second circuit for the DBR cameras.
There will be races for everyone from six year olds on autos to professional standard adults so the action’s gonna come thick and fast through the daytime qualifiers as riders battle it out for those precious places in the Saturday evening Main Events as well as the trophies and prize money that are on offer too!
Endurocross
As well as hosting the SX Main Events in a floodlit show that starts at 7pm, Saturday night at Dirt 3-2-1 will have some exciting Michelin Endurocross race action that should see an ongoing grudge match between 12-time world trials champion Dougie Lampkin and five-time British champion Graham Jarvis settled once and for all as they both try to gain an elusive edge in their new chosen sport of choice – extreme enduro.
A mammoth race circuit has been built in preparation for this battle royale that features raucous rocks, lethal logs, terrible tyres and precipitous pipes as well as the odd supercross style jump that’ll really sort the men from the boys in an exciting series of heats, semis and finals.
Although it’s Lampkin and Jarvis who headline the Saturday night event there are more than a few pro class wildcards who could upset the apple cart including Paul Bolton, Justin ‘The Daddy’ Wilson, the Hemingway brothers Dan and Ben as well as our very own Angry Geoff Walker who’ll want a major slice of the £1000 prize fund that’s up for grabs.
And it’s not just professional riders who’ll be taking to the endurocross track as courageous clubmen will be battling it out for pride and trophies too during the exciting, action-packed floodlit show that’ll go on late into the night.
Motocross
Sunday sees Dirt 3-2-1 return to the roots of off-road sport with the Doodson Insurance Motocross run by Yorkshire-based ORPA club 90 Racing MXC going off on the famous FatCat Motoparc race track. Once again there’ll be classes to suit all – youths and adults – with trophies for the top 10 in all classes as well as great prize money for the Pro class.
Novice Experience
Cheshire based charmers Big X will be providing Dirt 3-2-1 show goers with a novice experience for all new riders aged 13 upwards who’d like to try out the sport of motocross for the first time. Following Big X’s tradition of teaching and educating beginner riders in a safe environment the novice experience will take place in its own enclosed arena with all safety equipment, machinery and coaching provided so all you have to do is book your place on the day then rock up with a good attitude and enjoy your session!
The machinery Big X have chosen to show showgoers the ins and outs of our sport on are the excellent SMC range of dirt bikes. While the SMC YBs – that come in 150 and 250cc sizes – are never going to go out and win world championship motocross or enduro events it is a handy tool for the pure novice and a perfect starter weapon for anyone’s off-road career. Designed in America and then manufactured in China the SMC YB150 and 250 have a rugged lightweight chassis with tuneable suspension, disc brakes and a crisp-shifting five-speed, four-stroke air-cooled motors that deliver smooth and linear power.
Fancy a race?
There are just a handful of places left in the motocross, supercross and endurocross races so if you fancy battling it out for our cool Dirt 3-2-1 trophies or part of the £2500 prize fund you need to get on the phone right now and book your place by calling Lynsey Hamer on
07725231104 or e-mail:
lynsey@90racingmxc.co.uk
JP Off-Road, 12 Victoria Street, Morecambe, Lancashire LA4 4AG.
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