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Greg Takes To The Track Again
Former 125 British Champion Greg Hanson is back in the saddle aboard a very special Yamaha 125. Doing battle in the DEP Championship he is going head to head with some of the best 2 Stroke riders in the country. The Rinaldi Yamaha pictured above will be weapon of choice for the 10 round championship which will travel the country taking in tracks such as Marshfield, Landrake and Whitby to name a few.
DEP Round 1 Canada Heights
Image: Paul Harris Winter had a sting in it's tail for round 1 of the DEP Championship which saw Greg Hanson in the saddle once more in a competitive role. Trouble with the timing system meant it was going to be qualifying heats to decide the pecking order on the day. Stator trouble with Greg's race machine meant it was going to be the spare bike that got used for the racing which the organisers decided would be run over only one moto. Despite the terrible conditions and the mechanical glitches Greg placed 4th on the day. 8/04/08 Greg Hanson returns to CCM to take part in the World Veterans Championship. Click the link for full story: http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/news/hanson-back-with-ccm-after-18-years/moto-1231121.html 25/04/08 After the rain in Spain where Greg Hanson scored CCM's first ever GP win in the Veterans Grand Prix see what Greg has to say when he was interviewed for www.mxlarge.com http://www.mxlarge.com/detail.php?classtodisplay=homepage&idtodisplay=1362 27/04/08 DEP Round 2 Landrake
Image: Paul Harris Round two of the DEP 2 Stroke Championship at Landrake saw far improved conditions from the white out at Canada Heights. As ever the racing was fast and furious in the highly competative series and Greg once more out in the thick of it. Despite two falls in race two one of which was a a heavy tumble Greg brought the Yamaha 125 home in an overall 6th place. 11/05/08 DEP Round 3 Leisure Lakes Check out this awesome video by Gary Price from GSP of some of the action from the thrid round....of course featuring Greg Hanson! 23/05/08 British MX Stars Talk About GP See what Tommy Searle, Brad Anderson and others inlcuding Greg Hanson had to say about the forthcoming British Grand Prix in this video from Moto Magazine.
Grand Prix of Great Britain
Mallory Park was the setting for the veterans Grand Prix of Great Britain that runs alongside the MX1 and MX2 classes world championship on a brand new circuit that was created especially for the occasion. Greg once more took to the world stage aboard the CCM 450 up against some of the best over 40 riders in the world including Dave Thorpe and Peter Ivan. The first moto saw Greg put a real race on in front of home fans having battles and picking his way through the field to the delight of the partisan spectators who cheered him on from the fencing. At the end of the first moto Greg was in third spot and he was looking to improve for the next race Moto 2 and the gate drops and sees Greg in first place around the first corner. Once again there is a race on with some pressure from other riders. The crowd are loving it as Greg batlles with the other riders and after losing a few places starts clawing back through the field. Disaster strikes as landing from a huge thuge jump the rear tyre comes off the rim and throws Greg violently to the floor destroying the bike and leaving Greg devastated that his race is run. Thankfully Greg is ok but understandably upset that mechanical failure had ruined his chance of standing on the podium in front of the home fans. For a few more images from the Grand Prix click here |
