Please find enclosed the Press Release / FIM MXGP/MX2/ Women’s Motocross World Championships
2020 MXGP Calendar Update – MXGP of Trentino Postponed
The FIM and Infront Moto Racing regrets to inform that due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the MXGP of Trentino, Italy, foreseen on April the 4th and 5th, has been postponed to July the 18th and 19th 2020.
Considering the very difficult situation in Italy with regards to the coronavirus and the fact that the Italian government has forbidden the organisation of public events in Italy until the 3rd April including the difficulties of travelling in the northern regions of the country, in agreement with the FIM, the local organiser and the local authorities of Trentino the 2020 MXGP of Trentino in Italy will be postponed. Infront Moto Racing, the FIM and the local organiser have evaluated an alternative date and can now announce that the MXGP of Trentino has been rescheduled to take place on the 18th and 19th of July 2020.
The aim of Infront Moto Racing and the FIM is to make the FIM Motocross World Championships and FIM-E Motocross European Championships run with all the events programmed. The rest of the MXGP Calendar up to now stays unchanged while the development of the situation in every country is being followed in a daily basis monitoring.
In agreement with the organisers of other MXGP rounds and local authorities, Infront Moto Racing is prepared to postpone other events if that becomes necessary.
In a difficult moment like this we ask everybody for a great sense of responsibility and not to listen to rumours created but just to rely on official communications which will be done by Infront Moto Racing and the FIM.
What South African Motorsport Wrap Where International When 7-8 March 2020 Community International
Binder, Angel, Pott, Green & Clark star
Topping the South African motorsport news this past weekend, SA rider Darryn Binder put in an heroic ride as he fought for the lead of the Qatari Moto3 Grand Prix season opener until crashing his KTM out of the race on the final lap after contact with rival Tony Arbolino.
Closer to home there was regional circuit racing at both Killarney in Cape Town and at Red Star in Delmas. In the Cape, Marcel Angel got his 2020 V8 Masters season off to a flying start with a clean sweep of pole position, the fastest lap of the day and two race wins ahead of Sean Moore and rookie Barry Ingle, Fabio Tafani, Mark Ridgway and Silver winner Jason Ibbotson at Killarney, while Ryan McCarthy beat Hilton Pieters to Supercar honour and Stuart Spooner took Silver Class honours.
Marco Busi won in GTi Challenge with a two seconds over race 2 winner Nian du Toit after race 1 winner Umpie Swart exited race 2, Eden Thompson won Class B and Calvin Wiltshire Class C from brother Kyle, who won race 2 after race 1 Jason Coetzee took race 1. Brennon Green (Golf) won Clubmans, Franco Donadio (Escort) Classics and Clifford Bacon (BMW) Fine Cars; Steve Humble (Mallock) took Sports & GT, Byron Mitchell Formula Libre and Kawasaki duo Kewyn Snyman took Superbikes and Trevor Westman Powersport Motorcycles.
Meanwhile at Red Star, Richard Pott (Porsche 911 RSR) won the HRSA Sports & GT race and Alan Green’s Class C Meissner Escort took Universal Health Pre-81 Saloons from Class E men Andre ten Napel (Scirocco) and Ian Kilburn (Datsun GX). Eugene Brits (Datsun SSS) won Class F and Jan Jacobs (Alfa Junior) Class G. Fine Car winner Rob Clark (Citroen) took Charlies SuperSpar Pursuit honours from Henk de Klerk and Frans Venter, while Werner Hartzenberg took Trophy Class honours.
In other Red Star action, Mackie Adlem (Jaguar) beat Terry Wilford (Falcon) in V8 Supercars, Dean Wolson and Gerald Wright took the 1 Hour endurance race in their VSP S2000, Pieter Zeelie (Spreads) won Sports & GT, Jeffrey Kruger took Lotus Challenge and Deon van Vuuren won the Clubmans and Classic race.
There were also two Rotax Max Challenge Karting regionals this weekend — at iDube in KZN, Robert Whiting won DD2, Jonathan Pieterse DD2 Masters, Brent Walden Senior Max and Richard Van Heerde Max Masters. Troy Snyman dominated both under-15 Junior Max and under-13 Mini Max, Travis Mingay, under-11 Micro Max and Harry Rowe baby Bambino. In East London Geoff Stephen won DD2 and Clubmans Masters, Lincoln Randall Micro Max and Caleb Moss Bambino, Kayden Croucamp Junior Clubmans and Brady Choudree Senior Clubmans.
Please find enclosed the Press Release /FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2020 Calendar, updated 05 March
Due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the OR Thailand Grand Prix was recently postponed.
The FIM, IRTA and Dorna have evaluated alternative dates for the event later this season and can now announce that the Thai GP has been rescheduled for the 2nd to 4th of October.
The Aragon Grand Prix will now be held a week earlier, from the 25th to 27th September.
Brad and Darryn Binder, South Africa’s world championship motorcycle racing brothers, will join their father, Trevor in the 50th running of the commemorative Durban-Johannesburg time trial for classic motorcycles. The event starts from the Heidelberg Museum at 09:00 on Friday, March 13 and finishes at the Shongweni Equestrian Estate, Hillcrest, on the /Saturday afternoon (March 14).
Usually this event is run from Durban to Johannesburg, hence the name DJ Run, but this year the 50th anniversary commemorative rally is running in the other direction, as was the case with the initial event in 1936, which went from Johannesburg to Durban.
Brad (25) and Darryn (23) will be taking part in the DJ Run less than a week after the opening round of contesting the MotoGP and Moto3 races in the season-opener in Qatar and a week before they will be racing in Thailand. Brad, a former world Moto3 champion is making his debut in MotoGP on a KTM this season, while Darryn is riding a KTM for the CIP-Green Power team in Moto 3.
Brad will be riding a 1935 Sunbeam M9 carrying his new MotoGP number 33, while Darry will start one minute before his brother on a 1928 BMW R52. Father Trevor will once again be on his favourite 1925 Indian Scout, riding his 20th DJ Run.
The Binders will be running just in front of another pairing of two brothers, David, and Ralph Pitchford, with Ralph a former off-road racer, having won this prestigious event in 2016.
Another DJ rider with links to MotoGP racing is Derek Crutchlow, a regular entrant who is the father of Honda racer Cal. He will ride a 1936 Ariel Red Hunter.
The entry for this year’s event is outstanding with 107 riders having submitted the necessary forms and having access to a motorcycle made before 1937. The reason is that this event was originally race between Johannesburg and Durban on public roads between 1913 and 1936 when it was stopped by the authorities on the grounds of safety. For this reason, the only motorcycles that may participate must be at least 84 years old!
The last time the DJ Run attracted a field of 100 competitors was in 2013 when the centenary of the first DJ race was celebrated and the route also went from Johannesburg to Durban.
What is also pleasing is that there are 20 newcomers in the field. There are also six riders from beyond the borders of South Africa, being Brandon, Gavin and Les Youngman from the United Kingdom, Anthony Weber from Zambia, Andy Kaindl from the Germany, Dorian Radue from Australia, and 80-year-old Paul Button, from the UK, who is scheduled to ride one of Peter Gillespie’s famed ABC motorcycles, a 1920 model. Gillespie has also loaned a 1930 500cc Ariel Model F Twinport to George Portman, of Bike SA magazine.
Samantha Anderson will again ride the oldest motorcycle on the rally. This time it is a 1918 Harley Davidson 1000V Twin. Previously she rode a 1909 500cc Triumph with pedal assist for steep hills. It virtually burned out on one DJ but was subsequently rebuilt. This year Samantha’s son, Jayson, will be riding a 1929 AJS M6 one minute ahead of his mother. The results are calculated on arrival times at various checkpoints on the route as the riders try to stick as closely as possible to their chosen average speed, which can be 60 or 70km/h. The arrival times are nowadays logged electronically by an instrument carried by the rider and downloaded at the end of each day. The rider with the lowest time penalty is the winner.
The various refuels and lunch stops between Heidelberg and Hillcrest are:
Day 1 (March 13): Start – Heidelberg Museum in Victoria Street from 09h00. First stop – Standerton (Engen garage) at about 12h00. Second stop – Vryheid (Sasol garage) at about 15h00. Overnight: Newcastle at Majuba Lodge, from about 16h30.
Day 2 (March 14): Restart – Majuba Lodge in Newcastle from 05h30. First stop – Ladysmith (Engen garage) at about 07h30. Second Stop – Estcourt (BP garage) at about 08h45. Third stop – Mooi River (Engen garage) at about 10h15 (Engen). Fourth stop – Pietermaritzburg (Shell garage) at about 12h30. Finish – Shongweni Equestrian Estate Hillcrest at about 15h30.
The annual, international DJ Run is run under the auspices of the Vintage and Veteran Club of South Africa (VVC), and organised by a committee with members from several local classic motorcycle clubs under the leadership of Clerk of the Course Larina MacGregor, who is doing this arduous task for the third consecutive year.
For more information go to: www.djrun.co.za or phone Larina MacGregor at 084-949-0937
Binders with a classic car
Brad Binder with his father Trevor at a prizegiving ceremony
