Kawasaki Masters
Kawasaki announce plans for 2010 AMCA Kawasaki Masters Championship
After a stunning season of racing this year, Kawasaki Motors UK has announced their support for a 2010 racing series based around the popular KX250F machine.
With huge interest generated in the 2009 series – and an oversubscribed field of riders eager to take part – applications are now being processed for the 2010 Kawasaki Masters Championship by the AMCA.
Designed to nurture emerging young talent in the MX2 class, the 2009 Championship attracted a strong field and created exciting and close racing. Ultimately won by Paul Smith, the feedback from riders and spectators alike was overwhelmingly positive.
Now, for 2010, Kawasaki Motors UK has enhanced the ultimate prize. For first place, the winner will be able to ride a KX250F for the entire 2011 season courtesy of Kawasaki. And, in addition, will have a parts budget for genuine Kawasaki spares worth £2000 at retail cost.
Commenting for the AMCA, Ken Winstanley was happy to see the popular Championship repeated saying: “This year’s Championship had a waiting list of riders almost as soon as we announced it, and it looks like the 2010 one will be the same. It’s just what we need, a Championship focussed on growing young talent. With the top three riders from this year not eligible to take part again, the scene is now set for the next layer of riding talent to shine through”.
Ross Burridge, Team Green Co-ordinator for Kawasaki Motors UK shares Winstanley’s enthusiasm for the unique, one make MX2 series: “We had no idea how successful the inaugural year was going to be. With podium places changing constantly, there was a real prospect of success for so many riders in every race. And with the KX250Fs being so reliable and consistent, it was a genuine measure of riding talent as well as machine performance.”
Kawasaki Masters Championship Rules
- Amateurs, who hold the following licences only are allowed to compete:
Admissible licences – AMCA, ACU, BSMA, BYMX, SACU,YMSA, MCUI, MRA or an international licence
- Only 250f Kawasaki machinery that complies with current MX2 regulations is allowed to be used
- The Kawasaki Masters Championship is administered and regulated by the AMCA. Riders agree that, as a condition of entry, they will adhere to the rules and regulations as stipulated by the AMCA and that, in all instances, the decision of the AMCA is final
- No rider who has qualified for the 2009 ACU Maxxis MX1 & MX2 Championship will be allowed to enter
- A rider who registers for the Kawasaki Masters Championship having met the entry criteria, and subsequently qualifies to compete in the 2010 ACU Maxxis MX1 & MX2 Championship, will be allowed to compete in the Kawasaki Masters Championship
- A rider has finished in the top 10 of either the MX1 or MX2 AMCA Championship in 2009 will not be allowed to compete
- Number plates must have black backgrounds and white numbers
- No Kawasaki Team Green supported riders are allowed to compete
- Those ranked within the top ten in BYMX in 2009 are not allowed to enter
- Riders agree that images of them, extracts from rider profiles and any quotes attributed to them can be used by Kawasaki Motors UK and the AMCA in the promotion of the Championship
