16-year-old Hawke’s Bay girl Emily Robottom is a demon motocross racer, out on her Yamaha YZ85 just about as often as daylight will permit her, and in a sport typically dominated by young men, Robottom holds her own despite the fact she’s still considered a beginner

Kiwi Darryll King is back among the world’s elite ... although it’s probably fair to say he never really left those ranks. The Hamilton father-of-two - the 500cc motocross world No.2 in 1997 and 1998 - raced his way onto the podium at round three of the Veterans Motocross World Championships in the United States at the weekend, part of an incredible Yamaha 1-2-3 at the first US GP in 11 years

Kiwi Darryll King is on his way to America to chase glory in the Veterans’ Motocross World Championships.The 41-year-old former world motocross No.2 will arrive at Glen Helen, California, for the United States Grand Prix this weekend, round three of the Veterans’ World Championships, a series sharing the programme with what will also be round six of the MX1 and MX2 world championships

Racing was a bit of a lottery at the muddy King of the Mountain motocross at the weekend and the winning number was 24, the number displayed on the side and front of Cambridge rider Damien King’s Yamaha YZ450F. King, the national 125cc motocross champion, stepped back up to a 450cc bike for the rain-drenched meeting at New Plymouth’s Barrett Road Motorcycle Park circuit, the event which also doubled as the second and final round of the North Island Motocross Championships

Waikato’s Darryll King is looking to take on the world again … and he’s starting with the Australians. The 41-year-old former world No.2 is heading back to Europe to have another crack at winning a world title, this time the Veteran’s Motocross World Championships, but first he plans on roughing up a few Australians

An elixir of youth? … Whatever it is that Hamilton's Darryll King has, there are bound to be a few of the country's motocross riders who want to buy bottles of it by the case-load. The 41-year-old King dominated the weekend at the annual Auckland Motocross Championships, at the tricky clay-based Harrisville track, near Pukekohe, taking different models of Yamaha bikes to win two separate classes and finish a close runner-up in another over the two days

Yamaha riders Darryll King (Hamilton), Damien King (Cambridge) and Darren Capill (Whakatane) took the lion's share of prizes at the annual Valley Motocross Championships at Patetonga, near Morrinsville, at the weekend. Despite their status as "elder statesmen" in the sport these days, it was still virtually impossible to stop the trio as they dominated Sunday's senior programme

With a combined age of 76 years, you probably shouldn't expect too much from Stan Jones and his old two-stroke Yamaha MX360A. Jones is a 40-year-old machinery operator at Fonterra, and his bike is a yellow 1974-model motocross machine, but together they were still capable of winning races at the third round of five in the national Vintage Motocross (VMX) Championships near Inglewood on Sunday

New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix "Woodville"
30-31 Jan 2010

Manawatu-Orion Motorcycle Club

49th annual edition - more than 600 riders expected to arrive at the northern end of the Manawatu Gorge next weekend.

Venue:Woodville Tararua NZ

Minis, Juniors, Seniors, Vets, Womens GP and Support Classes, plus the Tararua River race and the Invitation International.

It seems almost unbelievable, but Kiwi world No.6 Courtney Duncan has stepped up the pace another notch. The young girl from Palmerston, just north of Dunedin, took her Yamaha YZ85 to humble many of the best young men on the planet when she raced her way to a staggering sixth overall at the World Junior Motocross Championships in Taupo last August, and there seems to be no stopping her