MVR-D Suzuki rider, Matiss Karro, enjoyed a solid day of racing at round two of the Maxxis British Motocross Championship at Mallory Park in Leicestershire yesterday, finishing every session inside the top-ten and ending the day in sixth overall.

Following a relative baptism of fire at the opening round of the series in Devon just a few weeks earlier, where the new three race format caught the young Latvian out, Karro knew he had to push hard from the start of each race, doing so early-on by qualifying for the new Superpole session and ending that in sixth.

A solid trio of race results, despite tangles with other riders, saw Karro take his RM-Z250 to eighth and tenth place finishes in the opening motos before his best finish of the day in the final race with a sixth, ending the round in eighth overall.

Karro commented, “Not a blistering day, but we managed to bring home solid results throughout. We still need to push harder from the start though. If I can rectify this, then it should take away the problems with silly crashes and tangles with other riders. I’ll be working hard on this before the next round of the championship in Scotland.”

In MX1 teammate Carl Nunn enjoyed a similar day, albeit slightly less successful, finishing the day just outside of the top-ten in 11th. A crash and subsequent ripped-off brake hose saw Nunn finish the first race in 14th, before bringing his RM-Z450 home in 10th in the second race and 13th in the final.

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