Team Bud racing Monster energy Kawasaki ready for 2017 season

The 2017 race season will arrive in a few month and we are happy to announce our new set up with 5 riders to compete the main Motocross and Supercross championships worldwide.

Like usually, the Team will focus on young talents and will help them to achieve their goals and to become the next future stars.

No less than 5 championships to compete in 2017 starting with the AMA SX 250 west championship, the European EMX 125 & 250 championships and the French Elite MX/SX 250 & 450 national championships aboard the all new KX250F & KX450F.

Our goals will be to improve and show great potential in the SX 250 West championship for the second attempt and to clinch the titles in the European & French championships.

The French & American Flag will be up at BUD racing Team during all season and the young talents from each countries will fight for the win !

The BUD Racing Monster energy Kawasaki team riders will be :

- Brian Moreau (FR) 14 years old : European EMX 125 & French Elite 250
- Kim Savaste (FI) 16 years old : Injured at MXDN 2016 (back injury), Kim will only come back late during the season to prepare his comeback in 2018.
- Tristan Charboneau (USA)18 years old: AMA SX 250 west + European EMX 250 & French Elite 250
- Ryan Surratt (USA) 19 years old : AMA SX 250 west + European EMX 250 & French Elite 250
- Maxime Desprey (FR) 23 years old : French Elite MX 450 + SX Tour 450
Thanks to all our partners and our fans for their support and we will be happy to see you on the tracks again next year.

Xavier Boog French vice champion

Winner of the MX1 French Elite series, Xavier Boog finish this season runner up in the main French Championship. Coming to the final round of Iffendic in third position, the Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki rider finished runner up of the event behind Romain Febvre and runner up in the series behind Gregory Aranda.

With three ‘MXGP top guns’ racing this final round (Febvre, Paulin et Tixier), things were not easy for the three riders (Aranda, Teillet et Boog) fighting for the title. Coming to Iffendic in third position fifteen points behind series leader, Xavier Boog was still disturbed by a broken rib sustained one week earlier in a French SX tour event; sixth in the timed practice session, Xavier was followed by team mate Maxime Desprey who travelled all night after racing an International MX in Gimont on Saturday.

Xavier got a great start in the first heat, coming third behind Teillet and Febvre after one lap. Paulin, Tixier and Aranda passed him later, and Xavier who struggled with the track was only eighth at mid race; he finally earned three positions during the last laps, to finish fifth. The Alsacian rider was stronger in the second race, with a third position in the same lap as Febvre and Paulin who finished first and second of this last heat; as Teillet struggled during this event, Xavier earned one position to finish runner up in the series. For Maxime Desprey who entered two events in a row Iffendic was a tough event, with high temperatures in Brittany; fourth on Saturday night in Gimont with three strong races (2/6/5) among GP riders, Maxime did an impressive opening race in Iffendic with a fourth overall behind two GP riders (Febvre and Tixier) and the series leader. In the second heat he retired after two laps, tired after so many races in a row and a very short night.

Two weeks before the next race of the European MX2 Championship, Darian Sanayei was also racing in Gimont and as usual he improved his results race after race; fifth, fourth and second of the races, he finished runner up of this event with his 250 Kawasaki, among 450 riders.

Xavier Boog: “With my injury I can’t train at the moment during the week, but this weekend I didn’t suffer so much except at the end of the second race when I had some troubles to breathe normally. My feeling with the track was not really good in the first race, and I had a bad rhythm; it was much better in the second heat, and I scored a third behind Romain Febvre and Gautier Paulin who had a ‘GP rhythm’ in this race. I earned one rank in the series, now it’s Supercross time with another round of the SX Tour in La Bosse de Bretagne next weekend. The last round in Chateauneuf was not really good for me as I crashed during the practice sessions and broke one rib; I save some points with a ninth position, after a very bad start and another crash when I was fighting for the fifth position. I’m currently third of the series, only five points behind the leader so everything is still possible.”

Maxime Desprey: “It was a busy weekend for me with an International MX in Gimont and then the Elite Championship in Iffendic, but at the moment I need to do as many races as possible to be back at my best level! I finished fourth in Gimont, just a shame that I missed two good starts; then I drive all night long to join Iffendic, where I posted a seventh position in the practice session. I was happy with my riding in the first heat, coming back from eighth to fourth, but then I was unable to finish the second heat; I had a bad start, and felt tired so it was better to stop. But it was a good weekend for me; at each race I feel improvements, and have a better feeling; for example I had some arm pumped in Chateauneuf one week ago at the SX Tour, but this weekend I had no troubles.”

Another win for Xavier Boog in Ernee

Xavier Boog enjoyed his third win of the season during the penultimate round of the French Elite Championship, and remains a contender for the MX1 title before the final round of the series scheduled on July 17th in Iffendic. In the MX2, Junior and Hopefull classes, the Bud riders all collected a race podiums or win.

It was busy program this weekend in Ernée, home last year of the Motocross of Nations. The four French classes 85cc, Junior 125, Elite MX2 & MX1 were involved in this meeting, and the club did a great job to prepare the track; the weather was not really good this weekend, but the organisers did a fantastic job to offer the best racing conditions to the riders between the showers.

Fastest in his qualifying group Xavier got a good start in the first race, but except during the first few laps he wasn’t able to follow the rhythm of Valentin Teillet who was very fast this weekend; Xavier was close from him during a few laps, but then Teillet made the gap and Xavier secured his second position. Xavier got a better start in the second race and passed Aubin for the lead during the opening lap; he pushed hard during a few laps and then just secured his win. Overall winner for the third time this season, Xavier is always seven points behind Teillet in the standings, but is now only fifteen points behind the leader Gregory Aranda before the final round.

The slippery conditions were perfect for Nicolas Dercourt, who was the fastest MX2 rider during the practice sessions. His first start was in the top 5, but Nico was impressive during the first lap and came second behind Florent Richier; he passed him straight away and made a good gap, but in the last lap a technical issue stopped him! Disappointed, Nico rebounded in the next race, winning it forty seconds ahead of his rivals and keeping some chances for the title, as he is now tight in the standings with Richier, behind Boisrame.

With their entire program the same day, including practice session, qualifying race and two heats, the Junior 125 riders (and also the hopeful) had a very long day! Fastest in his group Brian Moreau grabbed the holeshot in the first race but crashed one time while he was leading the race, and then a second one! Sixth at mid race he came back third, and later got another holeshot in race two; he lost some positions after a crash, but came back fourth to end this event tight in third position, his best result this season for the youngest rider of the pack.
Back racing after an injury end of May in Slovenia, Thibault Benistant entered in Ernée his second race of the season. Second of his qualifying race behind the leader of the 85 hopeful series, Thibault was impressive during the first race as he came back from ninth to third; unfortunately he crashed and was twelfth, but again came back strongly in seventh. He confirmed his good speed in the second race, coming back from eighth to third and just missing the final step of the podium.

Xavier Boog:” It’s cool to win my third race this season, unfortunately I got a second and a first position and just score the same number of points as Teillet. But at least I don’t lose any points compared to my rivals, so it’s positive. In the first race Valentin was very strong; I didn’t rode so well, and wanted some revenge in the second one. I had a good start and passed Aubin during the first lap, and then I pushed to make a gap and win this race. The club did a very good job, they prepared the track as it was for the Motocross of Nations and that’s just a shame that the weather was not better.”

Nicolas Dercourt: “The conditions were not easy in Ernée this weekend, but I’m very happy with my riding. I got two good starts; in the first race I passed Richier and was leading easily but in the last lap the bike stopped and I was so disappointed. I got the holeshot in the second race, had again a very good rhythm and won the race with the fastest lap time and forty seconds ahead of my rivals. That’s good for the next races.”

Brian Moreau: “The track was really difficult to ride with the rain, and I did too many mistakes; in both races I got the holeshot, but I was pushing too much on a slippery and rough track so I crashed several times. Even if I got my best overall result in the French series I’m frustrated, as I missed a podium result. The positive point is that I had a good speed, Rubini and Goupillon are strong and helped us to be faster; it will help us for the next European rounds.”

Thibault Benistant: “After my elbow injury three months ago I was back racing earlier than expected; Ernée was my second race, two weeks after a round of the European Championship in Slovenia, where I got a fifth and an eleventh position. Ernée was not so bad for me; in the first race I chose the outside gate, as I did in the qualifying race but that was not a good choice. I got a bad start and came back seventh, then in the second race I had an average start and finished third. I’m pretty happy with my riding in this race, now I will go to Portugal for the last qualifying race of the European series; the goal is to qualify for the final round in Loket.”

Podium for Darian Sanayei in Latvia, win for Xavier Boog in France

Darian Sanayei raced his Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki on to the third step of the podium in the Latvian round of the FIM European EMX250 Motocross Championship at Kegums, while Xavier Boog won the fifth round of the French MX1 Elite.

The young American came through with flying colours after this baptism of fire on one of the roughest circuits on the calendar. A solid fourth in his qualification group gave him seventh choice of gate and he rode diligently to advance from an initial eighth place to finish sixth. He rode even better in the second moto to finish third after completing the opening lap fifth, and the combined results of the two motos saw him mount the podium in third place. He is now sixth in the series standings after two of ten rounds.

Nicolas Dercourt had a tough time on the rugged track but showed determination to qualify through the Last Chance and he continued to fight to the end of both motos to finish fourteenth and fifteenth. He is now twelfth in the series standings.

Kegums also met the opening round of the European 125, and both Brian Moreau and Kim Savaste did their first appearance of the season in this class. Back from an injury Kim did a strong opening race, to claim his first podium result with a third position; he was again doing a great performance in the second heat, but crashed when he was in fifth place and had to retire. Brian Moreau was more unfortunate with crashes in both motos, but he proved in the second heat that he could expect top ten results in the series.

In the fifth round of the French Elite Championship, Xavier Boog scored his second win this season and confirmed that he is at the moment the fastest rider in the MX1 class. Runner up in the first race and winner of the second one in Gaillac Toulza, Xavier got three wins and three second positions in the last three rounds; he is always third in the standings, seven points behind Teillet and thirty behind Aranda with two more races to go.
Penultimate round of the East Coast SX series, East Rutherford was another opportunity for Cedric Soubeyras to score a top ten result, his third one this season. Next weekend Cédric will be in Las Vegas for the last SX of the season, while Darian and Nicolas will be in Germany for the third round of the EMX250 championship.

Darian Sanayei: “Coming into this weekend my goal was to have a better qualifying time and I got a fourth in my group; that gave me seventh gate pick which was a pretty good gate. In the first moto I was seventh or eighth at the start, and then was using the techniques we’ve been working on with team trainer Thierry. I got a sixth place which was my best finish this year in the European series, but I wasn’t really satisfied with that. In the second moto I got a decent start in sixth, rode there for a while and just gave the best I could to get a third in this race and a third overall. The track was really rough there. Everybody told me that before we came but now I know what that means; you need to save some energy and ride with European style.”

Nicolas Dercourt: “It was a tough weekend, as I had to go to the Last Chance race to qualify. I made too many mistakes during the practice session and although I won the Last Chance race I had a bad gate for the points-scoring races. My first start was not too bad but I lost many positions during the first lap to finish fourteenth. The second start was bad; I was nearly last and had to battle back to fifteenth. Apart during the Last Chance race I had no fun riding on this rough track; hopefully some hard pack tracks are coming and I will do my best to improve the results.”

Kim Savaste: “It’s been a lot difficult for me as I broke my shoulder this winter, and it’s great to be back racing. Saturday was fine, I didn’t felt so good on the track but I got a podium result, which is great; it was tough to keep the podium, I had some arm pumped for my first race this season but I didn’t made any big mistake. On Sunday I felt much better and was fifth when I had a big crash; now I have two weeks to prepare the next round, I go back home in Finland to prepare this round. I like Arco so I’m expecting some good results there.”

Brian Moreau: “The track was rough and it was tough weekend for me, but I learned a lot and gained some experience for the future. The second race was better, my start was not so good but I came back eight; I was fighting for the seventh position when I crashed just two laps before the end. I know that I need to get better results in the qualifying session, it’s a very short one and all the riders are pushing so it’s difficult to find his way and do some fast laps.”

Xavier Boog: “It’s good to get a second win after Romagné, I nearly missed it last weekend in Castelnau and at the moment I’m pleased with my results. I was second in the timed practice session and was second at the start of the first race; I got the lead but Aranda passed me after ten minutes, then I had some arm pumped and finished second. In the second heat I got the holeshot and won the race, happy to offer another win to the team.”

Wins and podiums in France

Team Monster Energy Bud Racing Kawasaki was involved this weekend in the fourth round of the French Elite Championship, and claimed in Castelnau de Lévis near Toulouse two heat wins. Both Nicolas Dercourt and Xavier Boog remains title’s contender in their class, with three more rounds to go.

Home of several GP’s in the past, the track of Castelnau was unfortunately wet and muddy after some heavy showers on Saturday and during the night. Even if it didn’t rained on Sunday, the track was rough with slippery sections, deep ruts and some muddy places.

Second in the MX2 timed practice period, Nicolas Dercourt got a great start in race one and came second right behind the race leader. He put some pressure on his rival, who finally crashed in a corner at mid race and offered the lead to Nicolas who claimed his second heat win of the season. Nico got another great start in the second heat but struggled to find his lines as the track changed a lot between both races, and finally lost a lot of time when he crashed in a corner. Forced to stop in the pits to repair his bike, he came back from last to fourteen, his worst result of the season. But he remains second in the standings, just six points behind the leader.

After his overall win during the last round in Romagné, Xavier Boog confirmed with a pole position in the MX1 timed practice that he is at the moment one of the fastest rider of the series. He got the holeshot in the first race and pulled away after three laps, to conquer another heat win. His second start was similar, but with Greg Aranda right behind him the Alsacian had no time to rest! Leading the entire race he unfortunately did a small mistake in the last corner, and lost the second heat and the overall! Tight in the points with Aranda, he finished second overall with a 1/2; in the standings he is always in third position, only twelve points behind Valentin Teillet before the next round this weekend in Gaillac Toulza.

The team was also involved in the US Supercross series, with Cédric Soubeyras racing in Foxborough. Ninth overall in the timed practice sessions, Cedric was racing for his best qualification with a third position when he had to retire with a puncture! In the last chance session he came back from seventeenth to sixth, too far to get one of the four qualifying spots for the main event.

Nicolas Dercourt: “The first race was great, I was second behind Arnaud Aubin after the start and we had a great battle; he finally did a mistake, and I won the race. I got another good start in the second heat, but I didn’t found the best lines and lost two positions to Richier and Aubin; then I crashed in the third lap, and lost too much time in the pits as the bike was damaged. I did my best to come back fourteenth. I’m not so happy with the result, the track was really rough; there was not so much grip on the track, and the conditions changed all day long so it was not so fun to ride there.”

Xavier Boog: “We did a good race with Greg in the second heat, for sure I’m disappointed with this little mistake in the last corner and once more until the finish flag nothing is done… I couldn’t make a gap with him in this 2nd race, and we both had some troubles with the lappers who don’t always recognize the blue flag. But it was anyway a good weekend with the pole position, two holeshot, a moto victory and a second position overall, tight in the points with the winner. It’s cool to get twice the holeshot, which confirmed that we did a good job on the bike with the team! After Gaillac next weekend I will not have so many races until the French GP, it will be perfect to prepare the coming SX season and the French MXGP who is an important event.”

Live a few minutes from the Castelnau week end into the Bud Racing rig: