Team 9MM Energy Drink BUD Racing Kawasaki was involved in two different worlds this weekend, with a four men squad at the opening round of the World Supercross at Cardiff (United Kingdom) and one rider at the European Motocross of Nations at Talavera de la Reina (Spain). On both sides the team had the honours of the podium, with Chris Blose at Cardiff and Quentin Prugnières at Talavera!
It’s in the Millennium Stadium of Cardiff, land of rugby, that the brand new World Supercross Championship kicked off this weekend with four riders representing the 9MM Energy Drink Kawasaki Team, two in each class. It’s in the SX2 class that the team had the honours of the podium with a second overall – just one point behind the winner – for our American Chris Blose (2/4/8) who did a strong performance while Australian Matt Moss (3/DNF/11) lost his chances for the overall with a DNF but he finishes tenth overall. In the WSX class both Cédric Soubeyras and Adrien Escoffier joined the team just a few days before the event and improved their results trough the weekend, as they get used to their 450 KXF, and both score several top ten results. The second of the three races format was the best one for Cedric Soubeyras (12/4/6) who finish sixth overall, three positions ahead of Adrien (10/13/9) who lost time in a crash. Our four ‘musketeers’ have now one week before flying to Australia for the second and last round of the series in two weeks’ time.
Leader of the French team at the European Motocross of Nations aboard his 250 Kawasaki, with one teammate in the 125 class and two in the 85 category, Quentin Prugnières was the best French representative and leads his teammates to the overall win. Winner of his qualifying race on Saturday, winner of the first race mixing 125 and 250 and second in the last heat, he did a huge performance in Spain! With good results from Mano Faure in the 125 class, Amaury Maindru and Mathys Valin in the 85 class, the Frenchies won the event for the first time in the past five seasons. Next race for Quentin will be the Paris Supercross on November 13 and 14, where he will join his SX teammates.
Stéphane Dassé: “Very happy to be part of the World Supercross Championship, this first event was a great one! I’m convinced that this new series will help to develop Supercross worldwide, as Supercross is so far an American speciality. Concerning our 450 riders Cédric is just back from injury while Adrien discovers the team and the bike, and it’s in the SX2 class that Chris Blose offers us a nice podium with a second overall, while Matt Moss did some good things.”
Quentin Prugnières: “It was a top weekend, I did the job by winning the qualifying race and the first moto. Then I score a second position, in all the races I posted the fastest lap time and I gave everything until the last minute. I keep in mind a lot of positive things, and was happy to fight in all the races with Jan Pancar who is a regular MX2 top ten contender. With my teammates we did everything to win this event and the feeling is amazing, I’m proud to be French and to put the French colours on the highest step of the podium.”
