Pro Open contender Billy Mackenzie has his eye’s firmly set on clawing more points back at the 5th round of the MX Nationals this weekend at Raymond Terrace. After his first week of on-the-bike training since his injury at round 2, Billy is 100% happy with his program and looking forward to this weekend.
After a stellar opening round of the Australian MX Nationals, Billy’s title aspirations hit an unexpected speed bump as he sustained an injury to his wrist in the second moto of the series second round. The crash cost Billy 75 point and has put him behind the eight ball. Unable to ride for a month leading up to the Toowoomba round of the series Billy was still optimistic about his chances of returning to victory lane.
Positive thinking and determination paid off for the Scotsman as he took the overall with 1-1-6 scores and is now just over 30 points behind series leader Jay Marmont.
“I have had such a great week leading up to this race and no matter what mother nature decides to throw at us, I am totally focused on holding that number 1 plate when the final checkered flag falls this season.
The week has also been a reunion of sorts with Billy’s cousin Bryan coming over to race in this weekends national.
“The other exciting thing for me this weekend is that my cousin Bryan is over here with his brother. We used to train together back home so it’s been just like the good old days I guess. We have been riding this week at Dean Ferris’ place with Jake Pengelly and Matt Hayworth and it has been such an enjoyable week. I am also road-tripping with Bryan, his brother and Harriet to the race this weekend in my camper so it should be a fun time.
Billy has also been able to focus some attention to testing with the team and is confident that the forecast rain for the weekend won’t effect the desired result.
“From what I have herd there has been a bunch of rain in the area and to be honest, it’s not going to worry me. The bike set up that we have with the Kawasaki is unreal and being from Europe I have done one or two mud races in my time, so we’ll be fine.”
Another race also means another installment of Mac211 TV, with the video’s growing with each showing.
“I am really happy with how our video’s have been turning out. It’s better than expected and we have new ideas each weekend with what we need to do to make sure that they continue to grow. So far the response has been really great though, and we have been getting thousands of views both here and overseas each weekend.
I just want to say a big thanks to everyone over here and overseas for their support. I have said it before but coming to Australia has been a great move for me and the people have just been amazing to me, so thanks again.”
