The philosophy of MPS Racing has always been to have someone within the team who is relatively new to the sport and to give them a taste of top flight Enduro, whilst learning from the more experienced team members. 

For 2010 the original plans have been reshuffled somewhat with the departure of one team member before the season started and the unfortunate testing crash suffered by Matt Ridgway recently, leaving relative new boy Tom Braddock as the sole MPS racer.

However, with the team having the capacity to support a minimum of three riders for the season, team principal Mick Seward has offered Muntjac Expert class winner, Alex Rockwell the opportunity to join the team and get his first taste of the World Enduro scene.

Isle of Man resident Alex will be racing the new Husqvarna TE250 for MPS in all the forthcoming British and World Championship events, hoping to replicate his early season success on a grander scale.

After agreeing the deal with Alex, Mick Seward said ‘It’s great to have Alex on board, the start of the 2010 season hasn’t gone to plan for us but at least now we can look to start achieving some results shortly. We had always planned to run more than two riders so we can easily support Alex for the season whilst Matt recovers and rejoins the team when he is fit to do so’.

MPS have also agreed a deal to support Neil Chatham on a Husqvarna WR125 for his British events. Neil has secured a place in the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) ‘Team UEM Enduro Project’ which was started by the UEM in collaboration with

Husqvarna and UFO in order to establish a special Enduro Promotion Team comprising of young and promising riders. Neil will be racing in the E1 Junior class in the European  Enduro Championship on a Husqvarna WR125 prepared by Mucci Racing as part of Team UEM.

Mick Seward commented ‘Neil has done an outstanding job, being selected ahead of 20 or so other riders from across Europe to make it into Team UEM so it made perfect sense for Neil to be on a Husqvarna in the UK too’.

For further information please contact Mick Seward at MPS Racing on 07801 256767 or email mpsracing@btconnect.com.