
Before the crowds, tension and anticipation of MXGP rolls into the vast bowl of Matterley Basin this weekend for the British Grand Prix, one of the heroes of the event past and present – Tommy Searle – faced a different kind of challenge.
Luke Woodham was in a feisty mood with the raw power and grunt of his V8 and fancied ripped up some of the Winchester soil at the epic venue that has been a popular draw for FIM World Championship motocross for almost fifteen years.
For 28 year old Kawasaki racer Tommy Searle this was a mean duel. The Brit has spine-tingling recollections of success at Matterley: his maiden Grand Prix podium finish as a sixteen year old, emphatic MX2 victory in 2012 and a rostrum appearance in his country’s colours at the 2017 Motocross of Nations…but this was another kind of Matterley experience.