Cobra Motorcycle Manufacturing is pleased to announce an exciting new partnership with the innovative Red Bull Elite Youth Cup motocross series.
This bold new partnership will see Cobra support a five man team over the course of the eight rounds as they battle it out with the best 65cc riders in the country for the Elite 65cc crown.
Bradley Malin, Ryan Vickers, Christopher Mills, Dee-Jay Walker and the 2009 Cobra Supercross 50cc Champion Dylan Woodcock will all be racing the ground breaking new 2010 CX 65 made in the USA. Additionally, this coming Spring, Cobra will offer a variety of support at all venues around the country to ensure on hand parts and service free of charge.
"We couldn't be more excited to announce this new partnership with the Red Bull Elite Youth Cup Series” said a delighted Neil McClelland, General Manager of European Operations for Cobra Motorcycle Manufacturing Group. “We firmly believe that Cobra and the Red Bull Elite Youth Cup racers and enthusiasts share a common passion for the sport and are looking forward to seeing the youth racing moving forward to a new dimension in the UK. "
"My first call was to MC Federation Chairman Matt Bates as they have a great thing going within the sport and have clear direction on how they see UK motocross progressing that we know will add to our promotional opportunities in the years ahead for our customers.
We're convinced this will be an outstanding partnership for years to come and we feel that working together with the MCF will give us and everyone in youth motocross an opportunity to take it to the next level in the UK. After talking to them it’s obvious that we share the same drive to see things improve.”
MCF’s Head of Communications Jeff Perrett couldn’t agree more. “Our principle aim is to lay on the best motocross series for the kids racing today but at the same time never losing site of trying to grow the sport and draw the attention of new kids and their families into the amazing values that motocross can bring.
Having Cobra on board to help us bring that awareness forward in the youth market by offering up a great bike for the youngsters to start out their career is ideal. So many riders have started out at a young age and been blessed with a lifestyle that shapes your entire life and gives you something to shoot for. Riding motocross certainly kept me out of serious trouble anyway!
The more new kids we can get into the sport the better. There’s definitely a value to us at the MCF in working with Cobra and credit to them for entering a full team of promising youngsters, we wish them well with that. I think it will be a good year for us all.”