VOL. 50 ISSUE 36 SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
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LOWES DOES DONINGTON
S
Alex Lowes won both British
Superbike races at Donington Park
over the weekend.
"I got a good start and that was
good," Lowes said. "I thought
the guys must have been messing my pit board up as each lap it
just said +0! I enjoyed the race, I
CRAIG CALLS IT QUITS
C
hristian Craig, the son of
former factory Yamaha rider
Mike Craig, recently announced
his retirement from professional
motocross racing via his Instagram feed. Injuries throughout his
career kept the young prospect
from ever reaching full stride, and
he now has chosen to retire.
Just before turning Pro in
2009, Craig broke his back and
that forced him to sit out the entire 2010 season. Since his return, he has suffered multiple
injuries, including most recently
a wrist injury that he suffered in
May, which forced him to give
up his ride to fill-in rider Malcolm
Stewart on the Troy Lee Design
Team – the team he's been a part
of since turning professional.
didn't know it was Shakey [Byrne] behind me, but I obviously
knew someone was there; the
bike was working well, though.
I don't think I have ever pushed
as hard as I did at the end of
those races to take the double.
I wanted wins this weekend as
the points make it close and
I am really excited about the
Showdown. It is so close so it
should be really good fun at Assen."
Yamaha's James Ellison finished third in the first race with
Kawasaki-mounted
Tommy
Bridewell taking the final podium
spot in race two.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
amsung Honda's Alex
Lowes won his fourth
straight British Superbike race
on Sunday with his two race
wins this weekend coming at
Donington Park. Lowes is now
just six points behind defending series champion Shane
Byrne going into the series'
Showdown.
Lowes lost out to BMWmounted James Westmoreland
in qualifying, but won both races
over Byrne, the Kawasaki rider
who is leading the series standings going into the Showdown.
Lowes has now won six races
thus far after nine rounds.
"Motocross is all I've
known, all I've wanted to
do since I was a kid," Craig
said. "But what you don't
know until you've grown
up a little bit is how hard it
is on your body and mind.
Your body can break over
and over and you can keep
trying to go out there and
win, but your mind is something
that can't be fixed with a surgery.
Since I've done a lot of sitting at
home the past few months, I've
started to look at life after motocross. There are very few guys
who can retire off what they've
done in the motocross world and
all the rest of us have to plan the
rest of our lives. I have two options, I can stick this motocross
Christian Craig says he is no longer pursuing a career in racing.
thing out and worry about getting
injured or I can get a headstart on
the rest of my life.
"I'm excited to see what comes
next for me in life and am looking
forward to the future. Thanks to
everyone who has supported me
through the years and also the ones
who have never doubted me."
