Published on 13/11/2017
Amateur motocross , IMBA MX , Youth Motocross , MOTORCROSS , Flemish Motocross Federation
VMCF innovations: Emphasis on youth & simplification of categories
Belgium's youngest federation is now also busy preparing for the new 2018 season. The emphasis will be even more on youth work within the federation, which will remain integrated into the federation's Sunday program.
Categories
- A simpler system of categories will be applied in 2018. The inters B and the sidecars B are abolished so that the sidecars are placed in one category. With the inters, only a distinction is made between Mx1 and MX2.
- The promises are drawn up for riders aged 14 and over.
- The attendance points go from 5 to 3 points
Youth
- Category 1 is the class for 50 and 65 cc from 6 years
- Category 2 is the class for 65 cc and 85 cc from 6 years
- Category 3 is the class for 85 cc and aspirants from 10 years old
- VMCF youth championship over 11 tests + 1 final
- Youth regularity criterion for all races from the start of the championship without deletion of bad results
- Schoolboys Riding Championship: Category 2 and 3 via a pursuit race over 8 stages. Also open to guest pilots with in-kind prizes for the top 5
- IMBA championship: The 85 cc youth riders of VMCF can participate in the IMBA trials in 2018
- Bendu championship: Three-country matches between the Netherlands-Germany and Belgium under the IMBA flag. Open to all VMCF youth pilots
- IMBA tests count towards attendance points
Tekst: Heikki Declercq
Photos: MX Pics Socquet
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