Europe's Biggest 4X Series 2007

The National 4X series has grown up over the past two years into the biggest in Europe, we have now attracted a new title sponsor for this year’s series. Freerange Sport Optics has been attracted to the sport by the exciting racing and the spectator friendly format. The series will now be known as the Freerange Sport Optics National 4X Series.Co-Sponsors & Prizes

Marzocchi 4X WC fork just waiting for you to win, at each round of the series a different category winner will get a pair of these forks so every one gets a chance to win. We have also secured Halo & ODI grips as product sponsors of the series, a set of rims at every round and a pair of ODI grips to winners of every category at each round including the supersross races. Revell Bikes will supply Seats, Stems and handlebars for prizes at every round.

Chris Roberts, Series Organiser said "We are very excited about the 2007 season, we now have a complete weekend of racing with the new supercross races on Saturday afternoons and lots of great products to give away.” The new 4X weekend of racing may very well be the only racing you ever need. In fact, the flexibility — the ability to run both timed seeding runs and a moto format on the same weekend — has both riders and spectators very excited.


Four Motos = more racing

New this season riders get an extra moto, 4 moto’s for the price of three so more chances to qualify for the next heat and more time on your bike racing down some very exciting courses.

Four New Courses

It should be a very exciting year ahead with Four New Courses, you get a new course at the Edge Mountain Board centre just outside Bridgnorth, then onto the World Championships Course at Fort William which will be just amazing to ride prior to the world champs, NASS is going to be a welcome return to the series, the atmosphere was fantastic on the last visit and with the hill now being pure mountain bikes will again be one to remember. Belmont Estate near Bristol will have one of the best courses in the country once Phil Saxsena has worked his magic and created new course for the National Champs in August followed by the National round on Bank Holiday Monday.

We will also revisit the now classic indoor track in Sheffield, Chicksands is a very fast but well made track with the triple at the bottom of the track this always is a spectator honey pot for the great spectator crowds. Hamesterly near County Durham is big long and fast with a hard stone surface its like a world cup course with its huge start hill and fast twisting course always a favourite with the riders.


Supercross Saturdays

World Cup format 4x Racing in the UK with an added bonus. We expect to see quite a few of the younger & older riders mixing it up with the fastest elites in the supercross races. This will provide plenty of excitement and a real buzz for the spectators to watch. I expect to see a real mix of riders on the Supercross Podium as the season progress.

Saturday you can have 3 timed seeding runs and podiums for the fastest times in each category, it’s just like a mini downhill race. The top 64 fastest riders race against each other in straight knock out heats. The ultimate winner of an event is decided through elimination rounds with the top two finishers from each heat of four riders moving on to the next round but with 4X being so unpredictable it will throw out quite a few surprises.

As Rocky Mountain's Scott Beaumont points out, now you can forget about having “to do the motos only for practice. That’s because “we can have both systems on the same weekend giving the best of both worlds”. Motos and Timed Seeding on one great weekend. Many, many more chances to practice for that world cup win.

Talk about a win-win situation. Now you can take advantage of all the benefits of UCI world cup format racing at the national series. But still enjoy the convenience of racing in UK.

That’s a prospect that has NPS4X head Honcho Chris Roberts very excited. “We can run any combination of races at the same weekend, on the same track”. How’s that for opening up a whole new weekend of racing? If you’ve ever wished you could enjoy the best of both worlds, now you can with the Freerange Sport Optics National 4x Series.


Free Entries

Any riders who bring two new people to ride with them will get a free entry in 2007, we want this to be the best year yet for 4X in this country. We already lead the way in Europe but we want you to help make this sport grow and give you a free entry as thanks for helping.

Pro Snap @ NBS

Look out for the pro snap competition at the NBS in April, the four cross gate will be rolled out to test the best and worst in the country! Riders will be timed from the second the gate drops till then cross the finishing line 10metres away, with $1000 prize money each day expect to see some explosive action.

Race Dates

Rounds Venues Dates
Rd 1 Sheffield Indoor Sunday 04/03/2007
Rd 2 Chicksands – Bedford Sunday 01/04/2007
Rd 3 Edge – Bridgnorth Sunday 20/05/2007
Rd 4 Fort William Sunday 17/06/2007
Rd 5 NASS Sunday 8th JulyChamps Belmont – Bristol Saturday 25th July
Rd 6 Belmont – Bristol Monday 27/08/2007
Rd 7 Hamesterley – County Durham Sunday 23/09/2007

Super Cross – Saturday’s

SX 1 Chicksands – Bedford Saturday 31/03/2007
SX 2 Edge – Bridgnorth Saturday 19/05/2007
SX 3 Fort William Saturday 16/06/2007
SX 4 Hamesterley – County Durham Saturday 22/09/2007

Full Details of the series on www.nps4x.com