The first pole position this year for Kyle, after a great qualifying sessiona 3rd place finish was a delight for the team,
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Stock Extreme Round 7 Jerez 2010
Round 7 Jerez, and a 4th place finish for Kyle in the premier Stock Extreme Class,
A superb finish to the season for Kyle and the Borja Sports Kawasaki Team,
qualified 8th with the usual suspension problems, bustled into 11th on the first lap Kyle settled and worked his way up the field to within 2 seconds of a podium finish,
beating 2 of the works BMW riders and his rival Works Kawasaki rider Julian Mazuecos. A progressive race just like his season, Team and all around him delighted, so . . next season holds a lot.
2011 Team to get a 2011 ZX10R
Kawasaki offer full factory support and spares,
Telemetry will be on board plus full time technician,
Ohlins suspension support with full time technician,
Super Stock Extreme, round 3 Jerez 2010
Round 3, and a good weekend for Kyle and the Borja Sport Team Kawasaki at Jerez in southern Spain. A good solid ride earned him a 5th place result in the Stock Extreme round. Qualifying 8th on Saturday an average start on Sunday placed him in 10th after the first lap, slowly picking off who he could confidently saw Kyle work his way up to 5th place including beating the Spanish works Kawasaki team !, Sponsors and team delighted again, Kyle now getting talked about in the paddock. Next Round, July 11th Motorland.
See Kyle in Action!
You can see Kyle in action on You Tube
Kyle becomes ‘Ninja Cup’ Spanish Champion’ 2009
Kyle brought his Kawasaki 600 to another impressive win at the last round in Valencia, not just a good day for a win but he has also Won the Spanish national ‘Ninja Cup’ Championship. The October round at Catalonia saw Kyle elbowed off the track only to pull back from 11th place to finish 4th. that disappointing weekend had no effect on his performance in Valencia (last race of the season) where he took control from the start like he had in two previous races and with a 7 second lead paced him self perfectly and took the 2009 championship. This opens up some nice opportunities for next year with 3 offers for national status rides next season, more news to follow.
For more details click on the links below
2009 New National Race Series for Kyle Kawasaki ‘Ninja Cup’
Sorry for the delay in news with Kyle’s racing progress. an unsure start to the season was part reason, however the story goes:
Team Aspar excluded Kyle from the CEV national team due to the countries credit crunch like our own, also breaking his pelvis twice in one season didn’t help, so a new race series was needed.
2009. His manager Juan Borga chose the Ninja Cup. Kawasaki 600′s racing in a national series along with the CEV. A lesser series but still a competative recognised class.
Race 1, Albacete and only receiving the bike 2 days before Kyle managed a 5th place result.
Race 2, Jerez southern Spain. Kyle got an unmistakable clear win delighting the team and surprising the competition.
Race 3, Valencia, and another win with a lead of 10 seconds. things looking up.
Race 4, Cancelled
Race 5, Valencia, and another comfortable Win,
Race 6, Barcelona, After getting punted off the track, Kyle re joined and worked his way up to a podium finish of 3rd place.
Race 7, On to the last round in Valencia and another comfortable win for Kyle which makes him Kawasaki Ninja Cup National Champion on Spain.
Good Lad.
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Progression
Moving up through the MotoX ranks Kyle went from 50cc to 65cc in 2002, by which time he became 65cc champion of Valencia at the age of 11 and also won the Supercross championship of Valencia,
The following year when his legs would reach he moved up to 80cc ‘small wheel’ class, Kyle got invited to join the Valencia/Catalan MotoX Team riding Suzuki, a three man junior team to which Kyle of course was the junior, this took the family all around Spain to compete in a national series which they enjoyed many top three finishes, this moved Kyle onto Large wheel 80cc class which he struggled to start the season as he was a slightly under sized kid for his age never the less winning the years sub championship in his class.
Kyle The Kid
Huddersfield born Kyle Smith started his 2 wheel career age 5 when his Dad (Gary) bought him the children’s favorite the PeeWee . . . a Yamaha PW50 auto. Gary spent some of his youth racing two wheels both dirt and tarmac and was a tough competitor, this was his passion and was always going to influence the next in line !!
So the family started trekking round the local MotoX circuits spanning Yorkshire and Lancaster riding with various MotoX clubs, his first trophy came the same year for ‘best up and coming rider’ Kyle showed good form and had a natural feel to riding the bike although he always looked smaller than the other kids but this didn’t stop him.
Family Relocation
At the age of 7 Kyle’s family decided to up roots and move to Spain, within a year he and his older sister Stacey were both fluent in Spanish and were mixing with local life through school and sports, Gary and Lorraine searched out the local MotoX clubs and circuits in the region and entered Kyle into the events.
