Team Suzuki Press Office – September 12.
Team Suzuki World MXGP brought their 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship campaign to an end with Kevin Strijbos scoring 11th position under hot sunshine at Glen Helen for the Grand Prix of USA, and confirming the same spot in the series standings. The 18th and final round of MXGP was played out in front of a 27,000 crowd in southern California.
One week after weathering a new layout at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina MXGP faced a different kind of American test with the rapid layout and relentless hills of Glen Helen. The weather was typically Californian and the venue an hour east of Los Angeles cooked in temperatures that reached the mid-30s under a rich blue sky.
It was a prime motocross location at which to end the 2016 season and Strijbos hinted at promising form on Saturday when he captured fourth position in the qualification heat. The Belgian Grand Prix winner made a decent launch in the first 30-minute and two-lap chase and ran with Dean Wilson for company, but was unable to pass the Brit and crossed the line in ninth place.