Printed on 31 January 2023
Final 12 months Cole McCullough was the most recent younger recruit Roger Magee drafted into his Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee Crew.
The younger teenager was thrown straight into the deep finish throughout his debut season, competing throughout Europe within the EMX125 and 125 Dutch Masters sequence. McCullough actually didn’t disappoint, his pace and confidence gathered momentum all through the season, serving to him to the highest step of the rostrum at Spherical 3 of the British 125 Championship on the tender age of simply 13. This was backed up by some nice qualifying performances within the EMX125 the place he completed properly throughout the prime 10 and in addition notched up a number of prime 5 finishes on the latter Dutch Masters of Motocross rounds.
For 2023 McCullough can be going solo as he once more has a full European calendar of racing lined up. The choice to not experience in a UK sequence in any respect has been justified by the inclusion of the Hawkstone Worldwide together with the Lierop Worldwide as his season opening races on Feb twenty sixth and March 4th. Add the EMX125 and Dutch 125 sequence once more, the Junior World C’ship in Romania, the European Nations, with a risk he is also within the body to be thought-about for the MXON later this 12 months in France, the 14yr outdated is actually going to have a busy schedule forward of him.
Cole: ‘There was a little bit of uncertainty what Roger was going to do along with his workforce this 12 months so we had a tricky resolution to make. I wish to thank Roger personally for the chance and platform he offered me with in 2022 With the season only a few weeks away my dad and my coach Stephen Sword determined to arrange our personal workforce for 2023. I already had a great deal in place with KTM, my bikes at the moment are in Holland with my tuner Harry Nolte getting ready for the brand new season Davy Dickson will as soon as once more be my mechanic this 12 months’
In a brief area of time McCullough has already received some very established manufacturers and nice firms supporting him. Cole’s #555 equipment will run below the Milwaukee KTM banner, he has additionally attracted some very invaluable private sponsors with Robert Woodside of Woodside Haulage, alongside along with his uncle Adam of Lyons Bros Peugeot each approaching board. Extra updates will little doubt comply with from the Omagh Academy pupil, who has spent the previous 2 weeks coaching in Spain with Swordy and his mechanic. We wish to want Cole each success in 2023.
Picture: Ray Archer
