Start grid - Road America Wisconsin 2009
| USGPRU SCHEDULE 2010 |
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| Date | Venue | East coast | West Coast |
| 20-21 Mar | Buttonwillow | | |
| 3-4 April | Jennings Florida | | |
| 17-18 April | Firebird Raceway | | |
| 1-2 May | NJ Motorsports Park (Thunderbolt) | | |
| 19-20 June | Miller Motorsport Park | | |
| 19-20 June | Virginia Int. Raceway | | |
| 3-4 July | Road America Wisconsin | | |
| 10-11 July | Thunderhill | | |
| 21-22 Aug | Portland Int. Raceway | | |
| 11-12 Sept | NJ Motorsports Park (Lightning) | | |
| 9-10 Oct | Miller Motorsport Park -Grand Final | | |
11th-12th Sept 2010 NJMP Lightning
Great return to the Lightening track saw Max qualify in 4th place for the Moriwaki class and 5th in the 125GP class, things looked promising for the races and then it rained ! 4 riders fell during early morning practice whilst Max sat on his slick shod bike hoping for it to dry up. Race 1 was the 125GP class and we had to put on the wets, Max flew off the second row of the grid and hot shotted turn 1, he led up to turn 4 when he nearly highsided and ended up on the grass, he quickly recovered and joined the race in last place. His pace was exceptional and he had his head down pulling back palces ever lap. By the last lap he was closing on second place with lap times that were quicker that the rest of the pack unfortunatly the race ended before he could challenge for second and he finished an excellent 3rd place and highest 4-stroke. Th Moriwaki race started on a dry track and Max could not make much impression on the top three who pulled each other along for some very impressive lap times. The 1.5 second gap could not be made up and MAx followed on to 4th palce by the end of the race.
27th -29th Aug 2010 Indy MotoGP Round
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3rd -4th July 2010 Road America
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19th -20th June 2010 VIR
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1-2May 2010 Thunderbolt NJ
Max visited Thuderbolt for the first time and although he visited the grass on the first lap he grew to love this flowing track. Practice saw his lap time dropping into the 1:39 whilst final qualifiying saw his time drop into the 1:35.
First race was the 125GP class and Max was 13th on the grid. He had a good start and managed to get into 11th place by the final lap.
Moriwaki race was started as a double grid at the rear of the 250GP class and it was great to see the little Moriwakis cutting past several of the 250 runners. Max finally finished in third place behind Nick and Stefano. No some machine work needs doing before the next round.
3-4th April 2010 Jenning GP circuit-
Max had a good outing in the first race of 2010 finishing 4th in the Moriwaki championship and 16th in the GP125 class. He ran well all weekend even though the racing was as hot as the weather!
He also was presented with a set of custom leathers from REVIT leathers and he is very gratefull to REVIT for this great suprise.
March 2010 - Max and Kevin !!
Max joined in at the Kevin Schwantz race school, had a great time and rode with a great Hero.
2009 National results released
| OFFICIAL RESULTS 2009 |
| USGPRU |
| National Championship MD250H class standings |
| 1st | Garrett Gerloff | 336 |
| 2nd | Jake Lewis | 312 |
| 3rd | Ryan Matter | 276 |
| 4th | Lex Hartl | 193 |
| 5th | Stefano Mesa | 182 |
| 6th | Grayson Gerloff | 172 |
| =7th | Nick Hansen | 136 |
| =7th | Max Flinders | 136 |
| 9th | Hayden Gillim | 135 |
| 10th | Andre Ochs | 129 |
| 11th | Conor Matthews | 85 |
| 12th | Rocky Morales | 65 |
| 13th | Miles Thornton | 46 |
| 14th | Nick McFadden | 43 |
| 15th | Benny Solis | 37 |
| 16th | Michael Lainhart | 36 |
| 17th | Sam Carey | 25 |
| 18th | Parker Steele | 20 |
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| AMA Racing Road Race Grand Championships |
| NOVICE 125 GP |
| 1st | TYLER BUTTS, HOWARD, OH | Hon 125 |
| 2nd | ERIC FRAZIER, MILTON, WV | Hon 125 |
| 3rd | XAVIER ZAYAT, FLUSHING, NY | Hon 125 |
| 4th | MAX FLINDERS, SLIDELL, LA | Mor 250 |
| 5th | MARC PURSLOW, COLUMBUS, OH | Hon 125 |
| 6th | STEVE MASSEY, DUBLIN, OH | Hon 125 |
Race 3 Heartland Park, Kansas
What a weekend! The track was great and Max enjoyed practise taking seconds off his lap time each outing. Qualifying wasn’t the best but practise is so short Max was still learning the track.
Race day dawned bringing with it an almighty thunderstorm. After buying new slicks we then had to invest in wets. Max went out in practise and tagged on to Melissa Paris (AMA Supersport rider) for her sighting lap. He took to the wet track like a duck to water and put in some impressive times. As the race drew closer the sun came out and conditions on the track were changing rapidly. Which tyres should we go with, slicks or stick on wets? Dad and chief mechanic, Martin, wrestled with the decision and eventually decided to stick with the wets. The grid was split, six riders, three had chosen slicks and three wets. Max eager as ever, messed up his start and wheelied off the line. Thankfully he managed to keep it but set off about three seconds behind everyone else. By the end of the first lap he’d worked his way to fifth. Each lap he was getting closer and closer to fourth place, then, it happened! Lap six, the final corner Max made a move and took third place. Racing for the line third was snatched from him in a photo finish. Fantastic action.Thanks to the Dunlop guys who were willing and very able to keep switching tyres we really appreciate your talents. This weekend was very special as Harold managed to get over to watch Max. Thanks so much for all your time, support and effort, it was great to see you. Also regards to Taka from RS Taichi. I couldn’t believe we were actually meeting you after all the emails. Thanks for your advice and support, we’re already saving for the leathers!
19th -20th June 2010 VIR
First visit to this great track for Max and he took some time getting feel of the track and getting his times down, he managed to qualify 5th for the Morwaki race and he had a quiet race holding onto to 5th for the race. In the 125s he managed to get a 12th place on this new track.
3rd -4th July 2010 Road America
Max was looking forward to his return to road america and soon had his times down to a good qualifying time, 5th in the Moriwakis saw a second row grid position and Max was looking forward to the race. First was the 125GP class and Max had a great start followed to a great ride into 6th place by the finish, this is his highest finish so far in this very competitive class. The Moriwaki race was out standing, from his second row start he made it into the top three by the end of lap 2, he was neck and neck with Nick for the remaining laps and swapped positions many times right up to the flag where Max finished 3rd by 1/10th of a second.
3rd-4th July 2010 Road America
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19th-20th Jun 2010 VIR
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3rd -4th July 2010 Indy Road America
Max was looking forward to returning to Road America as he really enjoyed the track. He was soon beating last years race times and he qualified 5th on the grid. 125GP race saw a great strat and Max pushed hard to finish in 6th place be the end of the race. The Moriwaki race had Max up into thrd place by the ned of lap 2 and he continued to swap places with Nick for the remainding lap finally being beat into third place by less that 1/10th of a second.
