Incident filled Isle of Wight for Dixon trio.

Round six of the Maxxis British Motocross Championship, held at a new man made circuit on the Isle of Wight, saw Yamaha Dixon Racing's new signing Adam Lyons make an impressive race debut with the team - although he and Dixon regulars Jason Higgs and Mark Jones would all suffer crashes around the fast and demanding hillside circuit.

The 125cc class had the line up of a Grand Prix with four top international riders travelling to the island to experience the new much talked about circuit.

Dutchman Marc De Reuver who is currently fighting for the lead in the 125cc world championship, Eric Eggens and South African Tyla Rattray made an impressive line up and helped to produce the best racing of the season with British riders fighting for every position.

Lyons made a good reaction from the start gate in race one and fought through the chaos of turns one and two to come out in third position,

"The power of the (250cc) Yamaha four-stroke was strong, the second turn was very tight but I stuck my elbows out and came around lap one in 3rd place, the pace was very fast, I am still getting used to the bike, I've only been riding it for two weeks now. I don't think I had an outstanding race but think I rode smart," said the Ulsterman.

For the entire race positions were changing in the top five - De Reuver the early race leader falling in the whoops and handing the lead to Sword who in turn was later passed by Rattray. Lyons would finish a strong sixth.

"When you consider that this is a mini GP line up, I am very happy, I was the second Brit to cross the line after Sword," Adam declared.

As the second of the 125cc races powered off the line, Lyon missed the drop and wheelied into the first turn some way down the order.

"I got tangled up when Dougan came across me and I came out of the first few turns about 30th, I spent a long time fighting my way through the dust, I couldn't see a thing, I was taking too long to come through," he explained. "I was riding the 125 line, what I am learning on the four-stroke is that you can't ride the same line, you have to be strong in your own head no matter what the 125 in front is doing, it's a completely different bike and power to ride. I didn't have the rhythm and I was riding too much on the clutch but still managed to get back to just inside the top ten in 9th place."

One race where Lyons may have been able to use the power of his new mount to full effect was the Maxxis Cup but unfortunately he went down in a pile-up at the first turn, twisting the bike and being forced to retire.

"I need to have more confidence in the bike and myself, the bike is awesome but I know that I am not leaning the bike on it's side but my riding will improve with more practice. If you ride the bike how it should be ridden it only takes half the effort but if you ride it wrong it's very hard work," added Lyons.

Meanwhile, Higgs also chose to ride a four-stroke at the Isle of Wight, the extra power suiting his riding style.

"I made a bad start off the line, I have much more power on the four-stroke but I still have to get used to the technique on the bigger bike," said Jason of race one, "I started to pull through picking off one rider per lap for the last six or seven laps, Kovalainen and a few others, eventually finished in 9th position just in front of Mark Jones."

That result was achieved despite a coming together with Brad Anderson, which caused him to crash.

"He passed Kovalainen by cutting the track and then he passed me doing the same thing before he pushed me out, I'd just had enough of him and in the end had to stuff him to get by," admitted Higgs.

Higgs suffered the same fate in race two and struggled to get off the start line.

"Same old story but started to pull through quite early in the race, got by Mark [Jones] when I suffered a small silly little crash which caused me to lose my rhythm and use a lot of energy, started to come back but then went over the berm and again lost my rhythm. I became stronger in the last two to three laps but of course it was too late then and I finished 18th," said Jason.

In the Maxxis Cup Higgs ran wide off the track and was caught up in the track side marker tape, this was caught in his back wheel which in turn caused another crash which damaged the radiator forcing him to retire.

Jones put together three strong rides, finishing in 10th, 11th and 17th positions, he is now lying in 11th position overall in the championship after six rounds.

"Just after the start I collided with Mark Hucklebridge around turn one and came out virtually last, well second from last. I fought my way through the dust, a very hard race couldn't see the line, hard to get past riders, we were all pretty much at the same pace but I found a few good lines to make my way up to 10th," said Jones.

Avoiding trouble at the start of race two, Jones was 10th during the early part of the race and was trying to put pressure of James Noble

"I followed Noble into the turn before the whoops but my front end washed out and I crashed, I picked myself up 15th and fought to get by a few riders, had a battle with my team mate Jason Higgs but he went too heavy into a berm and went over the handlebars," explained the Welshman. "I managed to finish 11th, a little frustrated as I know I could have finished at least five places higher it not for that silly mistake before the whoops."

In the final outing, Jones got caught up in the traffic on the start when new team-mate Lyons fell, but carved his way through the pack to 10th... then got his footpeg caught in a rut and had a big crash, leaving him in last place - but he still managed to come through to 17th.

"I was really impressed with the circuit today and the club did an excellent job," began team manager Steve Dixon. "All our riders put in some excellent rides even though the results were not fantastic. I feel that some top results are coming our way soon, we are all working hard and Adam has done a brilliant job for the team within the little time he has had to get used to the bike.

"Jason rode well for his first time out on the 450 Yamaha and it is another step towards the teams constant development for the future. Mark rode with new suspension setting this week and found he was able to attack the jumps a lot harder, I hope he can turn his performances into results at the GP this weekend."

Yamaha Dixon team will now turn their attention to the Swedish GP at Udevalla this weekend.