CHASE
“It was a good result for me here to get into
the groove for the nationals,” he said after
registering a 1-2-1 score-card in the MX2
class at the King of the Mountain, edging out
Taupo’s Wyatt Chase (Honda CRF250), who
managed 2-1-3.
“I have raced at the King of the Mountain
before, but not for a few years now,” said
Purvis.
Starts let Purvis down at Taranaki, but he
showed incredible pace to power through
the field each time.
“I learnt today that I have a lot of work to
do on my starts,” he smiled. “It makes it hard
for me when I can’t get a start right. I need
to look at my reaction time and technique.
“The bike’s going great, so I can’t blame the
machinery at all.”
It’s a jam-packed race calendar for Purvis
and he has no spare time before his next big
outing, the New Zealand Motocross Grand
Prix at Woodville on January 26-27.
He won the National 125cc class and the
Roddy Shirriffs Memorial trophy (for the top
rider aged under 21 years) at Woodville in
2018.
After Woodville, he then makes a return
to Barrett Road on February 3 for round
one of the nationals, followed by rounds in
Rotorua (on February 17), then Pukekohe
(on February 24) and, finally, the nationals
wrap up at Taupo on March 10.
Immediately after the New Zealand
Motocross Championships, Purvis will
head across the Tasman Sea to tackle the
under-19 Motocross Development (MXD)
class in the Australian nationals. The
Kiwi motocross international is already
well familiar with what’s ahead of him in
Australia after he finished third overall in the
MXD class there in 2018.