The MX2 class was the most fiercely-fought
of all the categories at the Summercross event,
with four or five riders all battling within a couple
of bike lengths of one another, the handle-bar-
to-handlebar racing starting at
the drop of the start gate and lasting throughout
each of the five races for the class.
Eventual runner-up to Natzke was Taupo’s
Wyatt Chase (Honda), with Motueka’s Josh
Coppins (Yamaha), Taupo’s Brad Groombridge
(Suzuki) and Palmerston North’s Luke
Freemantle (Kawasaki) rounding out the top five.
Josiah Natzke
The overall win was an “early birthday
present” for Natzke, who turned 21 just a few
days later.
“I’m personally not a fan of the quick-fire,
back-to-back, short-race format they use here
and so I was never quite ready straight out of
the gate, so whoever was out front fast had
the advantage,” Natzke explained.
“I struggled a bit with that, but the last race
was longer and I knew I had been faster all
day, so it worked in my favour. It was a really
good day for me in the end.
Brad Groombridge
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I WON TWO OUT OF FIVE RACES TODAY
AND IT WAS DEFINITELY HARD RACING
ON THIS TRACK - TAUPO’S WYATT CHASE
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