“It was good to win that final race,” Getteman
agreed. “I struggled a bit with the first four
races... the sprint races are something different
to what we have in Europe. But overall it was
fun. I knew in the longer last race I’d be better.
“I didn’t want to go home without having at
least one race win,” he laughed.
“I hope I can come back and race here again.”
For Lamont, it was a great result after he’d
suffered so much bad luck at Summercross in
past years.
“I’m reasonably happy with how things went for
me today. I just need to get time off work now
to get deeper into my pre-nationals training,”
said the 25-year-old apprentice builder.
“I have only had about five hours on the bike
since Labour Weekend (in October).
“I tried for the holeshot in the last race again
but he (Jens Getteman) got past me pretty
quickly. I tried to chase him down but the track
was pretty rough by the end of the day and so I
just circulated to get the overall win.”
Other class winners from Summercross 2019
were Cambridge’s Damien King (veterans 35-44
years); Whakatane’s Darren Capill (veterans
over-45 years); Hamilton’s Amie Roberts
(women’s grade); Tauranga’s Madoc Dixon
(youth grade); New Plymouth’s Mitch Rowe
(vintage bikes, pre-96); Tauranga’s Danny
Merriman (MX3); Tauranga’s Brodie Connolly
(junior 250cc); Connolly (junior 15-16 years
125cc); Te Puke’s Kyan Loomans (junior 12-14
years 125cc); Waitoki’s Cole Davies (junior 12-16
years 85cc); Taupo’s Declan Connors (junior 8-11
years 85cc); Rotorua’s Ticayla Manson (junior
women, under-12 years); Tauranga’s Levi Townley
(junior 8-11 years, pro 65cc).
Brodie Connolly
Jens Getteman
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Kayne Lamont