MX2
It could well be that a fourth New Zealand MX
Championships title heads the way of West
Auckland’s Hamish Harwood before the sea-
son is out... maybe even two titles. The former
Takaka
who
now brakes;
lives and
works
in Royal
Top end
power;
power
modes;
man,
Heights, good
Auckland,
took his CML Makita KTM
build quality.
Racing Team bikes to dominate both the MX2
(250cc) and
125cc
classes
at the
Lower
midrange
power;
wide first
fuel of four
rounds for
the
2019
Fox
New
Zealand
Moto-
tank at front.
cross Championships in Taranaki on Sunday.
The 23-year-old builder finished runner-up
to Mangakino international Maximus Purvis
HAMISH HARWOOD, TOP
DOG IN TWO CHAMPIONSHIP
CLASSES AFTER ROUND ONE
in the first of three MX2 races on Sunday and
was runner-up again in the next outing, this
timer behind current Australian MX2 champion
Wilson Todd.
But it was Harwood all the way in the deciding
third race, the KTM man finishing 1.7 seconds
ahead of Todd, with Purvis settling for third.
Harwood’s 2-2-1 score-card for the weekend
shot him to the top of the rankings, nine points
clear of Todd (8-1-2) and Purvis (1-6-3), who
were equal second, with Taupo’s Brad Groom-
bridge fourth, a further nine points adrift.