DIRT NEWS
Motorcycle Club has hosted the junior motocross nationals and we are looking forward to three days of safe but exciting racing . “ Perhaps we will be able to host the senior nationals in the near future too ,” she enthused . The racing at the junior nationals is , as always , expected to be fierce , as the cream of motocross talent aged between eight and 16 years and the elder riders , in particular , battle to clinch a national title before they turn 17 and are obliged to join the senior ranks , where racing and winning gets that much tougher . Former world class riders such as Taranaki brothers Darryll , Shayne and Damien King ,
Motueka ’ s Josh Coppins and Bay of Plenty ’ s Ben Townley , and current leading senior stars such Mangakino ’ s Maximus Purvis , Papamoa ’ s Cody Cooper , Royal Heights rider Hamish Harwood , Mount Maunganui ’ s Josiah Natzke , Tauranga ’ s Brodie Connolly and Oparau ’ s James Scott , to name a few , can all trace the start of their winning careers back to their junior motocross days . With racing near Invercargill expected to be tight right through all the grades , it ’ s a tough championships to predict and it is unlikely anything will be wrapped up until late on Sunday afternoon .
Andy McGechan , bikesportnz . com
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