I t ’ s almost certain that only a freak of nature could have slowed down the national MX2 ( 250cc class ) No . 2 from Hamilton as he registered five wins from five starts in the MX2 class at the big , annual Honda-sponsored Whakatane Summercross event near Matata at the end of December . With Natzke finishing unbeaten at this traditional post-Christmas spectacular , it has surely rung a few warning bells for his MX2 class rivals ahead of the 2021 national champs due to start early in the New Year . The Bridgestone Kawasaki Racing Team star was a stand-out performer at Summercross this time around , although also impressive was his MX1 class team-mate Ethan Martens , who
took the holeshot in three of the big bike races , giving the green team an incredible total of eight holeshots from 10 races in the two premier classes . However , Auckland ’ s Martens had to settle for fourth overall in the MX1 class , as Hamilton ’ s Kayne Lamont ( Yamaha ) and Mount Maunganui ’ s Cody Cooper ( Honda ) shared all five MX1 race wins between them – Lamont winning the class narrowly from Cooper , with Mount Maunganui ’ s Rhys Carter ( Yamaha ), Martens and Wairoa ’ s Tommy Watts ( Yamaha ) rounding out the top five . Lamont finished with a 1-1-2-2-1 score-card for the five MX1 races , while Cooper went 2-2-1-1-2 . But it was Natzke who stole the show for the
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