ATIAMURI VINDURO
Photo : Sarah-Louise Stevens
The final round of the 2017 / 18 NZ Vinduro Series will be held at Atiamuri on Sunday May 6 at the same venue as the iconic Roger White Trail rides of decades past . The famous volcanic loam makes for great riding conditions and Sean Clarke and the Forest Trail team are organising two loops , comprising about 70 kilometres , each comprising tight single track , twisty bulldozed two track , and slippery-as gravel roads . There will be two grades with Gold and Silver course options , with a shorter 50km Silver option . Six classes of bikes are catered for from the sexy 60s to the naughty 90s , details of these are on the Vinduronz website . No lights are required , though all machines must have effective mufflers and fuel systems . Those with even more modern bikes can enter the Trail Class . Signposted from SH1 north from Taupo and south from Tokoroa . Sign on is from 8:00am with a 10:00am start . Entries are $ 65 with BBQ and burgers supplied . For more info call Sean Clarke 027 599 6046 and head to www . vinduronz . com to find out about Vinduro classes . Series points and results are available at http :// silverbullet . co . nz / events . php
NH MINI MX
The 2018 North Harbour Mini Motocross Club Cyclespot Group King of the North event was a fantastic day of racing at the Citymove Makarau Track . With a record 137 riders and dry conditions the racing proved to be spectacular . The conditions became a little dusty , but all of the kids were improving throughout the day . Seven classes with trophies to cover all the ages , meant everyone had a ball , not to mention the random spot prizes from Fox , Broxy Training and Motomuck . Neil ‘ Turbo Sound ’ Ritchie was commentator and he really helped make the event .
MX Timing logged the standout performers , who were Lachlan Bourne in the Impact Gates 85cc class ( he ’ s been on his 85 less than a year ), Tyler King was perfect winning all races in the 30 strong 65cc 9-11 Tristram European class , Hayden Draper won the 65cc 7-8 Lenses Online class , Emme Millar clinched the Senior Trail Glasgow Contractors class on her TT-R125 , Ollie Smith won in Dingo Groundworx MX50 6-8 , Nico Verhoeven won the Wheelfixit Intro MX50 4-7 , Aston Peck smoked them in Fallow & Co 6-8 intro Trail 50 and Eli Hankins won Kelly Workshop intro Trail 50 4-5 . Head to https :// www . facebook . com / permalink . php ? story _ fbid = 1922780421089727 & id = 152252348142552 for a heap of pics . CRAIG STEPHENS
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