2020 NZ Extreme Off-Road Championship Calendar
Round one : September 13 , Moonshine Extreme , Bulls Run Rd , Porirua .
Round two : September 26 , Taungatara Forest , Whangamata .
Round three : October 31-November 1 , Over The Top , Hawke ’ s Bay .
Round four : November 14-15 , Nut Buster , Oxford , Christchurch .
Injury prevented Yearbury from contesting the series opener near Porirua but that matters only slightly because this will simply become his “ discard ” event , although the pressure will be on him to perform well at the other rounds . “ I had a good day out on Saturday , but I couldn ’ t quite get the job done , coming home in second , behind Dylan Yearbury ,” said Whitaker . “ I felt great on the bike and enjoyed the track with a good variety of fast sections and some technical stuff thrown in . I had a small lead after the first technical lap . Yearbury caught me on the second , faster loop and pulled a small gap on me . I pulled him back in on the third and final technical lap , but got a stick jammed in my rear wheel and , when I stopped to remove it , he pulled away again . “ The pressure is on Dylan ( Yearbury ) and on me as well , because we both have to keep performing well if we want to win this . There is plenty of stiff competition this year with Tommy ( Buxton ), Tony ( Parker ) and Jason ( Davis ) going very fast too . Any one of us would win the title really . “ The race ( at Whangamata ) was stopped at the three-hour mark , but I would have loved another lap . However , I am happy with how I ’ m riding and looking forward to the final two rounds .
“ I know what I have to do ( to win ) and just need to go out now and do it .” Round three of the series is to be a two-dayer in Hawke ’ s Bay on October 31 and November 1 , with the competition again wrapping up with another double-header weekend , at the Nut Buster hard enduro at Oxford , near Christchurch , on November 14-15 . “ I sliced my hand open with a razor knife a few weeks ago and so , sidelined and not having ridden for five weeks , it means I ’ m surprised I did so well ,” said Yearbury at Whangamata . Motorcycling New Zealand enduro commissioner Justin Stevenson said , “ It was a great event , with conditions perfect for the riders ”. “ It wasn ’ t too wet and so perhaps not as challenging for the riders as they might have been expecting . With Jake finishing second it means he still retains the series lead overall , but there ’ s still plenty of racing to be had and he can ’ t relax yet . Yearbury is definitely in contention to take the title . “ We enjoyed a great turnout of riders , with 84 entered ( at Whangamata ), a lot more than we saw at round one , and we are now looking forward to rounds three and four .”
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