DUNLOP
PUKEKAWA’S JACK DUNLOP (YAMAHA
YZ250F), WINNER OF THE PREMIER 14-
16 YEARS’ 250CC TITLE THIS SEASON
our new champions were crowned
at the 2019 New Zealand Junior
Motocross Championships near
Palmerston North at the weekend.
The sandy course at Himatangi certainly
sorted the men from the boys as three
days of racing – seven races for each of the
championship classes – pushed the young
stars to breaking point and beyond at
the Lucas Oils and Alpinestars-sponsored
event.
Rongotea’s Seth Henson, Manukau’s
Cobie Bourke and Tokanui’s Mitchell Weir
respectively repeated national title wins,
Henson adding the 12-14 years’ 125cc
crown to the 11-12 years’ 85cc title he won
in 2017, Bourke successfully defending his
14-16 years’ 85cc title and Weir adding the
12-13 years’ 85cc title to the 8-11 years’
85cc title he won in 2016.
But for Pukekawa’s Jack Dunlop,
Tauranga’s Madoc Dixon, Invercargill’s
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Seth Morrow and Oropi’s Levi Townley it
was their first time on top of the podium
at a New Zealand Junior Motocross
Championships event, although Morrow
had previously been a mini motocross
champion.
Dunlop was in sensational form in
claiming the premier 14-16 years’ 250cc
title, winning five of his seven races over
the weekend, clinching that trophy ahead
of Otautau’s Jack Treloar and Dunedin’s
Grason Veitch, while Dixon had more of
a battle on his hands in the 15-16 years’
125cc class, local hero Luka Freemantle
giving him plenty to think about before he
eventually won the title by just two points
from the Palmerston North teenager.
Morrow, only recently recovered from
injury, won four of his seven races in the
8-11 years’ 85cc class, winning the title by
11 points from Hamilton’s Jack Coleman.