Maximus Purvis topped the podium in the
Development (MXD, under-19) class at double-
header rounds three and four of the Australian
Motocross Championships at Wonthaggi,
in Victoria, and then backed that up with
another overall win at round five in Murray
Bridge, in South Australia, a week later.
The 17-year-old posted identical 2-1 score-cards
on both days at Wonthaggi, on both occasions
sharing the wins with Australian Bailey Malkiewicz,
and in both instances Purvis was declared
overall winner because of the count-back rule.
Coupled with his back-to-back race
wins at Murray Bridge on May 27, Purvis
has now risen from eighth after round
two to third overall after five rounds.
In the United States, multi-time New Zealand
MX1 motocross champion Cody Cooper, from
Mount Maunganui, kicked off his US nationals
campaign with a solid 12-15 score-card in his
two races at round one in California and then
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finished the day tenth overall at round two in San
Bernadino (thanks to a 16-10 score-card) on May 26.
Eyes have also been on Mount Maunganui’s Rhys
Carter, Mangakino’s Kayne Lamont and West
Auckland’s Hamish Harwood, all racing in Australia
and featuring among the top 10; Canterbury’s
Dylan Walsh finishing 20th overall on his debut
in the MX2 (250cc) world championships in
Germany; Tauranga’s Josiah Natzke, among the
top 10 in the MX2 class at the British Motocross
Championships; Oparau’s James Scott, 24th
overall at round four of nine in the European
125cc Motocross Championships in Germany,
and Howick’s Liam Draper, currently 19th overall
(and sixth overall in his 250cc class) after seven
of 13 rounds in the Grand National Cross-country
Championships in the United States.
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