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TOWNLEY 2ND IN 125 SUPERFINALE
oung Kiwi MX star Levi Townley blasted his
Y way through to 2nd place in the bLU cRU YZ125 SuperFinale race at Matterley Basin in the UK during the Motocross of Nations . Having won the 85cc Junior World Champion this year , Townley only stepped up to the 125cc class a couple of months ago , yet the 14-year-old is already making his presence felt in the 125cc class , despite it being on only his second race in the class . Leading out of the gate against a field of 35 international riders , Townley worked his way up to a 2.5 second lead , but fast charging Brit Jamie Keith caught him with seven minutes and two laps to go and managed to get past . It looked like it was all over with the older and bigger rider taking the lead , but Townley fought
back hard with incredibly tight racing for the remaining two laps to only just be pipped to the win on the line by 0.6 seconds . The pair crossed the line over 42 seconds ahead of third placed Jekabs Kublins .
YZ bLU cRU FIM Europe Cup Superfinale 1 . Jamie Keith ( GBR ) 29m 16.039s 2 . Levi Townley ( NZL ) 29m 16.698s 3 . Jekabs Kubulins ( LAT ) 29m 58 . 625s 4 . Emile De Baere ( BEL ) 30m 05.285s 5 . Oliver Bubb ( GBR ) 30m 13.624s
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