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le Shade Motocross Nationals Round 4 of the Full Throttle and Portab June. outside of Richards Bay on 30trees and commenced at Teza, just 35 kmgroun of row upon row by d unde surro ds you are
the Now Teza is Sappi territory, and as you enter and an awesome, that greets you is one of this beautiful valley view the and up s open it then all of a sudden forecast for the hine erature at a balmy 25 degrees, and suns hilly, European-style MX track. With the temp epic racing. weekend, I just knew that we were in for some
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ts to make sure that all the hea rt sta ly ear an to off t go Race day . And us farewell at around 5 p.m bid n su the e or bef ed let mp were co 's ue, there were still 125 of SA ven s thi to get to ce tan dis despite the ck. e on this fast, fifth gear tra top riders ready to do battl
bigger leader, secure himself an even gster, the current championship never n lella McC den Cam The 50cc class saw Justin San come by, with However, these wins were hard i in Mlin n atha Jon with rall, lead when he won both Motos. ove ond claimed a comfortable sec den Cam ing. aten his thre in ys was f alwa far behind and n Coleman and the proo roved riders in this class was Etha imp t mos hips the ons of mpi One Cha n rall. pea ove third nded the Euro After the race at Teza, Justin atte fourth overall position for the day. to go Justin. Way 10! top the in e ormance to com and put on another brilliant perf to miss this round due to a serious mpionship leader Slade Smith had cha ent l curr the s, clas c 65c In the rs were wide open for the two loca session. This meant that the doo ter, Ven on Dalt was way r injury picked up during a training thei d in eron Durow. The only rider that stoo KZN boys, Cayle Dormehl and Cam kind of rider, but this time his noing noth or all a is on Dalt rd. er boa first who was lying third on the lead left him in fourth position in the making several mistakes, which him in lted and e, resu plac style ond rred sec in s-ba h hold wheels to finis Dalton managed to keep it on two ond Moto. During the second Moto, e town buddy Cam clinched sec hom his e whil le, Cay of the day was antage adv n tow e hom a third overall. The overall winner to ard forw was Grant Hutton, but he can look overall. In fourth position overall l in Port Elizabeth. East London and the grand fina in in the last two rounds, with one on, the early leader, Justin Thomps n an interesting one this year, with is who lps, Phe cus Mar The 85 cc junior class has bee rall. ove third , but falling back to finish son sea the of t le star batt h the at toug a well r doing really top podium position afte sfully in the UK, took the overall ces suc e ng anc peti orm com perf from solid k a bac just thew Kruger had dwyk, who won the first Moto. Mat against rising star Janes van San took both hole shots. to claim fourth overall, and he also
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PS Honda In the Pro Mini class it was zen and thui Wes der van teammates Dirco d for top hea to d hea t wen who on Tristan Purd stantly con honours. The first Moto saw them Tristan was it end the swopping places, but in line the s cros and on hold who managed to lead the took o Dirc o, Mot ond sec ahead. In the n closed the after a great start, but Tristan soo ng out on a slidi r afte gap, only to give it away that his with and lap, last burn on the second er was winn rall ove The win. ther hopes of ano on Jayd was Dirco, Tristan in second and in third ring side con well lly ona Proctor, who did excepti national circuit that he is a new comer to the t. even l ona nati first his and it was has been one The 125cc High School class e it’s an open aus bec ch wat to of the best races rs could win it. affair where any one of six ride in Cape Town, Justin Mittins, who cleaned up rall for the day. ove could only muster up a sixth uharson, who Farq e Zan to t The overall win wen ral months of seve from e hom ed had just arriv 't have it all racing in Europe. But Zane didn ing away walk an Mal his own way, with Maddy a bad pite des o, Mot ond sec with a win in the Jesse er lead hip ons mpi Cha . tice crash in prac lead the take to Wright threw away a chance the of t sho he and out when his back wheel slid third in e cam still He or. ctat track and hit a spe Teasedale took overall, and enduro star Travis he remains that fourth overall and made it clear . with a force to be reckoned to win an allMX 2 riders gave it their all in a bid or Thailand, pe expenses-paid holiday in Euro generously and rs Tou courtesy of Contiki l. Richard trica Elec de thsi Nor sponsored by up until he van der Westhuizen was leading last lap, the on experienced mechanical failure for the ts poin e thre which left him with only onship mpi cha the up ned ope first Moto. This ony Anth and for Kerim Fitz-Gerald, Wyatt Avis this let to g Raynard, who were not goin , first hing finis them saw opportunity pass and nt Gra . vely ecti resp rall ove second and third pace to finish Frerichs showed great form and fourth overall for the day. ed rides who It was a small field of season the Veterans aka s, clas MX3 the in took part ing timid noth was and Masters class, but there between le roya le batt a about the racing. It was th, who Smi ne Way and m stro Roger Dean Berg ops. who in the managed to take each other out d to age man still Down but not out, they both was it end 's day e Com . finish the race in style Ian with win, rall ove the hed Wayne who clinc hing finis er Rog Topliss in second overall and class, Ian ts Ve third overall. In the
m Topliss took the top podiu by spot overall, followed ll era Geoff Den in second ov o and James van Staden, wh , MX to has only just returned taking third overall.
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