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Excellent racing at the first
round of the Northern Regions MX Championship.
10 February 2015
Written by Laren van der Westhuizen.
Images by Frikkie Ströh - Action in Motion.
Published with Permission.
Photo by Frikkie Ströh - Action in Motion.
February on the Highveld often brings with it hot summer
days, followed by highly charged electric storms. That is
exactly what went down on the 1st round of the MSA regional
champs in Gauteng. Some really hot racing during the day was
interrupted at the very end by a massive storm that would
end the day just two races short.
The new 3 heat race format with shorter sprint races was extremely
entertaining for the crowds and made for some close and exciting
racing.
The 50cc Class was a close affair with #57 James Thompson
winning heat 1 and then #101 Barend DuToit coming back to
win the next 2. #199 Wian du Plooy made the long trip to the
event and rode to a solid 3rd. #33 Kassim Hassim from Polokwane
won the 50cc Support class.
The 65cc Class was one of those affected by the storm.
They got to ride 2 heats out of the 3 and both were dominated
by #1 Camden Mc Lellan. #2 Jono Mlimi battled with a vastly
improved #3 Hayden Tully, but Jono would utlimately win the
battle. It was good to see the young 65cc riders get in on
the action, like #48 Nate McLellan and #84 Leonard Du Toit.
The 85cc Class was combined with the Pro Mini Class
and the likes of #151 Dalton Venter, #122 Camden Mc Lellan
and #75 Calvin Jean Jacques were able to mix it with the top
Pro Mini riders. They would finish in that order behind a
major battle between #737 Slade Smith, #58 Cameron Durow and
#21 Matthew Kruger for the Pro Mini overall. Slade was in
dominant form, but a flat tyre in heat 2 cost him the overall.
Cameron Durow got a 1st and 2 seconds which gave him first
overall ahead of Kruger who managed to win 1 heat.
The High School Class was great to watch. In heat
1, #28 Ricky Raaf and #57 Charl van Eeden had a big tussle
for half of the race. Charl managed to get past and pull away.
Heat 2 was the best race of the day with #259 Joshua Mlimi
and Charl Van Eerden swopping the lead 5 times on the last
lap. Charl managed to win and we were all waiting for heat
3 to see the battle continue. Sadly the day had to end short
with the storm and Charl had done enough to take the overall.
#108 Kerim Fitz-Gerald. Photo by Frikkie Ströh - Action
in Motion.
The MX1 Class had all the big guns, but no
one could catch #108 Kerim Fitz-Gerald. He won all 3 heats
and left the battling for 2nd. #1 Sacha Naude had some bad
starts, but used his experience and smooth style to find his
way to 2nd overall. #21 David Goosen and #77 Shannon Terreblanche
had some major tussles through the day, but the Factory Husqvarna
rider was able to beat the Midas Husqvarna rider overall.
#88 Michael Kok had bad luck with his bike and could only
manage a 5th overall. An MX1B Class was introduced
and was won by #222 Morne Earle.
The MX3 and Senior Support rode together and
was nearly a full gate. MX3 was won by #76 Ian Topliss with
Mr. Terra Topia, #111 Billy Flanagan in 2nd. There were some
good battles between #40 Glen Hermon and #20 Nicolaas van
der Linden for 3rd.
The support class was won by TLB Monster Energy Yamaha rider,
#51 Gerhard Grove ahead of #19 Herbie Smith and #50 Kyle Barthus
who is loving the 250 4 stroke.
The MX2 Class was another Kerim Fitz-Gerald show.
He was truly dominant and the race once again was really for
2nd. That honour belonged to the biggest surprise of the day,
#14 Jason Visser. Jason was flying on his Factory Husqvarna
and managed to keep international rider #15 Stefan Ekerold
and TLB Monster Energy rider #225 Reid Sinnicks behind.
The MX2B Class which was won by #131 Jordan Venter
ahead of #452 Alistar Drennan who has been away from the mx
track for some time. #753 Peter Thompson was a welcome return
to the podium here and just beat #13 Michael Magondo.
#57 Charl van Eeden battling with #212 William Sutherland.
Photo by Frikkie Ströh - Action in Motion.
The day was a great success and the format really kept the
energy of the day. With the first round of the Monster Energy
South African National MX Championship approaching fast, this
was a good test for all the riders. Round 1 of the Nationals
is in Harrismith on 28th February. Click
Here for more details.
For more images from this event, supplied by Action in Motion
go to:
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