ROUND 1 – Port Elizabeth

Round 1 of the South African Motocross Championship was held in Port Elizabeth this past weekend. After 4 months of hard training it was finally time to put everything we had worked on the line.

Qualifying – with a 10 min practice/qualifying session and 30 riders on the track it was very difficult to get a clean lap in, I qualified in 7^th which I was not happy with but the times were very close from 1^st to 10th only 3 seconds separated us. I knew I could do much better in the races.

Moto 1 – I got a great start and by the end of the first lap I was in 3^rd place, I swopped positions with 2^nd place numerous times, after going back and forth with 2^nd place I lost the edge of 2^nd and was now in 3^rd place. With about 6 mins to go in the race I started to get pressure from 4^th place, I started riding very tight and had bad lines and was getting flusted. By the end of the race I had fallen back to 6^th. I was not happy with this result as I had thrown away a podium finish.

Moto 2 – after regrouping after a bad first moto I was motivated the ever to redeem myself, I didn’t get the best of jumps off the start and got boxed out of the first corner, after the first lap I found myself in 18^th place, I put my head down and charged the whole moto, when the chequered flag came out I found myself in 6^th place close on 5^th place heels. I was happy with this race as I fixed my mistakes from the first race but was still disappointed with the result.

Overall – 5^th

Championship – 5^th (34 pts)

Time to put my head down and train hard for the next round in Cape Town on the 8^th of April

Thank you for all your support and help!

Regards 

BC