The big annual Honda New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville is the premier event on the Kiwi dirt bike calendar and the 58th edition is just around the corner.
Again in 2018 it was a case of champions galore at the popular stand-alone event, but also it was also accorded FIM Oceania status, meaning that points scored by Australian competitors and their Kiwi opposite numbers were counted towards the battle-within-a-battle for FIM Oceania honours.
There will be more of that trans-Tasman rivalry on the weekend of January 26-27, 2019, with Woodville once more accorded FIM Oceania status.
New Zealand won the FIM Oceania trophy, 886 points to 829, but, when it was all boiled down, it was Hamilton’s Kayne Lamont who took the most prestigious silverware, the Yamaha rider clinching the all-important Senior Feature Race trophy at the Honda-sponsored event, to be crowned the Woodville GP champion for 2018.
Mount Maunganui’s Cody Cooper (Honda) won the MX1 class overall; Taupo’s Wyatt Chase (then on a KTM) won the MX2 class; Mangakino’s Maximus Purvis (Yamaha) won the 125cc class; Whakatane’s Darren Capill (Yamaha) won the veterans’ class; Melbourne visitor Maddy Brown (Yamaha) won the women’s class and Hamilton’s Chris Power (Honda) won the river race class.
Will you be there to see what happens at the end of next month?
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