The annual King of the Mountain motocross near New Plymouth at the weekend again earned the host Taranaki Motorcycle Club a big thumbs-up from the bike community.
Today we take a look back at some of the race action captured by BikesportNZ.com and we give you our “study in style” from some of the awesome riders who took the opportunity to have a play on Taranaki’s version of motocross paradise.
With the Honda New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix set for Woodville in less than seven days’ time – this coming Saturday and Sunday in fact – it was an ideal time for key riders such as Mangakino’s Maximus Purvis, Oparau’s James Scott, Dunedin’s three-time women’s motocross world champion Courtney Duncan, Auckland’s Cobie Bourke, Christchurch’s Marshall Phillips, Cambridge’s Jarad Hannon, Dunedin’s Sam Cuthbertson, Mount Maunganui’s Roma Edwards, Opunake’s Taylar Rampton and Taranaki’s King brothers, Curtis and Rian, to name just a few, to stretch their legs on the tricky Barrett Road Motorcycle Park circuit.
Scott (main photo above) won the senior King of the Mountain feature race on Sunday and Hawera’s Ajay Jordan won the junior King of the Mountain feature race on Saturday.
© Words and photos by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com
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Taranaki brothers Rian King (left) and Curtis King dispute the air space over the Barrett Road Motorcycle Park circuit on Sunday. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com
Mount Maunganui’s Roma Edwards, a top performer in the women’s class on Sunday. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com
Otago’s three-time and reigning women’s motocross world No.1 Courtney Duncan, a draw-card rider again at this year’s King of the Mountain motocross in New Plymouth. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com
Dunedin’s Sam Cutherbertson gets it all wrong and ends up stuck in a track-side bog. He managed to extricate himself, with a little help from the track workers, and he went on to give a good account of himself in the MX1 class. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com
Mangakino’s Maximus Purvis, one of the frontrunners at the King of the Mountain on Sunday, until a crash prematurely ended his day. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com
Auckland’s Cobie Bourke, who rode stylishly on Sunday as he grabbed the win in Sunday’s opening MX2 class race. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com