PICTORIAL PROMO FOR THE NZ MINI MX NATIONALS| Bikesportnz

The future of Kiwi motocross goes on show on the outskirts of Tokoroa this weekend and that’s where we may see the next world champions created.

Riders aged between four and 11 – and riding bikes with engine capacities anywhere between 50cc and 140cc – head into battle when the South Waikato Motorcycle Club hosts the two-day 2022 New Zealand Mini Motocross Nationals at Lucas Oil Motocross Park, Moffat Road, Amisfield, at Tokoroa, this Saturday and Sunday (July 16-17).

The championships are sponsored this season by Un4Seen Decals.

There are plenty of top racers who can trace the start of their stellar careers to the New Zealand Mini Motocross Nationals … individuals such as those pictured here (in their younger years, of course) … Tauranga’s Josiah Natzke, Mangakino’s Maximus Purvis, Cambridge’s Trent Collins, Christchurch’s Levi McMaster, Waitoki’s Cole Davies and Ngatea’s Isaac Broad, to name just a handful.

The future of New Zealand motocross goes on show in Tokoroa

Waitoku’s Cole Davies, at the NZ Mini Motocross Nationals in Taranaki in 2015. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com

Racing in Tokoroa this weekend could throw the spotlight on the next Kiwi international superstar, a young rider who may go on to follow in the wheel tracks of world class New Zealand riders such as Otago’s Courtney Duncan, New Plymouth brothers Darryll, Shayne and Damien King, Motueka’s Josh Coppins, Oparau’s James Scott, Christchurch’s Dylan Walsh, Mount Maunganui’s Cody Cooper or West Auckland’s Hamish Harwood, for example.

© Words and photos by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ

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