A father’s wise words seemed to be the key to success for Pukekohe’s Kurtis Lilly on Sunday.
HAT-TRICK FOR PHILLIPS
Bay of Plenty’s John Phillips was the chief of Waikato at the weekend.
The 21-year-old Kiwi international from Rotorua was at his scintillating best at the annual two-day Waikato Motocross Championships, on the outskirts of Te Kuiti at the weekend, taking his Honda CRF450 to run away to an impressive hat-trick of wins in the premier MX1 class.
WIN OF EPIC PROPORTIONS
He’s a hard man to beat … Taupo’s Brad Groombridge has made it back-to-back Acerbis Four-Hour Cross-country race wins after charging through the field to win again near Taupo at the weekend and, even more remarkably, he did it again as a soloist.
AN EPIC RESULT
He’s done it again … Taupo’s Brad Groombridge has made it back-to-back Acerbis Four-Hour Cross-country race wins after charging through the field to win again near Taupo today and doing it again as a soloist.
COVERING THE EVENTS
BikesportNZ.com gets around the place.
Almost every weekend, the BikesportNZ.com crew will pop up at some major event or another, on the spot to give you accurate, first-hand accounts of just what is happening in the motorcycling world.
AUSSIE CALENDAR SET
The Australian MX Nationals series visited some of the most iconic, perfectly-prepared and spectator-loved tracks in Australia this season – and next year’s calendar is shaping up as another ripper.
SHE’S JUST WARMING UP
Two consecutive days of podium-winning performances could really wear a girl out, but Otago’s Courtney Duncan reckons she’s just getting warmed up.
AN EPIC CLASH IN STORE
There’s no rest in sight for the nation’s leading cross-country motorcycle racers.
With support again from Suzuki New Zealand, the popular annual Acerbis Four-Hour cross-country race near Taupo, now in its sixth year, promises to be another classic.
GNCC SEASON OVER FOR 2014
Two New Zealand riders finished inside the top 10 when the Grand National Cross-country Championships wrapped up in the United States at the weekend.
MORE RECORDS IN HIS SIGHTS
Perhaps the records will continue to fall under the wheels of rising young Waikato motocross star Josiah Natzke.
FFITCH TAKES BACK TITLE
South Islander Ian Ffitch probably feels he’s back where he belongs after the 2014 New Zealand ATV Motocross Championships wrapped up near his home town of Amberley on Sunday.
NZ TITLE HEADS OVERSEAS
A gripping see-saw battle between two international superstars was the main talking point of the New Zealand Moto Trials Championships near Nelson over the Labour Weekend.
THE FORCE OF THE NORTH
Are you ready to rumble? The top half of the North Island is ready to rock with the four-round Northland Motocross Champs set to kick off this weekend.
JET-LAG NO PROBLEM
Motocross is a brutal sport, so why do anything that would make it tougher?
Taking the journey from the arrival lounge at Auckland International to the podium at one of New Zealand’s biggest motocross events in just 48 hours must be one of the toughest assignments ever, but this is what the men of the Altherm JCR Yamaha race team managed to do at the season-opening MX Fest at Taupo over Labour Weekend.
DOBBYN DELIVERS
An extra trip to Australia is on the cards now for Kiwi international motocross hero Hamish Dobbyn.
