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The fifth round of the 2021 South African National Motocross Championship took place over the weekend at Chestnut Hill in Bronkhorstspruit. Tristan Purdon was a man on a mission taking double wins in both the MX1 and MX2 classes.
MX1
Tristan Purdon
Tristan Purdon dominated the field to wins in both heats, scoring the overall and extending his championship points lead. Cameron Durow, David Goosen and Jesse Wright finished in 2nd, 3rd and 4th in both races.
1st Tristan Purdon
2nd Cameron Durow
3rd David Goosen
4th Jesse Wright
5th Jayden Proctor
MX2
Tristan Purdon
Tristan Purdon took the double win and extended his championship points lead in this class too. Cameron Durow and David Goosen shared 2nd and 5th place heat finishes, to come 2nd and 4th overall respectively. Dalton Venter went 3-3 to claim his first ever MX2 podium in 3rd.
1st Tristan Purdon
2nd Cameron Durow
3rd Dalton Venter
4th David Goosen
5th Joshua Mlimi
MX3
Grant Frerichs
Grant Frerichs continued with his winning ways going 1-1 for the overall. Ian Topliss following in 2nd with Ryan Frerichs in 3rd.
1st Grant Frerichs
2nd Ian Topliss
3rd Ryan Frerichs
4th Bruce Viljoen
5th Phillip Harper
125 High School
Jonathan Mlimi
Jonathan Mlimi made no mistakes going 1-1 and claiming the day’s victory ahead of a charging Miguel de Waal in 2nd place. Luke Grundy rounded off the podium in 3rd.
1st Jonathan Mlimi
2nd Miguel de Waal
3rd Luke Grundy
4th Barend Du Toit
5th Ethan Hoffman
Ladies
Kayla Raaff
Kayla Raaff was back to her old self raced to a double victory for the overall win. Title rival, Leah Heygate finished in 2nd with Cheyenne De Lima behind in 3rd.
1st Kayla Raaff
2nd Leah Heygate
3rd Cheyenne De Lima
4th Jadene De Lima
85cc Pro Mini
Neil van der Vyver
Neil van der Vyver, Emmanuel Bako and Trey Cox were split by just two points at the end of the day. This from Van der Vyver’s 3rd followed by a second race win, Bako’s two 2nd place finishes, and Cox’s opening moto win followed by a 5th.
1st Neil van der Vyver
2nd Emmanuel Bako
3rd Trey Cox
4th Ryan Adler
5th Jordan Van Wyk
85cc Junior
Matthew Correia consolidated his championship lead. Title rivals Andrew Venter and Tyler Petersen shared out the 2nd places ahead of first race 3rd rider Caden Wiese and Kassim Hassim.
1st Matthew Correia
2nd Andrew Venter
3rd Tyler Petersen
4th Caden Weise
5th Kassim Hassim
65cc
Blade Tilley
Blade Tilley and Blake Frost shared out the race wins and 2nd places to leave the top of the title chase static. Aiden Henley took both 3rd places to remain 3rd in the championship.
1st Blade Tilley
2nd Blake Frost
3rd Aiden Henley
4th Nicol Smit
5th Sven Larsen
50cc
Aiden Retief
Aiden Retief finished 4-1 to claim the win ahead of Rayden Woolls’ 2-2 finish. Trenton Kretzmann went 1-4 for 3rd overall. This resulting in a three-way draw in points.
1st Aiden Retief
2nd Rayden Woolls
3rd Trenton Kretzmann
4th Casper van Zyl
5th Maxwell Fourie
Photos by Emerson Haupt.
