Round 2 of the 2021 South African National Motocross Championship took place over the long weekend at the Rover Raceway in Gqeberha. The renowned sand track provided challenging and exciting racing.
MX1
Tristan Purdon
Tristan Purdon was untouchable, racing to a double victory over David Goosen who finished in 2nd with two second place finishes and Anthony Raynard who rounded off the podium in 3rd with two third place finishes. Royce Griffin and Seth van den Abeele had a mid-pack dice to finish 4th and 5th respectively. Jesse Wright was also in the mix to finish 6th.
1st Tristan Purdon
2nd David Goosen
3rd Anthony Raynard
4th Royce Griffin
5th Seth van den Abeele
MX2
Camden McLellan
Camden McLellan, back in the country, put pressure on the competitive Tristan Purdon to finish 1-2 for seconds overall. Purdon went 2-1 to take the day’s overall and extend his championship advantage. Cameron Durow went 3-3 for 3rd ahead of David Goosen and Anthony Raynard.
1st Tristan Purdon
2nd Camden McLellan
3rd Cameron Durow
4th David Goosen
5th Anthony Raynard
MX3
Grant Frerichs
Grant Frerichs took the double with the for the overall ahead of Dwayne Kleynhans in 2nd and Ian Topliss in 3rd.
1st Grant Frerichs
2nd Dwayne Kleynhans
3rd Ian Topliss
4th Ryan Frerichs
5th Jaco Smit
125cc High School
Stav Orland
Stav Orland’s 3-2 finish was enough to take the overall for the day. Barend du Toit went 2-4 to secure 2nd place and Miguel de Waal went 6-3 for 3rd overall. This after Jonathan Mlimi was excluded from Heat 1 on a yellow flag transgression, but went on to win Heat 2, and Heat 1 winner Ethan Hoffman retired from Heat 2. Luke Grundy and Kyle Townsend fought it out for 4th and 5th.
1st Stav Orland
2nd Barend du Toit
3rd Miguel de Waal
4th Luke Grundy
5th Kyle Townsend
Ladies
Kayla Raaff
Kayla Raaff and Leah Heygate shared out the 1st and 2nd places between the two heats with Raaff taking the overall and Heygate the 2nd place. Both are now tied in championship points. Jadene de Lima finished in 3rd ahead of her sister, Cheyenne de Lima in 4th.
1st Kayla Raaff
2nd Leah Heygate
3rd Jadene de Lima
85cc Pro Mini
Jordan van Wyk
Jordan van Wyk took the overall with a 1-3 finish. Emmanuel Bako secured 2nd overall for the day with Trey Cox finishing in 3rd.
1st Jordan van Wyk
2nd Emmanuel Bako
3rd Trey Cox
85cc Junior
85cc Pro Mini / Junior
Andrea Mynhardt took a double for the overall ahead of Tyler Petersen and Matthew Correia.
1st Andrea Mynhardt
2nd Tyler Petersen
3rd Matthew Correia
65cc
Jake van Schoor
Heat 1 was once again controversial as a number of riders including top three Jack Pullen, Blake Frost and Aiden Henley were excluded from the race. Jake van Schoor capitalised to take the day’s win from Nicol Smit and Alex Cooper.
1st Jake van Schoor
2nd Nicol Smit
3rd Alex Cooper
50cc
Trenton Kretzmann and Aiden Retief each took a win with Retief scoring the overall ahead of Kretzmann. Brody Bircher rounded off the podium in 3rd.
1st Aiden Retief
2nd Trenton Kretzmann
3rd Brody Bircher
The next round of the 2021 South African National Motocross Championship takes place at Phakisa in Welkom Saturday 22 May 2021.
Photos by Photos by Ruben Louw Photography.