STORY: Andy McGechan/
bikesportnz.com
Mount Maunganui's Rhys Carter
preparing for his Yamaha debut
at the upcoming Motocross of
Nations in the USA
CARTER EAGER TO MAKE
HIS YAMAHA DEBUT
ount Maunganui’s Rhys Carter is
counting down the days before he
makes his race debut on his new
Yamaha YZ450F.
The 28-year-old signed to race for Yamaha
last month, but he is yet to perform in
a race proper and that will happen next
month at the grandest of all dirt bike events,
the annual Motocross of Nations, commonly
referred to as the “Olympic Games of
motocross”.
Carter, a professional motocross coach
and the 2018 New Zealand MX1 No.4,
will be joined by national MX1 No.2 Cody
80 KIWI RIDER
Cooper, also from Mount Maunganui, and
Auckland’s two-time and current national
MX2 (250cc) champion Hamish Harwood, in
representing New Zealand at the MXoN at
Red Bud, Michigan, in the United States on
the weekend of October 6-7.
“It’s a huge thing. I believe they have
already sold 100,000 tickets for this event,”
said Carter.
“Every country in the world comes together
with their three best riders and you just
go hard at it. There are no gaps between
riders... everyone is just jammed in and
they’re going at it.