The 2018 New Zealand
Mini Motocross Championships
FUTURE
HEROES
WILL REVEAL
THEMSELVES
on't let the size of these racers fool
you, their hearts are huge and
their desire and determination
perhaps even greater than that.
Run by the Kapi-Mana Motorcycle Club
and sponsored by Friday Homes and TSS
Red Baron Motorcycles, the 2018 New
Zealand Mini Motocross Championships
will be held near the Kapiti Coast at the
weekend, the tricky course inland on
Bulls Run Road, Moonshine Valley, about
halfway between Lower Hutt and Porirua,
and it will test even the most talented of
youngsters.
The future of the sport will be on show
with a packed programme to occupy
riders throughout both Saturday and
Sunday.
Riders aged between four and 11 –
and riding bikes with engine capacities
anywhere between 50cc and 112cc – will
bash handlebars in a series of high-
intensity races and there is no doubt that
some of the riders who feature will go on
to carve national or even international
careers for themselves in the future.
Kapi Mana Motorcycle Club secretary
Charles Colpman said he was impressed
by the huge number of riders entered
this year.
"With 165 entries, it is the largest
number lining up at a mini nationals
in the past five years at least, certainly
within my memory. It just shows what
a healthy state the sport is in at the
moment and I think the large numbers
are due to the fact that a championship
licence is no longer required and riders
can race simply with club licences.
“With 59 entries in the 9-11 years’ 65cc
class, it means we will have to have
qualifying sessions to whittle them down
to 30 on the start gate. Riders that don’t
make the cut will have their own support
class races, so nobody misses out.”
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