“
WITH A 4-2 SCORE-CARD
AFTER THE FIRST TWO
ROUNDS, BUXTON IS THIRD
OVERALL FOR THE SERIES
crashed at high speed. It was very slippery
and I came into the corner way too hot.
“I was okay and uninjured, but this dropped
me back to about 10th.
“I then just concentrated on working my way
back towards the front. I passed Tommy
[Buxton] for the lead on lap five of the six and
then managed to pull a bit of a gap on him.
“My aim is to win the Dirt Guide series this year.
It would be a first for me.
“It follows on nicely from my enduro nationals
campaign, where I was leading the points, but
not quite able to seal the deal [by winning the
title]. I finished that series runner-up to 2019
125cc Youth Enduro GP World Champion Hamish
Macdonald, so I have to be happy with that.”
Meanwhile, Hamilton’s Rowan Watt (KTM) won
the intermediate grade at this second round of
the Dirt Guide series, finishing ahead of Taupo’s
Scott Taylor (KTM) and Hamilton’s Luke Taylor
(Gas Gas). It was a switch-around of the top
two placings at round one of the series and
so Rowan Watt and Scott Taylor now share the
lead overall after two rounds.
New Plymouth’s Josh Houghton (Yamaha) won
the 90-minute junior 12-15 years’ grade race
earlier in the day, finishing ahead of Auckland’s
Ryan Hayward (KTM) and Rotorua’s Daniel
Bates (KTM).
With a 1-4 score-card after the first two rounds,
Whangamata’s Ethan Jameson (Husqvarna)
leads the junior grade for the series overall, just
three points ahead of Bates.
The third and final round of the Dirt Guide
series is set for the same venue at Ohakuri, in
forestry near Atiamuri, about halfway between
Tokoroa and Taupo, on August 15.
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