0000
T he 60th anniversary Hondasponsored New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville on January 30-31 was a celebration of the sport , the popular event at the eastern end of the Manawatu Gorge achieving a landmark in more ways than one . It was not only marking six decades since the sport was properly introduced to New Zealand in 1961 by now-87-year-old Palmerston North man Tim Gibbes , but it was also for the first time being run in conjunction with the first round of four in
the 2021 New Zealand Motocross Championships . It was a rare double honour – the opening round of the national championships tied in with New Zealand ’ s largest stand-alone motocross event – and the riders rose to the occasion . With all three races in each class counting towards the Woodville GP titles and only the first two of the three races being deemed eligible for the national championships , the event threw up separate podiums in each class .
98 KIWI RIDER