three separate occasions, but it seems, in the
battle for bragging rights Downunder, the
green and golds are in the ascendancy.
The British fans really get into this MXoN thing –
air horns blared and chainsaws revved throughout
the event, but were like a Mexican wave of sound
when Anstie was on track, the cacophony of sound
heralding his progress every lap as he became the
only rider to win more than one race on race day.
To the crowd’s delight, Anstie fended off the
advances of Slovenia’s Gajser and Frenchman
Paulin in the MXGP/MX2 race and then batted
away the probing attacks of Frenchman
Febvre and Dutchman Herlings in the MXGP/
Open Class race that wound up the day.
And so, the various class winners at this year’s
MXoN were Anstie, with his 1-1 in the MXGP class,
Herlings, who finished 1-2 for the Open class, and
Lawrence, with his 4-8 score-line in the MX2 class.
The Motocross of Nations will be staged
at the Red Bud circuit, near Chicago,
in the United States next year.
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