DIRT NEWS
WAIOURU OFFLIMITS ... FOR NOW
T he Offlimits Trust , the organisers of such spectre of Covid-19 , the trustees of the trust iconic trail rides as the Tussock Buster , have made the decision to put the organisation Boundary Buster and Winter Buster rides into hibernation rather than continue to incur has announced the discontinuation of all operating costs . events effective immediately .
With the pandemic making it impossible for
The Trust , which uses the New Zealand the trust to cover losses through insurance if Defence Force ’ s 630 square kilometre Waiouru the virus causes alert levels to rise again , the Military Training Area to run events benefitting uncertainty really gave the trustees no choice the welfare of past and present defence force but to shut up shop and try to save what funds personnel , made the announcement this they can . month that the Trust will not be running any Hopefully , when the country returns to normal events until further notice . and the NZDF finalises its third-party user With all third-party use of the Waiouru Military policies we ’ ll see the Offlimits team return to Training Area being , somewhat ironically , offlimits since earlier this year in addition to doing what they do best . the
JORGE PRADO TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
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TM ’ s Jorge Prado has had to skip the Belgium MXGP in Lommel due to testing positive for Covid-19 . While the Spaniard ’ s condition is unknown , the positive test result likely puts his chances of finishing the 2020 MXGP season in doubt with the final three races of season taking place at Italy ’ s Pietramurata track between November 1-8 . Jorge ’ s situation and well-being will be monitored with the hope he can return to MXGP action when fully fit , the virus has already had an impact on his season . By missing out on the final race weekend at Lommel , Prado has dropped to 4th in the Championship standings behind Tim Gajser , Tony Cairoli and Jeremy Seewer with his chances of stepping onto the championship podium ever dwindling . The rest of the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team have been tested and returned negative results for the deadly virus , with the team ’ s championship hopes in the top class now resting firmly on the shoulders of Cairoli .
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