Inland MX Championship Round 5.

Photos and words by Deon vdl.

Riders and fans took to Terra Topia for Round 5 of the Inland Series. Even with the National MX happening on the same weekend there were still full gates that took on the dusty and muddy track, and still kept the spectators entertained.

As per race order:

50cc JNR/SNR.

JNR: Being let go one at a time for their practice run some of the little bikes had a tough time getting through the mud, some got stuck some took a bit of a tumble. #212 Axel Sutherland with less hassle made for a great run as he set the fastest time. #88 Reestin Bartlett and #914 Jadyson Joao completed the top three.

Heat 1: When the racing started they all poured in to the first turn and made it through safely and the race was on. #88 Bartlett had all the right lines as he got his nose in front and kept it there all the way to the end and took 1st place by quite the margin. #30 Braydon Tucker who had a tough practice run made up for it as he took 2nd and #914 Joao 3rd.

Heat 2: Once again Bartlett got the better start and got the lead, doing the same as he did in the previous heat he just could not be caught and took his second win. #30 Tucker with the same pace as before made sure to take the 2nd spot this time it was #88 Axel Sutherland you got 3rd place.

SNR: In practice #118 Mason Vrey hopped and skipped through the course as he made up the best time by over twelve seconds. #38 Hayden Kasser followed by #17 Hanro Jacobs were the three fastest in their practice session.

Heat 1: #118 Vrey was on fire in this heat as he was just too much for the rest and took a huge win. #17 Jacobs also had a good pace making his way to a comfortable 2nd. #99 Ruben de Bruin made it to the flag in 3rd.

Heat 2: This time things got heated as #17 Jacobs and #118 Vrey had to fight for the top spot making for some good racing and in the end it was Jacobs who grabbed 1st place by just over a second. #6 Millan Roux in 3rd place and we had #920 JD Griesel in 4th for both heats that gave him 3rd overall.

Overall Results.

JNR:

1st #88 Reestin Bartlett

2nd #30 Braydon Tucker

3rd #914 Jadyson Joao

SNR:

1st #17 Hanro Jacobs

2nd #118 Mason Vrey

3rd #920 JD Griese

MX3 Masters & Grand Masters.

Masters: Hooligan Team Rider #187 Ty Taylor took things easy in the practice run, but still left with the best time. #20 Andrew Beeston’s time placed him in 2nd and #81 Wesley Taylor 3rd.

Heat 1: Getting down to business #187 Ty Taylor did not take it slow and pulled a huge gap and won the race. #20 Beestin with a good run of his own got over the line in 2nd with the other Hooligan rider #81 Wesley Taylor taking 3rd.

Heat 2: #187 Ty Talor used the last heat of the day to prove to all why he is last year’s Champion and current Championship points leader taking a double win. Keeping in the same order it was #20 Beeston 2nd and #81 Wesley Taylor in 3rd.

Grand Masters: From the start the riders were out for blood as their battle started early in the day and lasted throughout. On top in practice was #4 David de Witt but not by much as #47 Shaun Lloyd was right behind him and was followed by #159 Adrian Maguire.

Heat 1: The return of #2 Gary Killian had the fans excited but was going to be a problem for his fellow class riders. The fight was hectic and the blows were hard but #2 Killian clinched the victory by a mindblowing 0.001sec making it a photo finish with #47 Lloyd in 2nd. #4 David de Witt in 3rd.

Heat 2: #74 Lloyd came out swinging in the last heat of the day as he just out punched Kililian and took a decent size win. #2 Killian finished his come back with a 2nd place and #4 de Witt took another 3rd.

Overall Results.

Masters:

1st #187 Ty Taylor

2nd #20 Andrew Beestin

3rd #81 Wesley Taylor

Grand Masters:

1st #47 Shaun Lloyd

2nd #2 Gary Killian

3rd #4 David de Witt

125cc High School & SNR.

High School: The Yamaha ridden by #777 Asher Brown had a good and clean practice session to be the best of the top three, #84 Marco Cherti and #13 Thomas Spear concluded the top ranks.

Heat 1: Two riders made for high octane action as Brown and Cherti took to the track in full attack mode. The flag came out and waved in the winner who was #84 Cherti by a mere 0.003sec and #777 Brown right next to him in 2nd. #13 Thomas Spear crossed in 3rd place.

Heat 2: Brown rode the hell out his Yamaha machine taking the lead and running for the hills and took the last race by storm as he took the victory. Trading blows behind him fighting for second place was #13 Spear and #133 Kassim Hassim with Thomas grabbing 2nd by 0.004sec leaving Hassim in 3rd.

SNR: The SNR class saw only two entries for the day. #101 Grant Frerichs and #718 James Lottering. Frerichs looked to be in top form as he out rode the entire field.

Overall Results.

High School:

1st #777 Asher Brown

2nd #84 Marco Cherti

3rd #13 Thomas Spear

SNR:

1st #101 Grant Frerichs

2nd #718 James Lottering

MX1 & MX Support.

MX1: This class had everyone at the edge of their seats as they are the top dogs in the series. In practice it was #19 Alastair Drennan who bit the hardest setting the quickest time and it was #881 Matthew Wilson 2nd and #746 Adriano Catalano 3rd.

Heat 1: As soon as the gates dropped #19 Drennan got hounded by the pack, but being no puppy, Drennan kept going with #136 Mark Anthony Filip keeping a tight leash just to make things a little more entertaining, but too little to late as Drennan took the flag in 1st place, #136 Filip in close 2nd and #746 Catalano 3rd.

Heat 2: In this race we saw a new top dog as #746 Catalano broke free and stormed his way to the coveted 1st place, #19 Drennan on a rampage could not catch up and settled for 2nd and was later followed by #881 Matthew Wilson who took 3rd.

MX Support: #295 Anru Mostert shined bright in their practice run as he was fastest, next up was Championship point leader #34 Greg Gildenhuys and then #122 Kyle Davey.

Heat1: It was soon clear that #34 Gildenhuys was out to be back at his winning ways and that is exactly what he did, win. #312 Waylin Olivier had a good ride as he took 2nd out pacing #59 Ruan Smith in 3rd.

Heat2: Keeping up the momentum Gildenhuys kept his head down and won his second race by over five seconds. This time the pace changed as #59 Smith crossed the line in 2nd. #312 Olivier could do nothing but take the 3rd spot.

Overall Results still Pending

65cc.

#66 Mikah Hendrickse set a tough time to beat and it stayed that way as he claimed fastest in practice. #312 Qhamani Thu was second and when the time was up #19 Tommy Wotherspoon was 0.840sec slower than Thu.

Heat 1: #66 Hendrickse was feeling good and looking great as he left the gates shooting for the holeshot, got there first and kept on the power all the way till he got the big ‘W’. #312 Thu running wild made a bee-line for the finish line and got 2nd, #19 Wotherspoon took 3rd.

Heat 2: The last heat got intense as #312 Thu decided to try and hunt down Hendrickse and very nearly succeeded… if he only had 0.007sec more time. So, Hendrickse took 1st place again with Thu up his tail pipe in 2nd followed by Wotherspoon in 3rd.

Overall Results:

1st #66 Mikah Hendrickse

2nd #312 Qhamani Thu

3rd #19 Tommy Wotherspoon

MX4 Ladies.

This was to be a day where one name was going to rule them all and it started from the second they were let go. #16 Kelly Beegte placed her name on top early in the day. #110 Emily Pienaar had second best time with the #222 bike ridden by Sienna Zoutendyk third.

Heat 1: With some real impressive riding #16 Beegte dominated heat one taking a massive win, #110 Pienaar held off the rest of the ladies and took 2nd with #222 Zoutendyk coming in 3rd.

Heat 2: Beegte kept her name high as she took the double win. Coming in hot in 2nd place was #222 Zoutendyk that created a nice relaxing gap between her and #44 Kirsten Santilla who claimed 3rd.

Overall Results:

1st #16 Kelly Beegte

2nd #222 Sienna Zoutendyk

3rd #110 Emily Pienaar

85cc JNR & PRO.

JNR: The practice run was very close as the top three riders’ times differed with just over two seconds. #711 Keagan Burns, #111 Keegan Miles and #78 Keagan Crawford.

Heat 1: #111 Keegan Miles had lightning pace as he won by a mile. #711 Keagan Burns made his way over the line in 2nd and in 3rd place was #78 Keagan Crawford.

Heat 2: #111 Miles played his game well to make it two for two while #78 Burns made it to the flag in 2nd by quite a big gap before #218 Joshua Cameron placed 3rd.

PRO: The fastest kid from the get go was #15 Dylan Bezuidenhout #91 Connor Schlebucsh followed shortly then #77 Ricardo Zwiegelaar.

Heat 1: #15 Bezuidenhout kept it pinned to make a clean break and a big win by over 42sec. #91 Schlebusch took what he had to get to 2nd and #221 Keagan Buys was 3rd.

Heat 2: The untouchable Bezuidenhout took his perfect day staying in front from start to finish. #91 Schlebusch also remained where he started and ended his day with two 2nd places, he had some competition coming from behind but it was to late for #77 Zwiegelaar to reel him in and took 3rd. #303 Damyon Taljaard collected 4th place in both races and claimed overall 3rd.

Overall Results:

JNR:

1st #111 Keegan Miles

2nd #78 Keagan Crawford

3rd # Keagan Burns

PRO:

1st #15 Dylan Bezuidenhout

2nd #91 Connor Schlebsch

3rd #303 Damyon Taljaard

MX2 & MX3 Vets.

MX3 Vets: With the absence regular Dean Wheeler it was all up to #73 Brandon Wheeler to keep their name high. Brandon did just that starting with the practice run, the fastest rider out on track. #100 Sean Strunkheide 2nd and #22 Sarel Prinsloo 3rd.

Heat 1: #73 Wheeler rode his wheels off as he took an impressive win. #718 James Lottering on his somewhat harmless looking purple KTM, that is in fact a monster dressed up like a pokemon went to clinch 2nd by almost ten seconds. #22 Sarel Prinsloo made it to the flag in 3rd.

Heat 2: As the gates disappeared so did #73 Wheeler was like a magician, with a puff of dust and he was gone. No need to say that he won the race. #22 Prinsloo made it to the chequered flag before the pretty little bike brought forth its vengeance. Prinsloo 2nd and Lottering 3rd.

MX2: #136 Mark-Anthony Filip had something special going on in practice as he topped the charts by some margin. #228 Louis Mostert sat up a good time as well but so did #446 Shaigon Bister who was 0.869 off Mostert’s pace.

Heat 1: #136 Filip and #881 Wilson had a good old fashioned dice before some gremlins got hold of Filip’s bike and things went south for the #136 motorcycle leaving Wilson to have an unchallenged run for victory. #446 Bister had his hand full with Mostert as they both almost simultaneously crossed the line, it was Bister who took 2nd by 0.001sec and Mostert 3rd.

Heat 2: Taking things that is given to you with open arms is exactly what #881 Wilson did, he took the lead and 1st place at the end of the race. #228 Mostert had some extra power as he rode his way to 2nd and left the 3rd spot for #446 Bister.