Mayfair Inland MX Championship NIMXC

Photos by Sean Versfeld – Cloud 9 Photography.

Words by Deon vdl.

Round 2 saw both series combined and took place at Terra Topia on the 2nd of March. It was a day that had no space to pack in any more action. With 176 entries, the gates were full of eager riders to twist the throttle and keep it pinned. Be it dust, mud, ruts or jumps the racers came prepared for anything.

Anticipation was replaced by pure adrenalin fueled racing as soon as the gates dropped. If there were any spectators there that had their first time at an Inland series, they left as full-blooded fans.

Race report and results are combined in race order.

50cc JNR/SNR. (Short Circuit)

JNR.

The 50cc JNR class had 7 riders lining up for practice. The youngsters gave it all they had as their parents and supporters cheered from the side of the track. When all was done it was #30 Brayden Tucker topped his class with a time of 1:34.483. #88 Reestin Bartlett was next, then #18a Garry Hamer.

Heat 1: #88 Bartlett rode his KTM as hard as he could and got the results to match. He took the win by 3.797 seconds before #30 Tucker crossed for 2nd place and #24 Dreyvan Honwin in 3rd.

Heat 2: The little KTM of Bartlett got pushed even harder in this heat as he took his second win this time by over 10 seconds. Tucker came through for another 2nd and it was #18a Garry Hamer in 3rd.

SNR.

With 12 riders representing the SNR class that made 19 riders in all on track. The sound of the little 2-stroke engines and the roar of parents and fans pushed #20 Luan Jordaan as he set the best time of 1:26.558. Unlike the JNR’s it was all KTM riders in the top three. Jordaan, #118 Mason Pereira Vrey only 1.753sec off pace and #6 Milan Roux.

Heat 1: This was the start of bring out the best in #20 Jordaan as he just motored to 1st place by nearly 20 seconds. #117 Trey Dean in 2nd and #118 Mayson Pereira Vrey 3rd.

Heat 2: Once again Jordaan was on another level as he rode to victory by over 38 seconds, what a run. #117 Dean got 2nd place again and #6 Millan Roux took the 3rd spot.

Overall Results:

JNR.

1st #88 Reestin Bartlett

2nd #30 Brayden Tucker

3rd #18a Gary Hamer

SNR.

1st #20 Luan Jordaan

2nd #117 Trey Dean

3rd #6 Millan Roux

MX3 Masters & Grand Masters.

Masters.

8 riders took on the Masters class in practice as they took to the track. #111 Marc Ansley set the best time of 2:46.037 five seconds faster than #50 Nicolaas van der Linden on his Honda, #46 Jonathan Meyer made up the top three.

Heat 1: Ansley had a good run to secure 1st place with van der Linden getting closer as he took 2nd followed by #46 Meyer in 3rd.

Heat 2: If the #111 bike of Mark Ansley thought that this was going to be a cake walk he was surely mistaken as van der Linden gave him a hard time, yes Ansley got his second win, but this time by only 0.088sec ahead of van der Linden in 2nd and #187 Ty Taylor 3rd.

Grand Masters.

Out of the 11 riders in this class it was #159 Adrian Maguire setting the pace with 2:59.993 followed by #4 David de Witt and 311 Rick van Tonder.

Heat 1: #4 de Witt had other ideas in mind as he stepped up to win the first heat by 19.760sec from his rival that topped in practice. #159 Maguire took 2nd and #11 van Tonder 3rd.

Heat 2: de Witt kept up his pace and took the flag in 1st, 7.827sec later Maguire claimed another 2nd and #191 Pierre Smit 3rd.

Overall Results:

Masters:

1st #111 Mark Ansley

2nd #50 Nicolaas van der Linden

3rd #46 Jonathan Meyer

Grand Masters:

1st #4 David de Witt

2nd #159 Adrian Maguire

3rd #191 Pierre Smit

125cc High School and Seniors.

125 High School.

An outstanding 29 riders took on the challenge in this class. #121 Lucas Venter put up a great time of 2:17.347 only 0.057 seconds faster than #200 Matthew Correia and not far off pace was #21 Emmanuel Bako. The first six riders finished within less than 10 seconds between them.

Heat 1: #21 Bako had a run that was out of this world as he not only won his class by 38.382 seconds he beat the top SNR rider by over 6 seconds. #200 Correia got away with 2nd 2.189 sec faster than #121 Venter.

Heat 2: Bako feeding off his first heat run made clean work of the second heat beating his class competitors by 15.389 seconds making it 2/2. #200 Correia got his second 2nd and #121 Venter again in 3rd.

Seniors.

With only 2 riders from start to finish the results stayed the same the whole day.

Overall Results:

125 High School.

1st #21 Emmanuel Bako

2nd #200 Matthew Correia

3rd #121 Lucas Venter

Seniors.

1st #25 Ricky Raaff

2nd #100 Sean Stunkheide

MX 4 Ladies.

The GASGAS Factory rider #1 Kayla Raaff gave the fans a time of 2:45.524, just over five seconds quicker than #21 Jessica Osner and 6.817 seconds of #202 Mienke Cawood. This laid the foundation for the factory rider and left it to the rest of the ladies to fight it out.

Heat 1: With Raaff 26 seconds ahead #202 Cawood, who had her own great run to take a clean 2nd place and #21 Osner 3rd.

Heat 2: This time Raaff’s gap was not as massive as before, but still won by over 8 seconds. Cawood kept her throttle open and took 2nd followed by Osner in 3rd.

Overall Results:

1st #1 Kayla Raaff

2nd #202 Mienke Cawood

3rd #21 Jessica Osner

MX 1 & MX Support.

MX 1.

There were 6 riders in the main class and I am sure they played around in their practice session as their fastest time was from #42 Marco de Vrye who was nearly six seconds slower than the high school boys.

Heat 1: Okay so, they did take it easy in practice and showed the fans why they are the Premier class. #135 Dean Wheeler came around and did a best lap time of 2:06.373 and a win by over 10sec. #42 de Vrye came 2nd and #411 Joshua Mlimi 3rd.

Heat 2: Mr. Wheeler did it again, best lap time and another 1st place. They kept things the same with de Vrye 2nd and Mlimi 3rd.

MX Support.

#312 Waylin Olivier was fastest setting a time of 2:47.314 followed by #166 Henry Vroom and #34 Greg Gildenhuys.

Heat 1: #34 Gildenhuys did not like the idea of being third fastest in practice so, when that gates dropped he hit the accelerator and I don’t think he got off it until the chequered flag came out. He beat #122 Kyle Davey who came 2nd by over a minute, #72 Dylan Prout-Jones was 3rd.

Heat 2: Gildenhuys went out to prove that he will be the fastest MX Support rider of the day taking another big win this time 43.801 seconds. The rest of the support class could only follow. #166 Henry Vroom took 2nd spot and #122 Kyle Davey 3rd.

Overall Results:

MX1.

1st #135 Dean Wheeler

2nd #42 Marco de Very

3rd #411 Joshua Mlimi

MX Support.

1st #34 Greg Gildenhuys

2nd #122 Kyle Davey

3rd #166 Henry Vroom

65cc.

Even with 11 riders these kids made for some great action. Their practice had the top 3 less than a second apart and the fastest time nearly 8 second quicker than the MX Support class. Top 3 – #312 Qhamani Thu, #40 Hendrico Barwise and #66 Mikah Hendricks.

Heat 1: #40 Barwise was in good form as he got a 4.032 second gap to win the race, behind him the fight was still raging for second place. #66 Hendricks took 2nd 0.458 seconds ahead of #312 Thu.

Heat 2: The little #312 65cc Husqvarna got nailed by Thu as he was victorious this time by over 7 seconds. #40 Barwise got 2nd and #19 Tommy Wotherspoon walked away with 3rd.

Overall Results:

1st #40 Hendrico Barwise

2nd #312 Qhamani Thu

3rd #19 Tommy Wotherspoon

MX 2.

This class is extremely competitive as it also houses National level riders. 13 riders got sent off for their practice run. The pace was set by the GASGAS and FXR rider #25 Ricky Raaff with 2:21.639 5 seconds off his pace was #259 Jonathan Mlimi and then #200 Matthew Corrira.

Heat 1: (15 riders) This is where Mlimi came in to his own and owned the race track as he won this heat by over 10 seconds leaving #25 Raaff to take 2nd and #136 Mark-Anthony Filip 3rd.

Heat 2: #259 Mlimi was too hot to handle as he powered his way to a 26 second victory. #25 Raaff could do nothing but take 2nd place and #74 Cole Meyer 3rd. Before moving on to the results I just want to say what a ride by Kayla Raaff who got 8th in heat 1 and 6th in heat 2 to take 6th overall.

Overall Results:

1st #259 Jonathan Mlimi

2nd #25 Ricky Raaff

3rd #74 Cole Meyer

85cc JNR and 85cc Pro-Mini.

JNR.

What fantastic racing. 9 riders in the JNR class had their shot at practice, #111 Keegan Miles setting the best lap time 2:40.790 and not far behind was #711 Keagan Burns and #276 Lourens Erasmus 0.042sec slower.

Heat 1: #276 Lourens Erasmus rode his Husqvarna to 1st place, 0.5385sec later #111 Keegan Miles crossed in 2nd and #711 Keagan Burns took the 3rd.

Heat 2: It was a battle of the name, who will be the fastest Keegan/Keagan? #111 Keegan Miles was the one to take the chequered flag and left it to the two Keagan’s to battle it out, it got fierce and very close as #78 Keagan Crawford took 2nd 0.623 seconds before #711 Keagan Burns to take 3rd.

PRO-MINI.

Out of the 15 riders in this class #555 Maxwell Fourie set the top time of 2:21.934, not bad at all for an 85cc bike. #234 Cassie van Zyl and #15 Dylan Bezhuidenhout had a separation of only 0.793sec.

Heat 1: #555 Fourie kept his momentum and took a 10.841 seconds win, #690 Ruben Cawood did well to keep the rest of the kids behind him and took 2nd and #15 Dylan Bezuidenhout 3rd.

Heat 2: Was a race that kept the fans on their toes as there ensued a battle between the first three riders. Coming out on top was #15 Bezuidenhout by 3.659 seconds and #234 van Zyl just managed to take 2nd 0.309 seconds before #555 Fourie in 3rd place.

Overall Results:

JNR.

1st #111 Keegan Miles

2nd #78 Keagan Crawford

3rd #711 Keagan Burns

PRO-MINI.

1st #15 Dylan Bezuidenhout

2nd #555 Maxwell Fourie

3rd #690 Ruben Cawood

MX 3 Vets.

The older and more experienced of all had 13 bikes lined up for practice. The time set in the practice run was 2:20.479 by #135 Dean Wheeler 6 seconds ahead of #73 Brandon Wheeler and #22 Sarel Prinsloo 7 seconds after Brandon.

Heat 1: #135 Dean Wheeler had a lap time of 8sec faster than his practice time. Pushing his pace, he quickly out ran the rest and won this heat by over 32 seconds with #73 Brandon Wheeler 2nd and #717 Wayne Meyer 3rd.

Heat 2: (Rain came down and the heat was called after 3 laps) Dean Wheeler was untouchable as his gap grew and grew with every lap he did. This resulted in him taking a massive win by an outstanding 1:16.163! Brandon Wheeler got over the line in 2nd 4 seconds ahead of #717 Wayne Meyer in 3rd place.

Overall Results:

1st #135 Dean Wheeler

2nd #73 Brandon Wheeler

3rd #717 Wayne Meyer