Dirt and Trail MAY 2021

Tristan Purdon MX1.
In the MX 3 class, Grant Frerichs took the double with the for the
overall ahead of Dwayne Kleynhans in 2nd and Ian Topliss in 3rd.
1st Grant Frerichs
2nd Dwayne Kleynhans
3rd Ian Topliss
4th Ryan Frerichs
5th Jaco Smit
PURDON ON FIRE!
2021 SA Motocross Nationals Rover Race Report:
Pics by the Zygster: Brodalka Photography.
Round 2 of the 2021 South African National Motocross Championship
took place over the long weekend at the Rover Raceway
in Gqeberha.
Yup you read that correctly.
Try and say it. We dare you! It used to be Port Elizabeth. At least
we can still say Rover…
Anyway – the famous sand track provided challenging and exciting
racing.
In MX 1, Tristan Purdon was untouchable, racing to a double
victory over David Goosen who finished in 2nd with two second
place finishes and Anthony Raynard who rounded off the podium
in 3rd with two third place finishes.
Royce Griffin and Seth van den Abeele had a mid-pack dice to
finish 4th and 5th respectively. Jesse Wright was also in the mix
to finish 6th.
1st Tristan Purdon
2nd David Goosen
3rd Anthony Raynard
4th Royce Griffin
5th Seth van den Abeele
MX 2 saw Camden McLellan who is back in, put pressure on
the competitive Tristan Purdon to finish 1-2 for seconds overall.
Purdon went 2-1 to take the day’s overall and extend his championship
advantage. Cameron Durow went 3-3 for 3rd ahead of
David Goosen and Anthony Raynard.
1st Tristan Purdon
2nd Camden McLellan
3rd Cameron Durow
4th David Goosen
5th Anthony Raynard
Dalton Venter MX2.
Ethan Hofmann 125 High School.
The 125 High School class saw Stav Orland’s 3-2 finish was
enough to take the overall for the day. Barend du Toit went 2-4 to
secure 2nd place and Miguel de Waal went 6-3 for 3rd overall. This
after Jonathan Mlimi was excluded from Heat 1 on a yellow flag
transgression, but went on to win Heat 2, and Heat 1 winner Ethan
Hoffman retired from Heat 2. Luke Grundy and Kyle Townsend
fought it out for 4th and 5th.
1st Stav Orland
2nd Barend du Toit
3rd Miguel de Waal
4th Luke Grundy
5th Kyle Townsend
Ladies:
Kayla Raaff and Leah Heygate shared out the 1st and 2nd places
between the two heats with Raaff taking the overall and Heygate
the 2nd place. Both are now tied in championship points. Jadene
de Lima finished in 3rd ahead of her sister, Cheyenne de Lima in
4th.
1st Kayla Raaff
2nd Leah Heygate
3rd Jadene de Lima
85cc pro Mini:
Jordan van Wyk took the overall with a 1-3 finish. Emmanuel Bako
secured 2nd overall for the day with Trey Cox finishing in 3rd.
1st Jordan van Wyk
2nd Emmanuel Bako
3rd Trey Cox
85cc Junior:
Andrea Mynhardt took a double for the overall ahead of Tyler Petersen
and Matthew Correia.
1st Andrea Mynhardt
2nd Tyler Petersen
3rd Matthew Correia
Heat 1 was once again controversial as a number of riders including
top three Jack Pullen, Blake Frost and Aiden Henley were excluded
from the race. Jake van Schoor capitalised to take the day’s win
from Nicol Smit and Alex Cooper.
1st Jake van Schoor
2nd Nicol Smit
3rd Alex Cooper
50cc
Trenton Kretzmann and Aiden Retief each took a win with Retief
scoring the overall ahead of Kretzmann. Brody Bircher rounded off
the podium in 3rd.
1st Aiden Retief
2nd Trenton Kretzmann
3rd Brody Bircher
2021 Race Calendar
22-May @ Welkom – Freestate
03-July @ Legends MX – Gauteng
18-September @ Zone 7 – Cape Town
23-October @ BORC – Freestate
20-November @ Thunder valley – KZN
Jaydon Proctor MX1.
Kayla Raaff MX4.
Nicol Smit 65cc.
Seth van Den Abeele MX1.
Ethan Hofmann 125 High School.