Dirt and Trail MARCH 22

Heat 2 saw Kabelo Ledwaba come out guns blazing
with his eyes focussed on that chequered flag.
Kabelo had a sterling ride and took the finish flag
3 seconds ahead of Evan Frost, followed by Trent
Valsecchi. The sheer skill and talent in this class is
breathtaking to watch.
Overall results in the 65cc class with the shake up
from heat 2 , ended up being Fro-Bro star Evan Frost
taking 1st place with Kabelo Ledwaba stamping his
mark in 2nd place and Trent Valsecchi on the 3rd
step of the podium . Trenton Kretzman took 4th place
and Daniel Brindley in 5th , Riley Rocher following in
6th with team mate Aiden retief in 7th place followed
by Cruz Martin also having a good ride, Maxwell
Fourier in 9th and Jack Anderson in 10th.
In the 85cc class there was no lack of action as
legacy racing between Neil van der Vyver, Jordan van
Wyk and Trey Cox battled it out again.
Practice times clearly gave warning to an expected
battle for champions.
Neil van der Vyver was at home on the Zone 7 track
and finished 7 seconds ahead of Trey Cox who was
followed by an amazing ride from Jake van Schoor.
Heat 2 is where the riders knew it was now or never
and it was flat taps from that gate drop.
The track was wearing down and pushing the riders
to the limits. Cox clinched a spectacular lead to finish
17 seconds ahead of Neil van der Vyver followed by
Jordan van Wyk a mere half a second behind. Alon
Orland and Jake van Schoor took 4th and 5th slots.
Overall results for the day saw Trey Cox on the top
step with Neil van der Vyver in 2nd spot with Jake
van Schoor in 3rd followed by Jordan van Wyk in 4th
and Alon Orland in 5th, Christian Berrington-Smith in
6th with Tyler Petersen in 7th.
The MX High School class was full of testosterone as
the teenagers lined up for the bull fight.
Nothing was spared with a lot of change ups in the
races as the 125cc’s screamed at full tilt. Luke Grundy
has been on fire recently and was tipped to show
his number board.
He took a clear win in heat 1, 16 seconds ahead of
Barend du Toit in 2nd place. Blake Young on number
44 came in 3rd with Hayden Tully shortly behind him
in 4th . Tristan Durow came in 5th with Ryan Adler
and Kyle Townsend pulling in behind them in 6th and
7th respectively.
Heat 2 was again where the action went ablaze
as Luke had a mishap and lost his gear lever... He
was stuck in 3rd gear for the remainder of the race.
Hayden Tully had the ride he worked hard for taken
the chequered flag with a hairline 1,4 sec ahead of
Blake Young in 2nd. Daiyaan Manuel pulled a superb
3rd place with Barend du Toit in 4th position and
Cuan Conway in 5th.
Overall results for the MX High School class saw
Hayden Tully take the red plate on the top step with
Blake Young in 2nd place and Barend du Toit in 3rd
position.
Following them are Tristan Durow who had a smooth
ride and Daiyaan Manuel in 5th with Ryan Adler in
6th followed by Cannabis Energy team rider Kyle
Townsend with Breece Romans behind him with
another Cannabis Energy team mate Cuan Conway in
9th position and Luke Grundy in 10th slot.
Ace Raynard (23) Cameron Durow (58).
Callan Broskie MX2.
Jayden Proctor MX1 && MX2.
Dean Wheeler MX3.
Tristan Purdon MX2.