The Okkers Beat the Yanks:

Posted: Mon 30 Sep 2002

Australia Won the World Cup of Moto Cross:
Full report and updates HERE:

Kiwi Shayne King went 22 - 14 - 8 and his team mate Cody Cooper, who obviously hopped on the big-bird, went 30 - 22 - ? and the other Kiwi?? rider Mike Metzger. was 37 - ? - ? to provide NZ with a 9th overall place.

The results make interesting reading and provide an insight into what would have been a fascinating MXoN, if only?

Moto 1 Scores (Official):
1. Chad Reed (Aus); 2. Tim Ferry (USA); 3. James Dobb (Eng); 4. Sean Hamblin (USA); 5. Ernesto Fonseca (Cos); 6. Grant Langston (S. Afr); 7. Greg Albertyn (S. Afr); 8. Craig Anderson; 9. Michael Byrne (Aus); 10. Blair Morgan (Can); 11. Akira Narita (Jpn); 12. Kyle Lewis (USA); 13. Yoshitaka Atsuta (Jpn); 14. Marco Dube (Can); 15. Rodrig Thain (Fra); 16. Jean Sebastien Roy (Can); 17. Jeremy Israel (Chile); 18. Kazuyoshi Odagiri (Jpn); 19. Eric Sorby (Fra); 20. Neil Prince (Eng); 21. Dobes Josef (CzR); 22. Shayne King (NZ); 23. Bo Vang Jensen (Den); 24. Kim Nielsen (Den); 25. Luis Cutera (Arg); 26. Kasper Jensen (Den); 27. Augusto Freytes (Arg); 28. Christian Leon (Cos); 29. Willie Musgrave (CzR); 30. Cody Cooper (NZ); 31. Marcos Caco (Arg); 32. Juan Carlos Salvatierra (Bol); 33. Kevin McGovern (S.Afr); 34. Alfredo Gomez Norambuena (Chile); 35. Adrian Robert (Cos); 36. Benjamin Esquerre (Bol); 37. Mike Metzger (NZ).

Results (Official):
1. Ernesto Fonseca (Cos); 2. Chad Reed (Aus); 3. Kyle Lewis (USA); 4. Michael Byrne (Aus); 5. Greg Albertyn (S. Afr); 6. Sean Hamblin (USA); 7. Craig Anderson (Aus); 8. James Dobb (Eng); 9. Blair Morgan (Can); 10. Akira Narita (Jpn); 11. Grant Langston (S. Afr); 12. Jean Sebastien Roy (Can); 13. Rodrig Thain (Fra); 14. Shayne King (NZ); 15. Bo Vang Jensen (Den); 16. Marco Dube (Can); 17. Yoshitaka Atsuta (Jpn); 18. Dobes Josef (CzR); 19. Jeremy Israel (Chile); 20. Kazuyoshi Odagiri (Jpn); 21. Neil Prince (Eng); 22. Cody Cooper (NZ); 23. Kim Nielsen (Den); 24. Adrian Robert (Cos); 25. Kasper Jensen (Den); 26. Luis Cutura (Arg); 27. Willy Musgrave (CzR); 28. Walter Helfmarm (Chile); 29. Augusto Freytes (Arg); 30. Marcos Caco (Arg).

Moto 3 Scores (Unofficial):
1. Chad Reed (Aus); 2. Grant Langston (S. Afr); 3. Tim Ferry (USA); 4. Michael Byrne (Aus); 5. Blair Morgan (Can); 6. Sean Hamblin (USA); 7. Akira Narita (Jpn); 8. Shayne King (NZ); 9. Yoshitaka Atsuta (Jpn); 10. Marco Dube (Can); 11. Jean Sebastien Roy (Can); 12. Craig Anderson (Aus); 13. Kazuyoshi Odagiri (Jpn); 14. Rodrig Thain (Fra); 15. Jeremy Israel (Chile); 16. Dobes Josef (CzR); 17. Kasper Nielsen (Den); 18. Juan Carlos Salvatierra (Bol); 19. Neil Prince (Eng); 20. Bo Van Jensen (Den).

Final Standings(Unofficial):
1. Australia 9+6+5=20 2. USA 6+9+9=24 3. Canada 24+21+15=60 4. South Africa 13+16+35=64 5. Japan 24+27+16=67 6. England 23+29+50=102 7. Costa Rica 33+25+46=104 8. Denmark 47+38+36=121 9. New Zealand 52+36+39=127 10. Chile 51+47+36=121 11. Czech Republic 50+45+44=139 12. Argentina 52+54+45=151 13. France 34+50+96 14. Bolivia 68+71+111=250