A Tussle At Taupo:

Posted: Tue 29 Oct 2002

Taupo lad Ben Townley, returned home to Taupo on the weekend on a big mother out of his KTM teams stable, an SX525.
And he did very well too. In the feature race, the Nicky Smith Memorial. he managed to best our other International stars, Josh Coppins riding a CR250 Honda and the King Bros.

Both Ben and Josh took all the wins in the three races for their classes and Luke Burkhart and Cody Cooper scrapped for the 125 class wins.

Provisional Results:
Nicky Smith Memorial Feature Race:
Ben Townley, Taupo, KTM SX525, 1; Darryll King, Hamilton, Yamaha YZ450, 2; Josh Coppins, Motueka, Honda CR 250, 3; Shayne King, New Plymouth, Honda CR450F, 4; Damien King, Cambridge, Honda CR450F, 5.

National 500cc Class:
Race 1: Ben Townley, Taupo, KTM SX525, 1; Shayne King, New Plymouth, Honda CR450F, 2; Damien King, Cambridge, Honda CR450, 3.
Race 2 Townley, 1; Darryl King, Hamilton, Yamaha YZ450, 2; Shayne King, 3.
Race 3.Townley, 1; Darryll King, 2; Corrie Sargent, Featherston, Honda CR450, 3.

National 250cc Class:
Race 1: Josh Coppins, Motueka, Honda CR250, 1; Mark Penny, Te Awamutu, Suzuki RM 250, 2; Shayne King, New Plymouth, Honda CR250, 3.
Race 2: Coppins, 1; Cody Cooper, Opotiki, Honda CR250, 2; Penny; 3.
Race 3: Coppins, 1; Copper, 2; Michael Cotter, Cambridge, Kawasaki KX250, 3.

National 125cc Class:
Race 1: Luke Burkhart, Masterton, Yamaha YZ125, 1; Cody Cooper, Opotiki, Honda CR125, 2; Nigel Smith, Auckland, Yamaha YZ125, 3.
Race 2: Cooper, 1; Burkhart, 2; Craig Brown, Pukekohe, Kawasaki KX 125, 3.
Race 3: Burkhart, 1; Cooper, 2; Scott Columb, Queenstown, Suzuki RM125, 3.