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Huge Turnout Kick Starts Enduro Champs:
The Suzuki North Island Enduro Championship, got off to a fantastic start with 140 plus riders, turning out to Round One at Hauturu, just west of Kawhia, on the North Island’s west coast.
With a hot, sunny day the big field did justice to all the hard work put in by the organisers of the series.
\"The turnout was amasing,\" said Enduro Commissioner Sean Clarke from Tokoroa yesterday.
Suzuki New Zealand has again agreed to sponsor this section of motorcycling racing and the turn out bodes well for the future, with New Zealand being awarded the 2006 ISDE.
Results:
Overall Expert Finish:
Paul Whibley (Marton) Honda CR250, 1; Sean Clarke (Tokoroa) Suzuki DRZ400, 2; Kevin Archer (Nagroma) Suzuki DRZ400, 3; Terry Cameron (Tauranga) KTM EC200, 4=; Richard Ebbett (Manawatu) Honda CR250, 4=; Mark Whyte (Paeroa) Suzuki DRZ400, 6; Rob Howe (Thames) Honda CR125, 7; Steven Bird (Palmerston North) Yamaha YZ250F, 8; Dene Humphrey (Auckland) Suzuki RM250, 9; Mark Pollard (Te Awamutu) KTM 200EXC, 10.
Expert 0-200cc Two-stroke:
Rob Howe, 1; Mark Pollard, 2; Steve Curin (Cambridge) KTM 200EXC, 3.
Expert 201cc- Open Two-stroke:
Paul Whibley, 1; Richard Ebbert, 2; Dene Humphrey, 3.
Expert 0-300cc Four-Stroke:
Steven Bird, 1; Spence McClintock (Wgtn) KTM 250 EXC, 2; Duncan McLaren, Yamaha WR250F, 3.
Expert 302cc-Open Four-stroke:
Sean Clarke, 1; Kevin Archer, 2; Mark Whyte, 3.
Intermediate 0-200cc Two-stroke:
Dale Wilkins, KTM 200 EXC, 1; Neil Horn, Kawasaki KDX 200, 2; Kent Desforges, Kawasaki KDX 200, 3.
Intermediate 201-Open Two-stoke:
Shaun Pascoe, Kawasaki KX250, 1; Rowan Dillon, KTM 300EXC, 2; Peter Flexman, 3.
Intermediate 0-300cc Four-stroke:
Jason Anderson, Yamaha YZ250F, 1; Andy Gudsell, Yamaha WR250F, 2; Sam Watson, Yamaha WR250F, 3.
Intermediate 301cc-Open Four-stroke:
Nick Yule, Honda CRF450, 1; Adam King, Suzuki DRZ400, 2; Don Needham, 3.
Veterans 35+ (Expert)
Terry Cameron, KTM EC200, 1; Stephen Gray, KTM 400EXC, 2; Gary Powell, Suzuki DRZ400, 3.
Veteran 40-49 (Intermediate)
Barry Reiher, KTM EC200, 1; Alan Hockly, KTM 250 EXC, 2; Grant Colville, KTM 300 EXC, 3.
Veterans 50+ (Intermediate)
Brett Graham, RD350 LC ????, 1; Kevin Sargent, Suzuki RM 125, 2; Peter Birch, Kawasaki KLX300, 3.
Youth 16-19 years
Heath Howlett, Yamaha YZF 250, 1; Timothy Denham, KTM 220EXC, 2; Hazel Rushworth, Kawasaki KDX200, 3.
Press Release From - MOTORSPORT NETWORK LTD
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Well it seems Enduros are very alive and well in 2003. If you weren`t there you should be dusting off that dirt bike that is gathering dust in your garage so you can get to ride the next round.
Junior wrote that the event provided 176 km for experts & 127 km for intermediates with 1 mx test & two enduro tests.
After finishing a creditable 2nd outright [first in class] he had to get attention for two broken bones in his wrist incurred in the second to last section and will be in plaster now for six weeks.
