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Photo - Levi Shulkins YZ125, in action at the Yamaha 2004 Wild Dog Australian 4 Day Enduro:
What's our closest neighbour, Australia up to in the Enduro scene?
An oft-mooted, multi-round enduro series in Australia will finally come to fruition in 2005, with hostilities set to commence on the weekend of April 23-24.
Falling under the auspices and General Competition Rules of Motorcycling Australia, the title will be officially known as the “2005 Australian Off Road Series”, with three meetings to be held in NSW, and one apiece in Victoria and Queensland. Each meeting will consist of two rounds – one each on the Saturday and Sunday.
To be promoted by the Orange (NSW) based Dirt Bike Promotions, there will be three separate championship classes, adopting a similar structure to that of the Enduro World Championship.
That is; an Enduro 1 class will cater for two-stroke (2T) machinery up to 175cc and four-strokes (4T) up to 250cc, followed by Enduro 2 (176-250cc 2T and 251-450cc 4T) and Enduro 3 (251cc and over 2T, 451cc and over 4T).
The three separate classes will also be in use for Expert and Clubman competitors, with the non-championship divisions also set to cater for Veteran (35 years plus), Masters (45 years plus) and female competitors.
Hitherto, the 27-year-old Australian Four Day Enduro (A4DE) – ostensibly a teams’ event – has been the commonly accepted forum for crowning the nation’s finest individual talent, with Yamaha’s Glenn Kearney claiming the honours in 2004.
The 2005 Australian Off Road Series will commence at Raymond Terrace (NSW) on April 23-24, and conclude back in NSW at Milldradale on August 13-14.
The 2005 A4DE: will be held in Wyong (NSW) from July 28-31.
The DirtBikePromotions Website: will be providing updates on the series as they become available.
SERIES DATES
Rds 1&2 April 23-24 Raymond Terrace, NSW
Rds 3&4 May 21-22 Aratula, Qld
Rds 5&6 June 18-19 Gilgandra, Qld
Rds 7&8 July 9-10 Wodonga, Vic
Rds 9&10 August 13-14 Milldradale, NSW
