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Maxxis FIM Six Days Enduro 2005 in Slovak Republic. 383 riders from 26 countries racing over 1396km in 6 days.
Paul Whibley (Bike # 266 Gas Gas riding E2 class ... 126 - 250 2S and 251 - 450 4S)
Day 1 - 11th in class overall
Day 2 - 18th in class on day and 17th in class overall
Day 3 - 4th in class on day and 13th in class overall
Day 4 - 23rd in class on day and 16th in class overall
Day 5 - 15th in class on day and 14th in class overall
Day 6 - 28th in class on day and 14th in class overall earning a GOLD medal.
Kelly Patterson (Bike # 306 KTM riding E2 class ... 126 - 250 2S and 251 - 450 4S)
Day 1 - 103rd in class overall
Day 2 - 99th in class on day and 98th in class overall
Day 3 - 89th in class on day and 90th in class overall
Day 4 - 89th in class on day and 86th in class overall
Day 5 - 63rd in class on day and 70th in class overall
Day 6 - 95th in class on day and 74th in class overall earning a SILVER medal.
Sean Clarke (Bike # 238 Yamaha riding E1 class - up to 125 2S and up to 250 4S)
Day 1 - 65th in class overall
Day 2 - 57th in class on day and 58th in class overall
Day 3 - 44th in class on day and 50th in class overall
Day 4 - 47th in class on day and 42nd in class overall
Day 5 - 33rd in class on day and 36th in class overall
Day 6 - 35th in class on day and 35th in class overall earning a SILVER medal.
Motorcycling New Zealand Club Trophy Team (team of previous 3 mentioned riders)
Day 1 - 10th overall
Day 2 - 6th overall
Day 3 - 6th overall
Day 4 - 5th overall
Day 5 - 4th overall
Day 6 - 5th overall
Lets put these results into perspective ...
There were 124 starters in E1 and 160 starters in E2 and 77 teams competed for Club trophy.
And the highlight?
Either Paul Whibley recording fastest class time and 3rd overall time in Enduro Test 1 on Day 3 helping him to earn 4th overall in class for the day - he beat Stefan Merriman amongst others in that test!!!
Or the team's 5th overall for Club trophy. AWESOME!!!
Add to that Ben and Josh standing on the podium 2nd and 3rd at the last MX1 GP round for the season, finishing 3rd and 2nd respectively overall for the year. BRING ON THE MXdN !!!
DIRTY KIWI RACING RIDERS ROCK!!!
And for thost that really care, Italy won the Senior and Junior Team's trophies, Motoclub Lumezzane (Finland me thinks) won the Club trophy, KTM won the Manufacturers trophy.
Bartosz Oblucki from Poland on a Yamaha won E1, Stefan Merriman from Australia (Yeah, Right!) on a Yamaha won E2, and David Knight from England on a KTM won E3 ... AND (by my best reckoning) Overall Outright.
www.rally-vysledky.com/rallysport/2005/enduro/31.php has all the results.
