Dirt Day Afternoon

Saturday 12 November: Saturday 05 November, after a big working bee at the Pukekohe MCC's Harrisville track it was practice time for the 130 riders that turned out.

Blake Gillard

A group of us had just finished demolishing the 'tin' toilets near the Mini track. The second sessions for the A group was out and I grabbed my camera and went down to the container jump where Martin Collins was standing. Martin is the 'M" in the CMR Red Bull KTM Race Team. As Blake came over the container jump (above) Martin said; "Watch Hayden (Clark) up the step-up", which is the next jump over. He pulled such a big scrub up the face that, at the angle where we were standing, his back wheel was actually further forward. Martin laughed and said; "crazy". Just as I got down onto the step-up the checquered came out.

Steven Cunha and Carl Anderson.

20 minutes later I was back on the step-up for the A's final session. Using the above image I will explain. Once over the container jump riders proceed west as seen in the top right. They turn left and drop down a valley where you have two choices. The inside is an easier line but to the right you have to hit the face at speed and it 'pops' you up onto the flat where you have to turn 180 degrees right and drop down the valley again towards jump No1. No1 was supposed to be open but some over-enthusiastic Mini workers dropped a large tree over the track 15 minutes before practice opened.