Five from five for Josiah Natzke
By finishing runner-up each time, Broad (Yamaha YZ125) kept the pressure on Natzke and gave himself a sniff of a chance of beating the Hamilton ace to the crown, but Natzke made no mistakes and his bike never skipped a beat, meaning Broad’s title hopes were really only a very remote possibility. Third Overall at the weekend was, Jayden Turnwald, finishing 25 points behind Broad. Natzke, a Year 10 pupil at Hamilton Boys’ High School, had been sidelined with injury during the Junior Nationals last season, but he returned to action this year fiercely determined to make his mark. "It was a great weekend,” beamed the 14-year-olds Natzke afterwards. "I was going to race the 250cc class at the nationals as well, but my fitness is still not 100 percent. As it was, I struggled a bit with ‘arm pump’ over the weekend and needed to strap up my forearms. Hat’s off to Ben Broad though. He certainly kept me honest and put on a great show.” In the premier Junior class of the Championships, the hotly contested 14-16 years 250F division, it was another Yamaha rider, Kairyn King (YZ250F) who narrowly missed out on the title. King rode brilliantly to secure second overall by winning one out of five races along with several more podium finishes in a talent-stacked field. Follow Yamaha Motor New Zealand on Facebook and on Instagram
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With five wins from five starts, there was simply no stopping Josiah
Natzke (Yamaha YZ125) at this season's 2013 New Zealand Junior Motocross
Nationals held in Taranaki over the weekend. Natzke was unbeatable, powering his way to a Yamaha 1-2 at the top of the
12-14 years’ 125cc class and finishing a solid 15 points ahead of his
nearest rival, Benjamin Broad.