Tokoroa - Round 1 of the NZ Supercross Championship.

Sharon Cox comments:

• I was at the Start so did not see everything but ....
• Awesome job by the Club - track was mint - they had put a lot of work into it - 'upped' what had been done in previous years.
• The container jump had gone - tricky triple - tabletop into a single, into a left hand berm - riders spent considerable time getting their lines right - seat bounce into it seemed to be the favoured option.
• Drizzled mid afternoon and had some showers.
• Drizzle did not really affect the track - little greasy - not skatey.
• Whoops were excellent.
• Mason Phillips night was over early after he collided with Brad Groombridge from behind - I 'suspect' it was a collarbone.
• Quite a few Practice accidents - several injuries which caused some delays. 
  
• John Phillips was injured - ain't it the way ? his parents, Barbara and Dennis were away at an Anniversary.
• Josh Coppins was Riders Representative and his presence seemed to add a real professionalism to the event.
• Only approx 1200 spectators as opposed to 2500 last year.
  
• There was a TV crew present ?
  
• Isaiah McGoldrick was out with mechanical problems.
• Jesse Wiki out with mechanical problems.
• Shootout was really one and a half laps which made it more interesting.
  
• Ethan Martens had a 'mean' shootout with Brad Groombridge who he chased to the line.  Ethan then crashed in the first Moto which ruined his points chase.
• Justin McDonald rode very, very well and quickly into the rhythm - beat Josh Coppins in the shootout when he got the jump on him.
  
• Racing was awesome - some mean inside passes - jumps side by side - it was very intense - some of the best racing I have seen.
• Josaih Natzke took 3 from 3.  Those 85cc riders were very gutsy, all attacking the big jumps.
  
• James Anderson was a deserved winner in the Junior 250.  He never got one holeshot but came through each time. 
• Hayden Clark surprised when he won the first Open race.
• Non Qualifiers got to race which was great for them. 
• Top five in the Lites was:  Scott Columb 57, Brad Groombridge 48, Peter Broxholme 40, Jayden Jessup 39, Craig Smith 35 and on the same points in 6th was Nick Saunders 35.
  
• Top five in the Open was: Josh Coppins 57, Justin McDonald 47, Cody Cooper 43, Hayden Clark 42, Michael Phillips 39.
• Excellent fireworks display from Dave Craig topped off a great night - pity not more spectators.
• Finally, I think our riders are far better prepared without having the MX Nationals prior to the Supercross - it could be argued that it's not the case but going on last night, our guys were sorted, so that has to a plus in my opinion.
  

Bryan Davidson, Chairman of the Mini, Junior & Senior Supercross & Motocross Commission.

• Bags of praise to the South Waikato MCC.
• Excellent atmosphere.
• Great having 'springboarded' off the Australasian Supercross series.
• Pity about the rain - that affected numbers - 30 minutes down the road at Taupo they had no rain.
• Fortunately the Club had not overwatered so it was quite rideable.
• Having more Supercross tracks available showed in the performance of the riders.
• Riders coming to the realisation of what Josh and Ben have pushed, in that you must have both skills to advance.
• Josh thought the MX2 / Lites races were as exciting as he had seen.

I asked Bryan how John Phillips was ? "His front wheel tucked under and he hit the dirt.  I spoke to Mike (his brother) and he said that he had all the tests and would be okay."

I also asked him about the presence of a TV crew ? "It's a Telesport crew and they will cover all the rounds. Jamie McCarthy is the Presenter.  There will be a snippet on tonight's news.  They are doing a one hour package for for TV1 and it will also be on Bike Rider TV and SKY." 
 
Any other comments you would like to make ?  "It was a good start to the series with some excellent racing.  We have, for the first time ever, a Prize Pool of $10,000.  I'm looking forward to Round 2 at Taupo on the 2nd of January."

Round 2  -  Saturday 2nd January 2011 - Taupo Motorcycle Club at Taupo
Round 3  -  Saturday 9th January 2011  - Nelson Motorcycle Club at Motueka
Round 4  -  Friday 15th January 2011    - South Canterbury Motorcycle Club at Timaru

RESULTS:

Junior 250:

Pos	No.	Name	Total points	R1	R2	R3
1	115	James Anderson	57	20	17	20
2	50	Micah McGoldrick	48	11	20	17
3	905	Dion Picard	47	17	15	15
4	721	Kent Morley	36	13	10	13
5	703	Brandon Tipene	33	15	9	9
6	999	Logan Blackburn	32	9	13	10
7	221	Campbell King	32	10	11	11
8	722	Josh May	23	7	8	8
9	719	Quade Young	18	8	5	5
10	243	Josh Bartosh	18	4	7	7
11	992	Damon Rees	18	6	6	6
12	199	Brayden Stephens	13	5	4	4

Junior Lites:

Pos	No.	Name	Total points	R1	R2	R3
1	342	Josiah Natzke	60	20	20	20
2	3	Scott Sowry	49	17	17	15
3	53	Dylan Walsh	47	15	15	17
4	912	Kurtis Lilly	39	13	13	13
5	226	Nathan Sharland	31	11	9	11
6	212	Sam Guise	30	10	10	10
7	333	Jack Loughnane	29	9	11	9
8	250	Ben Dawson	16	8	8	0

Senior Lites:

Pos	No.	Name	Total points	R1	R2	R3
1	2	Scott Columb	57	20	20	17
2	701	Brad Groombridge	48	11	17	20
3	3	Peter Broxholme	40	17	8	15
4	808	Jayden Jessup	39	13	13	13
5	170	Craig Smith	35	9	15	11
6	4	Nick Saunders	35	15	11	9
7	98	Ethan Marten	27	7	10	10
8	96	Tom Managh	25	8	9	8
9	742	Aaron Smith	24	10	7	7
10	94	Kayne Lamont	12	6	6	--
11	1	Mason Phillips	0	0	--	--
12	50	Isaiah McGoldrick	0	0	--	--

Senior Open:

Pos	No.	Name	Total points	R1	R2	R3
1	6	Josh Coppins	57	17	20	20
2	201	Justin McDonald	47	15	15	17
3	2	Cody Cooper	43	13	17	13
4	310	Hayden Clark	42	20	11	11
5	105	Michael Phillips	39	11	13	15
6	933	Jesse Donnelly	29	9	10	10
7	118	Davi Fisher	26	8	9	9
8	31	Robby Stewart	22	7	7	8
9	338	Jesse Wiki	10	10	--	--
10	295	Sam Lutes	8	0	8	0
11	81	Travis Russell	7	0	--	7