With clear skies and a dry rough track, the organisers
had no choice but completely groom the track due
to safety issues, with 200 quads over 2 days the
track looked uninviting to most riders. With three
rounds of racing to go, the track was going to
be in worse shape than it had ever been in.
Michaels 3 Pro motos were a little more competitive
than the day before, with some goods starts
and keeping pace with the mid pack, Michael
showed he has the pace to run with the pro’s.
Michael managed some good battles with his
regular competitors to swap and change throughout
the motos, his fitness showed towards the end
of each moto as his lap times were getting faster,
and he was gaining on his competitors. Michael’s
main challenge for the nationals was to finish
in the top 10; this was not to be with the 5
finishers in front of him all very close on
points and pushed Michael back to 13th overall
for the Pro Class.
Robs podium in the Vets class was getting closer
with three motos to go and he only had to stay
in front of Darrell Knight and stay close to
Dean McMillan to take the Aussie Title in the
Vets.
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| Mick
Roycroft would take a 13th Overall in
the Pro Class |
Robert
Booth would secure his title in the Vets,
with a 2nd in the last moto |
With one moto to go, Darrell trailed Rob by
1 point. The last moto was again going to prove
crucial to Team MXN Can Am. This was a nervous
time for all, with Rob’s luck not usually
going his way when the pressure was on. With
a good start he was sitting in third, but had
Darrell in front, all Rob had to do was pass
Darrell to take his first National Title. The
battle was close with Rob and Darrell swapping
from 3rd to 2nd around 4 times during the 4
lap dash, Rob proved his Fox Shocks were the
bees knees passing and catching his competitors
every time when the track was at its roughest.
With one lap to go Rob managed to get Darrell
in the whoops section and secure his title with
a 2nd in the last moto.
Now that the hard work was done, Rob now had
some relaxation time in his final expert race,
with five 5ths overall to secure 5th overall
was a great show of skill and age against his
younger competitors.
