DK cleans up at New Zealand Nationals round 3

Yamaha's Darryll King was a model of consistency in yesterday‰Ûªs third round of the Ssangyong NZ 2004 Motocross Championships held on the inner confines of the Trentham horseracing track in Wellington . The reigning Australian Champion raced at full stretch for two hours on a warm Wellington afternoon. In the open class, he won all three races; he also took out the 125 round. Despite all of this, the Waikato man doesn‰Ûªt lead either class on consolidated points. In the 125's the continent hopping Daryl Hurley (Suzuki) won two motos yesterday and this maintains his series lead, a lead he has not relinquished since the first race of the series. Current title holder, Cody Cooper (Honda), lost his appetite for the course that produced a hat trick of wins for him last year. Darryll King, has stormed from nowhere to be in contention after a 1, 2 and 3 record yesterday. He has been keen to do all races in the class but didn‰Ûªt have the cooperation of his bike at the Timaru round. The top three shuffled themselves around in the 250 class. Australian Danny Ham (Suzuki) dropped from the top and Shayne King (Honda) took over, whilst the unlucky Peter Broxholme (Tauranga) sticks to third spot in the championship. King‰Ûªs two wins yesterday makes it six for the series. After slipping to second Danny Ham revealed that Australian commitments prevent him from competing in the last round in New Zealand. Darryll King blitzed the 500cc class collecting maximum points. Shayne King and Corrie Sargent (Honda) collected the minor placings and finished second and third respectively on the day. American visitor Rory Sullivan beguiled the large crowd with his riding and his friendliness. After scoring two sixths and a fourth on an unfamiliar bike, Sullivan mixed freely with the riders and public and generally gave a good account of himself. The final round is near Pukekohe on 31 October

Series points 125cc D Hurley 173 C Cooper 170 S Columb 153 L Burkhart 135 B Morris 134 D King 132

Series Points 250cc S King 194 D Ham 192 P Broxholme 169 S Fogarty 157 N Smith 133 M Cotter 120

Series Points 500cc S King 201 D King 189 C Sargent 187 D Marshall 130 M Phillips 128 Troy Carroll 110