New Zealand's elite junior motocross riders will be out to dish up dirt bike lessons to their rivals on the gnarly slopes of the Barret Road circuit in New Plymouth as the New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships explode over the weekend of April 22-23.
Expect to see Whitianga's William Saywell (bike 24, pictured), Paraparaumu's Jesse Donnelly (2) and Marton's Matt Davidson (303) battling handlebar-to-handlebar over the weekend with likely challenges also from young riders like Katherine Prumm, Kirk Bezzant and Mason Wilkie.
For some of the title contenders, this event will be their final crack at a junior crown before hitting the senior ranks and possibly venturing abroad to tackle the elite from Australia and beyond.
It was just a few years ago that 2004 MX2 champion Ben Townley and Australian Mister Motocross pro lites leader Luke Burkhart were rubbing plastic on the junior Kiwi scene ... and now look at what they're doing.
Main Photo: (LtoR) Saywell, Donnelly and Davidson
Credit: Andy McGechan
