Race Report;

Rider; Scott Sowry.

Event; New Zealand Woodville GP.

Bike; Kawasaki KX85B.

Team; Bud Racing Kawasaki.

Class; 13-16yr 85cc

As most of you will know the annual Woodville motorcross has just been and things went fairly good for me, could have been better. The weekend had a few "if's" thrown in, more on that later. Entries were down this year so qualifying wasn't required with 39 in the class.

Race one on Friday and got an average start, end of the first lap was in 14^th place and worked my way up. On the last lap I caught and passed Tom Vandenburg to take 7^th place.

Race two on Saturday morning, they watered the track right before our race. Got a better start and headed into the bowl in 8^th place. By the end of the second lap I was in 3^rd place then washed the front wheel out on the corner before the superjump dropping back to 8^th. I quickly remounted and went for it and climbed my way back up to 3^rd by race end. That put me in 3^rd place, 1 point behind 2^nd. Haki Waller was out due to mechanical trouble and Courtney Duncan was having bike troubles to, not scoring points in race 2 so finishing the day on the podium was looking good.

Race three Coming out of the bowl I was in 3^rd place then washed the front wheel out on the corner before the tabletop. I remounted about 15^th and was back into 10^th at end of lap 1. I needed to beat Jacob Kneebone and Dylan Wilson from Australia to get 2^nd overall. Well, Jacob was behind me, Dylan was in 4^th. Added to the mix was Tom Vandenburg(PN) who was in 3^rd ahead of Dylan which would now put him right amongst the points battle. Courtney Duncan and Micah Goldrick had checked out finishing 40 seconds ahead of Tom in 3^rd. I was running 2-3 seconds a lap quicker than the rest in front of me and quickly made my way upto 6^th place and closing on 5^th. Unfortunately the race was cut short 5 minutes with the white flag coming out after only 4 laps. By the chequers I was in 6^th place and a 3 way tie for 3^rd overall. So what were the if's, if the last race was longer I could of finished 5^th giving me third overall. Had I not fallen off twice in the last race I might of finished in 3^rd place giving me 2^nd overall. But thats not what happened so I will have to train harder and be better prepared for the Junior Nats in April and hopefully bring home the number one plate.

1^st Micah Goldrick (Rangiora) 72points

2^nd Dylan Wilson (Aust) 51points

3^rd Tom Vandenburg (PN) 49 points

4^th Scott Sowry (Pahiatua) 49 points

5^th Jacob Kneebone (Matamata) 49points

I'd like to thank my Sponsors; -

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Posted by: stusowry