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 For the first time in history, the FIM Junior World MX Championships has been run in the Southern Hemisphere and both titles have gone to riders outside of Europe.While the weather didn’t come to the party, as it was rainy and windy all weekend, the spirit of the riders certainly was dampened as Australia’s Jay Wilson took home the younger 85cc class and became Australia’s first ever Junior World MX Champ and America’s next big thing Eli Tomac took home the 125 title. The 85cc class looked to be a run away before it had even begun as France’s hope and last years number 3, Dylan Ferrandis was 4 seconds lap faster than anybody in qualifying. Infact his lap times would have placed him in 5th overall in the 125 class. Unfortunately for him however he crashed in free practice on Sunday morning in the technical sawdust section and broke his wrist, ending any chance he had at winning his first world championship. The first moto saw the holeshot by kiwi rider Campbell King, but it wasn’t long before he was overtaken by Australian Jay Wilson who never looked back the whole race taking the moto victory. Second was another Australian Dylan Long, followed in third by Hayden Mellross, another Australian. That made the 3 top spots of the podium all Australians, another first for the FIM World Championships. The second moto saw Samuele Bernardini of Italy take the win, and never really look pressured the entire moto. Poor second motos by both Mellross and Long saw second sport on the podium elude them as Bernardini claimed that honour. But with 1 – 3 moto scores it was Wilson taking the win, very much the underdog coming into this. “I can’t believe this, I never thought it would happen” was all Wilson could really utter after coming in from the second moto. Another standout rider was 6th place rider, Courtney Duncan, the first kiwi home, and also the highest finishing girl ever to compete at a World Championship event. She even managed to get a 4th in the second moto, no easy feat considering the depth of the competition. The 125cc class saw Australian golden boy Tye Simmonds set the fastest lap in qualifying, half a second a lap faster than everyone else. Title favourite Eli Tomac could only manage third as he struggled to find a rhythm on the unique Taupo surface. However a race isn’t won in 1 lap as the first moto showed and another kiwi in Hamish Dobbyn took the holeshot and tried to run from the pack. While the tried to get away, he was unable to shake Tomac who had come through from an average start just inside the top 10, to pass Dobbyn at the midway point of the moto. Dobbyn would hold onto second place with Simmonds in third. The second moto saw Simmonds holeshot and lead from start to finish with both Dobbyn and Tomac getting less than stellar starts. Tomac caught back up to 2nd but never looked any real threat to push Simmonds for the lead. Dobbyn could only get back to fourth, unable to pass Australia’s Luke Styke. This was enough to give New Zealand their first ever podium, with Dobbyn securing third overall for the event. Second was Simmonds with Tomac taking the top sport by just 2 points over Simmonds. With Simmonds getting second, that gave Australia 3 out of the 6 podium spots and also the honours of being the top country. A great weekend of racing that once again proved that those south of the border are just as competitive as those in not only Europe, but also America. Here's a slide show we are testing, let us know what you think, we may just go this way with the images??? The rest of the images from the weekend will be available here later during the week.
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written by Crash Carter, August 18, 2009
Nice pics Ricey!!! Check out the abs on the warrior on the far right!!!
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written by French Spy, August 18, 2009
The French 85cc rider is not Glenn Coldenhoff but Dylan Ferrandis. Ended up braking his raduuis bone in wrist
... written by takitimu, August 18, 2009
I like the slideshow, only thought is if you click on a different photo the timeline offset doesn't reset, so if you are almost changing a photo, skipping back means you only see the one you clicked on for a short time.
Loved the Glenn Coldenhoff pic. P.S. Just tried full screen mode & it was sweet.
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