Sunday, 27 June 2021, 5:08 pm
Oparau s
James Scott (Honda CRF450X), on his way to winning the
opening round of this year s Dirt Guide Cross-country Series
on Saturday. Photo by Andy McGechan,
BikesportNZ.com
It s almost as if
Oparau s James Scott has been unshackled.
Already a
proven top performing motocross rider in New Zealand,
Australia and Europe too, the Honda man has gone from prying
open an entry into the enduro racing world to actually
kicking the whole door down.
And now he s doing the
same thing in the parallel and similar cross-country dirt
bike racing environment.
The 19-year-old fencer has
had no previous experience racing the powerful Honda CRF450X
Hawke s Bay 19-year-old wins national motorcycle cross country title
19 Apr, 2021 09:53 PM
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Hawke s Bay s Tommy Watts (Yamaha), outright winner of the senior grade at this year s New Zealand Cross-country Championships. Photo by Andy McGechan / Bikesport NZ
Hawke s Bay s Tommy Watts (Yamaha), outright winner of the senior grade at this year s New Zealand Cross-country Championships. Photo by Andy McGechan / Bikesport NZ
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Andy McGechan
It was celebration time for Hawke s Bay s Tommy Watts at the weekend, with back-to-back wins in the South Island earning him his first national motorcycling cross-country title.
The 19-year-old Napier-based former Wairoa man had a share of the lead in the Yamaha-sponsored competition after the first two four rounds for the series, with just two days of high-speed motorcycle racing in the South Island, near Balclutha on Saturday and then near Mosgiel on Sunday, to wrap it all up.