Press Release – Bikesport NZ
It was a special weekend of motocross that had everything – high intensity dirt bike action, a slew of different race winners, weather that remarkably switched from chilly to baking hot and, of course, a significant birthday party.
The 60th annual Honda-sponsored New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville on Saturday and Sunday was a celebration of the sport, the popular event at the eastern end of the Manawatu Gorge achieving a landmark in more ways than one.
It was not only marking six decades since the sport was properly introduced to New Zealand in 1961 by now-87-year-old Palmerston North man Tim Gibbes, but it was also for the first time being run in conjunction with the first round of four in the 2021 New Zealand Motocross Championships.
Monday, 1 February 2021, 2:24 pm
It was a special weekend of motocross that had
everything – high intensity dirt bike action, a slew of
different race winners, weather that remarkably switched
from chilly to baking hot and, of course, a significant
birthday party.
The 60th annual Honda-sponsored New
Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville on Saturday and
Sunday was a celebration of the sport, the popular event at
the eastern end of the Manawatu Gorge achieving a landmark
in more ways than one.
It was not only marking six
decades since the sport was properly introduced to New
Zealand in 1961 by now-87-year-old Palmerston North man Tim
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Close racing will again be expected at Woodville this weekend as riders chase GP titles as well as national championship points. Photo / Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com
Close racing will again be expected at Woodville this weekend as riders chase GP titles as well as national championship points. Photo / Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com
Rotorua Daily Post
By: McGechan
The heat goes on in more ways than one this weekend as Woodville hosts the first major event of the 2021 motocross season.
With the weather tipped to break thermometers and entries in excess of 600 riders, the obvious popularity and continued growth of the annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville should ensure another bumper weekend of race action.