EquipRent Natural Terrain Motocross

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he EquipRent Natural Terrain Motocross event turned out to be a great success for the promoters and Moto Dynamics. This year the Price and Nolan brothers plus a stray from Victoria Alex Coleman put on Moto Trials displays over the weekend. Also for the first time Paul Price competed in his first motocross race aboard his Beta 450 Racing 4T.

It was a hectic build up to the weekend with Neil working flat out to alter and prepare the obstacles for the show. Thankfully we had an incident free show, thanks to the added grip tape which prevented a repeat of Lewis's crash in Northam. Alex Nolan wasn't feeling the best because of a shoulder injury which he sustained on his BMX bike a few days before, also Alex Coleman had an eventful weekend and could only ride two shows after suffering an allergic reaction to something at the venue. It still turned out to be a great weekend and Simon was just happy to hear his voice over the loadspeaker again!

Paul who is starting his second season in Enduro this year had his first taste of motocross and judging by his reaction after each race he had an awesome time. Paul was competing in the headlight class which consisted of two races of 3 laps and a four lap final. His first race didn't start the way he planned because of some unexpected grip on the start line. He nearly flipped it but somehow held on, but got away almost last. He battled through and finished about mid pack. " I actually was really surprised, somehow i thought holding it wide and dropping the clutch would work! but i was wrong" commented Paul.

His last race proved he is a quick learner after almost cruising to the holeshot, he was running second into the first corner. He stayed with the top group for two laps before he started to fade a little. Unfortunately a silly error caused him to crash ending his chance of a top ten finish. "After learning from race 1 and 2 I gave it about half throttle and feathered the clutch a lot more. Once I got traction in the rear wheel I snapped third and launched to the front of the pack, well second at least!" The weekend was great learning curve for Paul and is great preparation for the first enduro state round coming up soon.

A big thanks to everyone that helped out on the weekend, especially to Ben Dumitro for Taking some great photos.

EquipRent Natural Terrain Motocross

The annual Natural Terrain Motocross will be returning to Tumblegum Farm Byford this weekend of the 28th and 29th of March. There will be plenty of action over the whole weekend including Moto Trials displays from the Price and Nolan brothers. This is the sixth year the event has been running which attacted over 6000 fans last year.

Apart from all the motocross action there will be plently of other attractions for the whole family including:

* Bmx Bandits - Freestyle display
* Freestyle Motocross
* RC Nitro Cars
* Helicopter Rides $55/10 minutes
* KTM display - featuring the latest offroad bikes from KTM
* Trade display & merchandise stand
* Side Show Alley
* 4WD display & Gymkanna
* 800 Hp Hummer (win a lap of the track)

Racing starts at 10AM Saturday and Sunday

ADMISSION (GENERAL ADMISSION PAY AT GATE)
ADULTS (16 years and over) $25
CHILDREN (5-15 years) $10
FAMILY $60

For more information visit www.williethomson.com/tumbulgum/

The Grunter

We recently got an email from ex multiple W.A. state champion Grant Morris. Grant has been working and riding in the U.K. for the last couple of years, and is currently working for Apico who are one of the biggest motorcycle parts distributors in the U.K.

"I'm still riding each week, big month this month with 4 nationals in 4 weekends, all on the mighty Beta 4 stroke!! I love it, grips like s..t to a blanket" said Grunter.

Nolan Brothers Backflip!

We've always thought Lewis and Alex have a screw loose in their heads, but this just proves it. They're always looking for new and bigger things to do on their bikes, and doing a backflip is something they've wanted to do for a long time. The crazy thing about it is the fact they don't have a foam pit to practice in, so they just rounded up some foam from the latest council verge clean up and headed to the skate park. The foam sheets certainly helped cushion the boys from the concrete, but someone should of told Lewis it actually helps to land on the foam! Alex had no problems and landed nearly every jump perfect.