T
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.
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.
