We stopped in at South Waikato MCC on the way to Taupo for a bit of track time and there were quite a few people who had the same idea, it was good to have some bigger bikes to battle with today. After a good nights sleep we got to the track and set up and it started to drizzle but not long after riders brief the skies cleared and racing started. I qualified 3rd in practice and finished race 1 in 5th, we rode a different track than what we have done previously here and it went around the outside of the MX park, up the big step up and cut out the rollers and sawdust section. I wasn’t very comfortable on the step up today and lost a bit of time there. I got caught up with another rider on the start straight of race 2 and finished 5th again. We had so much rain come down just before race 3. No one turned out for the senior open class and the vets weren’t keen on going out and getting muddy. The track was super wet when we lined up but stopped just as the gate dropped. I had a terrible start, I dropped the clutch, launched into another rider and ended up face down in the mud. I got back on and fought back to 10th for 7th overall. It’s been a while since I have finished out of the top 5 on a race day and today was just one of those days. No damage to myself or my bike but I have been a bit lazy with doing my foundation training drills properly and it showed today when I should have been much more in control. Now to focus and work a bit harder to reach my goals.
Soren Staudinger 