Whakatane’s Awakaponga MX Track bore witness to the red-hot form of the Altherm JCR Yamaha team riders as Maximus Purvis and James Scott collected the MX1 and MX2 Summercross trophies on Sunday.
For Purvis, the one-day event was the perfect test for his rehabilitated knee, and he showed that it is back to 100% with a dominant display of riding where he clean swept the four races on his Yamaha YZ450.
The Mangakino flyer has finished up work for the year and has been getting some dedicated training time in and Altherm JCR Yamaha Team Manager Josh Coppins says it showed.
“Summercross saw a great performance from the boys and Maximus was in sensational form,” he said.
“He’s really motivated and starting to look for a good summer but we are also considering other opportunities for him beyond the Yamaha New Zealand Motocross Championship. He’s gone to another level on the YZ450.This is really only his second full year on this bike and he’s been coming along very well.”
Purvis kept his response to his winning ways simple.
“It was a great day on the bike. I was feeling good and am looking forward to the Woodville GP at the end of January,” he says.
Oparau’s Scott took a couple of races to master the Summercross track’s tricky concrete start. After getting to grips with it after two fourth places in the first two motos, he went out and won the last two, to take the event win.
He says he “started off the day not feeling super comfy and riding really tight.”
“The first two motos I struggled quite a bit and got bad starts and didn’t ride like myself. Then, the last two motos, I got good starts, rode better and managed to win them and get the overall for the day on a track I’m not normally very comfortable on.”
“I was pretty happy to come out of there with the win and all healthy heading to Woodville,” Scott says.
Coppins was pleased with the Altherm JCR Yamaha’s second hit out for the season and feels they are in a good position moving forward.
“There’s a little bit to work on of course but I’m really happy with both riders, the team, the structure, our support riders and the bLUcRU development riders all did really well. Summercross had great brand representation with high numbers of Yamaha riders across the classes,” he says.
“We are working towards Woodville at the end of January and after a short break, the team will come back charging.”
SUMMERCROSS SENIOR RESULTS:
MX1
1st Maximus Purvis (YZ450) – 200
2nd Preeda Boon – 176
3rd Mitch Rees – 158
MX2
1st James Scott (YZ250F) – 182
2nd Jared Hannon – 178
3rd Flynn Watts (YZ250F) – 173
YMX – Youth 14 years to U21
1st Hayden Draper – 142
2nd Jack Ellingham (YZ125) – 140
3rd Aydan Hall – 126
VMX Vets 45 years +
1st Mike Cotter – 150
2nd Darrin Capill (YZ450) – 138
3rd Carl Sorenson – 127
WMX– Women’s
1st Karaitiana Horne – 150
2nd Mikayla Griffiths (YZ250F) – 138
3rd Olivia Bodle – 125
| Header Image:Altherm JCR Yamaha’s MX1 rider Maximus Purvis clean swept the four MX1 moto wins at the Whakatane Summercross. Photo credit: CD Photography. |
