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MNZ Press Release:
KING’S DOUBLE NATIONAL SUPERCROSS
Darryl Kings Retirement Plan
Motorcycling New Zealand has declared the results of the National Supercross series after three rounds. Darryl King has won both the 125 and 250 classes by a margin of six points.
Josh Coppins dominated the first round in Motueka, before he went back to Europe, the last round scheduled for Wanganui was wrecked by the weather and had to be cancelled. In between, rounds at Tokoroa and Wellington produced some of the closest racing for many years. The effect of the cancelled round was that the 12 race programme became a nine race programme
Darryl King (Hamilton) admits that he never set out to win either title after retiring from supercross last year.” “Thirty five is a bit old for this,” quipped King after confirming he had collected his 22nd senior national title in motocross/ supercross. “I entered this year for my team after having done no supercross training,” said the former world motocross number two.
Darryl King won the first of his 22 senior titles in 1986. He gained the edge this year at the Wellington round on a very technical course that ended up being the finale. King admits that other riders are faster- “Jonathon (Burkhart) was going faster than me and Mason (Phillips) is a very good supercross specialist.”
Mason Phillips (Te Puke) was six points behind King in the 250cc with Scott Columb (Queenstown) occupying third. Columb winged to Europe last week to pursue a team ride.
Runner up in the 125s, Masterton’s Jonathon Burkhart, won more races than King but didn’t have the consistency or experience. Scott Columb had to be content with another third on the podium.
The outstanding result in the juniors came in the form of Pukekohe\'s Matthew Prumm. In his first year at high school, Prumm shut out the field in the 11-12 year class winning all nine races.
Final Results:
125 Class
Darryl King 191,
Jonathan Burkhart 185,
Scott Columb 151.
250 Class
King 197,
Mason Philips 191,
Scott Columb 176.
The full list of results can be found on MNZ\'s - Website:
