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Photo - All eyes look upward as Suzuki's Daryl Hurley #291 passes Corrie Sargent #3:
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Now in its 44th year, the annual International Woodville Motocross Grand Prix has a truly international flavor with this year’s event attracting more riders than the start gates could cater for. With qualifying on Friday for junior riders and racing on Saturday, Sunday was set aside for the big guns of New Zealand motocross with former world champion Shayne King touted as favourite for the premier open class especially with eight outright wins at Woodville on previous outings.
Fresh from claiming the National 125cc title and New Zealand Supercross title, Hawera’s Daryl Hurley was not about to let history stand in the way of success for the “Alpinestars Suzuki” Team. Riding Suzuki’s all new RM-Z450 for the first time on New Zealand soil, Daryl looked devastating in practice and lined up alongside Shayne for the first race of the day.
It was a fairytale debut for the Suzuki RM-Z450 with Hurley stamping his mark on the coveted Woodville GP trophy by winning not only each of the three open class races but also the premier GP race. Following Daryl home in the feature GP international race was Stokes Valley rider Corrie Sargent with Shayne King in third.
“It’s been awesome for Suzuki. I think the guys in the office are going to be pumped on Monday. They took a bit of a risk. I could have come here and had mechanical trouble all weekend. But, straight out of the box, I rode the thing and won,” said Hurley about the new RM-Z450.
The 125 class was won by fellow “Alpinestars Suzuki” teammate Masterton’s Luke Burkhart riding an RM-Z250 four stroke.
Burkhart looked to have returned to the form that won him the National Motocross title in 2000, winning two of yesterday’s three 125cc races and relegating 2003 champion Cody Cooper to second spot. Suzuki’s Scott Columb was third on his Suzuki RM125.
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