I had a nice 20 min car journey to the venue which was a fair bit different.
I walked the course when I got there. It was pretty simple and pedally but had some really good turns in it and with everyone wanting to win it, it was going to be very hard. One mistake on such a short course puts you well out of the chances of doing well. I decided to move into the pro category to make it harder for me.
In practise I did about 6 runs and concentrated on some of the bits were its crucial to carry speed. The track was quite fast for a PORC track and this made it fun and felt like you were on it everywhere.
My first race run went ok. I went down looking to have a smooth and fast run and that was what I did. I set the fastest time so far with a 44.2 seconds. After everyone had been down I was still leading by just half a second. Nathan Vials and I being the only ones on a 44 seconds.My second run was going really well. I was just going to go all out to see how fast I could go. I hit a section no brakes and it felt so much faster but when it came to entering the bottom section I drifted out and went around in a circle. It was clearly over for my second run so I pinned the last bit and did a big jump for fun. Luckily when I came through the bottom know one had beaten my time so I still won the overall time.
- the Dad was straight in for the win!
- Katy battled it out and came out on top for the girls.
- I managed first in elite and first overall.
- Ross Hammond takes the win in Junior with the 2nd fastest time of the day! and closely followed by DMR's own Sam Reynolds
- of course Brandon Love won the youths with an awsome time of 46 seconds
- pretty awsome fish and chips truck turned up!
With an unprofessional 3 hours of sleep, I went to the national 4X the next day. It definitely took some getting used to riding my hardtail at the speed that PORC 4X has to offer. I did a few gate practises with some of the best elite riders and figured my snap out was good but with having flat pedals on I couldn’t put the power down as well. I concentrated very hard on the first corner instead. I knew that if i was put against good people they would be out ahead and battling for the first corner. I should be left to take a wide line and cut straight past or into them.
My first moto I did just that but unluckily the 2 riders ahead crashed and I rode straight into them. The other rider sped past us all leaving us to scramble about. I pedalled fast to catch up and the other guy wasn’t doing the triple’s at the end so I overtook him in the air. I lead the race to the bottom.
My second moto I was in 1st out of the first turn and played it safe the whole way down just blocking the person behind from overtaking.
My 3rd moto I managed to cut across from 4th to 3rd nearly falling off in the first corner. I managed to gain another position after the first 2 straights where i took the inside on a corner.
My 4th moto I managed another 2nd place again thanks to the first corner. This meant that I got to the semi finals which meant that the worst I could do was 8th place which I was happy about.
The semi finals were really good. I got ruined out of the start but picked my line again through the first corner and got into 2nd. I nearly managed to get into 1st but didn’t want to make any chances as all I needed to do was keep my position to get into the A finals.
Luckily for me the other guys picked the inside lanes for the start which were admittedly better but for me who was beaten every time out of the gate it was best to be on the outside. I again did the predictable and went inside on the first corner which got me to 3rd. After the first straight my mech jammed up but then loosened after the second straight. I nearly caught up again on the last corner and pedal but it wasn’t enough. I was happy with 3rd too!
- Here are 3 starts... I was pretty bad at gates as everyone else is on clips, but going into the first corner changed things every time.
- nice meat!
- the youngen's
- Hatch takes it for Last bikes! no surprises there though.
- Gunny takes the win in the Vets
- Katy Curd makes a come back from injury
- Max took a clean sheet of wins the whole day and I got 3rd.
- the weekends winnings for the Molloy household
thanks to Last, DMR, Rezurgence, Lifestyle Ford, 2026 distribution, Funn, Bell, Thor, KMC, Nike 6.0, Mojo suspension, and Shimano.
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