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Three riders and three podium results, it could almost be described as a perfect weekend for the Altherm JCR Yamaha Racing Team in Taranaki.Australian visitor Kirk Gibbs and Hamilton-based former Mangakino rider Kayne Lamont had responsibilities to tackle the premier MX1 class at Sunday's opening round of four in the Fox-supported New Zealand Motocross Championships near New Plymouth and Mangakino's Maximus Purvis was the team's MX2 (250cc) class representative.When the engines were finally shut

Mangakino racer Maximus Purvis is certainly ready to take on the world, starting with the best that New Zealand can throw at him and then the cream of the Australians.He proved this once again with another stellar performance, this time winning the MX2 class at the annual King of the Mountain Motocross in Taranaki at the weekend.The 18-year-old Purvis won the MX2 (250cc) class at the big annual Whakatane Summercross, just after Christmas, but his winning efforts in Taranaki at the weekend were p

The Altherm JCR Yamaha team was riding high at the annual Bay of Plenty Motocross's Whakatane Summercross.There were two riders on track but the usual team make-up differed slightly, as after winning the Huka Honda MX Fest’s MX1 class in October, Kayne Lamont tore the ACL in his knee and sat out today’s racing. Team Manager Josh Coppins stepped in for this one race meeting and showed the young bucks he still has what it takes, finishing third overall in MX1.Altherm JCR Yamaha’s MX2 rider, Mangak

The opening race meeting for the 2018/2019 motocross season got off to a brilliant start for the Altherm JCR Yamaha riders, with Kayne Lamont emerging victorious in the MX1 class and Maximus Purvis taking home the MX2 trophy at the Huka Honda MX Fest on the weekend.The pair capped off their top category results by Lamont (25) repeating his 2017 Nicky Smith Memorial feature win in the afternoon and Purvis (18) finishing the best of the MX2 riders in this shootout-style race at Taupo’s Digger McEw

A safe and sensible approach proved to be a winning strategy for Kayne Lamont at the weekend’s big annual MX Fest motocross extravaganza in Taupo.The Hamilton-based former Mangakino man certainly enjoyed revisiting his home turf on Sunday, taking his Altherm JCR Yamaha Racing Team YZ450F bike to win the premier MX1 class overall and he also won the series of “knock-out” feature races that wrapped up the two-day spectacular.The event was again sponsored by Taupo bike dealership Huka Honda, but th