Local rider scores two race wins and a podium in two classes
Christian who lives in Weltevreden Park and is a learner at Agape Primary School professed to have a good feel for the track, and was keen to get cracking.
The third round of the South African Motocross National Championship at Bloemfontein Offroad Club (BORC) can be called the mid-way mark of the series in two respects.
The location is as close to a central point in the country as one is likely to get for riders coming in from all the wind directions, and at the conclusion of the event, the national series had reached its half-way mark.
The 12-year-old Christian Berrington-Smith and his Vangani Racing crew were buoyed by his strong showing during the pre-national event at this track two weeks before, and indeed he came out swinging, qualifying in fourth position.
Christian who lives in Weltevreden Park and is a learner at Agape Primary School professed to have a good feel for the track, and was keen to get cracking.
The genie of good starts still having abandoned him, Christian got into the corner in tenth position in the opening heat.
He made quick work of getting up to fifth, and set off in pursuit of good friend and strong rival Jake van Schoor.
A setback came in the form of the relentless pull of gravity that saw him dropped to the dark depths of the pack.
He scythed through the field, making up huge ground before getting up to sixth just before the time ran out and the flag called a halt to proceedings.
A similarly unnotable start again left Christian with a wad of work in race two, again he made quick work of getting up to fifth, but those ahead of him had managed to open up a fair lead but he claimed fifth for both the race and the overall.
Christian maintains his fifth position in the national championship standings, and in so doing, is nominally eligible to participate in the FIM Junior World Championships in Finland during August.
