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Changes at the Pointy end for Amcross Round 2

Dean Smith, Andrew Donnelly and Luke Donnelly headed to Junee on the Weekend

for Round 2 of the NSW Amcross series. The track was expected to be fairly dry due

to the lack of rain in the Riverina, but the club did a great job the week leading up to

the event, ensuring the dust was kept to a minimum.

Dean Smith

Riding on day 2 of the event meant that Dean had to contend with the ruts left behind

by the juniors and parents on the Saturday 28th. Dean scored the hole shot in the first

two races, keeping his position up front for the first lap. Dean let two riders past in

lap 2 but still kept up the pace. Fatigue set in during the last lap and riders took

advantage of Dean s fitness level before the finish line. In the final race, Dean was

fourth into the first corner and charging hard. A slight misjudgement in a rutted out

corner on the second lap sent Dean crashing to the ground. Dean abseiled out of rut

and remounted. By this time Dean was near last place and not happy. Andrew said it

was great watching Smithy from the sideline putting in his best two laps of the whole

day to finish somewhere around 11th. End of the day Dean finished with a 5th, 5th,

11th?

Andrew Donnelly

Andrew fronted up to Junee with a point to prove after what he felt was a

disappointing performance at Picton. The unfortunate thing for Andrew was that he

took a mate (Puss McCarthy) with him that had never raced the Amcross series

before. As the gate dropped, Puss was the first one out of the gate with Andrew in

tow. The pair had their own little game of cat and mouse out front leaving the rest of

the pack in their wake. By the end of the race, Andrew came in 2nd behind Puss

whilst the rest of the pack were a good three corners back!! The second race was a

repeat of the first with the boys from Bega showing the rest of the parents how it is

done. Puss again led AD over the line. In race number three Andrew scored the holeshot

in front of Puss and decided that was where he was going to stay. Puss had other

ideas taking AD on the outside through turn one yelling abuse the whole way.

Andrew kept Puss honest but couldn t make the pass. Puss & AD once again went

one two over the line, white washing the field. I suggested that he should leave

Puss at home next time. Andrew attributed his performance to more time and the new

Michelin rear tyre he fitted the week before that really hooked up well on the Junee

track. Final result 2nd, 2nd, 2nd :- 2nd overall.

Luke Donnelly

Luke s first start wasn t the best after giving the clutch a little bit too much of a hard

time causing the bike to roll into the start gate. When the gate dropped, Luke stayed

behind. By the time Luke got untangled, he was in dead last place. Luke rode well in

a field of approximately 25 riders to work back up to 15th place. Luke s second start

was unfortunately the same as the first with Luke s clutch habits causing him grief in

the gate. Daddy wasn t happy! Luke again left the start in dead last, this time

working up to 14th place. Luke got his act together in the last race and got a decent

start. Luke stayed with the leading bunch, crossing the in 11th place. You could have

thrown a blanket over 4th to 11th. Final result 15th, 14th, 11th

This weekend, the team are racing on home turf, with a Supertrack event being run at

Tantawangalo.

Thank you once again to all the Sponsors for making the team possible.

Brendon Horswell

Team Manager