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The 35th Castrol Winterberg Enduro race took place with 230 competitors in the final round of the 2010 National Enduro Motorcycle Championship.
Riders from all over South Africa travelled to the Loerie area in the Eastern Cape to compete.
The overall winner of the 2010 overall enduro series was Jade Gutzeit (Yamaha) – his third Winterberg win. Second was Louwrens Mahoney (Yamaha) by a mere 39sec with 2009 winner Altus de Wet (KTM) third.
Gutzeit has won all six rounds of the 2010 National championship. He said the 2010 race was “was very enjoyable but was not too difficult”.
Injured shoulder
“I lost concentration and crashed quite hard on the last special stage, though. This cost me some time but I still enjoyed the event despite the even more technical sections,” he said.
Gutzeit injured a shoulder a few days before the race but it didn’t slow “The Machine”. He had to visit to the medical tent after the race to have a thorn removed from shoulder. Mahoney was also in the queue to have a broken-off thorn removed from a hand
Although the number of entries was down on 2009 when a record 300+ entries were received, the organisers were happy with the quality of the entries, among them the KTM team, Darryl Curtis and Riaan van Niekerk, as well as former winner Altus de Wet and Scott Scheepers.
Others were multiple trials and supermoto champion Brian Capper (KTM); the Red Yamaha Team from KZN, Denzil and his son, Marc Torlage who is the 2010 200cc class champion, and William “Wild Will” Gillit (Senior Class champ) as well as the BMW riders Gray Dick, Wynand Delport and Gary Sox Smith.
The event, one of South Africa’s traditional dirt-bike races with a long history that includes nine victories by off-road racing legend Alfie Cox, was organised by the Port Elizabeth-based Rover Motorcycle Club.
It used two loops, one of 50km, the other 35km, which competitors had to complete four times each. There was action-packed on two timed special stages – 12km and 3km.
The Winterberg is not only a traditional race for competitors but also for spectators who supported the riders all along the route.
Timothy Young (Yamaha) and Tom Moolenschot (Thor) competing for their home crowd, finished in the top 20.
Riders from all over South Africa travelled to the Loerie area in the Eastern Cape to compete.
The overall winner of the 2010 overall enduro series was Jade Gutzeit (Yamaha) – his third Winterberg win. Second was Louwrens Mahoney (Yamaha) by a mere 39sec with 2009 winner Altus de Wet (KTM) third.
Gutzeit has won all six rounds of the 2010 National championship. He said the 2010 race was “was very enjoyable but was not too difficult”.
Injured shoulder
“I lost concentration and crashed quite hard on the last special stage, though. This cost me some time but I still enjoyed the event despite the even more technical sections,” he said.
Gutzeit injured a shoulder a few days before the race but it didn’t slow “The Machine”. He had to visit to the medical tent after the race to have a thorn removed from shoulder. Mahoney was also in the queue to have a broken-off thorn removed from a hand
CLOSE THING: Louwrens Mahoney (Yamaha) was second by only 39sec.
Others were multiple trials and supermoto champion Brian Capper (KTM); the Red Yamaha Team from KZN, Denzil and his son, Marc Torlage who is the 2010 200cc class champion, and William “Wild Will” Gillit (Senior Class champ) as well as the BMW riders Gray Dick, Wynand Delport and Gary Sox Smith.
The event, one of South Africa’s traditional dirt-bike races with a long history that includes nine victories by off-road racing legend Alfie Cox, was organised by the Port Elizabeth-based Rover Motorcycle Club.
It used two loops, one of 50km, the other 35km, which competitors had to complete four times each. There was action-packed on two timed special stages – 12km and 3km.
The Winterberg is not only a traditional race for competitors but also for spectators who supported the riders all along the route.
Timothy Young (Yamaha) and Tom Moolenschot (Thor) competing for their home crowd, finished in the top 20.
