An early brisk morning in the heart of KwaZulu-Natal, at the legendary TEZA MX track, began the start of Round 4 of the Official Motorsport South African Motocross National. Spectators lined the banks of the amazing elevation track and was awesome to see gazebo’s set up by spectators to chill and spend the entire day watching the best motocross racing in South Africa. The variety of vendors kept everyone fed and hydrated, and with all sorts of bits to buy, jumping castle for the little ones, tyre changing facilities, the list goes on and on. For the die hard crowd who stayed for prize giving and to enjoy the festivities, Teza Motocross Track kicked off with Veranda Panda, and they did not disappoint. To all the sponsors, thank you! Again, to the MX community, thank you for your support! Really good to see everyone traveling to these races and supporting the local community. Onto the racing, Teza is probably the most technical track we have, elavation, a range of soil types throughout the track, technical jumps, ruts etc all surrounded in the most spectacular setting, forestry, sugar cane and wild life to add to the back drop of this track. A track that earns the respect from even the most able MX racer. Entries are still impressively in excess of 120 at this point in the year. MX 1 with the best 14 riders. Cameron Durrow #1 returned from the USA to compete. With some riders nursing or recovering from injuries in this class, we saw quite a change up of results. Cameron Durrow #1 charged ahead on his KTM to grab 1st place, followed by Davin Cocker #87 on his Husqvarna in 2nd, Dean Wheeler #135 on his Yamaha in 3rd, Marco De Vrye #42 on his KTM 4th, Joshua Mlimi #411 on his Yamaha in 5th and Johan Vogelesang #5 on his KTM in 6th. MX2’s high pace with 16 entries resulting in a mixed result. These 250’s were put through their paces round this track. Cameron Durrow #1 took 1st place on his KTM, followed by Luke Grundy #450 on his KTM in 2nd, Jonathan Mlimi #259 on his KTM in 3rd, Jordan Van Wyk #747 on his KTM 4th, Ricky Raaff #25 on his Gas Gas 5th and Barend Du Toit #101 on his Husqvarna in 6th. MX3 had 4 entries. Some impressive racing from these “die hard’s” . Dean Wheeler #135 taking the top step on his Yamaha, followed by Levi Doherty #99 on his Yamaha in 2nd, Jason Hill #17 in 3rd on his Kawasaki, and Kyle Bradford #168 on his KTM 4th. MX Senior Support had 11 entries. These guys are really racing with their all. Brandon Wheeler #73 on his KTM took the overall win, followed by Adam Bac #198 on his Husqvarna in 2nd, Sean Strunkheide #100 on his KTM 3rd, Astin Allin #36 on his Husqvarna in 4th, Blane Gaugain #67 on his Yamaha in 5th and Kyle Davey #122 on his KTM in 6th. MX Vets had 5 entries. Now this class is filled with character, always fun watching these gent’s race. Jonathan Du Plooy #15 taking the top step on his KTM, followed by Morne Janse van Rensburg #144 on his KTM in 2nd, Brett Field #22 on his Husqvarna in 3rd, Warrick Peeters #58 on his Yamaha in 4th and Jonathan Hubbard #121 on his Yamaha in 5th. MX Ladies class had 9 women enter. Must give each lady a high five, great racing done by all. Our top two ladies kept us all on our toes as they battled nonstop right till the last heat, and the last second going through the finish line. First heat Leah Heygate #176 on her KTM got the win, but Kayla Raaff #1 on her Gas Gas grabbed the win in the 2nd moto giving her the overall win, followed by Mienka Cawood #202 on her KTM in 3rd, Ivana Venter #32 on her Husqvarna in 4th, Jessica Osner #21 on her Husqvarna 5th, Zoe Botha #128 on her Husqvarna 6th, Kelly Beetge #16 on her Husqvarna 7th, Katelyn Pretorious #170 on her KTM 8th and Chloe Odendaal #47 on her KTM in 9th. MX High School & Supermini Classes, here we had 20 125’s and 1 supermini line up. And did these kids have to work those bikes to get everything out of them. One of the most exciting classes to watch on the day, battles all over the field. A well-deserved overall win went to Trey Cox #37 on his KTM, followed by Tristan Durow #444 on his KTM in 2nd, Ryan Adler #268 on his Husqvarna in 3rd, Aiden Henley #51 on his Yamaha in 4th, Matthew Correia #200 on his Yamaha in 5th and Jean Visser # 247 on his Husqvarna in 6th. Trent Valsecchi #300 was the only entry on a supermini performed extremely well among the MX High School class combination. The 85cc Class had 11 entries. This class saw some battles, all came down to mistakes. Trent Valsecchi #300 took the win on his Gas Gas, followed by Trenton Kretzmann #94 on his KTM in 2nd, Cruz Martin #418 on his Husqvarna in 3rd, Evan Frost #28 on his KTM in 4th, Kabelo Ledwaba #280 on his KTM 5th and Maxwell Fourie #555 on his Husqvarna in 6th. The 65cc Class had 16 entries. And some of these guys were clearing the big jumps, incredible. Brody Bircher #30 on his KTM took 1st, followed by Ross Mackenzie #85 on his Gas Gas in 2nd, Rayden Woolls #345 on his Husqvarna 3rd, Rhys Carl Wentzel #404 on his KTM 4th, Troy Ryan Wentzel #63 on his Husqvarna 5th and Viv Cameron Howell #778 on his KTM 6th. The 50cc Class had 14 entries, and 1 for MX50 Support. These lil big dudes really have a proper factory ride, moms and dads attending to every need. Riley Geldenhuys #1 took the win on his KTM followed by Joshua-Zion Naude #34 on his KTM in 2nd, Luan Jordaan #20 on his KTM in 3rd, Trey Dean #117 on his KTM in 4th, Travis Hart #16 on his KTM in 5th and Reestin Bartlett #88 on his KTM in 6th. Brayden Tucker #30 on his KTM was for the MX50 Support class. We are back to KwaZulu-Natal for round 5 at Thunder Valley in Pietermaritzburg on the 27 July 2024. Big thank you to The-Black-Sheep for the awesome pictures. See you all there! Report written by Serranne Meyer