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Pic - by Andy McGechan, taken at Halcombe last year it nicely catches the nature of the Kawasaki 'Good Times Scramble':
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Words - by Andy McGechan:
THERE can be no excuse for not having fun when the event's called the 'Good Times Scramble'. Taranaki hosts the third round of four in this season's Kawasaki 'Good Times Scramble' motocross series near Eltham on Sunday and is expected to attract about 300 riders from throughout the country.
The concept for the series is simple, according to one of the organisers of the Taranaki Event: Stratford's Marcus Garrett. “It brings motocross to the masses. No man-made jumps are created, so it's all natural terrain. The course is challenging but still not too daunting, nice rolling grassland,” he said.
He said the race programme for the Good Time events was unique too.
“It caters for all dirt bike riders, males and females, from those as young as
six to veterans in their 50s and even older. Riders are shuffled into categories by age, ability and bike capacity, enabling riders to mix and match to race against others in the three divisions that suit them.
“That means you’ll probably only have to line up against someone like Shayne King once in the day.”
No racing licence is required because Kawasaki has subsidised all riders and will pay their day-licence fees.
The Taranaki Motorcycle Club will run the event but Kawasaki’s events co-ordinator and Team Green support manager Mike Ramsey will come down from Auckland to oversee proceedings. “Junior riders get four races and senior riders get five - two age-group, two bike capacity and one by ability grading,” said Ramsey.
The venue is 1km north of Eltham on the Hawera-New Plymouth Rd.
Sign-in is about 8am and the quick-fire 34-race programme kicks off at 10.30am.
