Dirty riding at Enduro series

The seventh round of the Bank Windhoek Namibian National Enduro Series attracted 80 riders who lined up to battle each other on the Galina MX track outside Windhoek on Saturday.
The event was co-sponsored by Pupkewitz Honda, Steel Force and Waldschmidt Eggs.
Despite it being a windy and cold day, the riders were up bright and early to explore the new track layout.
The mass motocross start was fast and loud with motorcycles and quads tackling the motocross jumps. Tommy Gous on his Yamaha and Fanie Steenkamp on his Honda thrilled the spectators with their high flying jumps.
The challenging tyre and pole Enduro Cross obstacles were also a source for entertainment. The event was even attended by a few spectators who came out to watch the action.
In the National Bike Class, Henner Rusch put on a good display and won his seventh consecutive race in the series, but he was pushed all the way by Ingo Waldschmidt. In the Quads, Corné Visser beat the competition to score a win in the National Quad Class. Julia Moths raced her way to victory in the Ladies Quads.

The results were as follows:
In the 200cc Class, Claude Brendel (KTM) secured victory ahead of Jörn Greiter (KTM) and Olaf Pack (KTM) in second and third place respectively.
Henner Rusch (Husaberg) won the Open Class, ahead of Ingo Waldschmidt (KTM) and Tommy Gous (Yamaha) in second and third respectively.
In the National Quad Class, it was Corné Visser (Yamaha) who secured victory ahead of Dian van der Merwe (Honda).
In the Ladies Quad Class, it was Julia Moths who secured victory ahead of Maike Bochert (Honda) and Shannon Rowland (Honda) in second and in third place respectively.
Therold Murch (Husaberg) raced his way to victory in the National Senior Bike Class with Andreas Brendel (KTM) in second place, followed by Jacques Coetzer in third place.
Fanie Steenkamp (Honda) won the National Senior Quad Class over Gary Rowland (Honda) and Carsten Hohmeier (Yamaha) in second and third place respectively.
In the Support Bikes class, it was Pascal Henle (KTM) who secured victory ahead of Marcel Henle (KTM) who came second, followed by Frank Schneidenberger (KTM) in third place.
In the Support Quad Class, it was Uwe Brockmann who secured victory ahead of Juan-Pierre Loubscher (Suzuki) and Franco Routh (Yamaha) in second and third place respectively.
In the Farmers or Class 10 battle, it was Cavan Farrell who secured victory ahead of Nicolai Palmhert (Yamaha).
The next race in the Bank Windhoek Namibian National Enduro Series will take place on October 19 on the Farm Klein Barmen in the Okahandja district.

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