“ It was a fantastic weekend . The host club delivered everything they had promised ,” said Motorcycling New Zealand motocross commissioner Lindsey Heileson . “ There has been some fantastic racing . This shows a real growth for the sport and this event is where our future Motocross of Nations team riders will come from . There ’ s a lot of great talent coming through .” President of the host Taranaki Motorcycle Club , Kelvin Gray , said it was a huge honour to host an event of this magnitude . This is our club ’ s 100thyear anniversary too . We had been planning to celebrate that at Easter , but , because of the COVID-19 pandemic , we had to cancel . To be appointed to run this is a real boost to the club and a testament to the huge amount of work done by our committee members over a couple of years . Feedback from the riders has been awesome and they really liked the track . The weather played its part too and it was such a wonderfully friendly family atmosphere at the track .” The 2022 New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships were supported by Aon Insurance , Yamaha NZ and Dent Contracting .
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Kaukapakapa ’ s Josh Jack ( Kawasaki No . 57 ) made an impressive comeback after several years away from the sport , finishing 5th overall in the MX1 class at Waikato , behind Tauranga ’ s Bridgestone Kawasaki Racing Team rider Micah McGoldrick ( No . 146 )
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