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Hi to all
Many of the locals at Port Elliot were impressed by the racing that was held on the week end and this is what I have submitted to their local paper.
Sorry if I missed out on everyone but we had to keep it short and sweet.


Fast times at the Pits

The 2nd round of the Australian Minimoto Championships was held over the weekend at the Port Elliot track “The Pits”.
This event was truly a national competition as riders came from QLD, VIC, TAS and SA to compete in their various classes.
The racing on this track was as good as it gets especially with one of the biggest classes being Senior open elite water cooled. In this class all of the bikes are from European origin with the bikes being made in countries such as Italy, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia. This class had a huge field of riders, 19 to be exact. With a track of only 540 metres and the riders reaching an estimated speed of about 90 kilometres per hour the action was riveting .This was a first for Minimotos as many of these riders have never had the chance to compete against each other on a national level. In this class it was Victoria’s Con Mazzarella on his Italian built GRC bike that won this round, closely contested by another Victorian rider Peter Smith.
The South Australian riders also fared well in their various classes.
One rider who did exceptionally well was Brandon Bruin who won Junior open air cooled elite, once again these bikes are also built in Europe and Brandon’s Blata bike which is made in Czechoslovakia proved to be very fast and reliable taking him to victory once again. He has won 2 of the 3 rounds held and hopes to make it a clean sweep by winning in the Victorian round to be held later this year.
Another rider who excelled in his class was Graham Cederblad also from SA .His class being Senior open air cooled elite. Graham was the silent achiever by running a consistent 2nd in every heat on his Italian made Polini bike to take the win of the overall round in his class.
Motards were also raced at the Pits and it was the Queenslanders that dominated these classes in both junior and senior. However the Tasmanian senior rider Jon Hughes did well to take overall 2nd for this round.
The Pits and the South Australian Minimoto Racing Association “SAMRA” would like to thank the following for their Sponsorships.
Middleton Tavern, Orca’s taxi service, Ocean Blue Newsagency, Harborview Deli, Repco Auto Parts, The Chicken Run, Port Elliot fish shop, Port Elliot Tourist Park, Check it Out Graphics, Team Kiwi and Pooraka Raceway, with out their support this event would not have happened.