TEKA SUZUKI ON NEW GROUND IN SOUTH AFRICA
A new venue for World Championship Motocross - Nelspruit
- awaits Team Teka Suzuki WMX1 riders Steve Ramon and Ken
De Dycker at this weekend's Grand Prix of South Africa - round
10 of the 15 round series.
After putting in a good ride at the Swedish GP two weeks
ago, reigning MX1 World Champion Ramon closed to within 12
points of the series leader David Philippaerts and enters
the South African race hungry to close the gap even further.
"My riding is going good at the moment, my factory Suzuki
is going good and I'm feeling fit and strong so I know I can
do well in South Africa," says Ramon. "I don't know
what the track will be like but for me it will be one like
any other - it's there to be ridden and will be the same for
everyone. I'll be looking to take more points from Philippaerts
and also Coppins and I'm looking forward to the race."
De Dycker's weekend in Sweden wasn't quite so impressive
as his team-mate's but he remains upbeat as he knows his speed
on the factory RM-Z450 is good enough to win if things go
right for him in Nelspruit.
"I'm really motivated to do well," says De Dycker.
"My bike is going well, I'm feeling good and I really
want to make up for some of the points I lost earlier in the
year. I'm fourth in the championship now but it's still possible
for me to improve and there are some good races coming up
for me on heavy tracks. I'm not sure what the Nelspruit circuit
will be like but everything is in place for me to do well
and that's what I want to do."
Rain is forecast in the run up to this weekend's race with
the temperature in the Nelspruit area a very comfortable 20
degrees Celsius. The Nelspruit circuit is situated 200 miles
East of Johannesburg in the North East of South Africa.
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