The city of Orehova Vas, close to Maribor in Slovenia, hosted the EMX 65 and 85 SW Zone and the Open Championships. In a hot and sunny Saturday the EMX65 counted 27 riders, EMX 85 had 30 and EMX Open 20 riders. This is how the qualifying races went.
EMX 65 – Russian Osmolovskiy did the holeshot and managed to stay in front of the Spanish Gutierrez until 2 laps before the end, when he made a mistake and was passed by Gutierrez and by Italian Pavan. The championship leader, Italian Russi, ended up in 4th position after a great recovery.
EMX 85 – Alessandro Facca was the fastest at the holeshot but he was passed by Rene Hofer, and then the first positions did not change anymore. Italian Kevin Cristino was in 3rd position from start to finish. Home rider Maks Mausser recovered from 8th to 4th place.
EMX Open – All eyes were on championship leader Michek and local hero Jerney Irt. Irt made a mistake in the opening lap and followed far behind the pack in the first lap. Petr Michalec did the holeshot and rode in front of Bertuzzo for about 17 minutes. Then he was passed by Bertuzzo, and by the final winner Michealso k and finished the race in fourth position, with Bartos on the podium. 
The racing weekend is made possible also thanks to the cooperation of many volunteers, in the photo with one of the vehicles they use to prepare the track.
