The 5th NW EMX65/85 qualification round and the third ITP EMX Quad European Championship of the season were held in Randers, between Aarhus and Aalborg in Denmark. The weather was cold but nearly all day dry. The track was well prepared.
Qualification EMX85: (Qualifying races A and B, 15 min. + 2 laps)
In Group A the holeshot went to Anton Nagy from Sweden, who also won this short race with 10,5 seconds of advantage on Christopher Mills (GBR) and 14,5 seconds on Brian van der Klij (The Netherlands), as 3rd.
Swedish rider Axel Semb did the holeshot in group B race but he finished the race in 4th position with more than 1 minute of distance from the winner, who was again Danish Mikkel Haarup. He finished the race 11,26 seconds ahead of Rick Elzinga (The Netherlands) and 59,73 seconds in front of the 3rd, Swedish Arvid Lüning.
Qualification EMX65: (1 Qualifying race, 10 min. + 2 laps)
When the youngest riders had their qualifying race the rain got a little bit more, but was not disturbing. Lucas Bruhn, from Denmark, did the holeshot and after 10 min + 2 laps finished in 3rd position in front of the German Cato Nickel. The top two places were in the hands of Constantin Piller, from Germany, winner of the last 4 races and leader in the first laps, and Kay Karssemakers, who at the end was the winner, 7,5 seconds ahead of Piller. Liam Everts, son of world champion Stefan, finished in 12th position.
Qualification EMX – ITP Quad:
In the Quad qualification practice the pole position went to Dutch Mike van Grinsven, European Champion 2014. Second position for Edgars Mengelis, from Latvia, leader of the general standings, only 0.236 behind. Danish rider Casper Honoré Holm took the 3rd place on the home-track, 2.23 seconds behind the winner, and tomorrow will start in 4th position. The qualifying race was won by Jani Tanhuanpää, from Finland, in front of Alexander Norskov, from Denmark.
Complete result lists on FIM Europe website:
www.fim-europe.eu/events/44 for Motocross
www.fim-europe.eu/events/43 for Quadcross.
