Everest Wealth Ridgeway Racing Yamaha came back satisfied with a great result from the second round of the South African Cross Country Motorcycle Championship at Dalton near Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday. A class win, three bikes in the top ten and podiums all round left the team with a spring in its championship step.
“The Blu Cru enjoyed another splendid National Cross Country outing at Dalton this weekend,” Everest Wealth Ridgeway Racing team boss Harry Grobler smiled after the race. “Another 65 cc Junior victory, third, fourth and fifth in the Open class with all three of those bikes in the top ten, second in High School, second and third in Seniors and third in Masters is a job very well done. Congratulations to our entire team!”
The Blu Cru’s youngest team member, Ryan Wichman, extended his 65 cc Junior class national championship advantage with another win aboard his YZ 65 at Dalton, while Ruald Potgieter enjoyed a good run to sixth in 85 cc Seniors. Everest Wealth Ridgeway Racing Yamaha High School ace Murray Smith was another rider to consolidate his 125 cc lead with a strong second in class behind a local wildcard.
The team’s three-bike Open class team saw Slade Smith on the class podium in third, ahead of Maddy Malan and Hayden Louw. All three Everest Wealth Ridgeway Racing Yamaha YZ 450 FX entries finished inside the overall top ten, too. Wian Wentzel was sixth in OR3 after he only climbed aboard his Blu Cru YZ 250 FX for the first time in race week.
On the top side of the Everest Wealth Ridgeway Racing Yamaha age spectrum, Blu Cru man Gerhard Vorster ended second in Seniors ahead of Shimwells Yamaha rider Marco Cocci. Old man Warrick van Schalkwyk, meantime, rode home a creditable third in the Masters to conclude another Yamaha podium rout in KwaZulu Natal.
Everest Wealth Ridgeway Racing Yamaha’s next South African Cross Country outing is at a venue to be confirmed on the first weekend of August 2025.
