Waldschmidt wins final race in Enduro championships

Ingo Waldschmidt won the final leg of the Bank Windhoek Namibia Motorsport Federation Enduro Championship in dramatic fashion, after passing Bjorn Bierbrauer with only 3km to go.

Waldshmidt took the lead from the start but was soon passed by Bierbrauer who seemed to be heading for victory before his bike broke down merely 3km from the finishing line. Waldschmidt passed him and went on to win the race as well as the Bank Windhoek National Enduro Championship 2010 in Class 2.
The race took place in the Karibib district where the riders had to cover five laps of 52km rounds. A mix of rocks and river beds made for some tough racing with the heat adding to the difficulty. Racing got underway with 68 entries and the scene was set for some great action with championship titles to be decided in many classes.
Results:
The Open Bikes (Class 2) battle was won by Ingo Waldschmidt, beating Dwen Brown in to second place and Kai Hohmeier finishing third.
Kai Hennes won the 200 and 250cc Bikes (Class 1) battle, with Dirk Hohmeier taking second place and Jörn Greiter third.
In the open Quad Class (Class 3) Michiel Behnke dominated to come home in first place followed by Pierre Cronje and Jaco Snyman in second and third places respectively.
In the Ladies Quad Class (Class 4) it was Yana de Jesus who took the win to hold off Maike Bochert and Anneke Steenkamp in second and third positions respectively.
The Support Bikes were won by Wanjo Kollmitz, followed by Divan Grobler and Francois Schoeman.
In the Support Quad Class it was Johan Hugo who walked away with the win, ahead of Jandre Augustyn and Dr van Vuuren in second and third places respectively.
In the Masters Bike Class Sarel Boshoff came first, followed by Dirk Trümer and Ofer Babauky.
Roland William Loftie-Eaton came first in the Masters Quads, ahead of Tyron Kohler and Llewellyn Almero Loftie-Eaton.
The Junior Quad Class was won by Jacques Snyman, followed by Katelynne Liebenberg and Shannon Rowland in second and third.
‘Racing will resume next year in March for another exciting championship season. The Enduro working group would like to thank all sponsors, especially the series’ sponsor Bank Windhoek, land owners and competitors for making 2010 such a great year of racing’, said the chairman of the Enduro Working Group, Heiko Hennes.

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