KARRO WINS LAST HEAT OF BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Our faithful readers know it by now. Matiss Karro is a good-natured guy. The unflappable Latvian takes all in his stride, but nevertheless he has been ever so slightly irked by the run of misfortune that has plagued him in recent events, the most recent of which being a Red-Bull sponsored rock that split his lip and gifted him a Joker-like fancy smile. One week later, the healing process was well on its way, and Matiss actually had to open his mouth again to be able to shovel down his breakfast. Thus repaired, he was fit and in fighting spirit for the last round of the Maxxis British motocross championships at Landrake.
The weather had taken a decided turn for the auntumny, but nothing short of complete nuclear fall-out could detract the seventeen year old from his focus on a good result. In true Karro style, he was all-business from the second that he swung his leg over the MVR-D Suzuki, and he started his day off by qualifying in second position, a mere 3/10ths of a second adrift of Pascal Leuret.
Matiss got a somewhat compromised drop off the start gate, and placed himself and his bike in seventh position of the mix. Here was a teenager on the edge, though, and he took no prisoners as he surged to the front. Within 3 laps, he was in the lead, and a fierce battle developed with Jake Nicholls for the ultimate advantage. With two GP riders fighting for the lead, the battle was intense, and no quarter was given. Naturally in such situations, the possibility of a get-together always looms large, and so it proved to be on this occasion. The two bikes collided, and both the proponents went down in a heap. Whilst Nicholls could get away quickly, Matiss’ bike was flooded and resolutely refused to start, with the youngster furiously kicking it over for a seeming eternity. The bike finally fired up, but unfortunately for Matiss, this was with the assistance of a bystander, which was his death knell for the race. The officialdom called out the incident, and Matiss was disqualified from the race.
With his run of misfortune seemingly on a real highway now, Matiss was on a real high horse going into race two. He charged into third position off the start, but by the time the scorers saw the pack for the second time, he was already in the lead. This time he kept the demons at bay for the duration of the race, and romped home to a comfortable victory. As in the first race, he posted the fastest lap time in the second heat, leaving no doubt as to who was the fastest man on the track at this event.
The first heat troubles kept Matiss down to seventh overall on the day, and having missed a couple of events due to injury, he finished 6th in the championships, still not a bad result for his debut season in this tough series.
Matiss will get ready to don national colours and defend his country’s honour at the Motocross of Nations in Italy next weekend. Latvia will rely heavily on the contribution of KurlyKarr to pull them to a good result.
Tags: british, injury, italy, karro, landrake, latvia, maxxis, motocross, nichol, nicholls, prison, suzuki
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