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Injury cuts short promising young MX rider’s 2014 national championship campaign
Pietermaritzburg teenager Dirco van der Westhuizen has had to put his national championship motocross aspirations on hold following a serious knee injury. And ironically, it was not in the heat of battle with his rivals in the hotly-contested 125 cc High School class in which he competes that he suffered the setback. He was fooling […]
Dirco Van Der Westhuizen Third Overall in FIM Africa Motocross of African Nations Competition in Gauteng
Dirco van der Westhuizen scored two thirds and a second to help the South African team win the MX 125 High School class in the FIM Africa Motocross of African Nations continental competition at Syringa Park in Gauteng on September 1.
Dirco Van der Westhuizen Scores Hat-trick of Wins at Interprovincial MX
Pietermaritzburg teenager Dirco van der Westhuizen (Bridgestone and Supaquick-supported Full Throttle Yamaha) followed up his back-to-back victories in the third round of the Motorsport South Africa’s national motocross championship in Gauteng last month with a hat-trick of High School 125 class wins in the WOMZA-organised North v South Inter provincial in Bloemfontein last weekend.
Bridgestone Tyres – Back-to-Back Wins for Dirco Van Der Westhuizen in MSA National MX
Back-to-back wins for Van der Westhuizen in MSA national MX In by far his best performance of the year, 14-year-old Dirco van der Westhuizen scored back-to-back wins in the High School class of the third round of the Motorsport South Africa-sanctioned national motocross championship at Syringa Park in Gauteng on Saturday.
Van der Westhuizen third overall in Port Elizabeth national MX
Hard-earned second and two third places in the day’s three races saw 14-year-old Pietermaritzburg schoolboy Dirco van der Westhuizen retain his overall third place in the High School class of the 2013 WOMZA national motocross championships at Port Elizabeth’s Rover Raceway last weekend.
Dirco Van der Westhuizen motocross Cape Town
Character-building weekend for Van der Westhuizen It was a character-building weekend for young Dirco van der Westhuizen in the second round of the World of Motorsport (WOMZA) motocross series at Melkbos near Cape Town last weekend.
Dirco Van der Westhuizen in fast start to new MX season
Van der Westhuizen in fast start to new MX season Pietermaritzburg teenager Dirco van der Westhuizen, who turned 14 in January, has got his first season in the High School motocross class off to a fast start with the runner-up spot in each of the first rounds of the two championships he is contesting in […]
Dirco van der Westhuizen in fast start to new MX season
A highlight of the opening round of the 2013 Motorsport South Africa-sanctioned national motocross championship at Cato Ridge in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday saw the renewal of the rivalry of two of the country’s most talented teenage riders. Last year Bradley Cox of Cato Ridge won the Pro Mini class for riders aged between 12 and 15 […]
Motorsport South Africa national championship at Sun City in North West
Dirco starts new motocross season in style Reigning South African MX85 motocross champion Dirco van der Westhuizen got his new season off to the best possible start with an overall win in the opening round of the Full Throttle-backed World of Motorsport South Africa national championship at Sun City in North West Province on Saturday. Competing […]