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Registration was a mess but it was soon forgotten as we put the gear on and got some practice laps in on the cornfield track. 4 jumps in total. 2 rather easy 4 feet high jumps, one stupid dangerous kicker on a fast straight and a perfect backflip jump for the FMX-ers. The roped off track was fast and in good condition. With 62 entries the 125cc hobby class was split in two series (odd and even numbers). Rob Nouwens and myself were in the same qualifying group. I put my brand spanking new Millville tire to good use at the start and got out of the first turn in 5th (from 34). Rob had to play catch up as he was the only rider to crash. With 16 riders qualifying for the main event, Rob came 2 place short. He had moved up from 34th to 18th and showed what he got in the B-final by taking the holeshot and finishing 3rd. I managed to qualify for the main event in 7th but the final was a different story. After a rather messed up start (too much power in that SX) I was in 12th position when I got off the track and tried to get back on. I wanted to ride through the plastic rope but it was tougher than I thought. I ripped out a pole and made it back on the track only to spin around 360 degrees and crash right in front of a big crowd. It was so funny. If someone has that on film I'm sure it will end up on one of those "Funny homevideo" programs one day. I got back on track and was catching up but got off the track once more to finish 27th. Oh well, had my fun. With 4 Aarle-Rixtel aces in the 250cc hobby class it was going to be an exciting race. Harm (#23) was the only rider in the odd# group but failed to qualify. Armpump was the reason. De Hoon (#66), Schippers (#30) and Paul de Jong (#2) were battling in group 2. Paul was riding very well and managed to finish in front of all his competitors/friends finishing 23rd. With 22 riders going to the A-final, Paul had first pick in the B-final lining up at the starting gate. De Hoon got stuck in a first straight pile-up in the B-final. He got back on his fast Honda to finish last anyway, just one place behind "second to last" finisher Harm Vogels. Edward Schippers disappeared from the starters list so what place he got was a mystery. Paul ended up in 15th. Bas de Bever scored a nice 6th place in the A-final of the 250cc hobby class with a bad wrist. Other BMX-ers in this class were Wilfred v.d. Haterd, Jurgen Meyer and Ivo v.d. Putten. Fastest Ale Local for sure is Bern "Bern Buster" van Rixtel. He rides the licensed class and showed his 2005 YZ is a potent machine. 6th in moto one and 5th in moto two means he was the only local to go home with a trophy. Paul's Boutique employee/trainee Jan Willem Koppenens (15 years old) finished 13th on his 125cc KTM. Winner of this main class was Gert-Jam van Doorn. It has been a while since he was 15 years old. Some scratches here and there on the bikes and bodies was all the damage for our posse. Not bad considering throwing 3 rookies on a track for the first time together with 40 other mad men. The smiles on the faces was all that mattered. SX round two coming up this Sunday. BdJ Results Maisplakcross Peelrijders Mopeds (74 entries) 1 Jan Hoogaarts Uden 3-1 55 2 Patrick van Mill Westerbeek 2-2 54 3 Sando Lunenburg Berlicum 1-niks 30 4 Gino Marcellis Nistelrode 6-12 28 5 Kenny Smulders Middelrode 17-4 27 6 Harm v.d. Wetering Vorstenbosch 16-5 26 7 Nick Kanters Veghel 8-10 26 8 Tommy v. Asseldonk Mariaheide niks-3 25 9 Joost v.d. Pas Heeswijk Dinther 4-niks 23 10 Tom Thoonsen Uden 5-niks 21 11 Ruben de Bekker Andelst niks-6 19 12 Mike Knapen Helmond 32-7 17 13 Marc Ermers Oploo 7-35 17 14 Nick Thoonen Uden 40-8 15 15 Mike Hoogheim Zetten 41-9 13 16 Luuk Somers Dinther 0-31 13 17 Ron Sijbers Liessel 10-niks 11 18 Maurice v.d. Broek Boekel niks-11 10 19 Thijs Somers Dinther 11-23 10 20 Jos de Lange Overloon 12-34 9 Mini automatic and quads (25 entries) 1 Koen Kersten Groesbeek 1-1 60 2 Geert Gijsbers Landhorst 2-2 54 3 Kay Verwijst Veghel 5-3 46 4 Bart Gijsbers Landhorst 4-4 46 5 Robert Huisman Wolvega 3-6 44 6 Kevin v.d. Oetelaar Tilburg 8-5 36 7 Thimo Vogelsangs Boekel 6-7 36 8 Heinie Visser Heesch 10-8 26 9 Jody Janssen Den Bosch 7-12 26 10 Damian Slaats Odiliapeel 9-10 24 11 Rens Emonds Bakel 11-9 23 12 Max v.Lieshout Beek en Donk 12-11 19 13 Roel v.d. Heuvel Bakel 14-13 15 14 Niels Cornelissen Melderslo 13-15 14 15 Joost Oerlemans St.Oedenrode 15-16 11 Youth 65cc en 85cc (30 entries) 1 Glen Coldenhof Heesch 1-1 60 2 Arno van Tienen Wilbertoord 2-2 54 3 Jeffrey Herlings Handel 3-3 50 (1e 65cc) 4 Joe Scheffers Oss 5-5 42 5 Ruud Swinkels Elsendorp 4-7 40 6 Remco Eikholt Elsendorp 6-6 38 7 John Cuppen Escharen 7-8 32 8 Tyrell Timmers Heesch 8-9 28 9 Jeroen de Groot Boekel niks-4 23 10 Frank Rooyackers Boekel 12-10 20 11 Jaap v.d. Rijt St. Oedenrode 10-12 20 12 Rick Rijkers Landhorst 9-19 15 13 Jeroen Brienen St. Anthonis 15-14 13 14 Tim Hermsen Overasselt 16-15 11 15 Jeffrey Ebbers Groesbeek 14-17 11 125cc hobby (62 entries) A-final 1 Marc Pepers Eerde 2 Teun Sevenster Elsendorp 3 Serge Put Genk (B) 4 Jos Machielsen Diepenbeek 5 Jan Schepers Bakel 6 Martijn van der Veer Schijndel 7 Mart Habraken Nijnsel 8 Arno Broekmans Cuijk 9 Alex Eleveld Mariahout 10 Marcel Westhof Beek en Donk 11 Arie Vos Oss 12 Pim Gloudemans 13 Luc Raaymakers Ledeacker 14 Roland Kemps Son en Breugel 15 Martien Vereijken Ledeacker B-final 1 Paul Pepers Keldonk 2 Wilco van Aarle Berlicum 3 Rob Nouwens Helmond 4 Giel Sijvers Liessel 5 Joris Oerlemans St. Oedenrode 250-500cc hobby (94 entries) A-final 1 Raymond Thonies Boekel 2 Henk van Moorsel Mariaheide 3 Michel Cuijpers St. Anthonis 4 Mark v.d. Linde Uden 5 Ruud Arts Uden 6 Bas de Bever Macharen 7 Danny Herlings Handel 8 Dennis Geurts Heesch 9 Peter Paul Janssen Rijkevoort 10 William v.Orsouw Oss 11 Mike Janssen Luyksgestel 12 Tiny van Mierlo Boekel 13 Willy v.d. Heijden St. Anthonis 14 Henk Maessen Ijsselstein 15 Jorg Meijer Boekel 16 Wilfred v.d. Harterd Geffen 17 Tonny Gloudemans Schijndel 18 Mark v.d. Burgt Beek en Donk 19 Mark v.d. Ven Ijsselstein 20 Ton Spierings Den Bosch B-final 1 Bennie Kuenen Overloon 2 Hans Nooyen Boxmeer 3 Karel Geboers Oss 4 John Visser Eindhoven 5 Reggy Manders Uden Off the road (40 entries) 1 Rob Verstegen Uden 1-1 60 2 Jeroen Kuijpers Son 2-2 54 3 Toon v.d. Wijst Boerdonk 5-3 46 4 Marcel Verhoeven Olland 3-5 46 5 Hans Verbruggen Erp 9-4 36 6 Twan Manders Olland 7-6 36 7 Paul van Creij Liempde 6-7 36 8 Erik Bens Elsendorp 4-9 36 9 Arie Crooijmans Gemert 10-10 22 10 Marcel Verbruggen Heerhugowaard 11-11 20 11 Arjan Manders Erp 17-8 19 12 Danny v.d. Elzen Venhorst 14-13 15 13 Ed Verwijst Veghel 12-15 15 14 Toon van Haandel Keldonk 8-34 15 15 Dieter van Geffen Opeel 16-14 12 16 Johan van Hees Olland 13-18 11 17 Marcel v.d. Zanden Oploo 25-12 9 18 Paul Heijnsbergen Veghel 15-19 8 19 Jeroen Gerrits De Mortel 18-7 7 20 Sjiel Lemmens Steensel 23-16 5 License riders (38 entries) 1 Gert jan van Doorn Schijndel 1-1 60 2 Andries Pijns Maarssen 3-2 52 3 Marc Vorstenbosch Empel 2-4 50 4 Rob Verbruggen Erp 4-3 48 5 Bern van Rixtel Aarle Rixtel 6-8 34 6 Erwin Manders Uden 11-5 31 7 Jurgen van de Elzen Uden 10-6 30 8 Robin Hendriks Groesbeek 9-7 30 9 Andre Wouters Netersel 7-10 28 10 Jos Janssen Boekel 8-12 24 11 Daan Groen Breugel 5-10 22 12 Wilco Emonds Boekel 13-13 16 13 Jan Will. Koppenens Helmond 16-11 15 14 Sjors Nagel Uden 36-9 13 15 Dré Verhees Netersel 15-14 13 16 Jorrit van de Aa Boekel 14-15 13 17 Rob van Uden Boekel 12-niks 9 18 Anthony Slaats Odiliapeel 18-17 7 19 Ad Koenen Ijsselstein 21-16 5 20 Jurgen Verhoeven Liempde 19-18 5 Thanks to Peter v.d. Sanden for the results.