barrygrussell
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Originally published on FMSCT-Live Blog and reproduced here with kind permission
'Game' Trakarn deserved more attention than he was getting here after another MX2 Pro victory
In a weekend packed with action from all categories and age groups in Round 7 of the FMSCT Thailand Supercross Championship, the elite MX2 A class, with riders fresh from their latest FIM Asia Motocross successes in Malaysia, again left spectators spellbound with the speed and quality of their racing.
It was Asian champion ‘Turbo’ Arnon Theplib who grabbed the lead for Honda, chased by Chaiyan, ‘Boat’ Thanarat Penchan and 17 year old ‘Game’ Trakarn Thangthong. On lap three, with Boat challenging Chaiyan hard for second place to stop Turbo getting away, the two tangled on a jump on lap three, leaving Boat on the ground as they landed and letting Game through into second. The Kawasaki rider picked up his bike and continued in last place and with a damage limitation job on his hands.
As the race approached half distance Turbo remained ahead of Game by a few seconds, with a similar gap back to Chaiyan and a longer gap back to Wattana Kalaya’s Suzuki and the Yamaha of Kritsada Boonwatee in fourth and fifth. The race looked to have settled into a pattern until Turbo made a mistake on lap nine, letting Game through into the lead and Chaiyan into second. Chaiyan pushed to close the gap in the final stages, but Game remained in control to take the win. Turbo, Wattana and Kritsada remained in formation to complete the top five. Boat recovered well from his crash to finish in sixth place.
The next championship round will be on 1-2 October at Kanchanburi.
'Game' Trakarn deserved more attention than he was getting here after another MX2 Pro victory
In a weekend packed with action from all categories and age groups in Round 7 of the FMSCT Thailand Supercross Championship, the elite MX2 A class, with riders fresh from their latest FIM Asia Motocross successes in Malaysia, again left spectators spellbound with the speed and quality of their racing.
It was Asian champion ‘Turbo’ Arnon Theplib who grabbed the lead for Honda, chased by Chaiyan, ‘Boat’ Thanarat Penchan and 17 year old ‘Game’ Trakarn Thangthong. On lap three, with Boat challenging Chaiyan hard for second place to stop Turbo getting away, the two tangled on a jump on lap three, leaving Boat on the ground as they landed and letting Game through into second. The Kawasaki rider picked up his bike and continued in last place and with a damage limitation job on his hands.
As the race approached half distance Turbo remained ahead of Game by a few seconds, with a similar gap back to Chaiyan and a longer gap back to Wattana Kalaya’s Suzuki and the Yamaha of Kritsada Boonwatee in fourth and fifth. The race looked to have settled into a pattern until Turbo made a mistake on lap nine, letting Game through into the lead and Chaiyan into second. Chaiyan pushed to close the gap in the final stages, but Game remained in control to take the win. Turbo, Wattana and Kritsada remained in formation to complete the top five. Boat recovered well from his crash to finish in sixth place.
The next championship round will be on 1-2 October at Kanchanburi.
