The day of judgement is coming for the Kiwi dirt bike elite as the 2019 New Zealand Enduro Championship speed towards a conclusion.
The fifth round of seven in the Mitas tyres and Yamaha-sponsored series is scheduled for farmland near Masterton this weekend and time is perhaps running out for riders with title ambitions.
Racing on Saturday could be pivotal in determining where the silverware goes this season.
Whanganui's Seth Reardon leads the championship overall, with Helensville's Tom Buxton, Cambridge's Dylan Yearbury, Thames rider Jason Davis and Cambridge's Beau Taylor in close company on the points table and none of these riders can afford to relax just yet.
Reardon is perhaps best positioned to go on a clinch the crown for 2019 because Buxton and Yearbury are currently overseas and not expected in the Wairarapa this weekend, although other leading riders such as Manawatu's Paul Whibley, Stratford's Josh Hunger, Wainuiomata's Jake Whitaker and Tokoroa's Jake Wightman could certainly shake up the points table.
Whibley finished runner-up to Reardon at the previous round of the series near Martinborough two weeks ago. Because this was Whibley's first and only appearance in the series this year, he is not in contention for the title, but he has proved he is certainly capable of winning the day.
