BY RUSSELL COLVIN
SOME of Victoria’s best enduro motorcycle racers will battle it out in the Yamaha Victorian Off-Road Championship (VORC) at Sanders Apple Orchard farm in Three Bridges on 28 and 29 May.
Rounds three and four for the Women’s, 19s and under juniors will be played out along with round two and three for the seniors, which will see them fire back into action since the first weekend of March competition at Rawson.
Leading the way in the Pro/Outright championship is Three Bridges’ champion Daniel ‘Chucky’ Sanders, who was quite simply in a class of his own at Rawson.
The reigning two times Pro and Outright VORC champion told the Mail that he was pretty confident heading into the next round of the VORC, even though it will be the first race since he hurt his left ankle at the last round of the Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) at Murray Bridge in April.
“I’m looking forward to the next round of the VORC,” said Sanders. “The opening round was great and since then we have enjoyed some good results in the AORC, which gives me a lot of confidence heading into the Three Bridges’ round.”
Sanders also added that it would be good to see some local faces out at Three Bridges to see what he and other riders do.
Sanders isn’t the only one flying the flag for the Yarra Valley region, with 18-year-old young gun Lyndon Snodgrass from Gladysdale in on the action.
Snodgrass finished sixth in the opening round of the VORC.
While rating round one as ‘okay’, he conceded he didn’t get the results that he was after.
In saying that, Snodgrass did have little preparation before the curtain-raiser round, but after a solid few rounds in this year’s AORC series he said that he is feeling good ahead round two and three of the VORC.
“It’s good to have a local race on the calendar, so it should be a great event,” Snodgrass said.
“While round one wasn’t anything to write home about, I’m looking to improve on my sixth position and hopefully score some good championship points to climb up the pecking order in the championship fight. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.”
A gruelling three-hour cross country format will take place on the Saturday, while on Sunday will see riders tackle a Sprint style format race.
Entry to the round is free, with racing igniting into action at 9am on both days at 1020 Little Yarra Road, Three Bridges (between Yarra Junction and Powelltown).
As long as the weather isn’t wet, the round will go ahead.
