Team Meikle Racing

🏁 RACE DAY RECAP 🏁

Epic conditions, epic racing… and apparently I’ve decided one class just isn’t enough punishment for myself 😅

Second time double classing and I’m still walking 💪🏼

🔥 Women’s: 2-2-1
Last race I grabbed the holeshot and led from start to finish 🚀 Felt calm on the outside… absolutely not calm on the inside 😆 Annie was glued to me an gaining the whole moto — no room for mistakes!

And the finish line video? Even better.
You can clearly hear Mum screaming like I’d just won a world title 😂💀 Honestly louder than my bike. 10/10 pit crew energy.

💥 Senior B’s: 8-8-7
Then I lined up with the Senior B’s because apparently I enjoy being humbled. Character building stuff. Questioned my fitness. Questioned my sanity. Would do it again.

Massive thanks to Southern Dirt Bike Riders for an awesome event 👏🏼 Such a shame the weather canned day two — but that’s NZ racing!

Huge love to my sponsors for backing the chaos ❤️

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What an unforgettable Burt Munro experience 2026 🏁🔥
So incredibly proud of these two.

UP 250cc:
• Hunter – 5th equal NZ
• Paige – 8th NZ

1 Mile Dash:
• Hunter – 14th
• Paige – 15th

Hats off to Johnny Racz for winning the 50mile, you’re amazing to watch!!

A massive achievement for Hunter, completing his first ever 50-mile race and finishing a solid 15th 💪👏
Absolutely stoked with his efforts , pretty sure he was the first 250cc — a well-deserved trip to McDonald’s to celebrate 🍔😄

Paige was unfortunately taken out in the first 1-mile dash, through no fault of her own. She did start the 50-mile, but you could tell she just wasn’t right. With her health coming first, we made the tough call to pull her out on lap 5. She was gutted and wanted to keep going but dad said no— but that’s racing.

Tough lessons, huge heart, and plenty of motivation moving forward.
Bring on next year 💥🏍️

Big thanks to all that came to support the kids and help out!ih

Round 2 of the XC Nationals done and dusted 💥 14 girls entered!!

Practice was unreal — bike felt mint and confidence was high… Awsome Start…. Then heading into lap 2, just after getting up the step hill, my handlebars chose VIOLENCE. Mounts snapped. Bars exited the chat. Race plans instantly in shambles.

Massive shoutout to Ben and Tim who full-sprinted over and up the hill to rescue me (and what little dignity I had left) — absolute legends 👊

Somehow made it back to the pits where peak Kiwi engineering was deployed — cable ties and duct tape. Huge thanks to Caleb Holmes and the random pit heroes who jumped in to help — forever grateful 🙌

Bars were technically attached, so I went back out anyway and still matched my last lap time to my first.

Mum told me to “just ride and finish”… Which is cute advice from someone who then fell into a creek while trying to come check I was ok because it “looked like grass” 💀🌱💦

First time racing without Dad with me… really felt that one ❤️

Huge thanks Palmerston North and Rewa — what an experience!! Massive thanks to my sponsors, Mum and Dad and camp dad Tim, forever greatful❤️

Didn’t go to plan, but that’s cross country racing. Already fizzed for Rounds 3 & 4 in Nelson in March 👊

Now heading home to hopefully get these handlebars sorted before the Burt Munro 50 Mile & NZ Beach Race Champs on Friday… because clearly chaos is a lifestyle choice 😂🏁