Betriu and Salavedra win the 3 Hours of MX Endurance at Ponts

Yesterday the “3 Hours of Motocross Endurance of Ponts” took place, so the Catalan track was the stage for this interesting race, which now counts 32 editions including this year’s, undoubtedly a great day for motocross fans.

On this occasion the winners of the event were Jaume Betriu and Gerard Salavedra, members of the team led by Eric Augé and riding KTM, after 85 laps of the Catalan circuit, which is about 1800 meters long, a complicated race but with a great tradition at the El Bosquet circuit, which this edition had 53 registered teams. With this race the activities of Moto Club Segre for 2012 begin, and it is also the opening round of the Catalan dirt endurance championship.

The race was a marvel, a head-to-head battle between two very strong pairs, Betriu-Salavedra and Martínez-Arcarons. The quartet kept changing positions, with plenty of fierce competition, but bad luck struck when Arcarons, pushing hard to close in on the leaders, landed a jump on top of a slower rider, causing a very spectacular crash that forced him to retire, leaving Martínez to continue alone.

Now facing only one rival, Betriu-Salavedra had it much easier, and they gradually extended their lead over the rest of the field, leaving the runners-up, Díaz-Brucart, well behind. They too were unfortunately involved in a crash, in which Brucart found himself in a situation similar to Arcarons, but he was able to continue racing despite the fall.

With this setback for Díaz-Brucart, the situation changed and the Font-Vall team moved into second place, but the final stretch brought surprises and comebacks: on one hand Betriu-Salavedra stayed in the lead without problems, while Díaz-Brucart managed to recover second place, and Martínez, alone after Arcarons’ crash, moved into third. These positions remained the same until the end of the three hours.

In the RS1 Senior class Subirats-García won; in the Master category, Redon-Vilar; in the RS2 Junior, Sans-Ferrer; in the RS2 Senior, Fornell-Alsina; while the RT1 class went to Jordi Pedro.

The cold and humid early-morning conditions, dropping to -2ºC at 9 in the morning, gradually changed during the morning as the sun came out, and the prize-giving took place in a much more pleasant temperature, though still cool, under brilliant sunshine.

Source | MotoClub Segre