Ryno’s Rundown

Ryno’s Rundown, Wakefield Park, 23 – 24 August On the weekend of the 23^rd and 24^th of August I competed in the fourth round of the MRRDA series, held at New South Wales’, Wakefield Park. Going into this meeting, I knew I’d have one hell of a fight on my hands. Fellow competitors Josh Hook and Brody Nowlan are a pair of fly-weights. When you couple this with the fact that they can certainly ride a motorcycle, it was a sure bet there’d be a fair whack of paint-swapping going down over the two days. Saturday’s qualifying was without question, difficult. And I could only manage to slot my Mega Motorcycles Honda CBR150 into position four, with Hook, Jones and Nowlan constituting the front row respectively. A front row berth, however, was not at all disappointing. In fact, I had confidence in my ability to bring home the bacon. Sunday’s racing was awesome. In each of the three races, only about 0.2 of one second separated first place from fourth. Multiple lead changes occurred during each clash, and each leg was truly anyone’s to win. Posting 3-2-2 results for the round gave me my fourth consecutive podium for the season – or at least that’s what I thought! The day’s victor, however, was Josh (Hook), with Brody (Nowlan) achieving an outstanding second. I now know how ‘little Johnny’ feels at the Goulburn Correctional Centre, when ‘big Bubba’ turns the lights out! A point-scoring alteration at presentation ensured I wasn’t part of the podium celebrations. Woody (Paul Edwards) has informed dad that he introduced a new half-point system on the day, which unfortunately slapped me down to fourth. As the saying goes, though, “What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.” With one more round to go – at Phillip Island on September 6 and 7 – this year’s championship is guaranteed to go down to the wire. Charge hard, Ryan “Ryno” Dymond W: www.RyanDymond.com