British Enduro Sprint Championship 2010: Rounds 1 & 2, 27&28/03/2010 

KTM off-road racing’s Daryl Bolter has finished the opening two rounds of the British Enduro Sprint Championship with mixed results. After experiencing mechanical difficulties on day one Daryl  

was forced to retire from the second and third tests which ended his chances of a top ten result. After changing the stator and electrics on his KTM machine over night the same problem reared its ugly head again on the second day before Daryl noticed that after fitting an MX fuel tank his fuel pipe had become kinked. After refitting his original enduro tank he was problem free and brought a real fight to visiting extreme enduro specialist Taddy Blazusiak. After over an hour of racing there was only six seconds separating Taddy (01:08:20.50) and Daryl (01:08:26.17) with Taddy taking second place overall.

Daryl Bolter “Overall the weekend has gone really well, I arrived to find the track pretty water logged but because of the machine problems I had on Saturday morning I missed most of the wet laps and the track had dried out nicely by the time I got back on course. It turns out that I had fitted a motocross fuel tank but with an enduro fuel pipe and it had kinked so the engine was being starved of fuel. Once I’d realised what the problem was and changed back to an enduro tank everything was fine and my machine was perfect. Me and Taddy had a real battle with each other all day which was awesome, to be within a few seconds of a World Champion is unreal and I even went quicker than him on the final few tests. If someone would have told me I would be as quick as Taddy Blazusiak a few months ago I’d never have believed them. The event was superbly organised and I feel I’ve improved my test times no end. The test reminded me of a European round and included everything needed to improve my riding. I’d like to say thank you to all my sponsors and especially Julian Stevens for providing me with a perfect machine!”

Results Elite Class: Round 1: 1: David Knight (KTM); 2: Taddy Blazusiak (KTM); 3: Greg Evans (KTM); 4: Phillip McLaughlin (TM); 5: Simon Wakely (Husqvarna); 12: Daryl Bolter (KTM)

Round 2: 1: David Knight (KTM); 2: Taddy Blazusiak (KTM); 3: Daryl Bolter (KTM); 4: Greg Evans (KTM); 5: Simon Wakely (Husqvarna)