The smart money will possibly be on Bay of Plenty duo Ethan Harris and Wil Yeoman at round two of the Dirt Guide Cross-country Series near Tokoroa this Sunday.
The two riders were the day's main winners at round one of the series last month, Rotorua Yamaha man Harris taking a borrowed bike to win the two-hour senior race and Taupō's Yeoman taking his Yamaha YZ125 to win the 90-minute junior race that was held earlier in the day.
It's the second of three rounds of the popular competition this weekend, set for the same Ohakuri venue, in forests about halfway between Taupō and Tokoroa, and it is guaranteed to be another thriller.
More than 100 riders lined up for the senior race at round one and, just as race organiser Sean Clarke had predicted during the earlier riders' briefing, someone was going to win who had not won a big race before.
Harris took the win by nearly two minutes from Cambridge Yamaha rider Ashton Grey.