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IN THE WIND P40 JAMIE ASTUDILLO TO RACE IN NEW ZEALAND M otoAmerica Junior Cup racer Jamie Astudillo will head to New Zealand for a variety of racing events next month. Jamie's first event will be the New Zealand Classic Motor- cycle Road Racing 40th Annual Classic Racing Festival on February 2-3 at Pukekohe Park on the North Island outside of Auckland, where she will race a vintage 1980s Ducati 750 F1 Santamonica. From there, Astudillo will represent the Quarterley Racing On Track Development team at Riverside Speedway in Invercargill on the far end of the South Island where the Burt Munro Challenge will take place from February 6-10. Astudillo will compete in a road hill climb, beach race and street race on a KTM 450 SMR, then a road race at the Teretonga Park in Otatara in the iconic event before returning to the U.S. CN Jamie Astudillo will keep sharp with some NZ racing before the new MotoAmerica season begins. BOU WINS IN BUDAPEST R epsol Honda Team ace Toni Bou opened the season in style with a resounding victory in the Laszlo Papp Arena in Bu- dapest, January 19, becoming the 2019 campaign's first overall leader. Bou, who was forced to sit out the Hungarian date at the end of last season due to injured vertebrae, completed his maiden Budapest trial taking top honors. Bou had already marked the difference by the end of the first round, collecting a single penalty mark compared to the six of the nearest second placed adver- sary. In the semi-final, where only the top finisher from each group would make it through to the grand final, Bou again proved unmatchable, notching two solitary marks. The final showdown saw the champ face his tough archrival Adam Raga, with the riders forced to take the same sections but in the reverse direction. Bou started the final losing ground to his opponent before some deft handling eventually moved the Spaniard up into first place. Toni managed to hold on to the lead, in spite of picking up a five in the penultimate hazard, to secure the first victory of the 2019 FIM X-Trial World Championship. "I'm super happy to start off winning," Bou said. "It was amazing to get this victory after the rib injury, which I'm still not recovered from, totally. We must continue working to improve be- cause I believe that I am not yet where I could be. I trained a little this year and I think I'm not at my usual level. There is still quite a way to go and I want to get there as soon as possible. Yes, in 2018 we won, but I suffered a lot because of the injuries. That is why I want to thank Joaquim Ter- ricabras and all his medical team for the help they have given me, especially for the recent treat- ment for the rib injury." CN RESULTS 1. Toni Bou (Mon) 2. Adam Rago (TRRS) 3. Jeroni Fajardo (GG) 4. Jaime Busto (GG) 5. Benoit Bincaz (Bet) Toni Bou won the opening round of the 2019 FIM X-Trial Championship in Budapest, despite not be fully recovered from injuries.