Peick Wins Finnish SX

Our man in Finland, Jani Hovi, gives us the update and some shots from the Finnish SX this past weekend

Peick wins in Finland

Weston Peick made a long trip to Finland, to race Finnish Supercross Championships last race in Tampere. Peick started as a favourite, but did have face factory Suzuki MX2 rider Harri Kullas, who got back to racing after ACL injury.

Friday night final Peick got the lead from the start and never looked back. He won the race by 3 seconds from Kullas. Third was Toni Eriksson, who was Finnish MX1 champion this year and raced in MX1 GP last year for ICE1Racing team, which is owned by Formula 1 champion Kimi Räikkönen.

The sold out crowd saw a great battle at Saturday night final between Kullas and Peick. Kullas lead for seven laps, after Peick got by. Then Peick got in to some difficulties with lappers and lost the lead to Kullas, but got it back next lap. Kullas could´t chalenge Peick anymore and Peick went to win. Kullas was second and Eriksson third.

37 years old Marko Kovalainen was crowned as a Finnish supercross champion. Kovalainen has had a long career and has won German SX championship two times over the years.

HERE’S a link to a video from the race

HERE’S a lnk to a video interview with Pieck after the race

Jani Hovi