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Moodley makes his ambitions clear
The Citizen
|March 07, 2025
MOTO3: SA TEENAGER SUPER-EXCITED TO START HIS NEW JOURNEY WITH BOE MOTORSPORTS TEAM
South African sports fans have gotten used to Binder brothers Brad and Darryn hogging the local headlines in motorcycle racing over the last decade.
But last weekend a new name appeared on the Moto3 time sheets during the Thailand Grand Prix.
Making his debut, 18-year-old Ruché Moodley romped to a sensational 11th place finish at the Buriram International Circuit, a feat he achieved after crashing during practice on Friday and qualifying in a lowly 19th place on the grid.
To put his performance in perspective, it took 2016 Moto3 world champion Brad Binder eight races to score his first points and Moto3 race winner Darryn Binder no less than 25.
Moodley’s relationship with fast bikes started when he was just five years old. The Gqeberha-born teenager, the son of former SA superbike champion Arushen Moodley, started his career in Motocross before moving to the track.
This story is from the March 07, 2025 edition of The Citizen.
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