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Inter Series 2008

Bernd Kroemer takes a look at some of the teams that will participate in this year’s Inter Series Motocross Challenge at the Gallina Race Track on November 5 and 12. In this article he brings a preview of the Angolan team.



For the past eight years Angolan star Ze Commando, some call him Jose Carlos Westwood Teixeira, is participating in the annual Namibian Inter-Series.

Ze Comando was born on 19th August 1966 in Benguela. After his parents moved to Portugal, he was introduced to mx-racing aboard a Casal-Boss 50cc. After returning to Angola he tried his luck in a few RAIDS (Offroad Racing) earning him some fine results.

Afterwards Ze decided to race MX and he won the Benguela MX-Championship four times in a row. Even in far away Angola people were talking about the Namibian Inter-Series and in 2000 Ze took part in this prestigious event for the first time … and he got hooked. Year after year he travelled to Namibia and his best achievement came in 2003 when he finished as runner up in the Clubmen’s Class.

After this excellent feat Ze was invited to race the 2004 National-Championship in Namibia. Ze accepted this invitation and with the help of Messrs Porto do Lobito, Ze flew to each and every race in Namibia and won the Masters-Class with maximum points.

The following year he repeated this feat, but now the regulations forced him to move up in 2006 to the protagonists of the sport, to the Open-Class category. Despite mixed results he still managed to finish in third place overall. That was absolutely a major achievement at his age of 40 years.

In 2008 Ze chose to compete in the Clubmen’s Class which he is currently leading by 12 points, with two rounds to go.

This year Ze is geared to show a good result again aboard his Honda CRF 450R. He is also the captain of ALVA Fishing Angola Team.

Jose will be accompanied by Angolan mx-legend Narciso Jose who is currently winning most events in his native country and is riding for the Yamaha-Team in Angola. Narciso competed in the Inter Series for the first time on 2006, finishing 14th overall – no small feat in this highly competitive class.

For the second time in the 12-year-old history of the Namibian Inter-Series there comes a participant in the Quad-A-Class from Angola, his name is Fabio Ferreira. Fabio was born on October 3, 1988 in Luanda. After some fine results achieved during 2006 he became the number one rider in Team Maianga, sponsored by Fazenda Perola Do Kikuxi (Helder Santos).

Fabio won the 2007 Quad Championship in Angola and is also leading in the 2008 Championship. At the 2007 Namibian Inter-Series Fabio could unfortunately not show his full potential due to technical problems. This year he is racing a Honda TRX 450R and will do his utmost to demonstrate his skills. The Angolans have received major sponsorships from Messrs Porto do Lobito, E.L. Sea Products, ALVA Fishing Company as well as Muxima Bed & Breakfast.