Bay of Plenty's Darren Capill may have picked up another national motorcross title but it counts for nothing as the motocross rider looks to repeat his winning form this Labour Weekend.

The Whakatane rider pocketed another national motocross title at the weekend, but it was far from plain sailing for the 47-year-old.

Whakatane's Darren Capill (Yamaha YZ450F), on his way to winning the 45-49 years' over-300cc class crown at the weekend. Photo: Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com.

He dominated his class at the first of two days of the Mach 1 Yamaha-sponsored 2015 New Zealand Veterans' and Women's Motocross Championships in Taranaki, winning all three races in his 45-49 years' over-300cc class.

But rain and wind arrived overnight to render the track treacherous and this ensured racing on day two more of a lottery for the Yamaha ace.

"I had three good wins in the dry on Saturday, but I struggled on Sunday," Darren explains.

He took his Yamaha YZ450F to finish third and fourth in the two remaining races on Sunday, and "that was enough to get the job done".

Runner-up to Darren in the class was Blenheim's Steve Lange – who finished 3-3-3-2-2 in the five races – with Taranaki's Greg Ngeru rounding out the podium.

"I tried hard to win every race, but it simply didn't work out," says Darren.

"I decided not to go for broke, but to use some common sense and just get the points I needed.

"The last time I raced at the veterans' nationals was in Fielding back in 2011 and I won two titles that year. I've had a change in jobs so it hasn't been possible for me to race this event for the past couple of seasons, so it was great to come here and catch up with old friends.

"It's great to ride on a natural terrain track. This is what I grew up on."

The next big event for Darren is to contest the 30th annual MX Fest at Taupo this coming labour Weekend.

He says he is looking forward to the event but not taking his form from last weekend for granted.

"I've raced at every single one of those events, all 30 of them, and I'm the only rider who has done that. Depending on how I feel fitness-wise, I may race the MX3 support class as well as the veterans' class at Taupo."