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RACE REPORT

 

Event: Australian Motocross Nationals Round 6

Location: Wodonga, Vic

Conditions: Rough, Cold

 

Riders:

Daniel McCoy #65

Danny Anderson #104

Beau Ralston #175

Josh Cachia #10

Luke Bond #65

 

Qualifying – Under 19’s                     Overall for the day

Riders	Results
Josh	1st
Luke	16th

Rider	Results
Josh Cachia	2nd
Luke Bond	21st

 

 

 

 

 

Two 20 Minute Moto’s + 1 Lap, One 15 Minute moto + 1 Lap 

 

Race	Rider	Result
Race 1	Bond	18th
Race 2	Bond	22nd
Race 3	Bond	19th

Race	Rider	Result
Race 1	Cachia	1st
Race 2	Cachia	3rd
Race 3	Cachia	5th

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  Championship Standings                             Qualifying – Pro Open

Rider	Results
Josh Cachia	1st
Luke Bond	21st

Rider	Result
McCoy	10th
Digs	19th
Ralston	13th

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two 20 minute moto’s + 1 lap, one 15 minute moto + 1 lap

Race	Rider	Result
Race 1	Digs	19th
Race 2	Digs	18th
Race 3	Digs	16th

Race	Rider	Result
Race 1	McCoy	6th
Race 2	McCoy	8th
Race 3	McCoy	10th

 

 

 

  

 

 

Race	Rider	Result
Race 1	Ralston	7th
Race 2	Ralston	14th
Race 3	Ralston	11th

        

 

 

 

 

 

  

Championship Standings                                                                      Overall for the day

Rider	Result
McCoy	8th
Ralston	10th
Digs	21st

Rider	Result
McCoy	7th
Ralston	12th
Digs	17th

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coastal KTM Has A Commendable Day At Round 6 Of The Mx Nationals

 

The MxRad Motorex Coastal KTM Team had a creditable day at round 6 of the Mx Nationals which was held at Wodonga over the weekend.

 

The team arrived In Wodonga on the Saturday with the rain clouds not far behind us. The track looked Muddy with the pits being just as bad and the temperature well below 10 degrees. The Club decided not to prep the track until early Sunday morning to make sure we had the best track to ride on. The Sunday turned out to be a sunny day and turned into perfect racing conditions. 

 

 Championship leader Josh Cachia is still focused on winning. After taking 1^st overall in qualifying and the 1^st moto win Josh looked to be in for another good day but suffered with bad starts for the rest of the moto’s.

 

“I definitely wanted to do better out there today,” Cachia said.

“I can’t hold my head too low today, Ross has still got a long way to go – I’ve still got a lot of points between us so if I stay this consistent I can’t be beaten in the Championship.

 

“I’m doing what I want to do which is winning – and second just doesn’t satisfy me anymore! It’s tough: I’ve come second and I feel like I’m not even in the top ten, so I won’t be satisfied unless I get that number one – so I’ll definitely come out fighting at the next round,” Cachia concluded.

 

Josh still maintains a 26 point lead over Yamaha’s Ross Beaton and plans to extend that gap at the next round in Moree

 

Luke Bond had a day he would rather forget. Luke struggled with starting on the slick concrete surface all day and that made it extremely difficult to come through the pack.

 

“I wasn’t too happy with my results today. The track was pretty one lined and hard to pass on. I struggled with getting off the line on the concrete starts and by the time I got going I was pretty far back.

I managed to go through a lot of riders but could only make it to mid pack and by than I had run out of time. The next round is at Moree and I really enjoy that track. Hopefully I will be able to get some good starts and show everybody how good I can go”.

 

In the Pro Open class the boys came away with a mixed bag of results.

Danny Anderson came away with a 17^th overall position for the day on his KTM450SXF.

 

Danny like Luke struggled with the concrete starts all day and was nearly last into the 1^st corner in every race, but Digs put his head down and rode hard to make it through to mid pack every race.

 

“I had bad starts in all 3 races but never gave up”.

“I came from around 30^th off the start and finished inside the top 20 each race”. “I felt I rode good and kept pushing my limits but you can’t do much when you’re out the back off the start. All in all I had a good fun day” Digs concluded

 

Danny Currently sits in 21^st position in the Pro Open championship and hopes to move well into the top 15 with the final 3 rounds remaining.

 

Daniel McCoy got the weekend off to a good start qualifying in 10^th position but Daniel wasn’t happy with that.

 

Daniel went on to finish top 10 in every race giving him a 7^th overall for the day.

 

Daniel commented on the day by saying “I had a lot of fun today. I got some good results and got pretty good starts. The last race was a bit of a bummer, one of my fork seals gave way and made it super soft but I rode it out and finished 10^th. I ended up 7^th overall but I know I can do better”.

 

Daniel is currently sitting in 8^th position overall in the championship and is looking forward to getting a new 2011 KTM 350SXF for the next round.

 

Beau Ralston came into this round feeling very confident and hoping to gain some ground after a mechanical DNF in the final moto at Raymond Terrace just weeks beforehand.

 

Qualifying didn’t go exactly as he planned after struggling with freezing hands and feet from the cold Wodonga climate he ended up in 13^th position overall.

 

“Today was a good day. I got some good starts and some good moto finishes.

In the 1^st moto I was battling with my fellow team mate Daniel McCoy which was good fun but he held me out over the finish line. In the 2^nd moto I just couldn’t get in the groove and ended up dropping a few places and finished 14^th.

 The last one I just rode my own race and gained some solid ground but faded on the last few laps putting me in 11^th position. I got 12^th overall for the day which was a bit disappointing but I will have it sorted for the next round in Moree and hope to be back inside the top 10 again”.

 

Beau is consistently showing he has the speed to run with the big boys and will be a big threat in the near future.

 

Overall the boys had a good day. They will be training hard for the next round which will be held at Moree, NSW on the 18^th of July in 3 weeks time. The team would like to thank Coastal KTM, MxRad, Motorex, Thor, Tubby Graphic’s ,High Roller Energy, Pirelli, KTM, RHK, Talon, Alpinestars and Loose Kid Industries because without their help it wouldn’t be possible.

 

Many thanks

 

P.Bond & the team at Coastal KTM

Race Team Manager

 

-HR Crew.

 

COUNTDOWN TO NSW MX FINALE BEGINS

 

 

Round three of the series is shaping-up as a record breaking event, with tons of riders pouring in from across the country for what is to be one of the last open events before the track hosts the 2010 Australian Junior Motocross Championships in September.

Whilst entries have already closed, there are still sports available for those interested in submitting a late entry. All classes, with the exception of the 9-U12 Years 65cc and the 13-U15 Years 100-150cc Classes, have spots left on the grid for the epic showdown at Lakes. So if you didn’t get your entry in on time, but still wish to enter, there’s still time to get it in and be a part of weekend full of action, fun and excitement.

Many of the classes across junior and senior have battles on the boil that will go right down to the wire at Lakes and won’t be won until the final race of the 2010 Championship. This, coinciding with the atmosphere, gives spectators even more reason to make their way to the Lake Macquarie track for the three-days of action – all for just a gold coin donation.

To be a part of the action, Lake Macquarie Motorcycle Club is located on Cessnock Rd, Ryhope – just off the F3 Freeway, Toronto exit.

Round three at Lakes will also double as an official Cancer Council Call To Arms event, in which riders will be asked to wear a supplied yellow armband during racing, to raise awareness of men’s cancer across Australia.
Motorcycling NSW is a proud to support the Cancer Council and Call To Arms in 2010.

 

 

To obtain an entry form or for more information about the 2010 The Helmet Warehouse NSW MX Championships, powered by High Roller Energy, log on to www.motorcycling.com.au and follow the links.

To find out more about the Cancer Council and the Call To Arms idea, log onto www.cancercouncil.com.au or www.calltoarms.com.au

 

-HR Crew.

 

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Bopping extends championship lead in Port Macquarie

 
 Motul Rockstar Suzuki’s Lawson Bopping has once again proven he is the man to beat, clean-sweeping the Pro Open class at round two of the 2010 The Helmet Warehouse NSW Motocross Championships, extending his series lead.

 

Much in the same fashion as round one in Wollongong, riders prepared for the worst on Monday morning, as the heavens opened and drenched the Hastings Valley track the night before. However, it wasn’t long before the sun was out, the track dried up and racing hit full swing.

As with the previous two-days of junior competition, the Hastings Valley Motorcycle Club yet again turned on a great weekend and made such a big weekend of racing look smooth and easy. The big crowd on hand were well looked after with the clubs facilities, whilst being treated to a day of racing they’ll probably not forget in a hurry.

Reigning MX Nationals Pro Open Champion, Jay Marmont looked strong in practice on his CDR Rockstar Yamaha, but when race one rolled around, it was Suzuki rider Keiron Hall who got the jump, but he was soon rounded up by Bopping and Marmont. Hall sat back by race end to take a comfortable third place, as Bopping and Marmont checked out. However, when the flag fell it was bopping in 1st place with Marmont looking for an answer in race two. 

Race two and it was all Bopping from the outset, running away early. Marmont had a slip-up and dropped down the order, but spent all of his remaining laps chasing down the Motul Rockstar Suzuki rider. It came down to a hard fought battle on the last lap, but Bopping held off the Australia Champ to take the round. Privateer Tom Leach proved that consistency and hard work pays off, running up-front during both races and ended the round in third overal

Bopping was finished there though. In Port Macquarie Bopping again rode the Pro Lites class as well, but this time, he had more than one big name breathing down his throat.
Race one saw a battle between Kawasaki rider Luke George, Yamaha’s Luke Styke, JDR Motorex KTM’s Ryan Marmont and Bopping. Series leader Michael Addison had plenty of speed, setting the fastest lap times during practice and both races. However, the Team Axis Motorsports rider  found himself down the order from the start and had to work his way through the pack, en-route to fifth place.

The battle of the front-four was electric and had the big crowd on their feet. Banging ‘bars and swapping positions, the battle for the win went down to the last lap, when then leader Luke George cross-rutted and opened a small door – a door that Styke lined and shot through to take race one.
Race two saw Styke out front once again and found himself on the receiving end of a big chase, this time by Pro Open Series leader, Bopping. The pair ran away from the field and battled to the death, with Styke proving to strong in his first appearance of the 2010 series. Bopping finished second with Addison recovering to grab a third.
Overall, Styke took home the win, followed by Bopping in second. Luke George rounded out the podium.

As always, MNSW would also like to thank all of our series partners and sponsors, The Helmet Warehouse, High Roller Energy, Compex Australia, Pro Alloy Trailers, DJO Motorsports Australia and Cycletorque Magazine for their continued support.

Round Three of the 2010 The Helmet Warehouse NSW Motocross Championships, powered by High Roller Energy will take place at Lake Macquarie on July 11 and will play host as an Official Cancer Council Call To Arms event - raising awareness for mens cancer across Australia.

For travel and accommodation information about the Lake Macquarie area, log onto www.lakemacquarie.com.au�
For more information about the 2010 The Helmet Warehouse NSW Motocross Championships or to obtain an entry form, log on to www.motorcycling.com.au

 

-HR Crew.

 

HIGH ROLLER RAIL JAM

Saturday 26th June

Perisher.

 

-HR Crew.

 

SHOUT OUT TO ALL PUNK ROCK SINGERS!!!

On the Saturday 26th June 3CS & Nitro will be putting on the official “High Roller Energy Rail Jam” after party at the Banjo Hotel, Jindabyne.

“GET PUNKED” will be a night of old school punk music & old school punk snowboard movies, supported by “OLD MUSIC FOR OLD PEOPLE”.

About the band -
OLD MUSIC FOR OLD PEOPLE are a punk rock covers/karaoke SUPERGROUP
comprised of punk rock celebrities from bands such as One Dollar Short,
Something With Numbers, Shortstack and more! Playing all the hits from
the nineties punk explosion, OMFOP are a one stop punk karaoke party.
With hits from NOFX, PENNYWISE, BAD RELIGION, BLINK 182, DESCENDENTS and
heaps, heaps more.

We are putting the shout out to anyone who can belt out a solid punk track to step on up & join the band & re-live the 90’s punk explosion. This is your chance to be the front man with a 400 strong crowd throwing their hands in the air & screaming along with you.

If this sounds like you, all you need to do is email jaye@floodlightdist.com.au for a copy of the bands song list, pick your favourite track & be at the 3CS/Nitro “GET PUNKED” party on the 26th of June.

There are very limited spots, so get onto it ASAP, singing experience is obviously preferred.

 

-HR Crew.