Round 1 Recap

Extreme weather conditions make for the toughest, most brutal first round to date.

With over 130mm of rain falling on theAppin circuit, riders and teams alike,were tested to new limits, the weathercalling the event short with riders comingtogether in the decision to only race onemoto.

Todd Waters Charging through the mud.

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THOR MX1

In light of the treacherous, gruelling conditions we saw the likes of THOR MX1 winner Todd Waters, the only man on track to be jumping several jumps, and working his way from a first turn crash all the way through the pack to take a first place finish.

CURRENT STANDINGS

1: 47 Todd Waters 35

2: 45 Hayden Mellross -3

3: 5 Kirk Gibbs -5

4: 24 Brett Metcalfe -7

5: 14 Jesse Dobson -9

6: 58 Justin Rodbell -10

7: 188 Tomas Ravenhorst -11

8: 4 Luke Clout -12

9: 48 Joben Baldwin -13

10: 33 Cody Dyce -14

Jy Roberts navigating the tough conditions

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PIRELLI MX2

Hard charger and consistence Jy Roberts who was fastest qualifier and fastest man on track in the Raceline MX2 class taking out the win.

CURRENT STANDINGS

1: 100 Jy Roberts 35

2: 6 Jay Wilson -3

3: 1 Wilson Todd -5

4: 149 Issac Ferguson -7

5: 27 Riley Dukes -9

6: 199 Nathan Crawford -10

7: 17 Cooper Pozniak -11

8: 64 Dylan Wills -12

9: 302 Wyatt Chase -13

10: 18 Aaron Tanti -14

MOTUL MXD

New Zealander Maximus Purvis, proved he is a dominate force in the mud after a solid performance walking away from round 1 with the red plate in the Pirelli MXD Class.

CURRENT STANDINGS

1 145 Maximus Purvis 35

2: 22 Rhys Budd -3

3: 73 Micheal Murphy -5

4: 64 Hugh Roache -7

5: 84 Caleb Clifton -9

6: 121 Liam Walsh -10

7: 72 Regan Duffy -11

8: 754 Jayce Cosford -12

9: 224 Dale Lyons -13

10: 111 Liam Andrews -14

Series promoter Kevin Williams explained the decision to only do one moto.

“With the extreme conditions presented to us through out the day, the schedule was changed several times to try and accommodate.

Before I personally went around the pits and spoke to riders and teams, and the decision was made that after each class doing one moto and getting some championship points the day would be called off. It is never a situation you can plan for however in light of the decision we still saw some amazing talent bought to the surface” Finished Williams