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Marmont only needed to finish in the top 15 in the first moto to take the title and with his 12th place finish he easily brought it home.

Speaking after the moto Marmont said that although he’s wrapped up the Championship, it wasn’t quite the finish he was expecting.

“I’m pumped, but that race didn’t end up how I wanted it too,” Marmont said.

“A guy went down and got stuck under his bike and I was riding the whole moto with the front end of my bike all twisted, and it was the longest 30 minutes of my whole life but I got through it!”

Marmont’s father, Peter, was thrilled with his eldest son’s victory after a nerve wracking race!

“I don’t know if I had any dark hairs left but if I did he just took them all off me after that one!” an emotional Peter said.

CDR Rockstar Yamaha Team Manager Craig Dack had nothing but praise for the young rider who had worked incredibly hard throughout the season.

“We’re really proud at CDR to have helped Jay realise a dream, and that’s to win a national Motocross Championship,” Dack said.

“The preparation started here in October, we were very focused on this Championship and he’s got a great bunch of people around him.

“I’m really happy for him, he’s a great man and he deserves the Championship.”

While Marmont had a less than average performance in the first moto the main battle of the day was between Woodstock Thor Honda Racings Craig Anderson and Shift Motul Suzuki's Daryl Hurley (Suzuki) for second and third.

However a surprise DNF from Anderson in the second moto left it wide open for Hurley to take second and allowing Cheyne Boyd, who ended with the round overall win, to step up into third.

Hurley, who is leaving Championship racing in Australia, was happy with his second place but would have liked to go one better and show the Aussies what he’s made of.

“I always like to win but this year I just didn’t have the time or the focus to win,” Hurley said.

“I think this is the eighth Championship in Australia I’ve finished second in now, but I definitely didn’t have it for Jay this year, he won convincingly.”

When asked about his riding future, the Kiwi said that it all depends on time.

“I’ve got a lot going on next year, and the whole plan was that if I don’t get time to ride anymore this is it, but if I still manage to throw my leg over a bike and ride and feel comfortable enough I wouldn’t mind coming back to see everyone.”

The action started with qualifying as the sun shone on the stunning Coolum circuit and it was Boyd who was fastest ahead of Hurley and Stroke Honda’s Cameron Taylor on the black sand track.

Anticipation was building as the Pro Opens lined up at the gate and all eyes were on Marmont as the first moto got under way, however it was West Australian Motorex KTM rider Michael Addison who found form on the sandy track taking the holeshot yet he soon lost the lead to Victorian rider Cheyne Boyd (Yamaha).

Boyd, who has proved to be a strong sand rider, dominated the first moto, leading every step of the way; the biggest surprise was Marmont crashing in the first lap dropping him back into second last.

Boyd was soon followed by Anderson and Daniel McCoy, as Kiwi Hurley was left battling back in sixth, and Marmont charged his way through the field to 18th place.

Soon McCoy had overtaken Anderson, however there was no catching Boyd who had amassed a huge lead, yet by this stage Marmont had the Championship wrapped up in 13th place.

Hurley had worked his way up to fifth by the time the flag fell, however it was Boyd, McCoy then Anderson with Marmont wrapping up the overall win.

The second moto, while no longer a battle for the Championship, was still fought hard with second and third places still up for grabs.

Once again Addison got the holeshot and was followed out closely by Anderson who soon took the lead.

However within the first lap Anderson had crashed and was unable to finish the rest of the race leaving Boyd out in from once again, followed by McCoy, and Addison.

Three quarters of the passed without a change to the Yamaha one two, with McCoy still riding in third, until the final lap where out of nowhere Honda’s Cameron Taylor overtook McCoy to take third in the moto.

At the flag it was Boyd, Marmont and Taylor with Hurley wrapping up second place in the Championship finishing the moto in eighth.

In the Pro Lites Luke George (Kawasaki) has taken out the 2008 Pro Lites Championship with 4th overall at the final round.

Adding to the Kawasaki haul was Adam Monea, who was in with a shot at the title right up until the final round, who finished second in the Championship with Woodstock Thor Honda Racings Kade Mosig rounding out the top three.

Emotion got the better of not only George but his father Barry George and team manager Brett Whale as he was surrounded by team members and family.

George, who has consistently held the red plates from the very first round, was thrilled with the win event though it came down to the wire in the final moto.

“It’s been overwhelming this year, it’s been phenomenal,” George said.

“I’ve learnt so much at every single round and it’s great to have Adam [Monea] and Kade [Mosig], who are such good riders racing me because it makes me a better rider.

“I can’t give it up enough for the team, they worked so hard and we got what we wanted.

“It’s just awesome!”

KRT Team manager Brett Whale was blown away by the young rider’s performance throughout the Series.

“This is what dreams are made of,” Whale said.

“To see this young boy, 18 years of age, who could be riding in the under 19’s, it’s just unreal.

“This kid’s the real deal and he’s going to go all the way!”

George’s father, Barry, was speechless and so proud of his son.

“I’m so drained, but the kid deserves it,” Barry George said with a tear in his eye.

“He’s such a great kid and I’m so proud to be his father he’s just a true Champion.”

The excitement began with qualifying with Mosig setting the fastest lap time followed by Ford Dale (Yamaha) and Matt Moss on Suzuki.

In the first moto, George took the holeshot but was soon overtaken by Moss and Monea with the Series leader locked in a battle with his Kawasaki compatriot for critical Championship points.

Moss dominated the moto and Honda’s Dean Ferris had a stellar ride on the sandy track however disaster struck for Kawasaki rider Cody Mackie, who only recently returned from injury.

Unfortunately for Mackie he put the bike down in the ninth lap and had to be taken from the track with a suspected broken femur, the same leg that kept him from the majority of the season.

At the flag, however it was Moss by 15 seconds followed by Ferris and Dale in second and third respectively with George in fifth and Monea in seventh.

The second moto the holeshot was even between George and Ryan Marmont (KTM) with the latter breaking ahead.

By the sixth lap Dale had taken the lead, with Mosig in second and George in third with Ferris leaving tyre marks on his back.

In one of the most exciting finishes of the day Dale and Mosig left everyone on the edge of their seats as they crossed the line in a photo finish.

And it was Dale by a stunning .03 of a second, with Moss crossing the line in third.

George who finished in fifth had amassed enough points to take the Championship ahead of Monea.

Tye Simmonds (KTM) took out the Under 19’s Championship.

The New South Welshman held off a last ditch effort from Suzuki’s Lawson Bopping who finished in second overall with Yamaha’s Matt Ryan rounding out the top three.

Simmonds said of his win that it had been a very long and very tough Championship.

“Congratulations to all the other guys that rode today and throughout the Championship,” Simmonds said.

“The competition has just been awesome this year.

“I was nervous out there, that was the longest race I’ve done in my whole life!”

KTM Team Manager Ross McWatters said that while it hadn’t been a smooth easy Series for Simmonds he managed to pull it together at the right moment.

“We’ve really been investing in young riders over the last couple of years,” McWatters said.

“We’ve got a really strong young team and Tye was amazing at some rounds and while he struggled at others he got the job done.”

As qualifying got under way it became apparent that the sandy track was going to sort the men from the boys, with Simmonds qualifying fastest, followed by Luke Styke (Yamaha) and Josh Cachia (Honda).

In the first Under 19’s moto it was Series leader Simmonds who took the holeshot followed closely by Yamaha’s Luke Styke and Lawson Bopping (Suzuki).

By the fifth lap Bopping had passed Styke and was moving in on Simmonds and the black sand track became rougher.

Coming into the seventh lap, Bopping had taken the lead with Simmonds right on his tail, and a battle between Styke and Ross Beaton (Yamaha) ended with Styke putting the bike down.

In the last lap, however, Bopping crashed allowing Simmonds to take the lead back and Beaton to slip into second place after returning to the series following injury.

At the chequered flag it was Simmonds, followed by Beaton in second with Shaun Williamson (Yamaha) rounding out the top three.

The second moto got off to a flying start with young Honda rider Josh Cachia taking the holeshot and the lead; however by lap four he had fallen back into second place behind Bopping.

Meanwhile, Beaton, who has struggled to find form throughout the season made his way up to third, with Series leader Simmonds sitting comfortably in sixth.

Bopping held onto the lead when the flag fell and was followed by Cachia and Beaton who came in second and third respectively.

His win in the second moto earned Bopping the round win, however it wasn’t enough to keep Simmonds from the top step of the podium and taking the Championship win 11 points clear of the Suzuki rider.

Despite finishing fifth overall on the day, Yamaha’s Matt Ryan managed to hang onto third in the Championship.

“This was my last Under 19s Championship, I’m now stepping up into the Pro Lites class, where I’m really looking forward to some serious competition. My debut ride in Pro Lites racing will be at the new Super X Championship starting in Perth.” Simmonds said.

2008 Rockstar MX Nationals - Round 9- Coolum, QLD Rockstar Pro Open
Pos	No	Rider	Moto1	Moto2	Points
1	4	Cheyne Boyd	25	25	50
2	65	Daniel McCoy	22	18	40
3	111	Cameron Taylor	14	20	34
4	35	Michael Addison	18	15	33
5	2	Jay Marmont	9	22	31
6	47	Todd Waters	13	16	29
7	6	Daryl Hurley	16	13	29
8	44	Luke Burkhart	15	11	26
9	622	Mitchell Hoad	11	14	25
10	30	Dean Porter	12	10	22
11	100	Craig Anderson	20	0	20
12	101	Brent Lamdman	5	12	17
13	287	Toby Price	8	9	17
14	71	Peter Broxholme	10	7	17
15	51	Riley Graham	6	8	14
16	80	Beau Ralston	7	4	11
17	00	Nathan Crawford	4	6	10
18	25	Kyle DiCecco	0	5	5
19	968	Daniel Ham	2	2	4
20	67	Nick Muray	3	1	4
21	12	Nathan Brochtrup	0	3	3
22	10	Barry Surawski	1	0	1
23	75	Stephen Smith	0	0	0
24	68	Elmsly Eshman-Myhill	0	0	0
25	110	Jacob Dank	0	0	0
26	069	Aaron Rhodes	0	0	0
27	38	Tim Vare	0	0	0
28	37	Callam Verrecchia	0	0	0
29	81	Tom Jones	0	0	0
30	318	Simon Thompson	0	0	0
31	105	Marty Wilkinson	0	0	0
32	17	Lee Ellis	0	0	0
33	57	Aden Brown	0	0	0
34	21	Justin Carafa	0	0	0
35	909	Nick Saunders	0	0	0

2008 Rockstar MX Nationals - Round 9- Coolum, QLD Leatt Brace Pro Lites
Pos	No	Rider	Moto1	Moto2	Points
1	41	Ford Dale	20	25	45
2	102	Matt Moss	25	20	45
3	118	Kade Mosig	13	22	35
4	101	Luke George	18	16	34
5	906	Adam Monea	14	18	32
6	111	Dean Ferris	22	9	31
7	13	Ryan Marmont	15	15	30
8	15	Lewis Woods	11	14	25
9	T	Takeshi Katsuya	12	12	24
10	899	Brock Winston	9	13	22
11	4	Danny Anderson	10	11	21
12	409	Josh Ross	8	10	18
13	56	Kirk Gibbs	16	0	16
14	71	Rickie Girdwood	6	7	13
15	94	Paul Humberston	4	8	12
16	29	Joshua Kilvington	7	5	12
17	39	Taylor Potter	3	6	9
18	55	Matt Haskins	1	4	5
19	44	Ben Leech	5	0	5
20	D	Hamish Dobbyn	0	3	3
21	66	Josh Spanos	0	2	2
22	36	Tom Ovens	2	0	2
23	49	Wade Thompson	0	1	1
24	12	Shane Murray	0	0	0
25	31	Ryan Grayling	0	0	0
26	90	Dean Hibberd	0	0	0
27	896	Lachlan Paulger	0	0	0
28	48	Joel Bellchambers	0	0	0
29	E22	Richard Egerton	0	0	0
30	989	Cody Mackie	0	0	0
31	541	Callan Gear	0	0	0
32	124	Daniel McInnes	0	0	0

2008 Rockstar MX Nationals - Round 9- Coolum, QLD Yamaha Under 19's
Pos	No	Rider	Moto1	Moto2	Points
1	338	Lawson Bopping	18	25	43
2	43	Ross Beaton	22	20	42
3	42	Tye Simmonds	25	15	40
4	80	Josh Cachia	16	22	38
5	53	Matt Ryan	14	18	32
6	907	Jake Pengelly	12	16	28
7	23	Shaun Williamson	20	7	27
8	74	Jarryd McNeil	11	13	24
9	682	Brendan Duck	10	10	20
10	27	Kieron Hall	13	6	19
11	741	Matt Hunt	9	8	17
12	5	Joey Ringwood	15	2	17
13	65	Brenton Keep	7	9	16
14	26	Luke Styke	0	14	14
15	25	Matt VanSlooten	0	12	12
16	M	Michael Menchi	0	11	11
17	433	Dwayne Stadthaus	8	0	8
18	59	Tyson Hauser	2	5	7
19	D9	Beau Dargel	6	0	6
20	122	Alex Morris	5	0	5
21	066	Sam Southey	0	4	4
22	79	Matthew Mullarvey	4	0	4
23	J63	Joshua Marks	0	3	3
24	059	Joel Rizzo	3	0	3
25	151	Nicholas Sutherland	0	1	1
26	113	Luke Wilson	1	0	1
27	60	Kieran Tisdale	0	0	0
28	H32	Harley Pezzutti	0	0	0
29	20	Baylee Davies	0	0	0
30	872	Dale Reid	0	0	0
31	572	Joshua Santarossa	0	0	0
32	50	Jades Oats	0	0	0
33	142	Austin Gill	0	0	0
34	L	Kieran Leigh	0	0	0

2008 Rockstar MX Nationals RockStar Pro Open Standings After - Round 9 (Final)
Pos	No	Rider	Points
1	2	Jay Marmont	369
2	6	Daryl Hurley	329
3	4	Cheyne Boyd	323
4	100	Craig Anderson	306
5	111	Cameron Taylor	248
6	65	Daniel McCoy	247
7	35	Michael Addison	240
8	44	Luke Burkhart	201
9	622	Mitchell Hoad	165
10	30	Dean Porter	159
11	287	Toby Price	153
12	12	Nathan Brochtrup	139
13	00	Nathan Crawford	126
14	17	Lee Ellis	124
15	909	Nick Saunders	92
16	81	Tom Jones	85
17	71	Peter Broxholme	80
18	51	Riley Graham	77
19	101	Brent Lamdman	68
20	80	Beau Ralston	64
21	968	Daniel Ham	50
22	25	Kyle DiCecco	49
23	905	Troy Carroll	43
24	58	Aden DeJager	38
25	47	Jason Hackett	29
26	200	Nick Geck	24
27	67	Nick Muray	22
28	42	Tye Simmonds	18
29	31	Ben Hothersall	15
30	158	Gianni Dalle-Molle	14
31	318	Simon Thompson	14
32	245	Kym Wright	14
33	38	Tim Vare	10
34	27	Peter Boyle	9
35	61	Kody Wheeler	9
36	123	Daniel Dorron	7
37	23	Kane Scanlan	7
38	386	Kyle Nagle	3
39	43	Chase Mosig	3
40	14	James Craig	2
41	53	Oliver Smith	1
42	37	Callam Verrecchia	1
43	10	Barry Surawski	1

2008 Rockstar MX Nationals Leatt Brace Pro Lites Standings After - Round 9 (Final)
Pos	No	Rider	Points
1	101	Luke George	345
2	906	Adam Monea	336
3	118	Kade Mosig	334
4	111	Dean Ferris	242
5	13	Ryan Marmont	238
6	56	Kirk Gibbs	199
7	4	Danny Anderson	194
8	15	Lewis Woods	190
9	102	Matt Moss	177
10	47	Todd Waters	168
11	11	Lewis Stewart	150
12	41	Ford Dale	139
13	K	Damien King	108
14	T	Takeshi Katfuya	100
15	19	Louis Calvin	98
16	71	Rickie Girdwood	77
17	409	Josh Ross	73
18	29	Joshua Kilvington	64
19	899	Brock Winston	58
20	55	Matt Haskins	53
21	808	Jayden Jessup	46
22	36	Tom Ovens	46
23	94	Paul Humberston	42
24	39	Taylor Potter	42
25	53	Matt Ryan	39
26	51	Robbie Marshall	37
27	65	Kurt Chalker	33
28	80	Josh Cachia	31
29	989	Cody Mackie	26
30	338	Lawson Bopping	25
31	34	Ben Iles	25
32	76	Adam Cini	24
33	38	Daniel Kreppold	21
34	23	Jake Anortovic	18
35	37	Luke Nixon	17
36	115	Graham Bell	17
37	49	Wade Thompson	17
38	16	Scott Jackson	16
39	50	Brad Matheson	15
40	44	Ben Leech	13
41	907	Jake Pengelly	13
42	26	Russell Scoble	12
43	D	Hamish Dobbyn	11
44	31	Ryan Grayling	11
45	27	Matt Hair	10
46	90	Dean Hibberd	7
47	261	Tyrone Balllentyne	5
48	66	Josh Spanos	5
49	48	Tim Farrell	5
50	95	Beau Wignall	3
51	60	Kieran Tisdale	2

2008 Rockstar MX Nationals Yamaha Under 19's Standings After - Round 6 (Finl)
Pos	No	Rider	Points
1	42	Tye Simmonds	230
2	338	Lawson Bopping	219
3	53	Matt Ryan	213
4	23	Shaun Williamson	178
5	80	Josh Cachia	174
6	26	Luke Styke	168
7	M	Michael Menchi	153
8	43	Ross Beaton	152
9	741	Matt Hunt	123
10	27	Kieron Hall	121
11	65	Brenton Keep	118
12	907	Jake Pengelly	85
13	25	Matt VanSlooten	82
14	74	Jarryd McNeil	68
15	433	Dwayne Stadthaus	65
16	59	Tyson Hauser	55
17	122	Alex Morris	53
18	60	Kieran Tisdale	50
19	5	Joey Ringwood	46
20	79	Matthew Mullarvey	32
21	L	Kieran Leigh	31
22	113	Luke Wilson	29
23	115	Josh Adams	27
24	22	Matt Clarke	26
25	75	Timothy Lonsdale	24
26	682	Brendan Duck	20
27	88	Adam Parrington	19
28	151	Nicholas Sutherland	15
29	30	Andrew Moerig	12
30	68	Brent Dean	9
31	109	Ivan Long	8
32	J63	Joshua Marks	7
33	136	Luke Davis	7
34	D9	Beau Dargel	6
35	141	Tyson Whillas	6
36	066	Sam Southey	4
37	61	Kody Wheeler	4
38	154	Riki Day	3
39	059	Joel Rizzo	3
40	132	Beau Pesic	3
41	20	Baylee Davies	2
42	126	Harrison Saunders	1
43	142	Austin Gill	1

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