Off Road

A Fiery Opening Round See Styke, Milner, Chucky and McMahon Take Out The First Podiums.

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Sunday, February 23rd, 2020

6:51 AM

To call the conditions here in Toowoomba as pristine would hardly do it justice. Kicking off Round 1 of the Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship presented by MXstore, our Senior‰Ûªs tackled the WR450F test track for Sprints, under a blue sky and atop lush grass.

With bodies rested and minds fresh, Round 1 presents new challenges to our riders, including new faces in the field and first round nerves. Coming out on top today and setting 2020 out on the best foot was Luke Styke (Yamaha Active8 Yamalube), Daniel Milner (KTM Enduro Racing Team), Daniel ‰ÛÏChucky‰Û

E2
As he said at the Press Launch earlier this week, the 2019 racing season was one he wanted to forget. But after the day he just had, regardless of the spill early in the day, Milner has held onto his E2 reign.

Clocking in at 54:39.515, Milner lead comfortably ahead of newcomer and MX Nationals Champion, Todd Waters (Berry Sweet, Husqvarna).

Waters made a big and welcome splash into the E2 class today, shaking up the competition by clocking in an impressive total time of 55:27.309.

Closing out the top three was Yamaha Active8 Yamalube‰Ûªs Josh Green, who finished ahead of Michael Driscoll (Yamaha bLU cRU Off-Road Racing Team) with a total time of 55:36.369.

‰ÛÏToday started off strong but I ran into some trouble and came off the bike and I‰Ûªm lucky that I was able to get back up and continue riding, honestly,‰Û

E3
With the number one firmly locked onto his Husqvarna FE501, Chucky remained his insatiably unstoppable self. Regardless of a crash early into today‰Ûªs tests, Chucky did as he does best and pushed through, grinning and bearing it to clock in a time of 55:21.276.

Shaking up the E3 class on the 300 two stroke is Motul Pirelli Sherco Offroad Racing Team‰Ûªs Jonte Reynders, who took out second placed today behind the International Six Days Enduro World Champion. Rounding out the podium was Callum Norton (KTM Desert Racing Team), with a total time of 57:09.295.

2020 AORC E3 Round 1 Top 10 Provisional Results:
Daniel Sanders (Husqvarna Enduro Racing Team) 55:21.276
Jonte Reynders (Motul Pirelli Sherco Offroad Racing Team) 56:59.302
Callum Norton (KTM Desert Racing Team) 57:09.295
Fraser Higlett (Husqvarna, MXstore) 58:14.856
Jesse Lawton (Thor) 58:38.441
Hayden Keeley 59:22.916
Matt Murry (Kawasaki Motors Australia Valvoline Team) 1:00:48.493
Luke Bunnik (Sherco, Bunnik Construction & Limestone) 1:02:16.525
Neil Collard 1:02:27.760
Chris Reading (BD Richardson Transport) 1:02:48.096

Today was the time for McMahon to shine.

EJ
Today was the time for McMahon to shine. After tangoing back and forth with the likes of Kyron Bacon back last season, McMahon took out a well deserved EJ class win for Round 1, clocking in a time of 58:05.112.

Rounding out the podium today was Blake Hollis (Yamaha) with a total time 58:44.064, and Samuel Pretscherer (Gol Gol Hotel, Mototech) with a time of 59:40.496.

2020 AORC EJ Round 1 Top 10 Provisional Results:
Korey McMahon (Sutto‰Ûªs Motorex KTM Racing Team) 58:05.112
Blake Hollis (Yamaha bLU cRU Off-Road Racing Team) 58:44.064
Samuel Pretscherer (Gol Gol Hotel, Mototech) 59:40.496
Ben Teed 1:02:37.820
Zac Perry (Harbour City Motorcycles) 1:02:38.748
Jayden Rudd (Kessner Motorcycles) 1:02:46.751
Oscar Collins (Jeff Collins Plumbing) 1:03:27.389
Tom Teed 1:03:35.388
Kobe Conley (Fist Handwear, City Bike Centre) 1:03:35.899
Tomas Kruger 1:04:28.960