The depth of the second tier class continues to push its competitors to strive harder, and KTM Factory Support rider Jayden Rykers (Davey Motorsport) was on track for his first podium of the championship when he jumped off the track to avoid a hay bale and was penalised 10 seconds.
The adjudication dropped him to ninth in the moto, fifth on the day, and from a potential third to eighth in the MX2 championship, but the hungry West Australian knows it is only early days, and is far from deterred.
‰ÛÏI went (originally) 3,5 which would have given me my first podium, but we got a penalty for jumping off the track to avoid a hay bale, so unfortunately I got put back to ninth with a ten-second penalty," Rykers explained.
"Unfortunate, but I felt pretty good. The first one was good, myself, Ward and Moss were in the top three and I felt quite comfortable with my speed. I'm sitting eighth in the championship now but third place is only six points ahead of me, so third is where I would have been if I never got docked for points. I'll cop it on the chin and show them what we‰Ûªre made of next round. No point in getting angry about it.‰Û
