The sun has set on the second round of the 2012 Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) in Dungog, with Motorex KTM Off-Road's Chris Hollis going home from the event with clear Outright and E2 honours.
The reigning Champion bounced back from a disappointing finish yesterday, where a derailed chain in the final Moto pushed him out of round contention, to finish the six Test Enduro day on top of the ladder, fourteen seconds ahead of teammate and first round winner
Toby Price and sixteen seconds ahead of Husqvarna Racing's
Glenn Kearney.
Hollis also cleaned up in the E2 class, pipping Kearney and
Matt Phillips (Ballard's Yamaha Off-Road) with a mere sixteen and a half second margin between first and second place.
E1 Class honours were awarded to
Daniel Milner (Ballard's Yamaha Off-Road) for the second consecutive round, narrowly nudging out
Ben Burrell (Motorex KTM Off-Road) and
Luka Bussa (Husqvarna Racing).
The E3 Class results were a carbon copy of the first round, with first-place finisher Price shadowed over the line by
Stefan Merriman (Ballard's Yamaha Off-Road) and
Scott Keegan (Motorex Force Husaberg).
Suzuki MX1 Australia's principal
Trent Lean took out the Masters Class for the second day in a row, topping the strong field ahead of
Robert Day (Yamaha) and
Mark Cockerill (Husaberg). Lean was joined on the consecutive victory bandwagon by
Damian Smith (Husqvarna), who took another convincing Vet's Class victory ahead of
Adam O'Connor (KTM) and
Anthony Smidt (KTM) and
Jemma Wilson (Yamaha) who took a narrow win in the Womens Class ahead of
Jess Gardiner (Yamaha) and
Tanya Hearn (KTM).
The Juniors finished off a big weekend by navigating their way through a hot and humid morning of Enduro Tests. The J1 Class aw
Michael Peacock (Suzuki) storm home to snare first-place honours ahead of
Joshua Brierley (Kawasaki) and
Zane Temperley (Yamaha). The J2 and J3 results saw Round 1 place winners switch places, with
Dylan Heaton (KTM) snaring the J2 win from
Lyndon Snodgrass (Kawasaki) and
Wil Ruprecht (Suzuki MX1 Australia) and
Tom Mason (KTM) claiming the J3 line in front of Nic Tomlison (KTM) and
Jacob Peacock (Suzuki).
Peter-Daniel Allan (Yamaha) consolidated his first round victory in the J4 with another first place finish, beating out
Alex Wilson (Husqvarna) and
Isaac Richardson (Suzuki).
The next chapter of the twelve-round Series will be played out in the Victorian town of Wonthaggi on 31 March ‰ÛÒ 1 April.
Full results can be found here:
https://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=751490 
