Crashes at crucial times proved to be the downfall for the Yamalube Yamaha Racing team at round four of the MX Nationals held at the Murray Bridge circuit in South Australia, over the weekend.
Both Mitch Evans and Jordan Hill fell from their machines while in good positions and those mistakes proved costly in the overall result for the MXD category in South Australia, with Evans coming home in fourth place and Hill landing in sixth.
Mitch Evans looked in good shape during race one as he clawed back a 14 second lead to be right on the race leader with a couple of laps remaining. As the pair charged down the superfast back straight at Murray Bridge, Evans clipped a track marking hay bale and was sent cartwheeling down the track in spectacular fashion. He quickly got to his feet and ran to his bike that was several metres down the track.
With bent handlebars and levers as well as a damaged radiator, Evans salvaged an 11th place finish in moto one.
Moto two and Evans was in no mood for mucking around. He shot to the lead at the end of lap one and simply motored away for the field. By the end of the 20 minute race, he cleared out to an impressive 22 second lead to win the race in a good bounce back for the day.
His 11-1 results netted him fourth for the round and he now sits in fifth for the championship.
‰ÛÏOn paper the result doesn‰Ûªt look great and it hurt me in the points, but I feel it was the best that I have raced this year and my speed was definitely better than the opening rounds,‰Û
