It was a solid day for the Husqvarna‰Ûªs squad of Factory Support racers at the opening round of the Motul MX Nationals that took place over the weekend at Horsham, Vic.
In MX2 SD3‰Ûªs Luke Arbon and his FC250 scored powerful holeshots and led more laps than anyone, but a tangle with a lapper in the second Moto forced him to accept a still-respectable sixth on the day.
‰ÛÏWe have a lot more positives than negatives today," Arbon mused, "I just need to work on my race intensity and I suppose that will come as the races unfold.
"My bike is working awesome, and I can't complain about two holeshots. The track didn't suit me at all. It was so slippery and sketchy and even though I led pretty much half of both races, in both cases I started to ride a little bit ‰Û_carefully and dropped back. So it was definitely good to get the first one out of the way and take some good points towards the championship. We‰Ûªll take that and move on," the South Australian concluded.
It was fellow Husqvarna FC250 rider Nathan Crawford however, who went within a single point of winning the day after two third placings, and he will enter Round Two spectacularly well-placed.
‰ÛÏThere‰Ûªs only one point separating all three of us the championship, so that's a pretty good way to start the season," Crawford said.
"I felt really good this morning even before practice, didn't qualify too well but that doesn't mean too much.
"First moto I think I made a few mistakes and went back to sixth, and then charged the whole way. So it was good that I could after only being back on the bike for a month and a half. In the second moto I just wanted to ride smart and I got third again, now I just can't wait till the second round to build off what we‰Ûªve already done.‰Û
