Kirk Gibbs has charged to a second place finish at round six of the Pirelli MX Nationals, highlighted with a race win, on the rolling grass fields of the MX Farm, in Gympie, Queensland.
In a beautiful natural amphitheatre just 15 minutes north of the country town, the Pirelli MX Nationals roared to life on a challenging track that featured plenty of turns, jumps and intense racing.
Gibbs showed he was back to full fitness after a shoulder injury slowed him at rounds four and five of the championship as he raced to 3-1 results in the two motos ran on the day to give him second place overall.
He started well in the first race but fell out of rhythm in the mid stages of the race and lost a few positions and was on the verge of dropping outside the top five but he collected his thoughts, refocused back on the track and began to peg back to the time he lost earlier.
He relentlessly worked his way back to the rear tyre of his team mate, Luke Clout, in third place before making the pass on the final lap and left the circuit confident he could run up the front in the second race.
A top four start had Gibbs well placed for race two but the more the race went on, the better Gibbs got. On lap four, he moved to third. Lap nine saw him moved to second, then on lap 11 he took control of the race but the fight continued all the way to race end.
Gibbs, Todd Waters, Hayden Mellross and Brett Metcalfe engaged in an all out battle that saw Gibbs take the win by just over half a second and the top four separated by just three seconds.
‰ÛÏIt was good to get things back on track and finish up with a good result here,‰Û
