Despite a bitterly cold and frosty start to the day, Penrite CRF Honda Racing team rider Kyle Webster turned up the heat at round seven of the Motul MX Nationals championship at Shepparton, Victoria, yesterday by punching out two strong third place podium positions in the hotly contested MX2 class.
Just four points separated the top four overall MX2 placegetters on the day, with Webster‰Ûªs score of 3-3 in the motos giving him a close fourth overall on the day behind arch rivals Wilson Todd (Yamaha), Egan Mastin (KTM) and Mitch Evans (Yamaha).
Importantly Webster‰Ûªs dual podium performance at Shepparton gave him a 60 championship point haul for the day, which has seen him leap-frog past Dylan Wills (KTM) to take over sixth place in the MX2 standings, with just three rounds of the prestigious national series to run.
‰ÛÏOverall it was a good day,‰Û
