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Luke Styke crowed 2013 MX2 National Champion

Matt Moss extends his lead in MX1 with one round remaining.

Author: Aaryn Minerds

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Serco Yamaha's Luke Styke has been crowned the MX2 Champion at the penultimate round of the 2013 Monster Energy MX Nationals held in Toowoomba Qld in near perfect conditions for racing.

Styke came in to the third of four Queensland rounds needing to score just two points more than nearest rival, Tune Tech backed KTM privateer Kale Makeham to secure the 2013 title.

Makeham was not going to make it easy on Styke and set the tone for the morning by qualifying fastest ahead of Styke.

When the gates dropped for moto one, Makeham grabbed the holeshot and quickly set about building a sizeable lead as Styke quickly worked his way in to second spot. The two leading riders of 2013 then set themselves in to a pace that could not be matched by anyone else on track, with KTM privateer Dylan Long nearly a half a lap down in third position as the moto neared the end.

Up front Styke slowly closed in on Makeham, making an unsuccessful challenge for the lead early in the second to last lap. As the final lap started the two riders were separated by less than a bike length.

Styke stalked Makeham's back wheel before making his move at the bottom of the biggest down hill section on the Toowoomba circuit, cutting underneath the KTM before charging to the finish line for the race win and securing an emotional championship win.

Dylan Long held on for a fine third place moto finish finishing ahead of Choice Motorsports Brock Winston, with Takeshi Katsuya rounding out the top five with his best ride of the season.
Running his Championship winning plate Luke Styke rocketed to the front early in moto two - Credit: Aaryn Minerds
With the Red number one plates firmly mounted on his Serco Yamaha, Styke grabbed the lead early in moto two and was never headed taking a very comfortable win to top off a great day.

Behind him, the KTM two stroke pairing of Kale Makeham and Brock Winston battled for the entire race. Winston lead they way for the majority of the moto before Makeham snuck up the inside of him with a few corners to go to steal second place for the moto.

Winston held on for third, while Long made his way through the field from a mid pack start to finish the moto in fourth place, just ahead of Raceline Pirelli Suzuki's Ryan Marmont, with privateer Beau Ralston for the second moto in a row finishing in 6th after coming from the rear of the field.

The Championship win was an emotional one for both Styke and his Serco Yamaha. Styke came agonisingly close to winning the title in 2012 after dominating the majority of the season but missed out after a couple of disastrous rounds near the end of the season.

For his team the Victory was long coming after finishing second in the championship the past two seasons, the finally got to celebrate championship success for the first time since 2007 with their ninth straight round win of the 2013 MX2 Championship.

‰ÛÏFrom the moment I left the final round at Coolum in 2012, I set out a plan to win the championship this year and it feels awesome to have achieved that goal." Styke stated.

‰ÛÏI surrounded myself with the right people, used the right products and I‰Ûªm a part of the best MX2 team in Australia so to have everything fall onto place and make it happen in the last half a lap of the first race was unreal.

‰ÛÏToday was really special for me as I had a few of my mates up from up from home, my girlfriend was here as well as my Mum and Tobz, so it was really nice to get it done in front of them. I can‰Ûªt thank everyone enough for their efforts and support this year and the Serco Yamaha team are awesome,‰Û
Kale Makeham put in another great weekend of racing as he edge's closer and closer to his first round win - Credit: Aaryn Minerds
For Makeham the weekend served as another reminder on how far he has come in his first year of racing the MX2 class, pushing the championship winner all the way to the end and once again showing that he will be a title favourite when the 2014 season gets underway.

"We are still on the podium which is good, I really want to win and we are getting closer and closer and closer. It is a bit of a bummer that there is only one round to go, as I am coming in to my own now." Makeham stated on the podium at the end of the day.

"My first moto today was good, I was happy with that," he added.

Brock Winston's third place finish for the round was enough to guarantee him a top three finish in this years championship, a great effort for the 25 year old who still has a mathematical chance of catching Makeham for second spot at the final round in Coolum.

"It was another good results today," Winston stated, "I wish I could have started the season with Choice team, I have just started to get comfortable with the team and my results are showing.

"Make certainly pulled something out on that last lap in the second moto, I thought I had him for sure. I was still happy to make my way past a few riders and finish up here, I am happy with how the day went." Winston concluded.
Brock Winston guaranteed himself a season ending podium finish with this third place at Toowoomba - Credit: Aaryn Minerds
Finishing fourth for the day was Long, who continues to have a very strong finish to his first year in the MX2 class. Long has shown all year that he has the outright speed to mix it with the best Lites riders in the country and is now putting the whole package together and starting to consistently finish at the pointy end of the field.

Rounding out the top five at Toowoomba was Ryan Marmont who finished on 49 points along with Ralston and Choice Motorsports Kayne Lamont.

MX1
Billy Mackenzie was the rider who set the pace early in the day winning the Go Pro Superpole - Credit: Aaryn Minerds
With most of the days attention focused on Luke Styke wrapping up the MX2 championship, Motul Pirelli Suzuki's Matt Moss was working towards his first MX1 championship securing another round win on his way to extending his championship points lead to 25 points over Motorex KTM's Todd Waters.

Coming in to the round Moss held an eleven point advantage over Waters and quickly set about extending that gap in the Go Pro Superpole qualifying session, finishing second to CDR Yamaha's Billy Mackenzie and picking up two points on Waters who finished the session in fourth. Amazingly all five Superpole riders finished with in half a second of each other!

When racing got underway it was KTM Motorex's Kirk Gibbs who shot out to the front and quickly built a small cushion over the rest of the field, with M.Moss and Waters behind him in second and third place respectively.

Both Gibbs and M.Moss continued to pull away from Waters throughout the race and just after the midway point of the race Moss himself moved in on Gibbs and made the pass for the lead. Gibbs though losing a little ground initially clawed his way back on to the rear wheel of Moss with a couple of laps remaining but was never able to get close enough to make a move for the lead, leaving Moss to claim the moto win.

Waters held on for a comfortable third place finish. Campbell Mining, Suzuki mounted Jake Moss rode to a solid fourth place finish ahead of Mackenzie in fifth position.
Kirk Gibbs celebrates his first MX1 race win in his rookie season - Credit: Aaryn Minerds
Moto two started as a carbon copy of moto one, with Gibbs hitting the lead through the first turn with M.Moss in hot pursuit.

Billy Mackenzie was also in the mix vying for the race lead early in the race before a nasty looking crash up the face of a jump relegated him to the back of the field and handed Waters third position.

Unfortunately for Waters he would also crash leaving himself well down the field and needing to work hard to salvage as many points as possible.

Out front Gibbs continued to build on his race lead all the way to the finish going on to claim his first MX1 moto win in dominating fashion in just his first year in the big bike class.

M.Moss crossed the line in second position and was followed through by the Monster Energy Kawasaki's Adam Monea in third, while Jake Moss made his way in to fourth place in the dying stages of the race to finish just ahead of the second Monster Energy Kawasaki of Jay Marmont.

Todd Waters salvaged a sixth place finish.
Matt Moss now heads in to Coolum and the final round with a handy 25 point lead in the championship - Credit: Aaryn Minerds
The overall win for the day went to M.Moss due to the extra three points he scored over Gibbs in the Superpole session and he will now head into the final round in Coolum next weekend as favourite for the 2013 championship.

"Superpole sort of helped me out today. I just was not feeling great all day, I sort of struggled to find my rhythm, I have been sick all week so I knew this was going to be a tough race and it showed, I had nothing for Gibbs in that second one, he just checked out.

"I knew Todd was not coming by me in the second race, so I knew I had points, I was just focusing on that. I was glad to get the overall and just want to thank the team and everyone else who is supporting me.

With a 25 point championship lead heading into the final round, Moss is not planning on changing anything up and will head home to New South Wales this week before flying back up to Queensland for the final round next weekend.

"I am going to head home and stay in my routine, I am not going to try anything fancy. We are going for a championship but all in all it is just another race, we will keep doing the same thing and hopefully come away with the win." Moss concluded.
Gibbs 2-1 result would have given him the overall win in years gone by - Credit: Aaryn Minerds
For Gibbs it was another amazing day in which he took another step towards becoming one of the countries premier racers and if it was not for the Superpole points that were introduced for this season would have scored his first overall MX1 class win to go along with his first moto win.

‰ÛÏIt feels great to get that first win." Gibbs enthused. "Two holeshots helped today, you can‰Ûªt start much better.

"In the second race the track got hard and it was slipperier than it looked. Strange, I didn‰Ûªt feel like I went that hard in that one, I felt like I was pushing harder in the first," he added.

"In the last laps of that second race, once I had a decent lead I was just saying to myself, ‰Û÷just don‰Ûªt stuff up, get it to the finish!

"I really want to thank everybody involved, my mechanic Kyle and my Mum and Dad, and particularly KTM because a lot of teams never gave me the chance to ride a 450 and KTM gave me the opportunity when I needed it most.‰Û
Todd Waters rounded out the podium at Toowoomba and will not give this championship up without a fight - Credit: Aaryn Minerds
Rounding out the podium was Todd Waters and despite losing 14 points to M.Moss on the day knows that this championship is still a long way from over with 75 championship points on the line at the final round.

‰ÛÏIt was a tough day." Waters stated "It‰Ûªs normally more rutty and technical here instead of hard-packed ‰ÛÒ which isn‰Ûªt my strength, but in that second race I caught Moss and Kirk only to tuck the front end trying to pass.

"That‰Ûªs racing. The important thing is that I can see my pace improving and I‰Ûªm still moving forward so I‰Ûªm confident for Coolum.

"The championship is what it is; I can‰Ûªt control that part so I‰Ûªll just keep doing what I‰Ûªm doing.‰Û
Jay Wilson secured his second round win in three rounds and now sits second in the MXD championship standings - Credit: Aaryn Minerds
New Zealand's Hamish Harwood took a big step towards securing the MXD championship at Toowoomba when he raced to the opening moto win aboard his KTM 250 two stroke, finishing ahead of the resurgent Jay Wilson aboard his GYTR Yamaha.

Corey James once again showed some good pace to finish third in the opening moto ahead of Jack Simpson who came in to the round second in the points standings. Jake Emanualli continued his season long return to racing with a fine fifth place finish while Jay Wilsons younger brother, Dylan Wilson rounded out the top six.

In moto two it was J.Wilson who claimed the moto win and in turn his second round win for the season. Harwood finished in second place for both the moto and the day.

Corey James finished 3rd in moto two, giving him enough points to round out the day on the podium, while Jesse Dobson and Thomas Ravenhorst both bounced back from tough opening moto's to finish fourth and fifth respectively.

Wilson's win coupled with Simpson's 13th place moto two finished was enough to see the Yamaha rider move into second place in the championship, though at 53 points behind Harwood with won round remaining a lot of things will need to go his way if he was to walk away with the 2013 championship.

"I am feeling good with today's result, the second half of the season has really turned around for me." Wilson commented. "we never gave up, we kept putting the hard work in and I really cant thank the team enough.

"The whole team and my personal trainers from Alteregoelite have never stopped believing in me and it was good to come away with another round win for everybody involved.

"My mechanic Wardy (Mike Ward) has been a big part of it, he never once stopped believing in me, he knew I had the potential to run up front and with guys like that backing you it is hard not to win," Wilson added.

In the KTM two stroke Cup it was Errol Willis who kept his perfect season in tact, going 1-1 despite riding a bike that needs some running repairs heading in to the final round next weekend.

Kerrod Morrissy finished the day on the second step of the podium, while David Birch secured third place for the day by count back over Tyson Cherry with both riders finishing the day on 58 points. Cherry though maintains his second place in the championship standings.

The final round of the 2013 Monster Energy MX Nationals will take place in Coolum, Qld next weekend on the 31st of August and the 1st of September with two full days of racing action, including Vets, Quad and Two Stroke classes along with the MX1, MX2 and MXD racing.

MX1 Round Results
1. Matt Moss 71 Pts
2. Kirk Gibbs 68 Pts
3. Todd Waters 57 Pts
4. Jake Moss 56 Pts
5. Billy Mackenzie 55 Pts
6. Adam Monea 53 Pts
7. Jay Marmont 50 Pts
8. Cody Cooper 49 Pts
9. Gareth Swanepoel 45 Pts
10. Sam Martin 42 Pts
11. Cheyne Boyd 40 Pts
12. Sam Duncanson 39 Pts
13. Dion Picard 34 Pts
14. Gosling Dylan 34 Pts
15. James Booth Elliott 34 Pts
16. Travis McCarthy 15 Pts

MX1 Championship Standings
1. Matt Moss 582 Pts
2. Todd Waters 557 Pts
3. Billy Mackenzie 516 Pts
4. Cody Cooper 478 Pts
5. Kirk Gibbs 475 Pts
6. Jake Moss 444 Pts
7. Lawson Bopping 407 Pts
8. Jay Marmont 383 Pts
9. Adam Monea 376 Pts
10. Sam Martin 294 Pts
11. James Booth Elliott 284 Pts
12. Tye Simmonds 273 Pts
13. Cody Mackie 226 Pts
14. Jacob Wright 216 Pts
15. Daniel McCoy 209 Pts
16. Cheyne Boyd Yamaha 189 Pts
17. Gareth Swanepoel 179 Pts
18. Sam Duncanson 169 Pts
19. Robbie Marshall 143 Pts
20. Kieran Tisdale 137 Pts

MX2 Round Results
1. Luke Styke 70 Pts
2. Kale Makeham 64 Pts
3. Brock Winston 58 Pts
4. Dylan Long 58 Pts
5. Ryan Marmont 49 Pts
6. Beau Ralston 49 Pts
7. Kayne Lamont 49 Pts
8. Rhys Carter 45 Pts
9. Kieran Scheele 43 Pts
10. John Prutti 39 Pts
11. Mitch Norris 39 Pts
12. TAKESHI KATSUYA 38 Pts
13. Daniel McEntee 34 Pts
14. Joshua Kilvington 32 Pts
15. Peter Boyle 32 Pts
16. Tristen Cachia 32 Pts
17. Luke Wilson 30 Pts
18. Geordie McGrath 27 Pts
19. Steve Duncanson 26 Pts
20. Wade Hunter 26 Pts
21. Zane Keleher 20 Pts
22. Timothy Kelly 20 Pts

MX2 Championship Standings
1. Luke Styke 613 Pts
2. Kale Makeham 504 Pts
3. Brock Winston 472 Pts
4. Ryan Marmont 398 Pts
5. Dylan Long 389 Pts
6. TAKESHI KATSUYA 362 Pts
7. Rhys Carter 351 Pts
8. Geran Stapleton 349 Pts
9. Kayne Lamont 347 Pts
10. Josh Cachia 305 Pts
11. Wade Hunter 297 Pts
12. Luke Clout 285 Pts
13. Tristen Cachia 259 Pts
14. John Prutti 231 Pts
15. Daniel McEntee 219 Pts
16. Beau Ralston 216 Pts
17. Luke Wilson 208 Pts
18. Kade Mosig 197 Pts
19. Kieran Scheele 160 Pts
20. Matt Ryan 160 Pts

MXD Round Results
1.Jay Wilson 67 Pts
2. Hamish Harwood 67 Pts
3. Corey James 60 Pts
4. Jesse Dobson 51 Pts
5. Jake Emanuelli 49 Pts
6. Joel Wightman 46 Pts
7. Jack Simpson 46 Pts
8. Jesse Madden 42 Pts
9. Dylan Wills 41 Pts
10. Tomas Ravenhorst 39 Pts
11. Caleb Ward 38 Pts
12. Jordan Bissaker 38 Pts
13. Damien Harrison 38 Pts
14. Bailey Coxon 34 Pts
15. Dakota Court 31 Pts
16. Nathan Denny 26 Pts
17. Hamish McGrath 25 Pts
18. dylan wilson 25 Pts
19. Joel Dinsdale 24 Pts
20. Izak Maule 23 Pts

MXD Championship Standings
1. Hamish Harwood 439 Pts
2. Jay Wilson 386 Pts
3. Jack Simpson 381 Pts
4. Jesse Dobson 353 Pts
5. Corey James 336 Pts
6. Joel Dinsdale 325 Pts
7. Joel Wightman 317 Pts
8. Jake Emanuelli 279 Pts
9. Logan Blackburn 255 Pts
10. Dakota Court 223 Pts
11. Tomas Ravenhorst 222 Pts
12. Nick Scott 176 Pts
13. Dylan Wills 153 Pts
14. Jordan Bissaker 151 Pts
15. Jesse Madden 151 Pts
16. Bailey Coxon 142 Pts
17. Joel Evans 138 Pts
18. Nathan Denny 129 Pts
19. Mitchell Nichols 125 Pts
20. Izak Maule 123 Pts

Two Stroke Round Results
1. Errol Willis 70 Pts
2. Kerrod Morrissy 64 Pts
3. David Birch 58 Pts
4. Tyson Cherry 58 Pts
5. Zane Keleher 51 Pts
6. Joshua Spanos 47 Pts
7. Ryan Perry 47 Pts
8. Jake Williams 45 Pts
9. Shannon Hodges 41 Pts
10. Ojai Maguire 40 Pts
11. Michael Fehlhaber 26 Pts
12. Matt Bell 24 Pts
13. Aaron Jackson 20 Pts

Two Stroke Championship Standings
1. Errol Willis 210 Pts
2. Tyson Cherry 172 Pts
3. Ryan Perry 144 Pts
4. Jake Williams 134 Pts
5. David Birch 114 Pts
6. Zane Keleher 100 Pts
7. Kerrod Morrissy 64 Pts
8. Corey Lucas 62 Pts
9. Cameron Taylor 62 Pts
10. Dwayne Stadthaus 62 Pts

Full complete full detailed Results from this years Monster Energy MX Nationals Click Here

Top Image: Luke Styke and the Serco Yamaha team celebrate their 2013 MX2 Championship win.
Credit: Aaryn Minerds

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