Rhys Hillier has taken his first win while Luke Saunders has moved int the championship lead at round three of the 2010 RFDmx Underground Tour hosted by Black Duck Valley, QLD, last weekend.
All the riders where stoked to see the fresh new FMX set up Black Duck Valley had built for the competition and with a nice variety of hits including two 75ft ramps and 85ft ramp and a 65ft dirt hit things were looking like being a lot of fun.
With the field of 12 riders qualifying was a simple seeding round to see who would be getting matched up in the head to heads. Tiger Racing Yamaha rider Luke Saunders was the pick of the field and seeded first followed by Flightpath‰Ûªs Matt Smith and SRH Yamaha‰Ûªs Adam Grope.
The head to head heats saw some intensely tight competition where one little mistake was all it generally took to be knocked out of the competition. Dickies Suzuki rider Rhys Hillier managed to turn his poor qualifying result around and get himself to the final with some incredibly smooth riding and nice backflip combo‰Ûªs. In the end the three men left standing for the final where Rhys Hillier, Luke Saunders and Adam Grope.
All three riders left nothing in the bag as they gunned for that first place. Adam Grope‰Ûªs run included massive dead body combo‰Ûªs while Luke Saunders grab tricks had everyone‰Ûªs jaw hitting the floor. In the end though they wouldn‰Ûªt be enough to beat out Hillier‰Ûªs super smooth flips and effortless style. Grope followed closely in 2nd with Luke rounding out 3rd.
With the final round now moved to Gympie in QLD on October 2nd, the return of Jason Rozycki and only 8 points separating 1st through 5th its still anyones championship.
Round 3 Results
1. Rhys Hillier
2. Adam Grope
3. Luke Saunders
4. Matt Smith
5. Joe Sheppard
6. Sam Balnaves
7. Ryan Apps
8. Lance Russell
9. Todd Back
10. Brad Hage
11. Zac Mackenzie
12. Chris Peck
Overall Series
1. Luke Saunders 58
2. Adam Grope 53
3. Joe Sheppard 52
4. Sam Balnaves 51
5. Jason Rozycki 50
6. Matt Smith 36
7. Brad Hage 35
7. Adrien Shaban 35
9. Lance Russell 27
9. Todd Back 27
9. Matt Lindores 27
12. Ryan Apps 26
13. Rhys Hillier 25
14. Zac Mackenzie 20
15. Ben Heindrich 18
16. Dan Obrien 15
17. Nate Kyte 10
18. Chris Peck 9
18. Tom Robinson 9
20. Brendan Ray 8
21. Jamie Obrien 6
