TEN YEAR TURN-BACK: 20th of May to the 26th of May 2004

CDR Boost Yamaha's Darryll King has gone one better than his second overall at last weeks opening round of the Maxxis Australian Motocross Championships when he turned the tables on brother Shayne (Team No Fear Honda) by winning round 2 of the championship at Horsham in Western Victoria last Sunday (May 24), whilst the King brothers New Zealand compatriot Cody Cooper (Team No Fear Honda) took another two wins in the Pro Lite class to remain undefeated.

Pro Open:
The opening moto of the Pro Open Class was a King affair as DK (Darryll King) drew first blood when he took the holeshot and led the field from brother Shayne, Troy Carroll (CDR Boost Yamaha), Lee Ellis (Sale Honda, O'Neal Racing) and Team No Fear Honda's Shane Metcalfe.

The brothers King proceeded to wage war for the next 20 minutes as they swapped the lead and the odd bit of plastic as they entertained the 3000 fans that had braved the drizzly conditions.

By the chequered flag though it was the elder King in DK that took maximum points from Shayne whilst behind the sibling war Troy Carroll had maintained a steady pace and rode to a lonely third.

Shane Metcalfe wore down a dogged Lee Ellis who after the half way mark and settled into fourth, whilst Motorex KTM's Cheyne Boyd held out his team-mate Jay Marmont for fifth.

Moto two saw the emergence of another New Zealand talent when Full Throttle Sports, Sale Honda rider Corrie Sargent took the holeshot from the King brothers. Whist many in the crowd expected Sargent to succumb to the Kings he had other ideas and basically showed them the way around the track for the full thirty minutes.

It was amazing to watch someone who had been lapped in the previous moto come out and hand out a hiding to such a talented field - it also confirms what advantage a good start can make. Whilst Sargent was riding out front with ease, behind him the two Kings once again went to war. This time it would be Shayne who would get the upper hand and grab second whilst brother DK took third. Cheyne Boyd rode to his best moto finish when he took third ahead of the consistent Troy Carroll.

It was Sargents moto, but Darryl Kings day, Shayne King still leads the championship by 17 points but admitted that he just didn't gel with the bike. "My main goal was to beat DK, we battled pretty fiercely today, I just tried to make it hard for him". he said.

"It was fun today" Darryll King said. "I feel like I haven't done anything" he said, referring to his decision to drop out of the Pro Lites class and concentrate solely on the Pro open class. "Hopefully we can keep the ball rolling in two weeks time and make it a great championship". he concluded.