"I never really got a good start today and had to pick my way through the pack. I crashed in the first corner of the first race and was dead last but put my head down and managed to get up to fourth by the end of the race. Things can only get better the more I ride the 125 and I'll look forward to the next meeting now I know where I sit in the field," a happy Whisler had to say.
Nine year old Pocket Rocket Matt Fabry (Causeway Yamaha) was looking to move up in the 85cc Championship and after an awesome second place in race one looked like doing just that.
But he is still doing his apprenticeship in the class and Matt learned you need to take the good and the bad and sometimes they come one race apart.
Race two saw him get caught in a pile up at the start of the second race that had him at the back of the pack once he got going. Unfortunately Matt was never going to make up the lost ground and had to settle for a fifteenth place finish.
Never saying die the young charger posted a solid fifth in the last moto to take sixth outright for the day.
"I was doing well today until my crash, the second place was good points for sure but then the second race crash really didn't help.
"I've moved up to fourth in the championship which is pretty good and I have still got six races to see if I can make any more ground," Matt had to say.
"Once again our Wellard Yamaha Team has shown depth and consistency. Kyle was just on fire today and is back to his best. Liam's debut for the team was outstanding and to be on the pace so quickly really shows he will be a talent in the future. As for young Matt he has the heart of a lion, I know how hard this kid works as the whole team does off bike training sessions together. I don't think he knows he is only nine years old as he never gives in"
"We will go into the next round and see if we can chip way some more points, but I am proud of the whole team and their effort this season, it is what make it all worthwhile," Team Manager Peter Strickland explained.
Main Photo: Kyle Webster hits the podium at Ulinga Park, WA
