Australia’s best racers compete at the Penrite Australian Supercross

As the sun set for the evening,thousands of supercross fans descended Mount Panorama to watch Australia’s best racers compete at the Penrite Australian Supercross Bathurst Showground. With a full program of racing, as well as FMX and Monster Truck performances, there was plenty of action.

With back-to-back rounds, racers had to regroup quickly and either put behind a poor result from the night before, or focus on consolidating their strong position.

In the SX1 class Suzuki rider Matt Moss once again stole the show, leading the 20-lap final from start to finish. NP Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Adam Monea replicated his performance from the night before with another solid second place finish but it was behind these two guys that the most exciting racing was taking place.

Lawson Bopping put on another charge to claim the final podium position, but it was not before battles with Jay Marmont, Kirk Gibbs, Jake Moss and Sam Martin.
At the completion of the double-header Matt Moss leads the SX1 class by six points ahead of Monea and Bopping.

“I am really happy with the way we have started the season,” Moss said. “The bike is great, the team is awesome and I am fit and healthy. Everything is gelling.

“I did make a couple of little mistakes tonight and stalled the bike towards the end of the final. Fortunately I had a healthy buffer and was able to get going again.

“We don’t have much time until next weekends double-header at Moto GP but my fitness is great and I am mentally really strong,” Moss continued.

With the experience of racing the US AMA SX series, Boardstix Motorsports Taylor Potter jockeyed his way to an early lead in the SX2 final and held the lead comfortably for well over half of the final.
Potter was passed by race winner Gavin Faith on Lap (insert) of the race. The American didn’t get the best start but progressively moved through the field and once past Potter, he was never headed.
“I actually had a pretty solid weekend,” said Faith. “After making a mistake on the first night it was good to come through with the win tonight.

“My start was horrible, but I put my head down and focused on picking the guys in front off, one-by-one.

“I am going to head back to Melbourne and put in a solid week of training before next weekends races at MotoGP. I was happy with my fitness this weekend

Rounding out the podium was KTM two-stroke pilot Kale Makeham.

In the Supercross Development class (for Under 19 racers), KTM’s Brock McLeary was the standout performer. After missing the podium at round one, McLeary finished the three races 1-2-1 to take the overall ahead of fellow KTM rider Dylan Wills. Tomas Ravenhorst, rounded out the podium.

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