Monster Energy Super X Pro Open Round Five 1. Chad REED (QLD) / Monster Energy Kawasaki, 25 2. Jeremy McGRATH (USA) / Woodstock Honda Thor Racing, 22 3. Jay MARMONT (NSW) / CDR Rockstar Yamaha, 20 4. Tye SIMMONDS (NSW) / Motorex KTM Racing Team, 18 5. Daniel McCOY (NSW) / Pacific Ink Coastal KTM, 16 6. Craig ANDERSON (QLD) / Kawasaki Racing Team, 15 7. Cody MACKIE (NSW) / Cool Air Conditioning Kawasaki, 14 8. Robbie MARSHALL (QLD) / Titan / Northstar Yamaha, 13 9. Cheyne BOYD (VIC) / CDR Rockstar Yamaha, 12 10. Cameron TAYLOR (VIC) / SP Motorsports Byrners Suzuki, 11 | Monster Energy Super X Pro Open championship standings 1. Jay MARMONT (NSW) / CDR Rockstar Yamaha, 108 2. Chad REED (QLD) / Monster Energy Kawasaki, 107 3. Dan REARDON (VIC) / Woodstock Honda Thor Racing, 98 4. Tye SIMMONDS (NSW) / Motorex KTM Racing Team, 86 5. Daniel McCOY (NSW) / High Roller Energy Team, 78 6. Cody MACKIE (NSW) / Cool Air Conditioning Kawasaki, 68 7. Cheyne BOYD (VIC) / CDR Rockstar Yamaha, 66 8. Craig ANDERSON (QLD) / Kawasaki Racing Team, 63 9. Cameron TAYLOR (VIC) / SP Motorsports Byrners Suzuki, 58 10. Troy CARROLL (QLD) / Cool Air Con Kawasaki, 52 |
Super X Lites Round Five 1. Matt MOSS (NSW) / Shift Motul Suzuki, 25 2. Kyle CUNNINGHAM (USA) / Serco Yamaha, 22 3. Brenden HARRISON (QLD) / North Star Yamaha, 20 4. Luke STYKE (NSW) Yamaha, 18 5. Lawson BOPPING (NSW) / Shift Motul Suzuki, 16 6. Kirk GIBBS (QLD) / Serco Yamaha, 15 7. Ryan MARMONT (NSW) / JDR Motorsports, 14 8. Lewis WOODS (VIC) / Red Devil / Mobil Racing, 13 9. Adam MONEA (VIC) / SP / Byrners Suzuki, 12 10. Michael MENCHI (VIC) / Troylee Maxima, 11 | Super X Lites championship standings 1. Matt MOSS (NSW) / Shift Motul Suzuki, 125 2. Kyle CUNNINGHAM (USA) / Serco Yamaha, 97 3. Lawson BOPPING (NSW) / Shift Motul Suzuki, 94 4. Ryan MARMONT (NSW) / JDR Motorsports / MX Rad, 89 5. Brenden HARRISON (QLD) / Titan Garages, 79 6. Kirk GIBBS (QLD) / Serco Yamaha, 71 7. Lewis WOODS (VIC) / Red Devil / Mobil Racing, 60 8. Adam MONEA (VIC) / SP Motorsport / Byrners Suzuki, 58 9. Danny ANDERSON (NSW) / KTM High Roller Energy, 56 10. Taylor POTTER (VIC) / Vision Motorsport, 44 |
— Yamaha Report
Marmont moves into Super X series lead on Yamaha YZ450F
Yamaha’s Super X success continued at Parramatta Stadium this evening with podium finishes to riders in both Open and Lites classes.
CDR Rockstar Yamaha’s Jay Marmont charged back from near elimination in the Open Survival showdown to take third place and move into the lead of the championship.
Serco Yamaha’s Kyle Cunningham continued his consistent form, earning yet another podium finish and placing one hand on the Lites runner-up trophy with a single round remaining.
Yamaha privateer entrants Brenden Harrison and Luke Styke also impressed aboard their YZ250F machines, each taking a win in the quad challenge format.
Super X will cross the Tasman for the next event on its calendar, with round 6, an Open-only affair, set to be held at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand.
Yamaha Racing Open
CDR Rockstar Yamaha’s Jay Marmont escaped near elimination in the early stages to finish on the podium at tonight’s Parrmatta Super X event, round 5 of the championship.
A week after his incredible victory at Canberra, Marmont was back in form early, placing third in his heat in preparation for the Survival format showdown.
He moved through the opener with ease, finishing 6th. The YZ450F pilot powered to the holeshot in the second 6-lap race but fell heavily in the tricky sand section dropping to the back of the field.
Marmont staged a typically gritty fightback to climb within the top ten and move through to race 3.
Fourth place in the penultimate race of the night assured him a berth in the five-rider final.
Marmont went bar-to-bar with Jeremy McGrath in the final stages, pipped by millimetres at the line to finish third.
“My plan was to stay smart and move through the final races but I had to really fight to stay in the running when I fell in the second race of the night,” said Marmont.
“I just put my head down and went for it to make sure I would get through.
“There was a great battle with (Jeremy) McGrath there at the end, we went through the whoops together and he just beat me to the line.
“It was a great result for my championship, I’m now a point ahead of Chad with two rounds left, I’m really looking forward to the final few weeks of the season.”
Teammate Cheyne Boyd was left to rue a mistake in race three of the final which put him out of the running.
He collected 12 points after finishing ninth and said he had been pushing too hard to stay in the running.
“It was a silly mistake, I was riding to try and secure a place in the final and knew I needed to stick with the bike in front to make it through,” said Boyd.
“I ended up going over the bars and getting hit pretty hard on the elbow as the bike came down.”
He is seventh in the championship on 68 points with two rounds to run.
Yamaha Racing Lites
Yamaha YZ250Fs made up three of the top four Lites finishers at tonight’s Parramatta Super X event, with privateers backing up a solid factory effort.
Kyle Cunningham brought his Serco Yamaha machine home in second, continuing his impressive run of results.
His campaign was built on consistency, with finishes reading 4-3-6-4 at the conclusion of the quad challenge.
Cunningham is now 3 points clear of third place in the class and said he was looking forward to bringing home the runner-up trophy at the final round in Brisbane.
“I had some good battles out there tonight,” said Cunningham. “I wasn’t entirely happy with the first couple of races and made a few mistakes.
“It was good to come back strong in the final race and grab second for the round.
“It’s been a great experience riding for Serco Yamaha and I’d love to wrap up second place when we head to Brisbane in a fortnight.”
Cunningham will head home to his US base to finalise racing plans for the new year before returning to Australia to contest the final round.
Kirk Gibbs was one of many riders caught out by a particularly tough sand section at the Parramatta track, laying his bike down in the final race.
He fought back the pain of a sore knee throughout the night to finish in 6th.
“I had a pretty rusty start to the round but got better,” said Gibbs. “I had a coming together with Danny Anderson in the third race which cost me.
“I also made a mistake in the sand section so to come away with 6th is a pretty good recovery.”
The Serco Yamaha rider sits sixth in the Lites championship.
Yamaha privateer riders bought in to the battle for round honours tonight, with Brenden Harrison and Luke Styke each snaring a race win in the quad challenge.
Harrison stood on the third step of the podium at the conclusion of the night, with Styke a single place shy in fourth.
— Reed Report
After the disappointment of a DNF at Canberra, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Chad Reed has bounced back in flawless form at the Parramatta Super X round.
Reed moved to within a point of re-claiming the Open class red plate when he won tonight’s Survival format showdown.
He was the quickest rider early in the day and seemed to be feeling few of the effects of his heavy crash just a week ago.
The KX450F rider held out Tye Simmonds for the first win of the elimination-style final.
He increased the final advantage by up to 10 seconds on the way to winning races 2, 3 and 4.
The 25-point haul puts Reed back in the championship picture and he said he was eager to build on the result when the series visited New Zealand.
“I felt like I had my groove back tonight, the win was a big step forward,” said Reed.
“I was able to get the starts that I have been missing, a big contributor was the new 2010 Dunlop tyre product that worked really well.
“I’m confident that I have my head around the bike now and I’m hoping to come away from New Zealand with a win as we head to Brisbane.”
Reed is a point shy of Jay Marmont on 107 points.
Round 6 of the championship will be held at Hamilton’s Waikato Stadium next Saturday.
— GYTR Report
Luke Styke handed in another top performance at round five of the Australasian SuperX Championship, finishing fourth overall in the Pro Lites division and just two points from standing on the podium.
Parramatta Stadium hosted round five of the championship and riders in the Pro Lites class faced the Quad Challenge format for the first time. The top 20 riders face off in four by five lap finals with only a few minutes break between each final and the back to back racing really takes it toll on riders, teams and mechanics.
The day started sensationally for Styke on board his GYTR/ Yamaha Development Team YZ250F. He posted the second fastest practice time in the class and just .2 of a second off championship leader Matt Moss. He qualified comfortably through his heat and was ready for the energy sapping main event.
Moto one saw him dive into the first turn in front and take the lead exiting the turn. He continued to lead the race all the way until the final lap where Matt Moss was able to sneak up the inside. Styke crossed the line in second. Race two and his start wasn’t as flash and he become caught up in a first turn crash. He regathered himself and charged back to fifth spot at race end. A crash early in race three ended any hopes of winning the night and he struggled to the finish line in 18th spot.
But the crash in race three only fired him up for a big finish. He demanded the holeshot in race four and then lead from start to finish to win the race in commanding fashion. His 2-5-18-1 placings gave Styke enough points for fourth overall for the night- the same result as Canberra the week prior. But he showed he has the speed and skill to win any professional race in Australia in the 250cc class and was a little disappointed not to get on the podium at Parramatta.
“I’m angry with myself. Race three was what wrecked my chances of a win or spot on the podium and it was my mistake for putting myself in a venerable position on the track. The team and I had spoken about track position on the first lap and I got myself high on a corner and was parked. It won’t happen again and I am gunning to finish on the podium in Brisbane.
“A big thank you also goes out to Cory and Thomo who spend hours on my bike getting it right and the team for continuing to provide assistance,” Styke offers after the race.
Styke now has a couple of week break before the final round in Brisbane on December 5. Despite only contesting two rounds out of five, Style has already moved himself to 12th on the championship points and another top finish in Brisbane will see him deep inside the top 10.
Race 1. 1st Matt Moss (Suzuki) 2nd Luke Styke (Yamaha) 3rd Lewis Woods (Kawasaki) 4th Kyle Cunningham (Yamaha) 5th Danny Anderson (KTM) 6th Ryan Marmont (Yamaha) 7th Kirk Gibbs (Yamaha) 8th Adam Monea (Suzuki) 9th Luke Arbon (Kawasaki) 10th Michael Menchi (Suzuki)
Race 2. 1st Brendan Harrison (Yamaha) 2nd Lawson Bopping (Suzuki) 3rd Kyle Cunningham 4th Kirk Gibbs 5th Luke Styke 6th Adam Monea 7th Matt Moss 8th Taylor Potter (KTM) 9th Michael Menchi 10th Cameron Solomon (Yamaha)
Race 3. 1st Lawson Bopping 2nd Ryan Marmont 3rd Brendan Harrison 4th Matt Moss 5th Adam Monea 6th Kyle Cunningham 7th Kade Mosig (KTM) 8th Kirk Gibbs 9th Lewis Woods 10th Michael Menchi
Race 4 1st Luke Styke 2nd Matt Moss 3rd Kyle Cunningham 4th Ryan Marmont 5th Lawson Bopping 6th Danny Anderson 7th Brendan Harrison 8th Lewis Woods 9th Brodie Hartin 10th Kirk Gibbs