2013 Monster Energy MX Nationals, Australian Motocross Championship – Round Six – Appin (NSW)
Heading into the second half of the 2013 championship Series Motorex KTM rider and MX1 Series Leader Todd Waters will be behind the 8 ball.
Waters started the series with a dream run, then the week before round 4 Waters had a heavy fall racing in Queensland that only just saw him take to the track at Broadford, getting his medical clearance after practice.
Waters again was unlucky at another Queensland state race where he fell and broke his collarbone and sustained a couple of other small injury’s. Waters will come into the second half of the series again needing a medical clearance.
Whilst Waters mid season break hasn’t gone to plan, his main rival and the man on the move, Motul Suzuki rider Matt Moss has been getting plenty of riding in.
Monster Energy Kawasaki rider Jay Marmont will be looking for some form in the second half, Appin is the local round for Marmont and he needs to find something.
The two Moss brother Matt and Jake packed up and went to the USA for the mid season break, under the watch full eye of his Trainer Alter Ego’s Dan Reardon, word is Moss is on the gas.
The Motul MX2 class will resume with plenty of fight, Carlton Dry Honda’s Josh Cachia will come into the second half knowing that he needs to win every moto to be a chance at the title, and Serco Yamaha’s Series leader Luke Styke knows exactly what he needs to do to win the championship this year after losing it in the final moto at Coolum last year.
Pirelli MXD will again be the biggest field of the round, the MXD is the true proving ground of the Mx Nationals series, which is very evident when you consider that both Styke and Cachia are previous Under 19 champions.
The second half of the series will reignite at the Bellbird Park Motocross track at Brian Rd Appin on Sunday July 14th, tickets are at the gate, Adults $30.00 kids 1 to 15 $15.00 family $70.00
Monster Energy MX1
1st 47 Todd Waters, KTM, 332
2nd 102 Matt Moss, Suzuki, 307
3rd 211 Billy Mackenzie, Yamaha, 289
4th 10 Cody Cooper, Suzuki, 268
5th 70 Lawson Bopping, Yamaha, 266
6th 3 Adam Monea, Kawasaki, 232
7th 42 Tye Simmonds, Yamaha 232
8th 6 Jake Moss,, Suzuki 230
9th 5 Kirk Gibbs, KTM, 230
10th 65 Daniel McCoy, Honda, 209
Motul MX2
1st 2 Luke Styke, Yamaha, 336
2nd 19 Luke Clout, Yamaha, 285
3rd 10 Josh, Cachia, Honda, 279
4th 36 Brock Winston, KTM, 258
5th 96 Kale Makeham ,KTM, 255
6th 888 Takeshi Katsuya, Honda, 212
7th 14 Geran Stapleton, Suzuki, 208
8th 3 Ryan Marmont, Suzuki, 196
9th 5 Dylan Long, KTM, 187
10th 7 Kayne Lamont, KTM, 183
Pirelli MXD (Under 19’s)
1st 153 Hamish Harwood, KTM, 184
2nd 414 Jesse Dobson, Kawasaki, 165
3rd 7 Jack Simpson, KTM, 162
4th 49 Joel Dinsdale, Yamaha, 159
5th 112 Nick Scott, Honda, 152
6th 8 Corey James, Yamaha, 135
7th 10 Jay Wilson, Yamaha, 130
8th 30 Joel Wightman, Yamaha, 130
9th 500 Logan Blackburn, Yamaha, 128
10th 188 Thomas Ravenhorst, KTM, 114
— International motocross star jets in from USA to join Carlton Dry Honda Racing
International motocross and supercross campaigner Gareth Swanepoel will contest the final five rounds of the Monster Energy MX Nationals for Carlton Dry Honda Racing.
The South African, who arrived in Australia earlier today, is an accomplished racer. He won the German Motocross Championship twice, finished runner-up in the British MX1 Championship in 2009 and 2010 and was a regular podium finisher in the coveted World MX1 Championship.
Swanepoel has spent the past two and half years in the USA where he achieved strong results in the both motocross and supercross.
“I am very excited to be joining the Carlton Dry Honda team,” Swanepoel said. “It is a great opportunity for me and the timing could not of worked out better.
“It is also great to be working with Ben (Townley) again, we have known each other for a long time and were teammates at Vangani Racing in 2001. I spent the past week in New Zealand with him getting accustomed to the Honda.
“This is my first visit to Australia so I have been doing a lot of watching YouTube clips and from what I can tell the Appin track looks to be quite similar to some of the ones I raced on during the British Motocross Championship.
Swanepoel will spend the next two days testing in Melbourne before heading to Sydney with the team to contest the MX1 class at Appin Motocross Track.
Carlton Dry Honda Racing Team Owner Yarrive Konsky said he was excited to be bringing Swanepoel to the MX Nationals.
“Gareth is a great fit for the team,” Konsky said. “His international results speak for themselves.
“He has beaten the best in America, in the lites class and is a proven open rider.
“We are excited to welcome him to the team and look forward to working closely with him over the next five rounds,” Konsky added.
Swanepoel’s first competitive event will be Round 6 of the Monster Energy MX Nationals at Appin Motocross Track on Sunday July 14.
