Michelin MX Nationals - Round 3 - Culham Park - 17th May 2015

Saturdays Free Practice:

After a fun day full of races, the Pro MX1 and MX2's took to a rough and very rutted track to take a look at the new layout.

MX2 - Jake has always liked riding at Culham Park and thought the track flowed well.

MX1 - Josh too was really pleased with the track, although it was brand new to him. It was very rough and cut up, so he was looking forward to riding it again on Sunday morning when the track would be totally different again.

Sunday Pro Qualifying:

9.00am. Pro Practice. 29 mixed MX1 and MX2 riders together on a well graded track.

MX2 - Jake put a few early quick laps in and held his 2nd spot for most of the practice. Then a few laps before the end of this timed qualification, 2 other riders slotted in a quicker lap, pushing him back to 4th MX2, but with an 11th place gate pick for the day.

MX1 - Josh really enjoyed the ride and got consistently quick laps, holding on to his MX1 5th place position, with only one more second to put him into 3rd! So Josh got 5th fastest MX1 and 7th gate pick for the day.

Race 1:

After a relaxing morning chilling and watching a bit of racing from the 'up and coming’s' , it was time for Race one.  A full block of races had run since the qualification so it would be an enjoyable challenge for the Pro's to master the changes in the track so far.

MX2 - Jake got a good start coming through in 8th place amongst all the MX1 and MX2 riders but a couple of corners in, he got nudged into the bike in front - losing the front end. Then with another mistake in the opening lap, Jake found himself right at the back for a good 3 laps before managing to pick off the riders one by one. Although his lap times were consistently the second fastest MX2, behind Lenoir, he just couldn't quite catch the pack of Eccles, Harrison and Dixon - leaving him to finish 7th overall MX2 in this first race.

MX1 - Josh didn't get as good a start as he would have liked, coming round the corner in 9th position. But he had a good, solid, consistent ride as usual holding his 7th place MX1 throughout before moving into 6th place over Smith in the last lap.

Race 2:

MX2 - Although Jake got out of the gate pretty handy, he and Davidson's bikes touched on the first bend pushing Jake back and leaving his bike stuck in 3rd gear for the whole race. He knuckled down, did what he had to do and still managed to finish a respectable 6th MX2 - giving him 5th overall on the day and retaining his 2nd place position in the championship.

MX1 - Josh got a pretty handy start too, rounding the first corner in 6th spot. Yet again he was very consistent, smooth and in control and held his position all through the race. He made a pass on Barr half-way through the race, moved in to 5th and remained there until finish. He was 6th overall on the day and retained his 5th place position in the championship.

Overall: