This weekend the Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) rolls into Kyogle, NSW, this weekend, which will play host for rounds nine and 10 of this year’s championship.

This weekend will be the dress rehearsal for the final two rounds at Heathcote in September, which will see championship more than likely go down to the wire with CDR Yamaha’s Daniel Milner putting up a massive fight to KTM’s Toby Price.

With his two wins last time out, Milner is now sitting in fourth place in the championship, just one point ahead of his teammate Chris Hollis, who has been looking forward to this round for quite a while because of the track surface.

Price tops the Outright championship tally on 163 points, 11 clear of Husqvarna’s Glenn Kearney, who has been ever so consistent on the new generation Husqvarna.

Active8 Yamaha Yamalube pilot Josh Green is two points behind Kearney in the Outright challenge. Green is another one that will pounce if anything goes wrong. But once again it’s hard to look past Price and Milner who will more than likely be the pace-setters this weekend.

Daniel Sanders, 19, lies in seventh place and just two points of Kearney’s teammate, Lachlan Stanford and looks as if he will tie up the 19 and Under championship by sunset this Sunday. Sanders has been nothing of a breath of fresh air in this year’s championship, winning every race this far in his respected championship.

Another championship that will be well alive this weekend is the Women’s championship. While 21-year old Jess Gardiner (Balllards Motorex Off-Road Team) leads the championship with 194 points to Tayla Jones’ 178. Jones will have the confidence going into this round saying that her round eight victory has given her the boost that she needed.

After these two rounds there will only be 50 points up for grabs, so with Emelie Karlsson 38-points behind Gardiner, it will be a tall order for the Swede to mount any serious challenge for the title is she’s to make it two championships in a row.

Talking about winning championships, Trent Lean will more than likely tie up the Masters championship holding onto a 40-point lead over Ian Jenner with Geoff Ballard and Mike Shearer 49-points behind.

In the Juniors, Kawasaki’s Lyndon Snodgrass holds onto a slender two point’s advantage over Wil Ruprecht in the J4 division, so expect some battling going on there. In the J2 class, just four points is the different between Joshua Brierley and brother Mitchell with William Price in third, 56-points behind Joshua. Ben Kearns holds a very nice 49-points buffer in the J3 class over Deon Javni and will be looking to tie up that championship this weekend and put it beyond doubt.

Image: Russell Colvin.

Circuit location

Karoona Taveners Road, Kyogle

From main street in Kyogle (Summerland Way), turn right into Kyogle Road (sign says Murwillumbah). Approximately 3km further, turn right into Taveners Road, and follow to end through two gates.

Event entry

Free

Event schedule

Saturday:
7:30am (Junior start)
9:30am (Senior start)

Sunday:
7:00am (Junior start)
8:30am (Senior start)

Championship standings

Outright championship:
1. Toby Price 163
2. Glenn Kearney 152
3. Josh Green 150
4. Daniel Milner 133
5. Chris Hollis 132
6. Lachlan Stanford 110
7. Daniel Sanders 108
8. Jarrod Bewley 101
9. Tom McCormack 98
10. Geoff Braico 88

E3 championship:
1. Glenn Kearney 197
2. Stefan Granqvist 164
3. Jarrod Bewley 155
4. Craig Hepburn 46
5. Adam Giles 36
6. Joel James 36
7. Robert Savage 32
8. Daniel Chrzanowski 30
9. Adrian Curley 30
10. Ryan Murrell 18

E2 championship:
1. Toby Price 163
2. Josh Green 160
3. Chris Hollis 150
4. Daniel Milner 140
5. Lachlan Stanford 133
6. Beau Ralston 122
7. Geoff Braico 115
8. Kye Anderson 93
9. Alex Bolton 81
10. Baylee Davies 55

E1 championship:
1. Tom McCormack 191
2. Scott Keegan 167
3. Peter Boyle 158
4. Tom Kite 139
5. Nic Tomlinson 116
6. Kristen Sprenger 95
7. Michael McCormack 91
8. John Prutti 85
9. Thomas Jenner 76
10. Brad Hardaker 67

19 and Under championship:
1. Daniel Sanders 200
2. Broc Grabham 168
3. Tom Mason 159
4. Kane Hall 148
5. Alex Papamanolis 93
6. Peter-Daniel Allan 87
7. Anthony Venn 77
8. Cameron Binstead 67
9. Harrison Norton 62
10. Jacob Peacock 61

Women’s championship:
1. Jess Gardiner 194
2. Tayla Jones 178
3. Emelie Karlsson 156
4. Jemma Wilson 116
5. Sophie Coldiutt 96
6. Kellie Catanese 85
7. Tamara Gray 72
8. Breanna Simpson 40
9. Kristie McKinnon 32
10. Bronwyn Aplin 32

Masters championship:
1. Trent Lean 179
2. Ian Jenner 139
3. Geoff Ballard 130
4. Mike Shearer 130
5. Craig Treasure 89
6. Robert Day 69
7. Adrian Fitzgerald 57
8. Phil Wade 57
9. Ashley Sprenger 56
10. David Flemming 47

Vets championship:
1. Damian Smith 197
2. Kirk Hutton 175
3. Rowan Pumpa 164
4. Anthony Greene 97
5. Michael Widdison 76
6. Paul Bryant 36
7. Russ French 36
8. Daniel Chrzanowski 32
9. Matt Robinson 31
10. Scott Szabo 31

Junior Four championship:
1. Lyndon Snodgrass 183
2. Wil Ruprecht 181
3. Seth Muller 166
4. Stuart Holt 131
5. Dallan Villani 123
6. Locky Kennedy 116
7. Neil Collard 81
8. Scott Noble 80
9. Jai Wedlock 68
10. Trent Tucci 62

Junior Three championship:
1. Ben Kearns 200
2. Deon Javni 151
3. Luke Strauch 134
4. Tom Bushell 134
5. Dean De Fazio 44
6. Kade Purcell 44
7. Zane Temperley 41
8. Jack Williams 38
9. Kyle Bennett 38
10. Jackson Flaherty 35

Junior Two championship:
1. Joshua Brierley 181
2. Mitchell Brierley 177
3. William Price 125
4. Corey Hammond 112
5. Jack Matthews 111
6. Lachlan Allan 109
7. Lauchlan Flannery 82
8. Jarrod Ramsay 67
9. Lachlan Skinner 63
10. Tully O’Neil 39

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2014 series calendar:

Rds 1-2 – 22-23 March – Buladelah, NSW
Rds 3-4 – 19-20 April – Boyland, QLD
Rds 5-6 – 3-4 May – Hedley, VIC
Rds 7-8 – 21-22 June – Coonawarra, SA
Rds 9-10 – 19-20 July – Kyogle, NSW
Rds 11-12 – 6-7 September – Heathcote, VIC