MotoOnline.com.au breaks down the specifics from race day Sunday at Coolum’s Monster Energy MX Nationals grand final weekend.

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MX1

Pole position: Billy Mackenzie (CDR Yamaha) 1m43.817

Moto one results:
1. Kirk Gibbs (KTM Motocross Racing Team)
2. Jacob Wright (CDR Yamaha)
3. Billy Mackenzie (Billy Mackenzie)
4. Ben Townley (Penrite Honda)
5. Jake Moss (NPS Monster Energy Kawasaki)
6. Matt Moss (Team Motul Suzuki)
7. Adam Monea (NPS Monster Energy Kawasaki)
8. Lawson Bopping (SIC Racing Kawasaki)
9. Brock Winston (Husqvarna)
10. Jay Marmont (CDR Yamaha)
11. Jesse Dobson (KTM)
12. Hayden Mellross (Raceline Suzuki)
13. Dean Porter (KTM)
14. Lewis Woods (Suzuki)
15. Brad Groombridge (Husqvarna Motocross Racing Team)
16. Robert Lovett (Honda)
17. Mitch Taylor (Yamaha)
18. Charlie Creech (Kawasaki)
19. Ricky Latimer (Husqvarna)
20. Jesse O’Farrell (Yamaha)

Race time: 23m24.822
Margin of victory: 1.851s
Laps completed: 13

Moto two results:
1. Townley
2. Mackenzie
3. Gibbs
4. Kade Mosig (DPH Motorsport Yamaha)
5. Moss
6. Monea
7. Wright
8. Bopping
9. Marmont
10. Sam Martin (DPH Motorsport Yamaha)
11. Dobson
12. Winston
13. Groombridge
14. Mellross
15. Woods
16. Porter
17. Moss
18. James Booth Elliott (Suzuki)
19. Creech, Charlie
20. Taylor

Race time: 24m02.361
Margin of victory: 6.436s
Laps completed: 13

Moto three results:
1. Mackenzie
2. Gibbs
3. Moss
4. Monea
5. Wright
6. Marmont
7. Martin
8. Moss
9. Winston
10. Dobson
11. Mellross
12. Townley
13. Bopping
14. O’Farrell
15. Porter
16. Taylor
17. Tim Vare (Honda)
18. Tyler Lange (Suzuki)
19. Booth Elliott
20. Darcy Jones (Husqvarna)

Race time: 22m48.033
Margin of victory: 7.105s
Laps completed: 12

MX1 overall results:
1. Billy Mackenzie 97
2. Kirk Gibbs 97
3. Jacob Wright 82
4. Ben Townley 82
5. Adam Monea 77
6. Matt Moss 74
7. Jake Moss 70
8. Jay Marmont 68
9. Lawson Bopping 64
10. Brock Winston 63
11. Jesse Dobson 61
12. Hayden Mellross 56
13. Dean Porter 49
14. Sam Martin 45
15. Brad Groombridge 41
16. Mitch Taylor 40
17. Lewis Woods 38
18. Charlie Creech 35
19. Tim Vare 31
20. Jesse O’Farrell 29

MX1 championship standings:
1. Matt Moss 789
2. Kirk Gibbs 776
3. Billy Mackenzie 734
4. Adam Monea 692
5. Jacob Wright 611
6. Jake Moss 599
7. Hayden Mellross 528
8. Kade Mosig 528
9. Sam Martin 481
10. Brock Winston 478
11. Jesse Dobson 473
12. Jay Marmont 430
13. Lewis Woods 429
14. Rhys Carter 351
15. James Booth Elliott 234
16. Ben Townley 221
17. Jesse O’Farrell 188
18. Brad Groombridge 172
19. Lawson Bopping 156
20. Joel Milesevic 153

Verdict:
Coolum delivered a mixed bag of results on Sunday, but in the end after a difficult day in fifth overall, Matt Moss claimed back-to-back titles by 13 points. Billy Mackenzie broke through for another overall in fine style, his moto three win handing him that result on countback ahead of moto one winner Kirk Gibbs. And how about moto two winner Ben Townley? Out of retirement for a guest appearance and he still has what it takes to win races at the top – and very nearly landed on the podium overall save for his final moto finish. Jacob Wright was again impressive (shouldn’t be a surprise by now!), battling for victory in moto one and then landing on the podium again for the second time in four races at CDR Yamaha. Jay Marmont’s final MX Nationals outing was a reasonable one, eighth overall and sixth in the final moto on a gruelling tough track.

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MX2

Pole position: Caleb Ward (KTM) 1m52.005

Moto one results:
1. Caleb Ward (KTM)
2. Luke Arbon (SD3 Husqvarna)
3. Luke Clout (Serco Yamaha)
4. Josh Cachia (Penrite Honda)
5. Hamish Dobbyn (CMR Red Bull KTM)
6. Takeshi Katsuya (Kawasaki)
7. Joel Evans (TM)
8. Hamish Harwood (CMR Red Bull KTM)
9. Jay Wilson (Serco Yamaha)
10. Dylan Long (KTM)
11. Riley Graham (KTM)
12. Errol Willis (Yamaha)
13. Luke Davis (Yamaha)
14. Josh Adams (KTM)
15. Luke Reardon (KTM)
16. Nick Sutherland (Raceline Pirelli Suzuki)
17. Joel Green (Kawasaki)
18. Tomas Ravenhorst (KTM)
19. Luke Wilson (Wilson MX Honda)
20. Caleb Gasbarri (Yamaha)

Race time: 23m40.236
Margin of victory: 13.471s
Laps completed: 13

Moto two results:
1. Ward
2. Arbon
3. Clout
4. Katsuya
5. Dobbyn
6. Harwood
7. Wilson
8. Long
9. Evans
10. Dylan Peterson (SIC Racing Kawasaki)
11. Ravenhorst
12. Graham
13. Sutherland
14. Green
15. Gasbarri
16 Adams
17. Lachlan Stanford (Husqvarna)
18. Wilson
19. Zaccari Luzzi (TM)
20. Boyd Hocking (DPH Motorsport Yamaha)

Race time: 22m18.739
Margin of victory: 20.778s
Laps completed: 12

Moto three results:
1. Ward
2. Katsuya
3. Wilson
4. Graham
5. Harwood
6. Long
7. Evans
8. Peterson
9. Clout
10. Sutherland
11. Green
12. Stanford
13. Ravenhorst
14. Gasbarri
15. Wilson
16. Hocking
17. Zane Keleher (Yamaha)
18. Matthew Kehl (Yamaha)

Race time: 23m08.335
Margin of victory: 14.207s
Laps completed: 12

MX2 overall results:
1. Caleb Ward 105
2. Takeshi Katsuya 85
3. Luke Clout 82
4. Jay Wilson 76
5. Hamish Harwood 74
6. Joel Evans 70
7. Dylan Long 69
8. Riley Graham 67
9. Luke Arbon 64
10. Nick Sutherland 54
11. Hamish Dobbyn 52
12. Joel Green 51
13. Tomas Ravenhorst 51
14. Dylan Peterson 44
15. Caleb Gasbarri 44
16. Lachlan Stanford 43
17. Luke Wilson 41
18. Boyd Hocking 35
19. Josh Adams 32
20. Zane Keleher 31

MX2 championship standings:
1. Luke Clout 688
2. Hamish Harwood 641
3. Luke Arbon 638
4. Jay Wilson 613
5. Caleb Ward 597
6. Kale Makeham 543
7. Brenden Harrison 464
8. Errol Willis 414
9. Kayne Lamont 395
10. Joel Evans 355
11. Riley Graham 348
12. Josh Cachia 338
13. Dylan Long 278
14. Hamish Dobbyn 262
15. Luke Wilson 240
16. Joel Green 235
17. Ryan Marmont 234
18. Nick Sutherland 231
19. Geran Stapleton 224
20. Wade Hunter 215

Verdict:
Serco Yamaha’s Luke Clout made it consecutive titles for the YZ250F (different models though of course!) with third overall, while the dominance of 17-year-old Caleb Ward was astounding on Sunday. He picked up his third overall of the season and was untouched in the dark sands of Coolum Pines, boosting him to fifth in the standings. Veteran racer Takeshi Katsuya starred with second overall in just his second national of the year, making for one of the feel good stories of the season. When Luke Arbon crashed out of the final moto that handed Hamish Harwood second in the standings, as the 2013 MXD champion again rose above expectations for an MX2 series podium on debut.