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KTM Motocross Racing Team rider Kirk Gibbs will enter next weekend’s Australian Supercross championship opener at Bathurst with a fresh win under his belt after dominating the inaugural KTM Conondale Cup at Green Park over the weekend.

The Australian motocross number two was unstoppable on the day, winning all three Cup motos as well as the rich $2500 feature race.

In both classifications he led home Jay Wilson, with third going to 17-year-old Jesse Dobson, who has been drafted into the KTM Motocross Racing Team for the supercross season.

“I didn’t expect to be racing motocross with the supercross season just around the corner, but there’s plenty of tracks disappearing and it would definitely be a shame to see this one go because obviously it’s such a great venue so we made it happen,” Gibbs explained.

“It was a great day and the track was great with a couple of good riders so it was a good day out. Someone had to take the prize money, so I’m glad it was me! There is a perpetual trophy that is going to sit at Conondale club now and they’re going to try and run it for the next 10 years, so my name went on that and it would be good to hopefully when it a few more times.”

The event was run by the Sunshine Coast Motorcycle Club to aid the iconic Conondale track, which was first used for motocross in 1976 and is regarded as one of the nation’s favourite and most picturesque natural terrain layouts.

The track spent much of the year under threat of development and has been saved by community support, but the club now needs to raise significant funds to meet new infrastructure requirements.

In order to address that need, and its own belief that a standalone grass roots motocross event was long overdue in the area, the club came together with KTM Australia to develop the KTM Conondale Cup.