Price does the AORC double at Kilkivan opener
Category winners include Green (E1), Hollis (E2) and Price (E3).
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KTM Off-Road Racing Team’s Toby Price has made it two from two at the 2015 Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship at Kilkivan in Queensland on Sunday.
The defending AORC champion, who took out round one on Saturday, turned a fantastic start to the season into the perfect one with another dominant performance in trying round two conditions.
Dust was again a factor, with the round shortened from the planned five heats to four after conditions were ruled too dangerous to continue with the final heat.
As a result, Price took out three of the four heats available with a time of 28m38.865s, ahead of CDR Yamaha’s and E2 class winner Chris Hollis 28m56.423s and Active8 Yamaha’s Beau Ralston (29m01.752s).
Ralston’s teammate Josh Green (29m05.197s) and KTM Off-Road Racing Team rider Tye Simmonds (29m39.272s) rounded out the top five.
Green (E1) joined Price (E3), Tayla Jones (Womens), Kurt Hutton (Veterans), Trent Lean (Masters), Fraser Higlett (J4 Junior) and Jessie Bishop (J3 Junior) as clean-sweep winners of their respective classes on the weekend.
In a repeat of yesterday’s round, Jones took out the Women’s class aboard her Yamaha, ahead of 2014 ISDE-winning teammates Jess Gardiner (Sherco Ballards Motorex Off-Road) and Jemma Wilson (Yamaha).
In the 19 and Under class, Tom Mason (Bolton’s KTM) went one better than his round one result, topping Wil Ruprecht (MX1 Suzuki) and round one victor Peter-Daniel Allen. Corey Hammond took out the J2 class.
The 2015 Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship will now head to Hedley, Victoria, for rounds three and four on 18-19 April.
2015 Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship
Round two – Kilkivan, QLD
Outright results:
1. Toby Price (E3)
2. Chris Hollis (E2)
3. Beau Ralston (E2)
4. Josh Green (E1)
5. Tye Simmonds (E2)
6. Lachlan Stanford (E2)
7. Daniel Sanders (E3)
8. Glenn Kearney (E3)
9. Stefan Granquist (E3)
10. Scott Keegan (E2)
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