Brisbane Motorcycles Yamaha’s Dean Ferris has put in another near-perfect day on the bike, taking the checkered flag in both MX1 motos at the Queensland Moto Park round of the 2023 Penrite ProMX Championship.

Ferris’ performance saw him take top spot on the podium, with Boost Mobile Honda Racing team-mates Kyle Webster and Jed Beaton taking second and third respectively.

Ferris took an emphatic start-to-finish victory in the opening MX1 moto.

After claiming a big holeshot from Jed Beaton and Zachary Watson (Honda), Ferris relentlessly punched out fast, consistent laps to stretch out a 11.6-second lead over Beaton by the time the checkered flag flew.

Kyle Webster put in a consistent performance to round out the podium, ahead of the evergreen Brett Metcalfe (GO24 KTM).

CDR Yamaha Monster Energy’s defending champion Aaron Tanti recovered from slower start to finish P5, ahead of Kirk Gibbs (KTM Racing Team) and Hamish Harwood (Davey Motorsports KTM).

Watson put in one of his best races of the year on his way to P8, ahead of Honda privateers Jai Walker and Joel Evans.

Former champion Todd Waters (Raceline Husqvarna Berry Sweet Racing) suffered a hard crash with just a couple of laps remaining and DNFed.

Ferris stormed to a second moto victory despite a first lap crash, to stretch out his points lead over Beaton with a round remaining. Privateer Joel Evans scored the holeshot, but had Ferris surged into the lead by the next corner.

However, later on the opening lap Ferris went down, allowing Tanti to take the lead, with Webster close behind.

Refusing to give up, Ferris worked his way from ninth and back into third at the halfway mark.

Tanti had opened a eight-second gap and looked set to take the win, but tangled with a lapper and surrendered the lead to Webster.

Ferris soon took over the race lead with an aggressive move and took the a six-second win, with Beaton behind his team-mate in third.

Gibbs and Metcalfe finished inside the top five, as Harwood, Watson, Walker, Luke Zielinski (Yamaha) and Corey Watts (Honda) completing the top 10.

Late in the race Tanti was forced to retire, seeing his championship aspirations evaporate in the process.

In the series standings, Ferris now holds a 15-point lead over Beaton, with Gibbs in third, another 34 markers back.

The final round of the 2023 Penrite ProMX Championship will be held next weekend at Coolum.

Detailed results