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The MX3 class has a new championship leader following MX Farm’s penultimate round of Penrite ProMX, with Mongrel Boots Honda Racing’s Jake Cannon taking another round win with a perfect 1-1 score.

Previous series leader Koby Hantis and his WBR Bulk Nutrients Yamaha team-mate Kayd Kingsford took the remaining round podium spots.

Cannon topped the qualifying session, with his 1m58.707s lap almost 0.45s faster than that of second-placed Kingsford.

GASGAS-supported rider Ky Woods claimed third-quickest time, ahead of Seth Burchell (WBR Bulk Nutrients Yamaha), and KTM rider Finley Manson.

Cannon tied up the championship MX3 championship points by winning the opening MX3 moto.

It was Kingsford who claimed the holeshot, but Cannon applied the blowtorch and made a good early pass to take the lead. Kingsford stayed close all race, but despite a desperate last-corner attempt at the lead, he crossed the line 0.54s behind Cannon.

Jackson Fuller (KTM) finished with an impressive third, ahead of Hantis and his team-mate, Burchell, who had put in a late charge to work his way into the top five.

While KTM rider Deacon Paice hit the front of the second MX3 moto, Cannon and Hantis quickly relegated him to second as the two contenders went toe-to-toe for the win and series lead.

Cannon would end up taking the victory by 1.9s, and inherited the points lead at the same time. Burchell made a late pass on Paice to finish a distant third, while Ky Woods crossed the line in fifth.

In the championship points, Cannon now has a three-point lead over Hantis, with Kobe Drew (WBR Bulk Nutrients Yamaha) third, a further 18 points back.

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The weekend also saw the second stop of the KTM Group MX65 Futures class, where Yamaha rider Blake Bohannon grabbed a second-round win on countback.

Sidney Stephenson (GASGAS) stole with the holeshot, but Victorian Lewis-Jay Carafa inherited the lead on the opening lap. Stephenson didn’t back down and again took control of the race a lap later, and went on to win by 3.72s.

Bohannon set the quickest lap of the race on his way to a runner-up result, with KTM rider Mason Ezergailis third. KTM riders Kye Sproule and Archie Black came home fourth and fifth, with Carafa fading the early lead to finish sixth.

In the second moto, Stephenson again got a great start. It was short-lived though, as Bohannon capitalised on an early mistake by the leader to take the lead and a 2.5s winning margin. Behind Stephenson finished Sproule, Ezergailis and Black.

Heading into the final round at Queensland Moto Park this weekend, Bohannon leads Ezergailis (94 points to 76), with Sproule just two points further back.

Detailed results