Australian Brett Metcalfe was eighth overall at Freestone on Saturday. Image: Simon Cudby.

South Australian Brett Metcalfe crashed during of both races in Freestone Raceway’s second round of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross series on Saturday.

The mishaps ruined Metcalfe’s hopes of a top five finish for the weekend, instead credited eighth overall with 13-10 results.

Moto two saw Metcalfe lead going into the first turn, but he ran wide and settled into seventh. After soon suffering a fall, he remounted to the finish.

“I felt like I rode really well in Texas,” said Metcalfe. “It was just a tough track to come from behind on. In the first moto, I got a good start on the Yoshimura Suzuki RM-Z450 and then I spun it out and had to come from behind to 13th.

“In the second moto, I got a real good start but went way too wide in the first corner and dropped back a little. On the first couple of laps, I picked off some guys and was sitting in a good position.

“But I could see the leaders were getting away so I tried to force something on a tough braking section and got sideways and went down, so it was a tough break. Now, I’m looking forward to Colorado and getting up front and staying up there.”

Metcalfe sits seventh heading into the third round of the series on Saturday, 2 June, at the Thunder Valley national in Colorado.