Joel Brown could clinch the AFMXC series this weekend. Image: SImon Makker.

Joel Brown will enter this weekend’s fourth and final round of the Australian FMX Championships (AFMXC), the Precise Pro Open in Mackay, Queensland, with a target firmly on his back.

With a number of the series title contenders, including veteran FMXer and series leader Matt Schubring and Underground championship points’ leader Callum Shaw tied up with other riding commitments, Brown has found himself in the driver’s seat to bring home the 2013 title.

Still recovering from a broken ankle he suffered at the previous round at Boonah, Queensland, Brown will have to battle both the pain and challenges from multi-time Underground Tour champion Joe Sheppard, Gold Coaster Pete Anderson and the always-improving Luke McNeill before he can be crowned the 2013 champion.

The Precise Pro Open will also mark the first competition appearance of the late, great Tyrone Gilks’s brother, Morgan Gilks.

For more information and updates on the AFMXC series and the Precise Pro Open, visit www.facebook.com/AUFMXC or http://rfdmx.com.au/afmxc.

Precise Pro Open rider list:
Joel Brown – Yamaha – NSW
Ethan Burns – Kawasaki – QLD
Pete Anderson – Yamaha – QLD
Daniel Coe – Suzuki – SA
Zac Mackenzie – Honda – QLD
Luke McNeill – Kawasaki – NSW
Joe Sheppard – Yamaha – NT
Gyles Stainton – Honda – QLD
Morgan Gilks – Yamaha – NSW
Tom Robinson – Yamaha – NSW