Gibbs extends advantage with Murray Bridge win
Monea opens victory account with impressive second moto.
Image: Jeff Crow.
KTM Motocross Racing Team’s Kirk Gibbs has taken a home victory in round four of the 2015 MX Nationals at Murray Bridge in South Australia this afternoon.
Gibbs led on the opening lap early before Dan Reardon took charge, but it was Gibbs who soon reclaimed the lead and went on to lead the entire moto for the victory.
Reardon sat second until a few minutes remaining, when teammate Kade Mosig made his way through, bumping Reardon back to third.
A late charge from Mosig saw him fall short of the victory, seeing Gibbs the winner from Mosig, Reardon, Adam Monea, Luke Styke, Dylan Long, Cody Cooper, Lawson Bopping, Jesse Dobson and local standout James Booth-Elliott.
The final moto victory in the premier class went to Super Pole winner Monea, who was able to make his way past Gibbs in the middle stages of the moto and controlled it from there.
In the end Monea won the race from Gibbs, whose second place was good enough to secure the overall win and increase his points lead in the process.
Third for the moto and overall for the round was Reardon, while Lawson Bopping and Dobson filled the top five places in moto two this afternoon.
Positions six through 10 featured Mosig after he went down in the whoops, Styke, Long, John Phillips and Aaron Tanti.
2015 MX Nationals, Australian Motocross Championship
Round four – Murray Bridge, SA
MX1 overall results:
1. Kirk Gibbs 67
2. Adam Monea 63
3. Daniel Reardon 60
4. Kade Mosig 57
5. Lawson Bopping 51
6. Luke Styke 50
7. Jesse Dobson 48
8. Dylan Long 48
9. James Booth Elliot 41
10. Aaron Tanti 50
11. Nick Murray 36
12. Tyson Whillas 33
13. Daniel Banks 33
14. Ford Dale 32
15. John Phillips 29
16. Izak Maule 26
17. Craig Bolton 26
18. Daniel McEntee 24
19. Cody Cooper 24
20. Sam Martin 22
MX1 championship standings:
1. Kirk Gibbs 274
2. Luke Styke 235
3. Adam Monea 227
4. Kade Mosig 227
5. Lawson Bopping 213
6. Dylan Long 192
7. Jesse Dobson 188
8. Daniel Reardon 184
9. Cody Cooper 177
10. Kale Makeham 152
11. Aaron Tanti 141
12. John Phillips 131
13. Ford Dale 131
14. Daniel Banks 120
15. Izak Maule 107
16. Daniel McEntee 103
17. Darcy Jones 91
18. Daniel McCoy 89
19. Cheyne Boyd 83
20. Nick Murray 66
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