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KTM’s Caleb Ward has made it three-straight MX2 overall wins at Raymond Terrace’s sixth round of the 2015 MX Nationals this afternoon.

Dylan Wills broke through for his first-career MX2 victory in moto one, withstanding immense pressure from Ward to lead the entire moto – the result coming down to the final section of turns on the last lap.

A mistake by Ward then enabled Wills to comfortably win by 10 seconds, from Ward and Jay Wilson in third in a strong performance this weekend under the watchful eye of Josh Coppins.

Taka Katsuya was fourth in the opening race, while Western Australian Dean Porter kept Luke Arbon at bay for fifth. Completing the top 10 was Luke Clout – who missed the sighting lap with bike problems – from Joel Wightman, Wade Hunter and Nathan Crawford.

Notable names outside the front places included Jed Beaton in 11th and Hamish Harwood down in 21st following an incident out of the gates.

Ward hit the front early and was unrivalled on his way to the second moto victory, resulting in his third-consecutive overall win on board the 250 SX-F.

Behind him Wilson rode to a comfortable second-place finish, which handed him second overall and the championship leader’s red plate to begin the second half of the season.

Rounding out the podium overall was moto one winner Wills, who was 13th after a troublesome run but managed to salvage his maiden overall podium.

Third in the moto was Jed Beaton, ahead of Serco Yamaha teammate Luke Clout, while Luke Arbon, a fast-starting Nick Sutherland, Joel Wightman, Matt Ryan, Geran Stapleton and Hamish Harwood completed the top 10 finishers.

It was a hard-fought race for Taka Katsuya after he had to work his way from the rear to 17th, while Nathan Crawford was a non-starter for moto two. A non-finisher following his strong first moto was Dean Porter, after he came together with Wills.

In the championship it’s Wilson who has now taken charge, holding down a five-point advantage over Clout, with Katsuya dropping a further 15 in arrears.

2015 MX Nationals, Australian Motocross Championship
Round six – Raymond Terrace, NSW

MX2 overall results:
1. Caleb Ward
2. Jay Wilson
3. Dylan Wills
4. Luke Clout
5. Luke Arbon
6. Jed Beaton
7. Joel Wightman
8. Wade Hunter
9. Takeshi Katsuya
10. Matt Ryan
11. Geran Stapleton
12. Alex Morris
13. Hamish Harwood
14. Tomas Ravenhorst
15. Kyle Webster
16. Dean Porter
17. Nicholas Sutherland
18. Ricky Latimer
19. Luke Wilson
20. Kurt Gow

MX2 championship standings:
1. Jay Wilson 343
2. Luke Clout 338
3. Takeshi Katsuya 323
4. Jed Beaton 300
5. Wade Hunter 288
6. Luke Arbon 279
7. Caleb Ward 249
8. Geran Stapleton 243
9. Nathan Crawford 234
10. Hamish Harwood 225
11. Dylan Wills 224
12. Jack Simpson 204
13. Riley Graham 200
14. Joel Wightman 195
15. Kyle Webster 180
16. Luke Wilson 165
17. Dean Porter 160
18. Dylan Leary 142
19. Tomas Ravenhorst 136
20. Alex Morris 129

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