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International megastar Chad Reed has claimed a stunning victory in the inaugural AUS-X Open tonight ahead of a sell-out Allphones Arena crowd at Sydney Olympic Park.

The SX1 main event was all Yamaha-mounted Reed in a popular victory upon return home for the first time in three years, using the fly by lane early on to sprint away, but he didn’t have it all his own way.

US Arenacross number three Gavin Faith (Penrite Honda) kept him in check, crossing the line six seconds in arrears, while third for Dan Reardon (CDR Yamaha) saw him extend his lead to 31 points in the championship.

That came after Matt Moss (Team Motul Suzuki) crashed out – he went down in the early stages, then again more heavily and was carted out of the arena by RACESAFE.

Cooper Webb (Star Racing Yamaha) sliced his way to fourth from second last on lap one, overcoming Daniel McCoy (SFC Racing Yamaha) and Lawson Bopping (DPH Peter Stevens Yamaha), while Kade Mosig (CDR Yamaha) rebounded from an opening lap crash for seventh.

The field was rounded out by Kale Makeham (Team Motul Suzuki), Cheyne Boyd (Park4MX Yamaha), Luke Styke (KTM Motocross Racing Team) and Robbie Marshall (Honda), who amazed onlookers with a back-flip over the finish line mid-race.

American ace Jimmy Decotis (Penrite Honda) took the inaugural AUS-X Open SX2 victory in Sydney, crossing the line five seconds ahead of Wade Hunter (DPH Peter Stevens Yamaha) and Jackson Richardson (Penrite Honda Wilson MX) following a frantic main event.

Luke Clout (Serco Yamaha) led out of the blocks, then Hunter passed using the fly by shortcut, before Clout went back by the next lap, however pressure from Hunter saw Clout eject through the first rhythm straight afterwards.

Decotis then soon used the shortcut to take the lead and was never headed. He won over Hunter, Richardson, Geran Stapleton (Penrite Honda Wilson MX), Lewis Woods (Davey Motorsports KTM), Jack Simpson (Davey Motorsports KTM), Joel Wightman (CRF Honda Racing), Luke Wilson (Davey Motorsports KTM), Clout and Tomas Ravenhorst (KTM).

An appreciative crowd soaked up the Reed vs. Ricky Carmichael head-to-head battle and while they probably weren’t going at full race pace, Carmichael managed to keep the 22 honest.

Reed led out of the gates, RC took a look at him in turn one, then they ran in formation for much of the three laps. A late surge from the 4 did allow him to challenge Reed to the end, but in the end that was the way they finished.

It was New South Wales wildman Jackson Strong who stomped a one-handed front-flip to score a perfect 10 from judges in the FMX Best Trick, taking home $20,000 for his efforts.

Strong won ahead of Taka Hagashino (rock solid flip) and Rob Adelberg (California roll to no-hander). Fourth was Ryan Brown (ruler backflip) and fifth Tom Pages after he crashed his first attempt at a alley-oop flair. The second one he did land didn’t count.

2015 AUS-X Open
Allphones Arena – Sydney, NSW

SX2 non-seeded practice results:
1. Jed BEATON 36.541s
2. Luke WILSON 36.648s
3. Kyle WEBSTER 36.785s
4. Jake VELLA 36.796s
5. Tomas RAVENHORST 37.058s
6. Brock McLEARY 37.099s
7. Brody CASSIDY 38.049s
8. Boyd HOCKING 39.325s
9. Jamie HARVEY 39.953s
10. James BROWN 40.642s
11. Jake WILLIAMS 42.439s
12. Matt KEIPERT 48.413s

SX2 seeded practice results:
1. Jimmy DECOTIS 33.424s
2. Luke CLOUT 33.863s
3. Jackson RICHARDSON 33.871s
4. Lewis WOODS 34.427s
5. Jack SIMPSON 34.445s
6. Wade HUNTER 34.607s
7. Luke ARBON 35.076s
8. Joel WIGHTMAN 35.323s
9. Dylan WILLS 35.841s
10. Geran STAPLETON 36.636s
11. Jesse MADDEN 36.764s

SX1 non-seeded practice results:
1. Robbie MARSHALL 35.826s
2. Aaron TANTI 36.141s
3. Cheyne BOYD 36.188s
4. Kale MAKEHAM 36.536s
5. Brad MATHESON 37.818s
6. Joel NEWTON 38.439s
7. Robert LOVETT 40.323s
8. Jono KRUSIC 42.393s
9. Josh SPANOS 44.208s

SX1 seeded practice results:
1. Matt MOSS 32.471s
2. Daniel REARDON 32.474s
3. Chad REED 32.489s
4. Lawson BOPPING 32.497s
5. Cooper WEBB 32.806s
6. Kade MOSIG 33.901s
7. Adam MONEA 34.323s
8. Luke STYKE 35.446s
9. Daniel McCOY 35.539s
10. Gavin FAITH 35.547s

SX2 non-seeded qualifying results:
1. Jed BEATON 33.969s
2. Jake VELLA 34.029s
3. Luke WILSON 34.057s
4. Kyle WEBSTER 34.459s
5. Tomas RAVENHORST 34.580s
6. Brock McLEARY 34.817s
7. Boyd HOCKING 36.109s
8. Brody CASSIDY 36.391s
9. Jamie HARVEY 36.675s
10. James BROWN 37.134s
11. Jake WILLIAMS 38.540s

SX2 seeded qualifying results:
1. Jimmy DECOTIS 31.784s
2. Jackson RICHARDSON 31.948s
3. Luke CLOUT 32.183s
4. Wade HUNTER 32.690s
5. Jack SIMPSON 33.317s
6. Lewis WOODS 33.446s
7. Luke ARBON 33.463s
8. Geran STAPLETON 33.520s
9. Joel WIGHTMAN 33.835s
10. Jesse MADDEN 34.054s
11. Dylan WILLS 34.183s

SX1 non-seeded qualifying results:
1. Cheyne BOYD 33.966s
2. Kale MAKEHAM 34.271s
3. Robbie MARSHALL 34.275s
4. Aaron TANTI 34.321s
5. Robert LOVETT 35.849s
6. Brad MATHESON 35.932s
7. Joel NEWTON 36.525s
8. Josh SPANOS 37.157s
9. Jono KRUSIC 37.355s

SX1 seeded qualifying results:
1. Matt MOSS 30.985s
2. Cooper WEBB 31.340s
3. Chad REED 31.343s
4. Daniel REARDON 31.463s
5. Lawson BOPPING 31.544s
6. Gavin FAITH 31.615s
7. Luke STYKE 31.755s
8. Kade MOSIG 32.178s
9. Daniel McCOY 32.476s
10. Adam MONEA 32.545s

SX2 heat one results:
1. Jackson RICHARDSON
2. Lewis WOODS
3. Dylan WILLS
4. Jesse MADDEN
5. Tomas RAVENHORST
6. Jamie HARVEY
7. Boyd HOCKING
8. Jake WILLIAMS
9. Geran STAPLETON

SX2 heat two results:
1. Jimmy DECOTIS
2. Luke CLOUT
3. Jack SIMPSON
4. Joel WIGHTMAN
5. Luke WILSON
6. Jake VELLA
7. Brock McLEARY
8. Brody CASSIDY
9. Kyle WEBSTER
10. James BROWN

SX1 heat one results:
1. Daniel REARDON
2. Gavin FAITH
3. Cooper WEBB
4. Kade MOSIG
5. Kale MAKEHAM
6. Brad MATHESON
7. Aaron TANTI
8. Josh SPANOS

SX1 heat two results:
1. Matt MOSS
2. Chad REED
3. Luke STYKE
4. Daniel McCOY
5. Lawson BOPPING
6. Cheyne BOYD
7. Robbie MARSHALL
8. Robert LOVETT
9. Joel NEWTON
10. Jono KRUSIC

SX2 semi one results:
1. Wade HUNTER
2. Geran STAPLETON
3. Tomas RAVENHORST
4. Jesse MADDEN
5. Boyd HOCKING
6. Dylan WILLS
7. Jake WILLIAMS
8. Jamie HARVEY

SX2 semi two results:
1. Jack SIMPSON
2. Kyle WEBSTER
3. Luke WILSON
4. Joel WIGHTMAN
5. Jake VELLA
6. Brody CASSIDY
7. Brock McLEARY

SX1 semi one results:
1. Kade MOSIG
2. Cooper WEBB
3. Kale MAKEHAM
4. Aaron TANTI
5. Brad MATHESON
6. Josh SPANOS

SX1 semi two results:
1. Lawson BOPPING
2. Daniel McCOY
3. Luke STYKE
4. Cheyne BOYD
5. Robbie MARSHALL
6. Joel NEWTON
7. Jono KRUSIC
8. Robert LOVETT

SX1 Superpole results:
1. Daniel REARDON 30.869s
2. Chad REED 30.903s
3. Gavin FAITH 31.247s
4. Lawson BOPPING 31.311s
5. Matt MOSS 31.352s
6. Kade MOSIG 31.607s

SX2 LCQ results:
1. Dylan WILLS
2. Joel WIGHTMAN
3. Jesse MADDEN
4. Brody CASSIDY
5. Jamie HARVEY
6. Jake WILLIAMS
7. Boyd HOCKING
8. Brock McLEARY

SX1 LCQ results:
1. Cheyne BOYD
2. Robbie MARSHALL
3. Robert LOVETT
4. Aaron TANTI
5. Joel NEWTON
6. Brad MATHESON
7. Jono KRUSIC
8. Josh SPANOS

SX2 final results:
1. Jimmy DECOTIS
2. Wade HUNTER
3. Jackson RICHARDSON
4. Geran STAPLETON
5. Lewis WOODS
6. Jack SIMPSON
7. Joel WIGHTMAN
8. Luke WILSON
9. Luke CLOUT
10. Tomas RAVENHORST
11. Dylan WILLS
12. Kyle WEBSTER

Star head-to-head results (Reed vs. Carmichael):
1. Chad REED
2. Ricky CARMICHAEL

FMX Best Trick results:
1. Jackson STRONG
2. Taka HAGASHINO
3. Rob ADELBERG
4. Ryan BROWN
5. Tom PAGES (crash)

SX1 final results:
1. Chad REED
2. Gavin FAITH
3. Daniel REARDON
4. Cooper WEBB
5. Daniel McCOY
6. Lawson BOPPING
7. Kade MOSIG
8. Kale MAKEHAM
9. Cheyne BOYD
10. Luke STYKE
11. Robbie MARSHALL

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