MotoOnline.com.au breaks down the specifics from race day at round five of the 2017 Motul MX Nationals at Murray Bridge, South Australia.

MX1

Super Pole: Todd Waters 1m43.066s

Moto one results:
1. Dean Ferris
2. Brett Metcalfe
3. Kirk Gibbs
4. Kade Mosig
5. Todd Waters
6. Luke Clout
7. Luke Styke
8. Aleksandr Tonkov
9. Kyle Peters
10. Zak Small
11. Joel Wightman
12. Joel Green
13. Daniel Banks
14. James Alen
15. Keiron Hall
16. Mitch Norris
17. Brodie Sims
18. Lachlan Davis
19. Izak Maule
20. Nathan Trigg

Race time: 33m07.918s
Margin of victory: 24.525s
Laps completed: 18
Fastest lap: Dean Ferris 1m45.352s

Moto two results:
1. Kirk Gibbs
2. Dean Ferris
3. Brett Metcalfe
4. Kade Mosig
5. Kyle Peters
6. Luke Clout
7. Todd Waters
8. Luke Styke
9. Aleksandr Tonkov
10. Joel Green
11. Zak Small
12. Daniel Banks
13. Mitch Norris
14. Joel Wightman
15. Brodie Sims
16. Hamish Harwood
17. James Alen
18. Lachlan Davis
19. Izak Maule
20. Nathan Trigg

Race time: 33m05.902s
Margin of victory: 5.896s
Laps completed: 18
Fastest lap: Todd Waters 1m46.249s

MX1 overall results:
1. Dean Ferris 67
2. Kirk Gibbs 65
3. Brett Metcalfe 62
4. Kade Mosig 56
5. Luke Clout 50
6. Todd Waters 50
7. Kyle Peters 48
8. Luke Styke 47
9. Aleksandr Tonkov 45
10. Zak Small 41
11. Joel Green 40
12. Daniel Banks 37
13. Joel Wightman 37
14. Mitch Norris 33
15. James Alen 31
16. Brodie Sims 30
17. Lachlan Davis 26
18. Keiron Hall 25
19. Izak Maule 24
20. Hamish Harwood 23

MX1 championship standings
1 Dean Ferris 356
2 Kirk Gibbs 308
3 Kade Mosig 279
4 Todd Waters 277
5 Luke Styke 262
6 Kyle Peters 230
7 Luke Clout 223
8 Aleksandr Tonkov 218
9 Brett Metcalfe 173
10 Keiron Hall 173
11 Joel Green 172
12 Lachlan Davis 162
13 Zak Small 155
14 Hamish Harwood 155
15 James Alen 152
16 Nathan Crawford 149
17 Izak Maule 116
18 Joel Wightman 111
19 Brodie Sims 103
20 Daniel Banks

Verdict:
Heading into the five-week break, CDR Yamaha’s Dean Ferris continued his perfect record of overall wins to date this season. South Australian Kirk Gibbs was able to top Ferris again this weekend in a single moto performance, but it wasn’t enough to deny the defending champion the top spot on the podium for the day. South Australia’s Brett Metcalfe put on an impressive showing aboard his new privateer KTM 450 SX-F for third overall in front of his friends, family and home crowd. Top qualifier Todd Waters dealt with vision issues in moto one and mechanical issues during moto two forcing him out of the top five for the day, a disappointing result for the 2016 event winner. It was an exciting way to enter the mid-season break and it definitely served as a positive round for multiple riders to take into their time off.

MX2

Pole position: Hamish Harwood 1m48.907s

Moto one results:
1. Hamish Harwood
2. Dylan Wills
3. Egan Mastin
4. Jackson Richardson
5. Wilson Todd
6. Kyle Webster
7. Mitchell Evans
8. Richie Evans
9. Jayden Rykers
10. Tomas Ravenhorst
11. Jacob Wright
12. Joel Evans
13. Ricky Latimer
14. Aaron Tanti
15. Jesse McNally
16. Lochie Latimer
17. Cohen Chase
18. Jayden Conforto
19. Karl Claridge
20. Kye Wilkinson

Race time: 32m19.076s
Margin of victory: 0.565s
Laps completed: 17
Fastest lap: Hamish Harwood 1m49.273s

Moto two results:
1. Mitchell Evans
2. Egan Mastin
3. Hamish Harwood
4. Wilson Todd
5. Jackson Richardson
6. Richie Evans
7. Dylan Wills
8. Tomas Ravenhorst
9. Aaron Tanti
10. Joel Evans
11. Jacob Wright
12. Jayden Rykers
13. Jesse McNally
14. Cohen Chase
15. Robin Scheiben
16. Lochie Latimer
17. Kye Wilkinson
18. Karl Claridge
19. Jayden Conforto
20. Levi McManus

Race time: 22m34.945s
Margin of victory: 5.002s
Laps completed: 12
Fastest lap: Egan Mastin 1m47.372s

MX2 overall results:
1. Hamish Harwood 56
2. Egan Mastin 62
3. Mitch Evans 59
4. Dylan Wills 56
5. Wilson Todd 54
6. Jackson Richardson 54
7. Richie Evans 48
8. Tomas Ravenhorst 44
9. Jayden Rykers 41
10. Joel Evans 40
11. Jacob Wright 40
12. Aaron Tanti 39
13. Jesse McNally 34
14. Cohen Chase 31
15. Lochie Latimer 30
16. Kye Wilkinson 25
17. Karl Claridge 25
18. Jayden Conforto 25
19. Kyle Webster 25
20. Robin Scheiben 22

MX2 championship standings
1 Wilson Todd 311
2 Mitch Evans 305
3 Hamish Harwood 278
4 Jackson Richardson 278
5 Egan Mastin 277
6 Dylan Wills 242
7 Kyle Webster 233
8 Aaron Tanti 217
9 Jayden Rykers 209
10 Richie Evans 205
11 Ricky Latimer 186
12 Joel Evans 172
13 Tomas Ravenhorst 156
14 Jesse McNally 148
15 Jayden Conforto 109
16 Calib Best 107
17 Bailey Coxon 101
18 Darren Schenk 82
19 Levi McManus 77
20 Lachlan Wilson 77

Verdict:
It was an interesting round in the MX2 category at Murray Bridge with plenty of talking points throughout the day. Egan Mastin initially crossed the line first in moto one, although he then received a 10-second penalty which forced him back to third spot handing the win to Hamish Harwood. It was also Harwood’s first moto victory of the season and he put that together with a runner-up finish in moto two for his first-ever MX2 overall win. Dylan Wills showed improved form with a second-place in moto one and a seventh in moto two for fourth overall and series leader Wilson Todd struggled to find his true form throughout the day and finished fifth overall, handing points to Mitch Evans who claimed the final step on the podium.