News 27 Feb 2011

Price rebounds to take victory on Sunday at Bulahdelah AORC

Motorex KTM Off Road Team’s Toby Price has won the second round of the 2011 Yamaha Australian Off Road Championship (AORC) after a disaster first round at Bulahdelah in NSW.

Making a costly mistake while in the lead, Price ran out of fuel in the first round’s gruelling Cross Country format, leaving him with a disappointing DNF result.

In Sunday’s race, however, Price certainly made up for it racing the tough Sprint format with times consistently faster than even the closest competitors in all five Sprint races, including Yamaha’s Chris Hollis and KTM’s Jarrod Bewley who rounded out the top three outright places for the day.

In the E1 Class KTM’s Ben Grabham picked up the pace and took the top place on the podium ahead of Yamaha’s Stefan Merriman and Tom McCormack.

Price’s domination continued from his outright results in the E2 class, leading Hollis and Husqvarna’s Glenn Kearney – who recovered from mechanical issues at the first round to take third place at round two.

KTM’s Bewley was top finisher in the E3 Class, ahead of an impressive performance from Yamaha’s Matt Phillips and Husaberg rider Geoff Braico.

David Cash (Yamaha) took out the Masters Class ahead of Trent Lean (Suzuki) and Glen Charlton (Yamaha) following the withdrawal from Yamaha Team Boss Geoff Ballard.

Husqvarna rider Damien Smith triumphed in the Veterans Class, ahead of Garry Dukes (Husaberg) and Adam Schneller (KTM).

In the Women’s Class, it was a clean sweep of blue bikes with reigning Champ and Yamaha rider Jess Gardiner taking top honours ahead of Swedish import Emelie Karlsson and Jemma Wilson.

In the Juniors Brendon Walther (Yamaha), New Zealand local Scott Sowry (Kawasaki), Wayde Carter (Honda) and Callan Hayes (Yamaha) were all successful in their individual classes.

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