Matthew Fish claimed victory at the Indee 500 on debut last weekend, filling in for the injured Ben Grabham. Image: Jamie Nicolaou.

HSE Motorex KTM Desert Racing’s Matthew Fish claimed victory on debut in the Indee 500 last weekend, held at Indee Station near Port Hedland in Western Australia on 14-15 July.

Filling in for injured team regular Ben Grabham, Fish rode a KTM 500 EXC to the win after a grueling 500 kilometres of competition, which featured terrain through the hard-packed Pilbara Desert, station tracks, rocky sections, sandy rivers and creek crossings.

“I was lucky enough to fill in for Grabbo and it was a terrific weekend,” Fish said. “I’d never done the Indee 500 before, but it was actually a really good ride with a great mixture of technical sections, river beds and open sections. It was a really good event to take the win in.”

Fish’s winning margin was around 10 minutes over the course of two days of competition, spanning a total time of over six hours for the entire 500 kilometre course.

Fish was also a guest of the HSE Motorex KTM Desert Racing Team during last month’s Finke Desert Race in the Northern Territory, claiming a promising fourth position overall in the event won by teammate Toby Price.