MotoOnline.com.au breaks down the specifics from race day Sunday at Toowoomba’s penultimate round of the 2016 Motul MX Nationals season in Queensland.

MX1

Super Pole: Kyle Peters 1m46.174s

Moto one results:
1. Kyle Peters
2. Dean Ferris
3. Kirk Gibbs
4. Todd Waters
5. Kade Mosig
6. Dylan Long
7. Jacob Wright
8. Jay Wilson
9. Kurt Gow
10. Michael Menchi
11. Brendan Duck
12. James Alen
13. Daniel Banks
14. Izak Maule
15. Craig Bolton
16. Alex Redgwell
17. Travis Tough
18. Jayson Tough
19. Eddie Brown

Race time: 33m01.995s
Margin of victory: 3.092s
Laps completed: 18
Fastest lap: Kyle Peters 1m48.802s

Moto two results:
1. Dean Ferris
2. Kirk Gibbs
3. Kyle Peters
4. Todd Waters
5. Dylan Long
6. Jay Wilson
7. Jacob Wright
8. Kade Mosig
9. Kurt Gow
10. Luke Wilson
11. Izak Maule
12. Brendan Duck
13. Daniel Banks
14. Craig Bolton
15. Michael Menchi
16. Alex Redgwell
17. Jayson Tough
18. Eddie Brown

Race time: 33m31.364s
Margin of victory: 1.217s
Laps completed: 18
Fastest lap: Kyle Peters 1m50.373s

MX1 overall results:
1. Dean Ferris 67
2. Kyle Peters 65
3. Kirk Gibbs 62
4. Todd Waters 56
5. Dylan Long 51
6. Kade Mosig 49
7. Jay Wilson 48
8. Jacob Wright 48
9. Kurt Gow 44
10. Brendan Duck 39
11. Izak Maule 37
12. Michael Menchi 37
13. Daniel Banks 36
14. Craig Bolton 33
15. Alex Redgwell 30
16. Jayson Tough 27
17. Eddie Brown 25
18. Luke Wilson 21
19. James Alen 19
20 Travis Tough 14

MX1 championship standings:
1. Kirk Gibbs 602
2. Dean Ferris 596
3. Todd Waters 578
4. Kade Mosig 486
5. Dylan Long 411
6. Jacob Wright 388
7. Matt Moss 381
8. Jay Wilson 368
9. Michael Menchi 338
10. Daniel Banks 235
11. Izak Maule 300
12. Luke Wilson 228
13. Brett Metcalfe 225
14. Jesse Dobson 209
15. James Alen 174
16. Daniel Reardon 171
17. Michael Mahon 171
18. Kurt Gow 168
19. Kurt Wightman 163
19. Joel Green 142

Verdict:
As we expected and predicted, the action at Toowoomba didn’t disappoint and has set the stage for a thrilling end to the 2016 MX Nationals, as the three-way dogfight between Dean Ferris, Kirk Gibbs and Todd Waters continued to steal the headlines. However, it was American import Kyle Peters who played the biggest wildcard in the day’s proceedings, as he withheld a tonne of pressure from Ferris to win the opening race, then mixed it up with both Ferris and Gibbs in the second moto. More crucially, Peters’ second overall result shunted Todd Waters off the podium for the first time since Nowra and makes the Suzuki rider’s job just that much harder entering the Coolum finale on Sunday. Toowoomba also saw Crankt Protein Honda Racing’s Dylan Long find some decent form after sitting out Shepparton with a hard-earned fifth overall.

MX2

Pole position: Nathan Crawford 1m49.189s

Moto one results:
1. Nathan Crawford
2. Wilson Todd
3. Jayden Rykers
4. Caleb Ward
5. Jed Beaton
6. Dylan Wills
7. Kale Makeham
8. Tom Ravenhorst
9. Keiron Hall
10. Joel Wightman
11. Hamish Harwood
12. Nick Sutherland
13. Joel Evans
14. Richie Evans
15. Aaron Tanti
16. Dean Porter
17. Lachlan Davis
18. Hadleigh Knight
19. Jamie Harvey
20. Daniel McEntee

Race time: 33m38.841s
Margin of victory: 10.627s
Laps completed: 18
Fastest lap: Nathan Crawford 1m50.860s

Moto two results:
1. Caleb Ward
2. Nathan Crawford
3. Jed Beaton
4. Kyle Webster
5. Kale Makeham
6. Hamish Harwood
7. Keiron Hall
8. Dylan Wills
9. Aaron Tanti
10. Joel Wightman
11. Tom Ravenhorst
12. Bailey Coxon
13. Joel Evans
14. Dean Porter
15. Hadleigh Knight
16. Daniel McEntee
17. Lachlan Davis
18. Geoffrey Chalmers
19. Jayden Conforto
20. Jamie Harvey

Race time: 22m35.496s
Margin of victory: 2.565s
Laps completed: 12
Fastest lap: Caleb Ward 1m51.528s

MX2 overall results:
1. Nathan Crawford 67
2. Caleb Ward 63
3. Jed Beaton 56
4. Kale Makeham 50
5. Dylan Wills 48
6. Keiron Hall 46
7. Hamish Harwood 45
8. Tom Ravenhorst 43
9. Joel Wightman 42
10. Aaron Tanti 38
11. Joel Evans 36
12. Dean Porter 32
13. Wilson Todd 32
14. Jayden Rykers 30
15. Hadleigh Knight 29
16. Kyle Webster 28
17. Lachlan Davis 28
18. Daniel McEntee 26
19. Jamie Harvey 23
20. Geoffrey Chalmers 21

MX2 championship standings:
1. Nathan Crawford 574
2. Jed Beaton 563
3. Caleb Ward 555
4. Jayden Rykers 479
5. Wilson Todd 444
6. Dylan Wills 429
7. Hamish Harwood 398
8. Joel Wightman 383
9. Kyle Webster 324
10. Wade Hunter 324
11. Dean Porter 323
13. Kale Makeham 322
12. Jake Moss 278
15. Keiron Hall 254
14. Ricky Latimer 240
16. Richie Evans 224
17. Aaron Tanti 195
18. Nick Sutherland 174
19. Bailey Coxon 168
20. Luke Arbon 161

Verdict:
After coming into the penultimate round of the MX Nationals championship tied on points with Jed Beaton, Nathan Crawford rode with a maturity beyond his 19 years to leave his home round with an 11-point buffer over his rival. Crawford was on-song as soon as qualifying started and won the opening race by a sizeable 10 seconds over Wilson Todd. In the second race Caleb Ward chalked up the race win, with Crawford hot on his heels in second. Meanwhile, Beaton finished the day rounding out the podium with a 5-3 result, while Kale Makeham and Dylan Wills enjoyed god outings with fourth and fifth overall respectively. As we head towards a thrilling series finale at Coolum, Crawford, Beaton and Ward are all in with a crack at the title, but all three revel in the sand and the title will go down to the wire.