Terrafirma Equipment Sales Honda Racing’s Wilson Todd drew first blood in the 2022 Penrite ProMX Championship with two dominant MX2 motos at the opening round at Wonthaggi, Vic.

In the opening race, Noah Ferguson (GasGas Australia) claimed the holeshot of the opening Pirelli MX2 moto, with Todd hot on his heels, as Yamaha privateer Brodie Connelly, Jesse Dobson (Serco Yamaha), Alex Larwood (Yamalube Yamaha Racing) and Haruki Yokoyama (Empire Kawasaki) filled the top six positions.

The main team riders quickly dispatched of Connelly as Larwood moved up to third, and Dobson and Bailey Malkiewicz (Serco Yamaha) into fourth and fifth respectively.

By the fourth lap Todd had closed the gap on Ferguson and charged into the lead, with Larwood sweeping into second position a lap later.

Larwood kept Todd within 1.5 seconds for the remainder of the moto and the pair stretched out a big lead over the Serco Yamaha pairing of Dobson and Malkiewicz by the time the chequered flag fell.

Yokoyama finished fifth, ahead of Ryder Kingsford (Yamalube Yamaha Racing).

Jai Constantinou (Empire Kawasaki), Isaac Ferguson (GasGas Australia), Dylan Wills (Husqvarna Racing Team) and Hugh McKay (Yamaha), rounded out the top 10.

When the gate dropped on the second MX2 race, Wilson Todd again scored the holeshot with Ryder Kingsford, Rhys Budd, Bailey Malkiewicz and Dylan Wills in hot pursuit.

Larwood made some early moves to slide into fifth, while out front, Todd again began to extend a healthy lead.

Malkiewicz then moved into third after some spirited dicing with Budd, with Larwood hanging onto his coat-tails to move into fourth.

At the mid-way point Larwood then made a calculated pass on Malkiewicz and capitalised on a crash from Kingsford to jump up to second place, and set about chipping away at Todd’s 5-second lead.

Further back, Dobson made a move into fourth past Budd, but as the clock ran down and the track became rougher, Larwood closed the gap on Todd. Larwood kept the pressure on, but Todd remained unphased and claimed a one-second victory over the Yamaha rider.

Malkiewicz, Dobson and Kingsford rounded out the top five. Budd, Constantinou, Wills, Yokoyama, Liam Andrews and Kaleb Barham (Husqvarna Australia) filled the top 10 positions.

Honda rider Cambell Williams started his MX3 campaign on a perfect note with a brace of wins in the development class. It was a comfortable day for the New South Welshman, finishing with a 10-second lead in the opening race and six-second buffer in the second.

Western Australian Husqvarna Australia racer Brock Flynn finished the opening round of the championship with an impressive second overall, courtesy of a 4-2 scorecard, while Byron Dennis (GasGas Australia) rounded out the podium with a second and a fifth from his two outings.

Queensland’s Charli Cannon continued the double-moto victory trend in MXW with a brace of victories for Yamalube Yamaha Racing. Emma Milesevic (Honda Racing) and Madison Brown (Yamaha) rounded out the podium with consistent second and third placings over the day’s two races.

Detailed results