New Zealand’s Maximus Purvis has squeezed his way into the top echelon after a stellar performance at round three of the Australian Motocross Championships in New South Wales at the weekend.
With 7-8-4 results in his three MX1 races at the Maitland circuit, Kiwi national MX2 champion Purvis took his 450cc Yamaha to classify seventh overall seventh for the day and also to claim seventh overall for the series.
Meanwhile, it was Luke Clout who won the MX1 class outright in Maitland, kicking off with top qualifier, as well as winning the opening moto and first of the two back-to-back ‘sprint’ motos. Honda’s Kirk Gibbs won the second sprint moto.
That performance added the overall championship lead and MX1 class red plate, with the round victory over Gibbs and Husqvarna’s Todd Waters.
Yamaha’s Clout now leads the MX1 class by three-points over KTM’s Regan Duffy, with Waters third.
The MX2 class provided incredible on track action in Maitland, with the first chink in the armour of red plate holder Kyle Webster and his Honda Racing Australia machine starting to show, as a trio of contenders stepped up to try and make their mark on the round and championship.
No one could quite topple Webster however, who took the opening moto win and fourth in the second moto, securing the round overall by a single point over Jesse Dobson, while Jay Wilson was third overall.
Webster retains his large MX2 lead as a result, with Dobson current standings runner-up and Rhys Budd third.
The next round is a month away, set for Diamond Creek, Wodonga, in Victoria, on July 25.
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RESULTS & STANDINGS:
AMX Superstores Superpole:
- Luke CLOUT – 1:47.885
- Kirk GIBBS – 1:48.417
- Todd WATERS – 1:48.655
- Matt MOSS – 1:48.884
- Aaron TANTI – 1:48.913
- Regan DUFFY – 1:49.421
- Hayden MELLROSS – 1:49.922
- Maximus PURVIS – 1:50.459
- Brett METCALFE – 1:50.613
- Lochie LATIMER – 1:51.957
THOR MX1 Moto 1 Results:
- Luke CLOUT
- Kirk GIBBS +6.503
- Todd WATERS +7.345
- Regan DUFFY +14.330
- Hayden MELLROSS +19.181
- Brett METCALFE +19.666
- Maximus PURVIS +27.568
- Aaron TANTI +31.393
- Matt MOSS +32.898
- Jake MOSS +1:03.039
- Jye DICKSON +1:06.079
- Connor TIERNEY +1:12.829
- Joel WIGHTMAN +1:19.355
- Lochie LATIMER +1:40.229
- Joel EVANS +1:48.343
- Jai WALKER +1:51.228
- Ryan FINDANIS +1:54.825
- Joshua WHITEHEAD +1 Lap
- Luke ZIELINSKI +1 Lap
- Luke REARDON +1 Lap
THOR MX1 Moto 2 Results:
- Luke CLOUT
- Aaron TANTI +2.204
- Kirk GIBBS +5.638
- Regan DUFFY +14.134
- Todd WATERS +15.668
- Brett METCALFE +17.617
- Hayden MELLROSS +19.682
- Maximus PURVIS +35.907
- Matt MOSS +38.826
- Lochie LATIMER +40.172
THOR MX1 Moto 3 Results:
- Kirk GIBBS
- Luke CLOUT +1.993
- Aaron TANTI +2.811
- Maximus PURVIS +3.582
- Hayden MELLROSS +4.141
- Todd WATERS +17.099
- Regan DUFFY +17.268
- Brett METCALFE +29.541
- Lochie LATIMER +51.070
- Connor TIERNEY +51.228
THOR MX1 Round 2 Overall Results:
- Luke CLOUT – 50 Pts
- Kirk GIBBS – 44 Pts
- Todd WATERS – 38 Pts
- Regan DUFF – 34 Pts
- Aaron TANTI – 33 Pts
- Hayden MELLROSS – 30 Pts
- Maximus PURVIS – 29 Pts
- Brett METCALFE – 28 Pts
- Connor TIERNEY – 20 Pts
- Lochie LATIMER – 19 Pts
THOR MX1 Championship Standings After Round 3:
- Luke CLOUT – 122 Pts
- Regan DUFFY – 119 Pts
- Todd WATERS – 116 Pts
- Kirk GIBBS – 114 Pts
- Hayden MELLROSS – 103 Pts
- Brett METCALFE – 98 Pts
- Maximus PURVIS – 71 Pts
- Aaron TANTI – 57 Pts
- Jai WALKER – 55 Pts
- Joel WIGHTMAN – 54 Pts
PIRELLI MX2 Moto 1 TOP 20:
- Kyle WEBSTER
- Rhys BUDD +9.554
- Jesse DOBSON +12.733
- Jay WILSON +13.743
- Dylan WILLS +39.841
- Noah FERGUSON +41.484
- Isaac FERGUSON +1:19.553
- Jayce COSFORD +1:18.305
- Tomas RAVENHORST +1:26.210
- Ricky LATIMER +1:27.724
- Jai CONSTANTINOU +1:37.448
- Korey McMAHON +1:45.545
- Liam ANDREWS +1:47.657
- Mackenzie O’BREE +1:50.283
- Hugh McKAY +1:52.271
- Jy ROBERTS +1 Lap
- Zachary WATSON +1 Lap
- Levi ROGERS +1 Lap
- Chandler BURNS +1 Lap
- Wilson GREINER-DAISH +1 Lap
PIRELLI MX2 Moto 2 TOP 20:
- Nathan CRAWFORD
- Jesse DOBSON +3.984
- Jay WILSON +7.795
- Kyle WEBSTER +9.619
- Dylan WILLS +10.081
- Rhys BUDD +23.246
- Noah FERGUSON +1:12.556
- Jai CONSTANTINOU +1:13.843
- Jayce COSFORD +1:15.938
- Korey McMAHON +1:19.991
- Liam ANDREWS +1:21.204
- Isaac FERGUSON +1:36.611
- Tomas RAVENHORST +1:36.907
- Jy ROBERTS +1 Lap
- Chandler BURNS +1 Lap
- Mackenzie O’BREE +1 Lap
- Wilson GREINER-DAISH +1 Lap
- Ethan ASHMORE +1 Lap
- Zachary WATSON +1 Lap
- Caleb GOULLET +1 Lap
PIRELLI MX2 Round 2 Overall Results:
- Kyle WEBSTER – 43 Pts
- Jesse DOBSON – 42 Pts
- Jay WILSON – 38 Pts
- Rhys BUDD – 37 Pts
- Dylan WILLS – 32 Pts
- Noah FERGUSON – 29 Pts
- Nathan CRAWFORD – 25 Pts
- Jayce COSFORD – 25 Pts
- Jai CONSTANTINOU – 23 Pts
- Isaac FERGUSON – 23 Pts
PIRELLI MX2 Championship Standings After Round 3 of 10:
- Kyle WEBSTER – 143 Pts
- Jesse DOBSON – 109 Pts
- Rhys BUDD – 106 Pts
- Jay WILSON – 104 Pts
- Nathan CRAWFORD – 85 Pts
- Dylan WILLS – 83 Pts
- Noah FERGUSON – 79 Pts
- Jayce COSFORD – 63 Pts
- Isaac FERGUSON – 59 Pts
- Korey McMAHON – 55 Pts