Price clean sweeps off-road rounds
The New South Welshman has marched to a perfect weekend in dry and dusty conditions in Victoria, and now holds a commanding championship leadToby Price has taken the sword to his opposition in the sprint-based rounds three and four of the 2012 Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) in Wonthaggi (March 31-April 1).
The 2009 and 2010 AORC champion stretched his lead in the standings with his results, capitalising on an off-weekend by teammate and championship rival Chris Hollis.
“The whole weekend went to plan and the KTM 500 EXC was working great,” Price said. “We managed to come out with two wins, so it’s been a really strong start to the series for us.
“The course was pretty tight in some sections, but the bike is handling so well, and then when we go out into the flowing sections it’s even better again. I couldn’t ask for any more out of it, so hopefully we can keep this up.”
In Saturday’s round three, Price, aboard the big-bore 500 EXC, defeated Ballard’s Yamaha Off-Road duo Matt Phillips and Daniel Milner, and today Milner and Phillips, the gifted 18-year-old Tasmanian, reversed positions. Josh Green (Active8 Yamaha Yamalube) and Stefan Merriman (Ballard’s Yamaha Off-Road) saw out the top five in both rounds, held in dry and dusty conditions – a far cry from the wet terrain of recent months in NSW and Qld.
Coming off a big win at round two, Hollis finished sixth outright and second in the E2 class on his 350 EXC-F on Saturday, before a severe case of uncharacteristic fatigue struck on Sunday. He finished the round with 17th outright and eighth in class
Rounds five and six wil be held in Coonabarabran (NSW) on April 28-29.
Image: Russell Colvin
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