Australian Senior Dust Championship Report / Results / Pictures

news7g05/02/2022

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Australian Senior Dust Championship Report / Results / Pictures

2022 Australian Senior Mud Trail Championship
Mick Doohan Racetrack, Brisbane

With Craig Mayne

It’s been three long years since the Australian Senior Dusty Championships were held, so the competitors had to work hard to make a comeback and among them 2002 was the year for the sport to come back. Our sports are back to normal. Over the past two years, both Titles have been canceled due to Covid-19 and border closures.

2022 Australian Senior Mud Trail Championship

Saturday, competitors lined up at the gate early in the morning. Some tremors come as impending showers are blowing in off the Pacific Ocean. However, after a few sprinkles early in the morning, everything brightened up.

The North Brisbane complex has been manicured and set for an epic race weekend as competitors all line up to make progress through thorough testing. Big events like this come with extra layers of checks but all wait patiently as the chain progresses.

As usual, North Brisbane brought in very experienced officials of the day with Denise Dall (Staff) and Mark Herfoss (Clerical of course) running the day. The program for the weekend is practice and three rounds for Saturday and the fourth round remaining, rematch and final on Sunday morning.

The race was exciting with the riders putting all their energy into the lap, the intensity of which indicated there were a number of incidents requiring medical assistance, which caused a number of delays on Saturday. The racing team is always ready to use any time to do some additional prep work for the track.

All classes hotly debated some sensational races on the show. It was amazing to see so many women competing, not only in their gender specific classes, but mixed with men in open classes.

Sunday morning, the big day begins with a parade and singing of the national anthem sung by local Track runner Anika Loftus and speedster Anika Loftus.

The parade was led by 2019 Australian Title holders, Jarred Brook, Briony Henderson, Matt Griffiths and Trevor Hardy and Tim Jones’ Sidecar Team.

The weather was a bit overcast and cooler for Sunday’s race with the fourth and re-run. The track preparation team did a great job ensuring the riders were in optimal conditions for racing. The race was fast and fierce with riders jostling to secure their spot in the finals.

Unfortunately, current title holder Matt Griffiths crashed the valve in his heat fourth round and had to retire with an unreasonable push to return to the pit where he would sit out the rest. of the day.

It’s great to see some of the riders who ran into trouble on Saturday’s track getting back on track on Sunday to watch the Titles finale. Robert Nolan and April Geromboux crashed late on Saturday but that didn’t stop April from being discharged from the hospital and back on track to support her fellow riders.

The first final was the Sidecars championship, the doors slid and local racers Troy Pritchard and Ethan Wade got their shot in the hole, Jarred Marko/Shaun Fuller made a big swerve off the line but retained control, however lost its position in the process. Pritchard / Wade held the lead throughout the checkered path.

Victory was tracked by champion Barry Raffin (Grandfather of both drivers) in 2002/2007 and champion Brian Pritchard (Father of the Troys) in 2004.

In Pro MX, Cysham Weale got off to an incredible start and came in for the first hit with Brook in hot pursuit, followed by Dale Borlase and Ben Montgomery. Brook, known as ‘The Hidden One’, is a master tactician and when he entered T3, he teamed up with Weale before making a pass on T4’s exit. In checkers, it’s Brook, Weale, Borlase, Qualichefski and Dall while Montgomery makes the top five.

Australian Senior Mud Trail Championship 2022 – Jarred Brook

The ATV Women’s Open Championship was won by Katherine Higgs with Sharna Stimson in second and Natasha Stadnikoff in third. Some great races from these ladies and they also competed for the ATV Open championship.

The Pro 250 title saw another great field of riders with local North Brisbane racer Ben Montgomery dominating ahead of local compatriots Ben McLaughlin in P2 and Travis Hall in P3.

Pro Open Women was won by multi-title winner Briony Hendrikson, followed by Tayla Street and newcomer back to the track Amy King. There have been some great performances in this group and certainly some of the top performers in the years to come.

The 450 Pro Open champion is from the Australian Dirt Tracks. In the beginning, Harry Maxwell got the header on turn 1 but it was Jarred Brook’s turn out that made it past the inner ring and then led all the way to the opener.

Cyshan Weale gets up inside Maxwell through the dog’s leg and holds P2 until the flag. Round 3 saw Seth Qualichefski overtake Maxwell on turn 2 for P3. Brook and Weale looked comfortable when they finished Qualichefski in P3.

The final event of the day was the ATV Open Championship Finals, with Matt Griffiths off the track, his brother Josh stepping up and leading from gate to finish line. John Sherlock in 2^nd and Ross Rizzo in 3^rd.

The 2022 Premium Waterslide Championship was an event that went well and luckily the weather played its part and lost no time in the slow rain that is common during these days. recent years. Thanks to North Brisbane to organize events.

Dirt Track is so strong in Australia and has long been an incubator for road racing, you don’t have to look far past, present or future to see the birth of Dirt Track and its influence. it’s for motorcycle races in Australia.