Kyron Bacon rises to the top of A4DE completely on day two

A4DE

2022 – Erica (VIC) – Monday

Andrew Wilksch rises back to the top on day two in Prestigious truck centers support A4DE Held this week in the hills around the Victorian town of Erica.

Wilksch was the fastest on day one but was relegated to sixth after a minute-long penalty was added to his card after he was judged to have failed to follow the correct procedures prior to the start of the game on that opening day. A4DE.

On the large Husky FE501 Wilksch has done it Opening day 17 seconds ahead of Kyron Bacon, 20-year-old Tasmanian on the WR250F. After the penalty added a minute, Wilksch emerged from day one after Bacon 43 seconds.

On day two, Wilksch, 25, excelled all but A4DE leader Tasmanian Kyron Bacon, 20.

Bacon may have finished second behind Wilksch on the ground (before the Wilksch penalty was imposed) on the opening day, but the youngster marked his authority on a very poor day by hitting beat everyone who came to win a glorious Thursday.

This is of course only half-way through and anything can happen from here, but for now it is a somewhat David-Goliath battle between Bacon and his E1 Shop Yamaha WR250F Off-Road Racing Team to against the huge exploding E3 Class E3 Husky of the Victorian Wilksch.

Bacon announced his amazing speed for the Australian enduro scene in open the rounds of AORC 2022not just a perfect winning streak in the E1 category in all four firsts AORC rounds, but also won outright on the WR250F against all competitors. Bacon took that pace into A4DE and set it up on Thursday to underline his potential to not only win E1 but take the title outright on the WR250F.

In third place is entirely Bacon’s teammate, Josh Green. However, while Bacon is young at WR250F, 30-year-old Green is leading the E2 category on WR450F.

Despite being only 32 years old, Green is already a strong contender for the Australian enduro village and this year marks his 16th entry into the AORC competition, where he currently dominates the E2 category of that competition this season. 2022.

Thomas Mason test-drives his 300 cc GASGAS MC250 reaching fourth fastest time on day two and moving up a notch in the overall leaderboard, now also placing fourth just behind Green. Mason also received the unofficial top two title to date.

Todd Waters finished third overall at the end of day one but fell to fifth at the end of an extremely slippery second day but still second in the E2 category on the FE450 behind Green. Waters is pulling two missions this year, racing both motorcycles in ProMX Championship 2022and compete AORC. Just a few days ago Waters raced to fourth place in MX1 catalog in Wodongaso it was a quick turnaround for the Queenslander to be able to race his first A4DE this week.

Korey McMahon shined on his second day to launch himself from outside the top ten to straight sixth in his cumulative time on GASGAS EC250F.

Cooper Sheidow also climbed the charts on Thursday, improving from tenth at the end day one up to Saturday on the KTM 250 XC-F.

Stefan Granquist’s KTM 500 EXC-F slipped from fourth to eighth on Thursday and also saw his E3 class lead disappear as both Wilksch and Mason improved.

Blake Hollis and Jeremy Carpentier ended day two holding ninth and tenth places, leaving it with three WR250Fs in the top ten.

In the Women’s category, Jessica Gardiner leads and is also 41st, but Emelie Karlsson is not far behind.

A4DE final standings
Day one / two cumulative

1. Kyron Bacon – Yamaha WR250F – 1:26: 26,965
2. Andrew Wilksch – Husqvarna FE501 – 1: 27: 31,559
3. Josh Green – Yamaha WR450F – 1: 27: 32,430
4. Thomas Mason – GASGAS MC250 – 1: 28: 29,718
5. Todd Waters – Husqvarna FE450 – 1: 28: 54,716
6. Korey McMahon – GASGAS EC250F – 1: 29: 10.559
7. Cooper Sheidow – KTM 250 XC-F – 1: 29: 19,482
8. Stefan Granquist – KTM 500 EXC-F – 1: 29: 35,051
9. Blake Hollis – Yamaha WR250F – 1:29: 36,740
10. Jeremy Carpentier – Yamaha WR250F – 1:29: 40.541
11. Fraser Higlett – Beta RR 430 Racing – 1: 30: 13,342

Leaderboard A4DE E1
Day one / two cumulative

1. Kyron Bacon
2. Korey McMahon
3. Cooper Sheidow
4. Blake Hollis
5. Jeremy Carpentier

A4DE E2 Rankings
Day one / two cumulative

1. Josh Green
2. Todd Waters
3. Fraser Higlett
4. Brad Hardaker
5. Treasure of Kaleb

Leaderboard A4DE E3
Day one / two cumulative

1. Andrew Wilksch
2. Thomas Mason
3. Stefan Granquist
4. Riley McGillivray
5. Thomas McCormack

A4DE Women’s Rank
Day one / two cumulative

1. Jessica Gardiner
2. Emelie Karlsson
3. Ebony Nielsen
4. Monique Simioni
5. Julie Denyer