2021 East Coast MX: Round 1 Recap

Luke Clout and Rhys Budd dominated Maitland at the re-scheduled Rnd1 of the East Coast MX Series last weekend. Both Yamaha riders won all four motos in their respective classes to take the championship lead.

In the MX Open CDR Yamaha Luke Clout was on point in the starts, checking out early every race winning by a considerable margin. Rhys Budd was impressive in the MX Open on his YZ250F against the bigger 450 machines, coming in second to Clout in the first 3 motos and a 3^rd in the final moto with Dylan Wills finishing just in front of him, but a DNF in the second moto cost Wills the overall podium.

In the 250 class, Rhys Budd also got out front early every race and won convincingly however GASGAS rider Blake Fox did shadow Budd with the two riders pulling out more than 40 seconds on the rest of the field. Although Budd had little extra pace on Fox, it looked like Fox treated the event as a training exercise slotting in behind Budd every race to try and learn his pace in preparation for ProMX at Maitland in June.

Blake Bohannon won both the 7-8 50cc and 65cc classes overall winning 5 out of 6 races but was denied a race win in the second 50cc race by Cobra rider Beau Campbell.

The riders in the 9-12 85cc class were all over the place with three different riders winning each race. The most consistent was KTM rider Nate Ebbeck who claimed the overall victory with 6-1-3 finishes, and fellow KTM rider Jack Burton coming in second overall him with 2-3-5 finishes.

Follow this link to view the full race results http://www.eastcoastmx.com.au/results/

Promoter Michel Constantinou commented, “After a difficult start to the year due to adverse weather we finally had a perfect weekend, the track was the best I’ve ever seen it, it was rough and rutted but we had great feedback from everyone about the conditions.”

The next round of East Coast MX will be on June, 19-20 in Port Macquarie.

Congratulations to the winners of East Coast MX in Maitland.

Class	Number	Rider	Make	Sponsors
7 to 8 50cc Div 2	62	Bohannon, Blake	HSQ
7 to 8 65cc	62	Bohannon, Blake	HSQ
9 to 11 65cc	125	Davy, Heath	YAM	YAMAHA, LUSTY INDUSTRUIES, MCD RACING, MOTO KIT, MOTOMUCK
9 to 11 85cc	999	Ebbeck, Nate	KTM	T&N EARTHWORKS BEST MODE SUPPLEMENTS
12 to 15 85cc	20	Kingsford, Kayd	YAM	YAMAHA GYTR JUNIOR RACING
Junior Lites 125cc	22	Towill, Connor	KTM	KTM NEWCASTLE, KTM AUSTRALIA, FOXRACING, WILLMAXGRAPHICS, STRIKESEATSAUS, CHRISWOODSPERFORMANCE, LUKEGEORGE101, TO_THE_EDGE_HPC, DUNLOP, KOPAMINEOFFICAL
Junior Lites 250cc 4st	21	Kingsford, Ryder	YAM	YAMAHA GYTR JUNIOR RACING
MX Open	4	Clout, Luke	YAM	CDR MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA
Senior 250 Clubman	664	Collins, Hunter	KTM	HV MOTORSPORT, PRO MOTO SUSPENSION, INTENT MX GEAR, MOTOREX, ALPINESTARS, INCITE GRAPHICES
Senior 250 Pro	22	Budd, Rhys	YAM	YAMALUBE YAMAHA RACING
Senior 450 Clubman	202	Rossandich, Connor	KTM	SOUTH COAST KTM MOTOREX OILS READMAN CIVIL NGC THAI BOXING REVIVE SAUNA THERAPY
Senior 450 Pro	21	Findanis, Ryan	YAM	PRECISION TURBOCHARGERS , ONTWOWHEELS MOTORSPORT, YAMAHA, MCD RACING , MOTO E ELITE , ADAPT PM, ADDUSSO CONCRETE, HOSTILE HANDWEAR, MOTOKIT
30 to 39 Vets	433	Stadthaus, Dwayne	KTM	REALITY DESIGNS AND SIGNS, LUSH EYEWEAR
Over 40 Vets	478	Balchin, Joel	KTM
Senior Women	788	Karlsson, Emelie	YAM	YAMAHA MOTOR AUSTRALIA

East Coast MX would like to thank:

Series sponsors: Transmoto, KTM Australia, Yamaha Australia, Cobra Nation, Alpinestars, Alpinestars Helmets, Maxima Racing Oils, Kenda Tyres, Scalvini Racing Australia, Lindsay Civil, Teencee Graphics, Novak Signs, Lush Eyewear, Race Pace MX Coaching, MX Photo

Rnd1 Class sponsors: Sledgehammers Apparel, F1 Moto, MCD Racing, Western Sydney Shutters, Hayter’s Timber

Media crew: MX Photo, Jacob Hantis Films and Jaws211MX