MX Nationals Gallery: Round 9 Gladstone

Check out Transmoto‘s 40-image gallery from the opening round of the 2014 Monster Energy MX Nationals, held at Gladstone in Queensland, August 24.

KTM Motocross Racing Team’s Kirk Gibbs went 2-3 to finish one-point ahead of CDR Yamaha’s Billy Mackenzie (5-1), and another point clear of NPS Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Adam Monea and Mackenzie’s teammate, Jacob Wright, who won the GoPro Super Pole. Despite Gibbs taking the win, he was only able to shave three points of Team Motul Suzuki’s Matt Moss, who finished in fifth Overall at Gladstone. He sits 37 points ahead of Gibbs heading into the season finale at Coolum this weekend.

In the MX2 class, SD3 Husqvarna’s Luke Arbon claimed his third Outright round win of the year, going 3-1 to finish ahead of CMR Red Bull KTM’s Hamish Dobbyn (2-4) and Serco Yamaha’s Jay Wilson (1-7). Wilson’s teammate, Luke Clout, finished the round in fourth Overall, and sits 32 points clear of Arbon heading into Coolum’s final round.

The MXD (Under 19s) class was taken out by GYTR Yamaha’s Wilson Todd, ahead of Berry Sweet Husqvarna’s Egan Mastin and KTM-mounted Privateer, Jayden Rykers. It’s Mastin who holds the red plate heading into Coolum, 30 points head of KTM-mounted Victorian, Jack Simpson.

For detailed results from the event, click here.

The tenth and final round of the 2014 Monster Energy MX Nationals is set to take place at Coolum in Queensland, August 31.