Price wins fifth Hattah Desert Race

KTM Enduro Racing Team’s Toby Price once again demonstrated why he is Australia’s King of the Desert, showing complete mastery of the unique Hattah Desert Race conditions aboard his KTM 500EXC to win his fifth career title in Mildura.

The first rider away after setting the fastest time in Saturday’s prologue, Price exploded out to an early lead before settling into a steady race-winning pace that yielded a three-minute victory over similarly mounted Simmonds, with Active8 Yamaha’s Josh Green in third Overall.

“Another win today and I’m stoked,” said Price. “It was a good run, after winning the Prologue yesterday we started off from the front and I think that definitely helped, the dust was thicker in the first part of the race before the track chewed and exposed a little bit of moisture in the sandy parts. In the first couple of laps I put on a really good charge and pulled a bit of a gap, and after that I settled into a comfortable pace in and felt really good.”

Fellow KTM Enduro Racing Team rider, Daniel Sanders, finished in fourth Overall, while Green’s teammate, Beau Ralston, rounded out the top five.

2015 Penrite Hattah Desert Race Results

1. Toby Price, 3:35:22.774
2. Tye Simmonds, 3:38:22.295
3. Josh Green, 3:40:23.294
4. Daniel Sanders, 3:43:54.022
5. Beau Ralston, 3:46:24.385
6. Nathan Trigg, 3:47:01.937
7. Glenn Kearney, 3:47:39.980
8. Louis Calvin, 3:49:05.107
9. Lachlan Stanford, 3:49:55.793
10. Jarrod Bewley, 3:50:50.757