Toby Price sweeps rounds three and four of 2011 Yamaha AORC

Toby Price - KTM

KTM’s Toby Price has stormed through round four of the 2011 Yamaha Australian Off Road Championship, dominating in the action-packed Sprint format to take the day’s outright victory ahead of Yamaha’s Matt Phillips and his teammate – former World Champ, Stefan Merriman.

Price dropped three of the day’s six sprint races to Phillips however his times were enough to earn him outright victory for the day.

In a massive and gruelling weekend of racing, nearly 270 competitors faced a tough slog out on the track with the sun finally shining through on Sunday.

In the E1 Class, Merriman was the man to beat, finishing the day ahead of KTM’s Ben Grabham, with Yamaha’s Kirk Hutton taking the final step on the podium.

In the E2 class, Price took line honours, ahead of Yamaha’s Chris Hollis, while Husqvarna’s Glenn Kearney secured himself third place.

Phillips’ solid efforts in the E3 class, earned him bragging rights for the fourth round, in addition to placing second outright on the day to Price, not bad for the Tasmanian in his first full season of Off Road Racing!

The Yamaha young-gun took out the E3 class ahead of KTM’s Jarrod Bewley and Husaberg-mounted Geoff Braico.

In the Masters Class it was repeat of round three with Yamaha’s Geoff Ballard taking line honours with Trent Lean (Suzuki) and David Cash (Yamaha) rounding out the top three.

Damien Smith again took line honours in the Veterans class, with Garry Dukes in second place and Mark Buchanan wrapping up the top three.

Sweden’s Emelie Karlson (Yamaha) took out the Women’s class with fellow Yamaha riders Jemma Wilson and Jess Gardiner taking the remaining places on the podium, while Mitch Kellner, Jack Simpson, Scott Sowry and Brendon Walther all topped their respective classes in the Junior ranks.

Full results from the first round of racing can be found on the Series website at www.ma.org.au/aorc.

Check out video’s from Round three on the AORC Facebook fan page!

For more information on the 2011 Yamaha AORC check-out the website at: www.ma.org.au/aorc and the Series’ Facebook page for the latest photo galleries and videos.

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MSC KAWASAKI’S TOBY PRICE RIDING FOR NATIONAL TITLE

After winning rounds 7 & 8 of the 2009 Australian Off Road Championships MSC Kawasaki rider Toby Price heads into this weekend’s final two rounds at Young, NSW just 5 points behind the series leader and a real chance to take out the overall win in his rookie year. Toby’s team mate, Josh Green, is also looking at a podium finish to the year currently sitting in 3^rd place in the Pro E1 class.

Far exceeding everybody’s expectations but his own, Toby Price has taken to off road racing seamlessly in 2009. With consistent results in the AORC throughout the year, including a podium finish as early as the 2^nd round, Toby’s true talent well and truly shone through at the 7^th and 8^th rounds when he won both rounds in a very convincing fashion on his Kawasaki KX450F.

Very much looking forward to the final two rounds of the competition this weekend, Toby says, “Hopefully I can get a couple of wins this weekend and bring home the Title. Whilst a win would be great, finishing 2^nd to multiple World Champion, Stefan Merriman, would still be a great feat.”

“We really weren’t expecting to be this close to winning the Championship in my first year but all the training and bike time is definitely paying off. I’m looking forward to bringing it home this weekend.”

MSC Kawasaki Pro E1 rider Josh Green is also riding for podium glory this weekend. The talented KX250F pilot heads into the final meet in 3^rd place in his class.

Josh says, “A DNF two rounds ago didn’t help my chances but I’m still looking at a podium finish in my class so that’s great.”

“I really want to win a round this series and I’ll work hard to get it this weekend.”

With both Toby and Josh having already been selected to represent Australia at the ISDE in Portugal this year, a solid finish in the Australian Off Road Championship would really help contribute to a highly successful year for MSC Kawasaki. The team heads to Young, NSW this weekend 12-13 September for the final two rounds.

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