Extremely wet conditions in the lead up to the fifth round of the SXS Australian Championship at Shepparton, gave way to sunshine on race day. However the down pour left a mud bath in it’s wake when the SXS’s hit the Goulburn Valley Junior Motorcross track for shakedown Saturday morning.
As the day progressed the track started to dry out and heading into day two it was Ewan McLue who was in the box seat of the Polaris RZR Australian Championship class after picking up 3 heat wins. In the other half of the draw the honours were split three ways between Jarrod Keyte, Driver Niihori and Peter Carr.
While in the SXS Australian Championship, Cody Crocker took 3 wins from 3 starts in his #619 Polaris Australia RZR Turbo. In the second SXS grouping, debutant Jackson Evans set a cracking pace out of the box to win the first heat, before Nathan Weissel wound up the wick to win the final two races.
Sunday’s racing was spread over four more heats and it was Nathan Weissel who powered home to win round 5 of the SXS Australian Championship at Shepparton. Cody Crocker finished second with 36 points, just 2 behind Weissel after dnf’ing the final race. Crockers long time navigator Greg Foletta made a great SXS debut behind the wheel. Finishing third with 32 points.
Nathan Weissel picked up a bonus $500 thanks to Selby Acoustics for posting the quickest lap time of the weekend, a 1:59.9.
Ewan Clue’s good form continued on Sunday, to win six out of seven heats over the weekend to comfortably take victory at round 5 of the Polaris RZR Australian Championship. Mclue finished with 41 points ahead of a tie for second place between Jared Keyte and Tadamitsu Niihori on 34 points. Cory Cooper finished 3rd on debut with 27 points.
The final round of the SXS Australian Championship will be held in Ballarat on the 29-30 October at the Ballarat Rovers Motor Cycle Club.
