Kyron Bacon posted the fastest overall time at Round 10 in the 2022 Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship presented by MXstore (AORC).

E1

Bacon claimed another consecutive E1 class win plus fastest overall time of the day of 59:02.532! The Yamaha rider pushed hard to create a strong Championship lead on day 2 of the competition.

GasGas’s Korey McMahon claimed second place with Cooper Sheidow (Kessner Motorcycles, KTM Australia) rounding out the E1 podium.

2022 AORC Round 10 E1 Top 5 Provisional Results:

  1. Kyron Bacon (Shop Yamaha Offroad Racing Team) 59:02.532
  2. Korey McMahon (GasGas Australia, Suttos Powersports) 1:00:17.587
  3. Cooper Sheidow (Kessner Motorcycles, KTM Australia) 1:00:41.270
  4. Blake Hollis (Shop Yamaha Offroad Racing Team) 1:01:32.485
  5. Jeremy Carpentier (Yamaha JGR Ballard’s Off Road Team) 1:01:59.818

E2

Josh Green (Shop Yamaha Offroad Racing Team) claimed the Round 10 win with an injured hand and continues to build his lead in the E2 Championship.

Rounding out the E2 podium today was Beta’s Fraser Higlett and Riley Graham (Yamaha, SKDA).

2022 AORC Round 10 E2 Top 5 Provisional Results:

  1. Joshua Green (Shop Yamaha Offroad Racing Team) 59:50.015
  2. Fraser Higlett (Beta) 1:01:37.288
  3. Riley Graham (Yamaha, SKDA) 1:03:26.349
  4. Liam Mason 1:04:59.040
  5. Travis Silk 1:06:05.293

E3

Andy Wilksch (Simford Racing, Husqvarna), found day 2 of competition more of a struggle as he fought his Husqvarna though very tight and technical tests through strict ruts.

Jonte Reynders (Motul Pirelli Sherco Team) landed a consecutive podium followed by KTM’s Jye Dickson.

2022 AORC Round 10 E3 Top 5 Provisional Results:

  1. Andrew Wilksch (Simford Racing, Husqvarna) 59:14.070
  2. Jonte Reynders (Motul Pirelli Sherco Team) 59:57.378
  3. Jye Dickson (KTM Offroad Racing Team) 1:01:19.378
  4. Baylee Davies (Buildrite) 1:04:11.216
  5. Hayden Keeley (Hunter Valley Motorsports, Alpinestars Australia) 1:04:50.891

EW

Jess Gardiner (Yamaha JGR Ballard’s Off Road Team) finished Round 10 notching up consecutive EW wins and 100 podiums.

In second place once again this weekend, was Emelie Karlsson (KTM Offroad Racing Team) followed by Yamaha’s Taylor Thompson in third.

2022 AORC Round 10 EW Top 5 Provisional Results:

  1. Jessica Gardiner (Yamaha JGR Ballard’s Off Road Team) 1:08:28.923
  2. Emelie Karlsson (KTM Offroad Racing Team) 1:13:43.575
  3. Taylor Thompson 1:19:06.228
  4. Monique Simioni (Marriotts) 1:25:45.103
  5. Chloe Barton (BMS Racing, Castrol) 1:53:26.671

EJ

Riley McGillivray (Shepparton Motorcycles, KTM), Will Dennett (Yamaha Australia) and Billy Hargy (Husqvarna Offroad Racing Team) all pushed hard but McGillivray just couldn’t be beaten, finishing nearly 10 seconds ahead of Dennett followed by Hargy in third.

2022 AORC Round 10 EJ Top 5 Provisional Results:

  1. Riley McGillivray (Shepparton Motorcycles, KTM) 1:00:56.409
  2. William Dennett (Yamaha Australia) 1:01:05.355
  3. Billy Hargy (Husqvarna Offroad Racing Team) 1:02:56.055
  4. Luke Chellas (Northbound Driver Training) 1:04:29.027
  5. Kobi Wolff 1:07:33.012

EM (Masters)

John Baker (KTM Ballina Motorcycles) reclaimed the gold creating a strong one minute lead ahead of Peter Rudd (Kessner Motorcycles, Husqvarna) in second place for Round 10, beating Michael Widdison (Heavy Mechanical Service P/L) to the silver by over one minute.

2022 AORC Round 10 EM Top 5 Provisional Results:

  1. John Baker (KTM Ballina Motorcycles) 1:14:56.949
  2. Peter Rudd (Kessner Motorcycles, Husqvarna) 1:15:50.892
  3. Michael Widdison (Heavy Mechanical Service P/L) 1:17:02.204
  4. Peter Schaper (Torquepower. Husqvarna) 1:23:40.918
  5. Joe Ondrus (MJ Worx) 1:24:47.963

EV (Veterans)

Lee Stephens (True Painting, KTM Newcastle), reclaimed his first-place podium spot in EV with Christopher Thomas (Thomas Lee KTM), having to settle for second with just over 16 seconds separating the pair.

Rowan Pumpa (Kessner Motorcycles, Husqvarna) took the final podium spot.

2022 AORC Round 10 EV Top 5 Provisional Results:

  1. Lee Stephens (True Painting, KTM Newcastle) 1:10:23.020
  2. Christopher Thomas (Thomas Lee KTM) 1:10:39.967
  3. Rowan Pumpa (Kessner Motorcycles, Husqvarna) 1:11:04.433
  4. Leigh Bentley 1:13:51.259
  5. Brett Haydon 1:14:10.025

Visit aorc.org.au for more including Junior race results and information about the series finale to be held in Wynyard, Tasmania October 8-9.