WEBSTER AND BEATON TRADE WINS IN TRARALGON

The 2025 Penrite ProMX Championship, presented by AMX Superstores, hit the halfway mark with a challenging Traralgon circuit delivering plenty of pulsating racing across all classes. It was another rewarding day for the Honda Racing team, with Kyle Webster, Brodie Connolly, and Kayd Kingsford standing atop the Kawasaki MX1, Pirelli MX2, and MAXXIS MX3 divisions, respectively in Traralgon.

It didn’t all go Honda’s way, though, as Monster Energy CDR Yamaha’s Jed Beaton stopped Webster’s run of moto wins, plus Mason Ezergailis put in a perfect day to take P1 in the KTM Group MX65 Futures category.

Round four of the ProMX Championship is supported by the Latrobe City Council.

From the get-go, Boost Mobile Honda Racing’s Webster looked intent on keeping his momentum rolling, eking out pole in the first qualifying session, then setting a wild, all-out lap to snatch the AMX Superstores Pole Shootout.

Webster’s 1:49.301 lap-time was 1.27s faster than Monster Energy CDR Yamaha team-mates Beaton and Maximus Purvis, while Shop Honda Racing’s Wilson Todd clinched fourth-quickest from Nathan Crawford (KTM Racing Team).

Beaton struck back and stopped Webster’s run of victories by winning a pulsating opening Kawasaki MX1 moto.

The Monster Energy CDR Yamaha rider surged to the holeshot and quickly established a lead of more than five seconds as Webster desperately scrambled his way to P2, then set off after Beaton, pushing for the entire race.

Beaton refused to break and took a three-second win, with Purvis completing the podium spots.
Crawford and Wilson Todd finished the moto fourth and fifth, respectively.

As the shadows lengthened, Webster scored the holeshot from Beaton to take early charge in the final moto of the day.

The gap expanded and contracted as the two rivals sparred around a heavily chopped-up track, with Webster ultimately taking the victory by 1.6 seconds, and securing the round win on countback.

Triumph rider Zachary Watson broke through for his first MX1 race podium with a great performance, ahead of Crawford and Todd.

For the round, Webster and Beaton collected 47 points, with Crawford third on the day. After an immense day of racing, Beaton still retains his 13-point championship lead over Webster (160 points to 147 points), with Crawford third (129).

The Polyflor Honda Racing rider qualified quickest, an imposing 1.8 seconds ahead of his title rival Ryder Kingsford (Monster Energy Yamalube Yamaha), while KTM Racing Team’s Noah Ferguson was just 0.07s behind.

Kingsford tried to bring the scrap back to Connolly by grabbing the holeshot of the opening MX2 moto. However, after some desperate laps between the two rivals, Connolly swept around the outside of the Yamaha rider and into the lead.

The pair checked out on the rest of the pack as Kingsford grimly tried to stay in striking distance, but Connolly wouldn’t break and took the moto win by 5.6 seconds.

KTM Racing Team’s Byron Dennis shrugged off vision issues to take a podium spot, ahead of Alex Larwood (NFAL Honda Racing) and Noah Ferguson (KTM Racing Team), who bounced back well from an early crash.

A flawless second MX2 moto saw Connolly take another convincing win. The Kiwi took the holeshot and barely put a foot wrong as the ruts got deeper, finishing 11.3s up the track from Dennis, who put in his best ride of the year.

Larwood chased Dennis right to the chequered flag, while Kingsford regathered from an early-moto fall to finish P4 and Ferguson P5.

After the racing was completed, an investigation saw both Dennis and Larwood penalised three positions for jumping under yellow flag conditions in the second moto. This promoted Kingsford to P2 and Ferguson to third for both the moto and the round.

As a result, Connolly extended his MX2 points lead over Kingsford (192 points to 182), with Ferguson now a distant third (135).

The New South Welshman comfortably took pole position by 1.39s during the morning’s qualifying session, then put in a never-say-die performance to take the first moto win.

Monster Energy WBR Yamaha’s Ky Woods grabbed the holeshot and quickly built a gap on the rest of the field, as Kingsford worked his way from a top-five start into P2, then steadily chipped away at Woods’ lead.

With two laps to go, Kingsford made a great pass through lapped traffic to take a two-second win over Woods, with Jet Alsop (Honda) third. KTM rider Seth Shackleton finished a distant fourth after dicing with Jack Deveson (Husqvarna) for most of the race.

A dominant ride in moto two saw Kingsford scoop a perfect 50 points from the day.

The Honda rider hooked the holeshot and stormed to an 8.7-second win over Alsop, with Monster Energy WBR Yamaha’s Koby Hantis putting his best ride of the year in with a P3 result.

Woods recovered well from a P12 start to finish fourth, beating Shackleton to the checkers.

For the round, Kingsford stood on top of the box, flanked by Alsop and Woods. In the championship standings, Kingsford now enjoys a 32-point buffer over Ky Woods (191 points to 159), with Alsop third (155).

After qualifying almost 2.5 seconds faster than the rest of the pack, the young Victorian won both MX65 motos to take a perfect 50 points from the day.

In the opening moto he quickly got past holeshot winner Bentley Armstrong, then held off some stern early challenges from Forwood to take the win by 8.8 seconds. Lucas Pool completed the race podium, with Archie Black fourth and Kye Sproule rebounding well to complete the top five.

In moto two, Ryder Madafiglio scored the holeshot, but moments later Ezergailis resumed status quo at the head of the field and took an 8.6-second win from Sproule and Poole. Madafiglio held on to finish P4, with Cooper Nilsson P5.

In the round and series point standings, Ezergailis notched up 50 points, with Poole second (40) and Sproule (38) third.