The Jed Beaton train remains firmly on the tracks after round six of the ProMX with another dominant round win under his belt at Traralgon. Beaton now has racked up five round wins, from the six contested and won 11 of the 12 motos to be in a strong position in the MX1 championship.
Beaton had his work cut out for him in race won when his archrival, Kyle Webster, charged to the front of the field. For the first 15 minutes, the pair freight trained around the sand Traralgon track, Webster leading the way and Beaton within a couple of seconds and keeping him well in sight,
Then the race intensified. With just under 10 minutes left on the clock, Beaton upped the work rate and put in a charge that bought him all the way to the rear tyre of Webster, and he began to pile on the pressure. Webster then made a mistake and went down, leaving Beaton to ride away to the finish line and take the moto win.
The second moto saw teammate Aaron Tanti led the field around and he looked sensational up front in the opening exchanges. But like moto one, Beaton moved forward and got within striking distance of his fellow CDR Yamaha rider only to see Tanti go down in the very same spot Webster did and race one and leave Beaton with the race lead and he didn’t let it go.
With two rounds remaining, Beaton now leads the MX1 championship by 64 points over Webster, with Tanti a single point further back in third.
“I probably didn’t ride great in the first moto to be honest, and I just had in in my mind to get through race one and then really attack in race two. And I don’t even know why I was thinking that but just seemed to be in my head this morning,” Beaton laughs.
“So, to finish the day with another 1-1 and increase the lead was a good result and awesome to do it with some many people here to cheer me on. The boys out the back with the chain saws were waving me on every lap and its good we are getting some passion support at the races. It makes for a better day.
“Thanks to the team for all the hard way and days like today are never easy and hopefully we get some warmer weather at the final two rounds in Queensland,” he signs off.
Another round and another podium for Aaron Tanti who continues to be the real quite achieve in the MX1 class this year. Tanti has been humming along nicely in 2026 and has become a podium regular now that he is back to full health and fitness.
Tanti finished the day on 40 points with a 3-3 result. He shared the same number of points for the round with Nathan Crawford (4-2) and Kyle Webter (2-4) but with the better finish in the final moto being the decider, it was Crawford in second, Tanti in third and Webster fourth.
“Getting on the podium is a good result for me and happy to come away third,” Tanti begins. “Sand based tracks like this have never been my greatest strength so to put in two solid rides and even lead race two for a while made it a good day and it was important I didn’t lose any points to Kyle in the championship.
“I’m really enjoying racing at the moment, and the team is working well. Jed and I have been on the podium together a few times this year and it’s a good reward for the guys doing all the work behind the scenes.”
Monster Energy Yamalube Yamaha
WMX is back and with it came the return of Lachlan Turner. Turner won the opening round at Wonthaggi in March before returning back to the US to contest the opening the rounds of the AMA WMX championship where she currently leads the championship.
With only a few laps to learn the Traralgon track and a decent crash which bent up here bike, it didn’t deter the 19year old two-time AMA champ and she went about her day and put together two impress moto wins to extend her lead in the championship.
Turner shot to the front in race one but came under pressure from Charli Cannon. Cannon moved to the inside of a sweeping right hand turn and as both riders exited the corner, hit and went down. It was a mad scramble to get back to the bike and rejoin the race.
Turner remounted in fourth but wasn’t in the mood for playing games and sliced her way back to the front and then take a six second victory.
Race two it was all business and it was time to Turner to really turn up the heat. By the end of lap two she was in the lead and that’s the last any of her rival’s saw of her. After 15 minutes of racing, Turner had a 40 second lead in one her most impressive performances yet.
“I have had a big day,” she smiles. “Crashed in practice and had a couple of laps to learn a new track but without a front guard and it snapped off in the crash. I then crashed in race one when Charli and I came together but I stayed calm and get back to win the race so by race two I was over it and just wanted to win with no mistakes.
“I’m having an awesome time in Australia and love coming down to race these rounds. I like that so many girls turn up and race and we are getting more interest than before. Even the podium was full of people after the second race and that’s cool.
“Thanks to the team for looking after me so well and making my mom and I feel so special.”
Noah Ferguson had an up and down day to carry on a similar theme to the last couple of rounds. Ferguson started the day impressively, take Pole position in the MX2 class, showing he has speed to burn on the sandy surface of Traralgon.
But a poor start in race one had him coming from the back of the pack and passing a heap of riders to get himself into the top 10. He was within striking distance of the top five, when a rider fell in front of him and his bike laid across the track. Ferguson hit the downed bike and the impact snapped off the footpeg bracket and foot peg making for an uncomfortable last 10 minutes of the race.
With nowhere to rest his right foot and a bent rear brake pedal, the best he could do was circulate and he eventually dropped back to 13th place.
The second moto was better, and he was quickly inside the top four in the early going. He lost a position mid race but rallied late to finish strong and take fifth in moto two and round out the day in eighth. He sits fifth in the MX2 championship with two rounds to come.
“There is never a dull moment, is there? I was behind Byron Dennis, and rider had crashed in front of us and Byron was able to jump over his bike. I didn’t see it until a bit later and unfortunately wasn’t about to clear the bike and it ended up ripping my footpeg from the frame.
Race two was better, but I got a little fatigued mid race and lost time. I was able to get a second wind with a few laps to go but the damage was done,” Ferguson explains.
Souya Nakajima might have had better individual race results, but the Traralgon round was his best overall performance as he was able to qualify and then finish both motos in the top ten and round out the day in ninth.
Nakajima seems to have taken a liking to the sandier based tracks and again showed plenty of fighting spirit on the weekend. He qualified ninth, finished both races in tenth and never stopped racing all the way to the finish line.
He is 11th in the championship after six rounds and with a strong finish at the final two rounds, could even claim b as high as eighth in the final standings.
“Today was consistent day for me and something I have wanted to do for the last few rounds. My start wasn’t good in the first race, but better in race two and I was able to get in a battle for many positions.
“Today felt like good progress and I will keep trying to be better each weekend,” Nakajima offers.
Monster Energy WBR Yamaha
It was a day of what could have been for the WBR Yamaha team in the MX3 class. In both races, Jack Deveson and Hayden Draper put themselves in good positions and contesting for race wins and podiums, only to let them slip away.
For Draper, a couple of uncharacteristic crashes in each moto saw him drop form the top three and back down the results. He was able to scramble late in the races to make up as many points as possible but finished the day in eighth with 7-7 results.
He still leads the MX3 class by 23 points.
Jack Deveson bounced back to form with some solid racing at Traralgon and finished fourth on the day. He was right in contention in both motos but a small fall in race one halted his progress, while a couple of late position changes in race two coast him a round podium.
He finished with 6-3 results and is seventh in the championship.
Seth Burchell had his best performance of the year in the MX2 class finishing with 4-7 results to claim fifth on the day. Burchell had a great start in race one and race with the lead bunch for long periods of the race, while race two saw him have to battle through the pack and some late hustling got him to seventh and his first top five round result of the year.
GYTR Yamaha Junior Racing
Injuries have decimated the YJR riders at times this year and the last man standing in the MX3 division was Jobe Dunne. Dunne would have to be a candidate for the most improved rider of the year and again showed why on the weekend with a stunning second place finish for the round with 2-4 results.
Dunne has really stepped up his riding and training in 2026 and after knocking on the door of a podium result at a number of rounds this year, it was a great reward to see him finally hit the podium at Traralgon.
