KIRK GIBBS BACK ON THE PROMX PODIUM AT MX FARM

GASGAS Racing Team’s Kirk Gibbs has launched himself back onto the podium after a strong showing in the penultimate round of the 2024 Australian ProMX Championship at Gympie’s MX Farm.

Equipped with the GASGAS MC 450F, Gibbs stormed to a second-fastest qualifying time in the Top 10 Pole Shootout, setting a time that was within a second of the quickest lap.

Gibbsy rocketed off the line of his first MX1 race, rounding the first turn in P2, then soon found himself in the lead at the end of the opening lap. Unfortunately, our former champ hit the dirt a lap later when he got caught out by a slippery section of track, but he remounted and worked his way back to P4 before time ran out.

Another fast start to the second moto saw the Sunshine Coast-based racer in the top three early on, before he put the heat on to challenge for second through the duration of the race. Despite some big efforts to get past, Gibbs was slowed by a lapped rider on the closing lap and settled for a well-earned P3 and third overall.

With just one round left to run at Queensland Moto Park next weekend, Gibbs is fourth in the championship standings, but has closed the gap to third to 18 points.