Bitter sweet start for Ferris at Australian SX opener.

A mud-ridden opening to the 2011
Australian SX series witnessed a bitter sweet result for Monster Energy
Kawasaki’s Dean Ferris in Melbourne on Saturday
night.  

Twenty-one-year-old Ferris got his
Lites class debut off to a great start by dominating his qualification race
with a hole-shot and strong victory.  Ferris would do the same in the
first, of the two final races as he again led the race from start to
finish, showing impressive speed and control to take the first moto
victory.

His third consecutive hole-shot of
the night put Ferris in the perfect position to take a double moto victory
when he hit a tuff block and went down.  He quickly recovered to third
spot but hit another block in the slippery conditions on the final lap and
eventually crossed the line in 10^th spot.

“The track conditions were
quite tricky tonight but I enjoy the mud and that showed in my speed as I
was the fastest guy out there but then I hit a tuff block in the second
final moto which threw away the victory.   I’m really happy
with the performance of my bike and am having a lot of fun on the
KX250F.  There are five back to back races in the series so the secret
is going to be consistency.” admitted Ferris.

Round 2 of the 5 round series heads
to Wollongong at the Win Stadium in New South Wales on the 29^th
October.

Race results:

LITES top 10 results –
Round 1

1.     Matt
MOSS – JDR Motorex KTM: 2,1 TOTAL 47

2.     Luke
STYKE – Serco Yamaha: 5,2 TOTAL 38

3.     Brendan
HARRISON – JDR Motorex KTM: 4,3 TOTAL 38

4.     Josh
CACHIA – JDR Motorex KTM: 3,5 TOTAL 36

5.     Dean
FERRIS – Monster Energy Kawasaki: 1,10 TOTAL 36

6.     Steven
CLARKE – Team Motul Pirelli Suzuki: 10,4 TOTAL 29

7.     Adam
MONEA – Team 07 Axis Motorsport: 7,7 TOTAL 27

8.     Kirk
GIBBS – Serco Yamaha: 15,6 TOTAL 21

9.     Robbie
MARSHALL – Yamaha: 13,9 TOTAL 20

10. Casey TURNER - Suzuki:
9,13 TOTAL 20

LITES – Top 10
Championship standings

1.     Matt
MOSS – JDR Motorex KTM: 25

2.     Luke
STYKE – Serco Yamaha: 22

3.     Brendan
HARRISON – JDR Motorex KTM: 20

4.     Josh
CACHIA – JDR Motorex KTM: 18

5.     Dean
FERRIS – Monster Energy Kawasaki: 16

6.     Steven
CLARKE – Team Motul Pirelli Suzuki: 15

7.     Adam
MONEA – Team 07 Axis Motorsport: 14

8.     Kirk
GIBBS – Serco Yamaha: 13

9.     Robbie
MARSHALL – Yamaha: 12

10. Casey TURNER - Suzuki:
11