WSX Perth

That's why we could say: it's now or never! 😉

Track looked different but really cool. 

Anyone go from the us on this board? I was looking at flights at around 26 hours and $3,500. Sounds like two miserable days of travel. 

That dirt looks fantastic. 

Thanks to the locals that have posted pictures and shared their experience. 

Can Feld make one dry track this year? 

He did, but I just found it a bit unusual from a sponsor and obligation standpoint to switch directly from one factory team to another during the event. 

Found an article that provides some clarity: https://www.motoonline.com.au/2024/11/24/cdr-drafts-in-taylor-as-barham-wsx-sx2-replacement-in-perth/
 

Seems like the best effort WSX has put out thus far. Hopefully they can continue to improve things.

What do you mean?

Any update on Nichols?

That second 450 race was intense .

Not sure who took this photo, but it’s a beauty.

Nice! I remember seeing that. If I do go that route I’ll be sure to reach out. I’d be coming from phx also! Do you plan on making the trip back here this year? 

Hell yeah Blake, thanks for the photos and write up. 

As a Perth native that moved to Vancouver 10 years ago, it's been very interesting watching both races on tv and how different they were. Perth/WA has a big MX/motorsport scene and culture so I'm not surprised on the crowd turnout at all, and the Western Australia tourism board did a great job on the tv coverage of promoting Perth and many of the different regions of WA. Track looked great too.

Vancouver is hockey centric, full of a lot of pretentious people and zero motorsport culture. The dirt that is available in BC is incredible but what was used looked like garbage. The promotion of Vancouver on tv was just the typical basic stuff in and the city and nothing amazing. The Vancouver race will struggle to progress with that crowd and would be better placed in Kelowna or Kamloops where there is a decent MX scene.

I moved from Vancouver to Vancouver Island a few months ago so I wasn't able to attend and obviously couldn't get back to my home town of Perth for that race. Ironically the first supercross race I went to was in 1995, KTM kings of supercross which was held at the same venue this wsx round was at, although it was actually a cricket/football oval rather than the rectangle stadium it is now, and the stands were smaller but the ground size bigger.

Beat me to it. That looked horrible. Hope he is OK and hope we get an update soon.  

Fastest laps of the races 

Saturday 

250 superpole 

53.861 = Shane Mcelrath 
54.387 = Cole Thompson 
55.584 = Enzo Lopes
59.307 = Maxime Desprey 

450 superpole 

52.919 = Joey Savatgy 
53.275 = Eli Tomac 
53.364 = Mitchell Oldenburg 
53.619 = Gregory Aranda 

250 moto 1 

55.169 = Coty Schock
55.666 = Shane Mcelrath 
55.704 = Enzo Lopes
55.972 = Cole Thompson
56.508 = Kyle Chisholm 
56.601 = Maxime Desprey
56.715 = Cullin Park 
57.320 = Kayden Minear
57.469 = Reid Taylor
57.790 = Derek Kelley 

450 moto 1 

54.697 = Eli Tomac
55.433 = Ken Roczen 
55.654 = Joey Savatgy 
56.158 = Luke Clout 
56.325 = Gregory Aranda 
56.455 = Mitchell Oldenburg 
56.536 = Kyle Webster
56.573 = Colt Nichols
56.635 = Dean Wilson
56.672 = Vince Friese 

250 moto 2 

55.378 = Coty Schock
55.598 = Enzo Lopes
55.918 = Shane Mcelrath 
56.697 = Cole Thompson
57.212 = Maxime Desprey
57.560 = Reid Taylor
57.596 = Cullin Park
57.736 = Ryder Kingsford
57.891 = Kayden Minear
58.241 = Kyle Chisholm 

450 moto 2 

54.387 = Eli Tomac 
54.554 = Ken Roczen 
55.463 = Joey Savatgy 
56.034 = Luke Clout
56.343 = Mitchell Oldenburg
56.876 = Gregory Aranda
56.922 = Dean Wilson
57.140 = Vince Friese
57.249 = Matt Moss
57.336 = Colt Nichols 

250 moto 3 

54.966 = Enzo Lopes
55.273 = Shane Mcelrath 
55.623 = Cole Thompson
55.785 = Coty Schock
55.904 = Maxime Desprey
56.807 = Kayden Minear 
56.987 = Ryder Kingsford 
57.028 = Cullin Park
57.707 = Calvin Fonvieille
57.937 = Kyle Chisholm 

450 moto 3 

54.542 = Ken Roczen 
54.650 = Joey Savatgy 
54.794 = Eli Tomac 
56.531 = Dean Wilson
56.550 = Vince Friese
56.555 = Mitchell Oldenburg 
56.575 = Gregory Aranda 
56.824 = Anthony Bourdon
57.074 = Matt Moss
57.147 = Kyle Webster 

Superfinal 

53.669 = Eli Tomac 
53.934 = Ken Roczen 
55.030 = Joey Savatgy 
55.202 = Shane Mcelrath 
55.346 = Dean Wilson
55.347 = Cole Thompson
55.399 = Coty Schock
55.499 = Luke Clout
55.521 = Vince Friese
55.592 = Enzo Lopes

Fastest laps of the races 

Sunday 

250 superpole 

54.512 = Shane Mcelrath 
54.522 = Cole Thompson 
54.819 = Enzo Lopes 
56.013 = Reid Taylor 

450 superpole 

52.903 = Eli Tomac
53.384 = Ken Roczen 
53.564 = Gregory Aranda 
Unfinished = Joey Savatgy 

250 moto 1 

55.339 = Shane Mcelrath 
55.586 = Coty Schock 
55.650 = Maxime Desprey
55.751 = Enzo Lopes
56.302 = Cullin Park 
56.624 = Kayden Minear
56.654 = Kyle Chisholm 
56.862 = Cole Thompson
56.966 = Reid Taylor
57.364 = Derek Kelley 

450 moto 1 

54.206 = Eli Tomac 
54.710 = Joey Savatgy 
55.288 = Ken Roczen 
56.621 = Kyle Webster 
56.894 = Dean Wilson 
56.927 = Gregory Aranda
56.978 = Mitchell Oldenburg 
57.106 = Luke Clout 
57.530 = Anthony Bourdon
57.614 = Ryan Breece 

250 moto 2 

55.326 = Shane Mcelrath 
55.427 = Enzo Lopes 
55.766 = Coty Schock 
56.299 = Cullin Park
56.555 = Cole Thompson 
56.915 = Maxime Desprey
57.324 = Kayden Minear 
57.481 = Kyle Chisholm 
57.500 = Noah Viney
57.722 = Brice Maylin 

450 moto 2 

54.771 = Eli Tomac 
54.839 = Joey Savatgy 
55.397 = Ken Roczen 
55.484 = Dean Wilson
56.311 = Luke Clout 
56.354 = Mitchell Oldenburg 
56.404 = Gregory Aranda 
56.756 = Vince Friese
57.092 = Anthony Bourdon
57.166 = Matt Moss 

250 moto 3 

55.597 = Shane Mcelrath 
55.950 = Coty Schock 
56.064 = Enzo Lopes
56.605 = Maxime Desprey 
56.823 = Cole Thompson 
56.865 = Cullin Park 
57.437 = Kayden Minear 
57.662 = Derek Kelley
57.728 = Kyle Chisholm 
57.995 = Brice Maylin 

450 moto 3 

53.680 = Eli Tomac 
54.030 = Joey Savatgy 
54.770 = Ken Roczen 
55.990 = Gregory Aranda 
55.994 = Mitchell Oldenburg 
56.130 = Vince Friese 
56.195 = Matt Moss
56.396 = Dean Wilson
56.750 = Kyle Webster 
56.814 = Anthony Bourdon 

Superfinal 

52.828 = Eli Tomac 
53.843 = Ken Roczen 
53.997 = Joey Savatgy 
55.346 = Shane Mcelrath 
55.554 = Luke Clout
55.607 = Dean Wilson
55.871 = Coty Schock 
55.887 = Gregory Aranda 
56.091 = Enzo Lopes
56.225 = Vince Friese

Gap at the end of all races 

Saturday 

250 moto 1 

+0.000 = Coty Schock 
+0.779 = Shane Mcelrath 
+1.809 = Enzo Lopes
+8.803 = Cole Thompson 
+10.267 = Maxime Desprey
+12.122 = Kyle Chisholm 
+12.940 = Cullin Park
+18.144 = Kayden Minear 
+23.620 = Noah Viney
+26.287 = Calvin Fonvieille 

450 moto 1 

+0.000 = Eli Tomac 
+6.663 = Ken Roczen 
+9.119 = Luke Clout
+10.067 = Joey Savatgy 
+14.582 = Dean Wilson
+15.288 = Colt Nichols
+23.423 = Kyle Webster 
+26.694 = Anthony Bourdon
+29.321 = Matt Moss
+30.966 = Ryan Breece 

250 moto 2 

+0.000 = Shane Mcelrath 
+3.541 = Enzo Lopes
+9.533 = Cole Thompson 
+13.512 = Cullin Park
+16.019 = Coty Schock 
+17.280 = Ryder Kingsford 
+19.242 = Reid Taylor 
+20.017 = Maxime Desprey
+20.526 = Kyle Chisholm 
+21.547 = Kayden Minear 

450 moto 2 

+0.000 = Eli Tomac 
+10.515 = Joey Savatgy 
+12.526 = Ken Roczen
+21.113 = Luke Clouy
+21.893 = Mitchell Oldenburg 
+24.401 = Gregory Aranda
+25.825 = Vince Friese
+26.678 = Colt Nichols
+27.540 = Dean Wilson
+32.392 = Matt Moss 

250 moto 3 

+0.000 = Shane Mcelrath
+5.281 = Coty Schock 
+9.350 = Enzo Lopes
+10.568 = Cole Thompson 
+12.450 = Maxime Desprey 
+18.656 = Cullin Park
+19.079 = Kayden Minear
+21.262 = Calvin Fonvieille 
+22.348 = Ryder Kingsford
+23.416 = Kyle Chisholm 

450 moto 3 

+0.000 = Eli Tomac 
+4.543 = Ken Roczen 
+5.495 = Joey Savatgy 
+14.711 = Luke Clout
+15.752 = Gregory Aranda 
+16.972 = Dean Wilson
+18.767 = Matt Moss
+19.828 = Mitchell Oldenburg 
+20.204 = Anthony Bourdon 
+23.439 = Kyle Webster 

Superfinal 

+0.000 = Eli Tomac 
+5.119 = Ken Roczen 
+18.267 = Dean Wilson
+18.956 = Joey Savatgy 
+22.313 = Luke Clout
+23.002 = Shane Mcelrath 
+24.081 = Enzo Lopes
+26.895 = Coty Schock
+29.340 = Cole Thompson
+32.281 = Colt Nichols

Gap at the end of all races 

Sunday 

250 moto 1 

+0.000 = Shane Mcelrath 
+1.108 = Enzo Lopes
+5.347 = Maxime Desprey
+7.858 = Kayden Minear 
+9.960 = Coty Schock 
+11.266 = Reid Taylor
+15.404 = Cole Thompson 
+16.772 = Cullin Park
+21.093 = Brice Maylin 
+23.322 = Derek Kelley 

450 moto 1 

+0.000 = Eli Tomac 
+1.967 = Joey Savatgy 
+14.184 = Ken Roczen 
+20.107 = Gregory Aranda 
+23.638 = Mitchell Oldenburg 
+29.300 = Luke Clout
+30.761 = Vince Friese
+31.012 = Anthony Bourdon 
+33.475 = Matt Moss
+34.370 = Ryan Breece 

250 moto 2 

+0.000 = Shane Mcelrath 
+4.830 = Cullin Park
+5.843 = Enzo Lopes
+9.403 = Coty Schock 
+11.158 = Cole Thompson 
+11.800 = Maxime Desprey 
+16.299 = Kyle Chisholm 
+17.771 = Noah Viney
+18.908 = Brice Maylin
+19.994 = Kayden Minear 

450 moto 2 

+0.000 = Joey Savatgy 
+1.371 = Ken Roczen 
+2.817 = Eli Tomac 
+7.152 = Dean Wilson
+10.274 = Luke Clout
+11.349 = Gregory Aranda 
+13.446 = Mitchell Oldenburg 
+14.700 = Vince Friese
+17.677 = Ryan Breece 
+21.110 = Anthony Bourdon 

250 moto 3 

+0.000 = Coty Schock 
+0.615 = Shane Mcelrath 
+6.923 = Cullin Park
+7.317 = Cole Thompson 
+10.910 = Maxime Desprey
+12.735 = Kyle Chisholm 
+13.688 = Kayden Minear 
+16.067 = Derek Kelley
+23.252 = Brice Maylin 
+27.657 = Calvin Fonvieille 

450 moto 3 

+0.000 = Eli Tomac 
+5.902 = Joey Savatgy 
+11.093 = Ken Roczen 
+18.891 = Dean Wilson
+19.952 = Gregory Aranda 
+21.535 = Vince Friese
+23.202 = Mitchell Oldenburg 
+23.620 = Matt Moss
+27.750 = Luke Clout
+28.666 = Kyle Webster 

Superfinal 

+0.000 = Eli Tomac 
+15.818 = Ken Roczen 
+24.112 = Joey Savatgy 
+27.705 = Shane Mcelrath 
+29.440 = Enzo Lopes
+32.267 = Coty Schock 
+32.518 = Gregory Aranda 
+34.663 = Luke Clout 
+36.221 = Vince Friese
+37.783 = Cullin Park

Tough night for Grampa Earl. Did he leave in the meat wagon?

Haven’t watched yet. Did Joey get real good all of a sudden or did Kenny really shit the bed?

Joey won Superpole, while Kenny didn't earn any points from it. He also won one race over Kenny. Ken was faster than Joey most races but had horrible starts all weekend. Very unusual. 

Joey was riding great and consistent though. 

Thanks to the Aussie Bros for the pictures, and write ups! 

And I got trashed for saying how good he looked on the HONDA in an old post even after watching him live. He seems to have foudnb something he has been missing for a long time on that red machine!

Ken seemed a bit off the pace most of the evening.

He said the conditions where a worst case scenario for him.

He's fine:

“Well the Perth trip didn’t end too well 🥴 struggled Saturday night for sure but felt better Sunday and had a racing incident happen main 1. Feeling beat up today but nothing crazy so rest up and see what the next few days brings us. Thanks to everybody for checking in and @kayparky for taking care of me."

https://gatedrop.com/colt-nichols-update/

In what respect?

The loose soil was the issue. Bike was moving around and throwing him off. Chasing settings all weekend and seemed to look the best at the end.

Tomac is what  like 13 / 14 for wins in wsx races?