Ferris takes championship lead of the Australian National Championship

Dean Ferris has come away from
round 2 of the Australian National Championship at the top of the point
standings. After the mud bath at the opening round all the riders were
happy to be greeted by sun shine and a dry, all be it very rutted
circuit.

After qualifying in 4^th
place young Ferris felt confident of a strong result in the opening moto,
but a big fall on the first lap put Ferris at the back of the pack and he
was only able to fight back to 11^th position by the end of the
short race.

Shrugging off his opening moto fall
Ferris was on fire in the second moto as he chased down Cody Cooper before
taking the lead. Half way into the moto Ferris collided with a slower rider
and went down. Quickly re-mounting Ferris was able to salvage
6^th position, but was naturally disappointed.

As the gate dropped for moto 3 the
111 machine of Ferris ripped the hole-shot and was once again flying around
the tight and rutted circuit. Not putting a foot wrong Ferris took the win.

In moto 4 Ferris grabbed another
decent start as he chased Ryan Marmont and Billy Mackenzie through the
first few turns, but by the end of lap one Ferris had once again taken
command out front, and rode to a solid victory.

With a strong point score for the
day, Ferris now heads to round 3 next weekend with a narrow points lead
over team mate Billy Mackenzie.

“The day started bad, but
ended well for me. After that fall in the opening race I was a bit gutted
because I just threw away points, then in moto 2 I hit another rider and
once again fell!! I felt very good on the Kawasaki though and I knew if I
could have a clean race there was a good chance to get a win in, and
luckily it paid off. I am really happy to win a moto early in the season,
last year it took me all season to get a moto win, so hopefully I can keep
the momentum now. The bike and the team have been awesome, and I
can’t wait for round 3.” Dean Ferris.

Point standings after Round
2.

1 111 Dean Ferris 139

2 211 Billy Mackenzie
137

3 5 Josh Coppins 134

4 3 Ryan Marmont 128

5 4 Cheyne Boyd 123

6 70 Lawson Bopping 121

1 Jay Marmont 118

8 105 Michael Phillips
113

9 19 Louis Calvin 99

10 10 Cody Cooper 96