With no bike time under his belt since last weekend’s round 4, Jay Marmont was healthier and his injured left knee was much stronger heading to Murray Bridge. A great start in the first moto was just what Marmont needed however the joy was short lived when he was hit from behind in the second corner, going down hard and once again aggravating his injured knee. Marmont tried to continue however he was forced to retire due to the pain, incurring his 2^nd consecutive DNF. Marmont battled through pain to race the second moto where he finished in 7^th place. With a sizable break before the final race, Marmont made the last minute decision to battle through the pain and race the final moto, a decision that paid off as he was able to race in 3^rd place for the majority of the moto, eventually settling for 5^th. Marmont’s DNF-7-5 results gave him 10^th for the round and leave him in 7^th place in the championship.

Dylan Peterson also had no time onboard his KX450F during the week, instead he rested his injured knee and tried to alleviate the fluid build-up. Unable to get his knee right before Murray Bridge, Peterson was unable to continue the momentum he’s been gathering since riding for  injured Monster Energy Kawasaki rider Billy Mackenzie and could only manage mid pack finishes in the first two motos before sitting out the final race. Dylan Peterson currently sits in 13^th place in the championship.

MX2 rider Kade Mosig struggled with tough starts throughout all three motos and with passing quite difficult on the heavily rutted track, Mosig’s results suffered. In the second moto where he got his best start, Mosig raced the majority of the moto in 2^nd place before being pipped at the post. Mosig’s 13-3-10 results left him in 8^th place for the round. Although he had a tough round 5, Kade Mosig currently sits in 5^th place in the championship, just 25 points shy of the top three.

The Monster Energy Kawasaki riders welcome a 5 week rest so they can regroup and get healthy before the second half of the 2012 Monster Energy MX Nationals kicks off at Hervey Bay, QLD on 1 July.

Jay Marmont: “I definitely could’ve done without the DNF. Overall I’m glad just to get through the day. I feel like I need a break now, I can finally go and get my knee right and fix my body up. The doctors seem to think that 4-6 weeks will be enough for it to be fully healed. I just need a break so this break couldn’t have come at a better time. I’ll be able to finish off the second half of the series painless and have some fun with it”.

“I know I’m good enough to win, that’s why the number one plate’s on my bike. I just want to go out there and ride to my full potential and ride to win, not just make up positions. I need to go out there and make it happen.”

Dylan Peterson: “I went out in practise and every time I’d try to put in a good lap I’d bang my knee. Then in the first race I crashed and landed on it, second race I crashed and landed on it again. We’ve got the 5 week break now so I’ll go into rehab and come out swinging at Harvey Bay”.

Kade Mosig: I usually like Murray Bridge, I’ve done well there in the past. I really struggled with my starts today. I was able to get 3^rd in the second moto when I got a good start. I was running 2^nd in that race but got passed on the last corner. It was really hard to take positions back after the bad starts. My prep was good coming into Murray Bridge so I’m pretty disappointed not to get the points today that I was looking for. I’ll regroup and refresh and come out swinging at Harvey Bay. There’s still only a handful of points between me and the championship and there’s a lot of races left.”

2012 Monster Energy MX Nationals, Australian Motocross Championship
Round Five – Murray Bridge, SA

MX1 Overall Results:
1. Todd Waters     72     
2. Brad Anderson     63     
3. Tye Simmonds     56     
4. Lawson Bopping     52     
5. Cody Cooper     49     
6. Josh Coppins     48     
7. Daniel Reardon     40     
8. Daniel McCoy 39     
9. Dean Porter     33     
10. JAY MARMONT - Monster Energy Kawasaki     30

MX2 Overall Results:
1. Josh Cachia     63
2. Cheyne Boyd 60
3. Ford Dale     53     
4. Justin McDonald     49
5. Luke Styke     46     
6. Scott Columb 45     
7. Lewis Woods 39     
8. KADE MOSIG - Monster Energy Kawasaki 39
9. Errol Willis 37     
10. Nick Murray     33


MX1 Championship Standings (after 5 of 10 rounds):
1. Josh Coppins     301
2. Todd Waters 280
3. Brad Anderson     274
4. Lawson Bopping 255
5. Tye Simmonds     234
6. Cody Cooper     232
7. JAY MARMONT - Monster Energy Kawasaki     207
8. Jake Moss 171
9. Daniel McCoy 164
10. Daniel Reardon 147

MX2 Championship Standings (after 5 of 10 rounds):
1. Luke Styke     306
2. Ford Dale     274
3. Cheyne Boyd     258
4. Josh Cachia     258
5. KADE MOSIG - Monster Energy Kawasaki     233
6. Kirk Gibbs     229
7. Adam Monea     215
8. Justin McDonald 192
9. Lewis Woods     173
10. Errol Willis     168

MXD Championship Standings (after 4 of 9 rounds):
1. Dylan Long     201
2. Kayne Lamont     195
3. Samual Martin     195
4. Dylan Leary     193
5. Jay Wilson     159
6. Joel Milesevic     156
7. Kale Makeham     156
8. MITCH NORRIS - Axis Motorsports Kawasaki     123
9. Mitch Budd     103
10. Dylan Wills     99