HOLDER DELIVERS IMPROVED PERFORMANCE ON ADAMS ENGINE

Chris Holder moved into overall third place in the Australian Championships at the halfway stage when, aboard equipment loaned from former Pirate Leigh Adams, he finished runners-up to Jason Doyle in the A final at Mildura, Victoria on Monday.

IIn temperatures of 36 degrees at the start of the meeting, Holder boosted his chances of retaining his national title with two wins and three second places to book an automatic berth in the A final alongside Doyle and Justin Sedgmen.

They were joined by Tyson Nelson who won the B final repercharge ahead of Josh Grajczonek, Max Fricke and Sam Masters, whilst Dakota North, a finalist in the opening round missed out with just 8 points, after winning his first ride of the night.

Doyle maintained his dominance of the series todate with a victory in that A final, Holder finishing ahead of Sedgmen with Nelson in fourth.


With their points scored in the A final being added to their heat scores, Doyle now leads the championship with 35 points, a 7 point advantage over Sedgmen (28) who holds a five point lead over Holder (23).

It was a disastrous meeting for Rohan Tungate who had gone into the event in second place, but three disqualifications  packaged up with two heat wins has hampered his title aspirations and is back in fourth place level with Dakota North on 22 points.

Mildura scorers
Jason Doyle 13+3; Chris Holder  12+2; Justin Sedgmen 12+1; Tyson Nelson  10+3+0; Josh Grajczonek 10; Sam Masters  10; Max Fricke 10; Jack Holder  9; Dakota North 8; Rohan Tungate 6; Jake Allen  5; Brodie Waters 5; Joey Ringwood 3; Kieran Sproule 2; Josh Coyne 2; Jack Fallon 1

Championship standings after 2 rounds
1 Jason Doyle 35, 2 Justin Sedgmen 28, 3 Chris Holder 23, 4= Rohan Tungate 22, Dakota North 22, 6 Josh Grajczonek 21, 7 Max Fricke 20, 8 Tyson Nelson 19, 9 Sam Masters 18, 10 Jack Holder 15, 11 Jake Allen 11, 12 Brodie Waters 8, 13= Kieran Sproule 5, Joey Ringwood 5, 15= Jack Fallon 3, Josh Coyne 3, 17 Jordan Stewart 1.

Next round: Underra, Victoria on Wednesday 7th January