Grab your rubber duckies and floaties for the opening round of the 2019 MX Nationals. With moderate rainfall, Australia’s Motocross best lined up for an epic battle between human, machine and mother nature (Sunday, 17 March 2019).

In 2018, the lap times in the opening moto at Round 2 of the MX Nationals held at Appin was in the MX2 1:40.010 by Nathan Crawford, MX1 1:39.224 by Dean Ferris and MXD 143.637 by Hugh McKay.
In 2019, well, Greek God Huey left the hose on over Sydney as he was watching the Formula 1 at Melbourne enjoying some Greek Wine and finger food with Melbourne’s perfect weather of 26 degrees and zero chance of rain. From 9 am to 2 pm Appin New South Wales had received 33.0 millimetres of rain, 1.29921 inches in the imperial format. Williams Event Management adjusted the race time length and format on the day with a Sprint Format released earlier in the week, WEM overrode the promoted format to suit the wet conditions.
MX2 was an 8 lap Moto. WEM then adjusted the rest of the racing round MX1 was a 6 lap Moto,
QAULIFING
MXD Rhys Budd was the top Qualifier followed by Regan Duffy, Mason Rowe, Mason Semmens and John Bova.
MX2 Jy Roberts was the fastest Qualifier followed by Jay Wilson, Cooper Pozniak, Kyle Webster and Wilson Todd.
MX1 Hayden Mellross was the fastest Qualifier followed by Todd Water, Jesse Dobson, Jayden Rykers, and Luke Clout.
RACING
MX2 Jay Wilson led for a majority of the race while unbeknown to Wilson Jye Roberts was reeling him in and in dramatic style missed by the live video
MX1 Hayden Mellross grabbed the holeshot, an issue trying to clear his goggles in the opening moments allowed USA’s Justin Rodbell to capture the lead. Mellross charged Rodbell down and regained the lead. Rodbell tried to regain the lead but was unsuccessful. Todd Waters chased down Hayden Mellross, having trouble with vision, Waters had fight the roost of Mellross, eventually, Waters was able to pass Hayden Mellross for the race lead. Hayden Mellross set the fastest lap on the last lap of the moto (2:38.939) on his Raceline KTM, even though Mellross was first over the line for the moto on the live coverage, there was some in race penalties and Hayden Mellross was awarded second place. Todd Waters was awarded the moto 1 victory on his DPH Husky. Waters was caught up in a water hose in the opening lap and worked his way through the field to claim the Moto Victory. Justin Rodbell finished in sixth. Top 5
I’d hate to be with the WEM crew all the signage has to be cleaned, all the cameras and video gear have to be cleaned as water is not an electronic device friend. The series heads to Victoria for Round 2, Wonthaggi (31st March 2019). Victoria hasn’t seen rain for a while, Gippsland in a drought, it would be great for the area to get some rain, will the Motocross be the bringer of rain?
FULL RESULTS HERE: https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Events/1634459
VIDEO COVERAGE REPLAY: https://livestream.com/nrgtv/events/8592652/videos/188788186





