Pirelli takes outright win plus four class wins at A4DE

Pirelli takes outright win plus four class wins at Australian Four Day Enduro

13/04/10

For Immediate Release:

Toby Price (Motorex KTM Off Road Team) has won the 2010 Yamaha Australian Four Day Enduro (A4DE) held recently at Portland (NSW).

Riding on Pirelli Scorpion MX Mid Soft (32) front and XC Mid Soft rear tyres, Price took the outright win aboard his KTM 450 EXC ahead of Stefan Merriman (Ballards Wellard Yamaha) and Jarrod Bewley (Motorex KTM Off   Road Team).

Ben Grabham (Motorex KTM Off Road Team) took 5th outright with Jason Davis (Coast KTM Pacific Ink) and Geoff Braico (Sutto’s Husaberg Racing) in 8th and 9th to make five Pirelli riders in the outright to ten.

Price also took the Pro E2 title for KTM and Pirelli ahead of Merriman (Yamaha) and   Daniel Milner (Suzuki).  

The Pro E1 class saw another class win for the KTM and Pirelli combination with Jarrod Bewley ( Motorex KTM Off   Road Team) victorious ahead of Matthew Phillip (Honda) and Adrian Smith (Yamaha).

A tough four day for Jehi Willis (Team Husqvarna) saw a final result of sixth place in E1 at the end of four days of racing for Husqvarna and Pirelli aboard his TE250, with Luca Bussa (Team Husqvarna) rounding out the top ten in the E1 class on his Pirelli shod WR144.    

In the Pro E3 class experienced enduro campaigner Ben Grabham made it three Pro class wins from three for KTM and Pirelli on his KTM 530 EXC.

“The bike was awesome, I didnt have to do anything to it other than change my tyres, and they also were great in the conditions.”  

Second place was taken by Geoff Braico (Suttos Husaberg Racing) also running on Pirelli, with third place taken by Mitcham Harper (KTM).

The veterans class was taken out by Brad Williscroft (Motorex KTM Off Road Team) while Pirelli also scored two podiums in the Womens class with Jemma Wilson (Yamaha) second and Alison Parker third in this class.

Provisional Results
Yamaha A4DE Outright Top-10 (Provisional)

 1) Toby Price E2 (Motorex KTM)
 2) Stefan Merriman E2 (Ballard's Wellard Yamaha)
 3) Jarrod Bewley E1 (Motorex KTM)
 4) Daniel Milner E2  (Suzuki)
 5) Ben Grabham E3 (Motorex KTM)
 6) Kirk Hutton E2 (Yamaha Australia)
 7) Matthew Phillips E1 (Honda)
 8) Jason Davis E2 (Coastal Pacific Ink KTM)
 9) Geoff Braico E3 (Sutto's Husaberg Team)
 10) Rory Mead E2 (Yamaha NZ)
 

Class Results

E2 – 1) Toby Price (Motorex KTM); 2) Stefan Merriman (Ballard's Wellard Yamaha); 3) Daniel Milner (Suzuki), 6) Jehi Willis (Team Husqvarna); 10) Luca Bussa (Team Husqvarna)

E3 – 1) Ben Grabham (Motorex KTM); 2) Geoff Braico (Sutto's Husaberg Racing); 3) Mitcham Harper (KTM).

Veterans – 1) Brad Williscroft (Motorex KTM); 2) Rohan Crouch (Honda); 3) Jason Cater (Yamaha).

Masters – 1) Geoff Ballard (Ballard's Wellard Yamaha); 2) David Cash (Yamaha); 3) Vaughan Style (Husaberg).

Womens – 1) Jessica Gardiner (Ballard's Wellard Yamaha); 2) Jemma Wilson (Yamaha); 3) Alison Parker (Yamaha).