Ferris Moves Into 3rd Place in Championship Chase

Ferris races into 3rd place in Championship Chase

19 year old Honda Privateer Dean Ferris improved his championship position to 3rd outright in the premier pro open class after another impressive weekend at Round 5 of the 2010 Rockstar Motocross Nationals held at Raymond Terrace on Sunday.

On a picture perfect day in the Hunter Valley, Ferris was on the money from the start today qualifying his privateer Brisbane Motorcycles Honda CRF450 in 5th place.

When the gates dropped for the first 15 min moto, Ferris got off to a flying start and settled comfortably into 2nd position and was never challenged. A 5th place finish in the  second moto,  improving to 4th position in final 20 min moto gave Ferris a hall of 56 points, just 2 points shy of an overall podium for the round.

More importantly Ferris has moved into 3rd place in the championship hunt and now sits only 5 points shy of Motorex KTM’s Tye Simmonds and 18 points adrift of current red plate holder and reigning champion Jay Marmont. Quite a remarkable achievement in only Ferris’s 5th outing in the premier Pro Open class.

Ferris is aiming to become the first privateer to win the Pro Open Championship since Andrew McFarlane in 1999, a win that was to launch McFarlane to a stellar international career.

“Overall I am pretty happy with today’s result. It would have been great to get on the podium but my main focus is the championship so I’m rapt to move into 3rd in position and to be within striking distance of the red plate.

We made some changes to the suspension just prior to moto 3 which worked a treat and the Pirelli tyres hooked up awesomely all day long. I’m now looking forward to getting home and training hard over the coming weeks to be able to continue the fight for the championship over the last 4 rounds”.

All 3 moto’s today were won by English import and current UK Moto X Champion Brad Anderson riding a Brisbane Motorcycles prepared Honda.