Rounds 9 & 10 of Yamaha AORC

This weekend the 2016 Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship will make the journey to Monkerai in New South Wales to contest in the second last weekend before the grand finale in only a few short weeks.

Motorcycling Australia and the Monkerai Dungog Motorcycle Club bring the 9^th and 10^th instalment just North of Sydney’s CBD in the Hunter Region of New South Wales.

This small town is surrounded by state forests and national parks and is approximately just over 20 minutes away from the closest town, Dungog.

Competitors of the 2016 Yamaha AORC will compete in a Cross Country race on Saturday the 13^th of August and in Sprints on Sunday the 14^th of August.

Monkerai is known for its natural terrain with logs in high spectator areas, water logged creeks dotting the track, and competitors can expect the tracks to be muddy and rocky.

This will be the last opportunity for these Enduro athletes to put valuable championship points on the board before the final two rounds which will see the 2016 AORC Champions crowned.

One man who is certainly going into this weekend with the Championship on his mind is KTM Enduro Racing Team rider Daniel Sanders who is currently leading the Championship both outright and in his Championship E3 class.

Much like their previous season’s in AORC when KTM Enduro Racing Teams pilot Toby Price won in 2015, the KTM mounted riders have dominated the series once again with Sanders teammate Tye Simmonds (E2) following suit sitting in second outright and first in his class, after a gradual incline of impressive results from Rounds 5 & 6.

Husqvarna Enduro Racing teams Lachy Stanford (E3) rounds out the final position in the outright Championship points standings, an outcome of consistent results all season in 2016.

Jack Simpson (E1), Wil Ruprecht (EJ), Jemma Wilson (Women’s), Bjorn Osbourne (Veterans) and Peter Schaper (Masters) are all in contention to win their respective classes and are rolling into Rounds 9 & 10 preparing for another testing Cross Country race to snatch as many Championship points as possible.

For spectators, team’s, riders and every one in between there will be coffee and food available at the venue for purchase from Saturday morning.

We would also like to make everyone aware of the limited reception at the venue and that results will be posted sporadically throughout the day on the AORC Facebook page.

MyLaps (click here) will be recording all the results throughout Rounds 9 & 10 – so teams, athletes, spectators and fans from anywhere around the country can keep up to date with all of the AORC results.

So stay tuned and don’t forget to catch up on your daily AORC fix on the MA website (www.ma.org.au) or AORC Facebook page and follow at @aorc_ on Instragram.

Below are the Championship standings heading in to Rounds 9 & 10: