The wait is almost over as the competitors of the 2016 Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship begin to make the journey to Hedley in Victoria for Rounds 7 & 8 this weekend, and we have everything you need to know!
 
Hedely is located approximately 2.5 hours East from Melbourne City in rural Victoria, surrounded by accompanying towns of Yarram, Welshpool and Foster to name a few.
 
This iconic location is well known for its Sandy terrain, and will see competitors face their first Cross Country round this Saturday the 23rd of July and a Sprint this Sunday the 24th of July.
 
Rounds 7-8 Yamaha Off-Road ChampionshipWith a long hiatus over the winter break competitors are eager to get back into the thick of things for the remaining six rounds of the AORC Championship, and with World class competitors the battles are sure to be heated and fast.
 
KTM Enduro Racing Teams Tye Simmonds showed no sign of slowing down over the break as he made his way around Australia competing in the Tatts Finke Desert Race, Hattah Desert Race and jumping on the bike every chance he could get.
 
Simmonds is sure to put the pressure on current E2 Championship Points leader CDR Yamaha’s Chris Hollis with Josh Green has been ruled out of the competition until further notice due to injury.
 
Jack Simpson (E1) and KTM Enduro Racing Teams Daniel Sanders (E3) are current Championship Points leaders for their respective classes and will be looking at defending their positions as we close in on the second half of the season.
 
With a depth of talent streaming from the Transmoto EJ class, there are sure to be more battles as the break proved valuable for Pirelli Motul Sherco Factory Team’s Wil Ruprecht and Nic Tomlinson still clinching the EJ Championship points lead.

With Yamaha’s continued support for the series in 2016 the Yamaha AORC will see championship classes of E1, E2, E3, Women’s, Vets, Masters and Transmoto 19’s and Under EJ classes run alongside the State Victorian Round this weekend.
 
MyLaps (click here) will be recording all the results throughout Rounds 7 & 8 – so teams, athletes, spectators and fans from anywhere around the country can keep up to date with all of the AORC results.

With the battles for an AORC Championship only just beginning to ramp up, every test will count this weekend.

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.

Image – John Hamilton/Mad Dog Images

Below are the Championship standings heading in to Rounds 7 & 8

E1, E2, E3 Outright Championship point standings

  1. Daniel Sanders 132
  2. Lachlan Stanford 118
  3. Chris Hollis 114
  4. Tye Simmonds 110
  5. Josh Green 104
  6. Beau Ralston 93
  7. Glenn Kearney 78
  8. Jack Simpson 73
  9. Scott Keegan 72
  10. Chris Davey 65

AORC Tansmoto 19 and Under (EJ) Championship point standings

  1. Nic Tomlinson 142
  2. Wil Ruprecht 136
  3. Fraser Higlett 120
  4. Andrew Wilksch 96
  5. Ben Kearns 95
  6. Jake McGlashan 73
  7. Stuart Holt 62
  8. Jai Wedlock 58
  9. Jesse Lawton 58
  10. Dalton Johnson 43

AORC Champ Masters Championship point standings

  1. Michael Widdison 132
  2. Peter Schaper 106
  3. Jason Salopayevs 97
  4. Andrew Cais 82
  5. Mal Dalton 73
  6. Rod Kearns 63
  7. Danny Gunning 59
  8. Derek Grundy 47
  9. Adrian Fitzgerald 42
  10. Robert Bailey 40

 AORC Champ Veterans Championship point standings

  1. Bjorn Osborne 117
  2. Craig Wease 84
  3. Anthony Greene 71
  4. Kurt broomhall 68
  5. Kirk Hutton 50
  6. Rowan Pumpa 50
  7. Trevor Duncan 50
  8. David Gilmore 42
  9. Leigh Bentley 40
  10. Gary Sewell 36  

AORC Champ Women’s Championship point standings

  1. Jemma Wilson 147
  2. Jessica Gardiner 131
  3. Emelie Karlsson 118
  4. Sophie Coldicutt 96
  5. Kate Norman 81
  6. Irene Vasilas 69
  7. Tamara Gray 34
  8. Tegan Hall 32
  9. Courtney Rubie 32
  10. Ebony Nielsen 31
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