Kirkness wins Aussie Flat Monitor Nationals at Appin

October 31, 2022

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2022 Aussie Flat Monitor Nationals

Pictures by RBMotoLens

Michael Kirkness has taken victory on the inaugural Aussie Flat Monitor Nationals, profitable each rounds at Appin regardless of a tough charging Tom Drane, with different massive names in rivalry together with Jarred Brook and Daniel Wicks.

Michael Kirkness proved consistency is key at Appin — Michael Kirkness proved consistency is essential at Appin however confronted robust competitors from Drane, Brook and Wick

The occasion was held throughout two rounds in Appin, Saturday competing on the Flat Monitor format for Spherical 1, earlier than Sunday moved to the TT format for Spherical 2 to wrap up the weekends competitors.

Australian Flat Track Nationals 2022 — Australian Flat Monitor Nationals 2022 – Juniors

It was a powerful begin to the weekend from Tom Drane at spherical one on the flat observe circuit, displaying followers and opponents alike the sheer pace that has given him success abroad not too long ago.

Topping the timesheets each session and taking Superpole in spectacular trend because the final rider to hit the circuit, Drane (1-6-1-4-1) went on to take three from 5 race wins by means of the schedule.

Nevertheless that wasn’t sufficient as Kirkness went 2-1-2-2-2 for the spherical win with consistency proving king, whereas Jarred Brook (3-3-4-1-3) got here house in third on a altering and difficult floor.

Kirkness raced to all first and second place finishes on the opening day

Sunday was a contemporary begin for AFTN opponents as spherical two moved to Appin’s TT circuit the place Wicks shortly established himself as a contender, heading out first in SuperPole, and retaining the primary place as every of the subsequent 5 quickest riders tried, and failed, to beat his lap time.

Jarred Brook and Cyshan Weale battle it out

It wasn’t to be for Wicks nevertheless, regardless of a 2-1-3-3-2 scoresheet for the day, as consistency from Kirkness (1-2-1-1-1) continued to shine by means of to relegate the KTM rider second general forward of Jarred Brook (3-5-4-4-3) as soon as once more in third, adopted by Cyshan Weale (4-3-5-5-6) and Marty McNamara (7-8-7-8-4).

Mick Kirkness – AFTN Professional 450 Collection Winner

“I knew the common entrance runners could be a handful on the brief observe Saturday whereas there was loads of grip, but additionally hoped that my expertise in staying clean and calm on a grooved observe would are available to play. With the recent, windy day we had it took rubber a bit of faster then anticipated and it began to come back collectively. Everybody had a nasty race sooner or later over the weekend with a crash or a nasty begin or regardless of the difficulty might have been, besides me, I knew retaining my nostril clear and being constant was going to play a giant half. 2nd was our worst end all weekend. Typically issues simply go in your favour and this weekend for positive went the best way of the Kirkness household, even my younger fella received the raffle right now!”

Mick Kirkness - AFTN Pro 450 Series Winner — Mick Kirkness was AFTN Professional 450 Collection Winner and picked up the massive cheque to match

A visually sore Tom Drane (8-6-2-2-DNF) after an on-track incident early within the day, managed to salvage two second locations, earlier than a DNF within the remaining race of the day sealed sixth general for spherical two.

Tom Drane – P4

“Qualifying on pole, beginning in P1 for [Saturday’s] races. Coming away with second place general. Successful 3/5 races and after a crash in race 2 I needed to begin behind the grid. Superior to see so many supporting such an important occasion. [Sunday] was not my day. Crashing in qualifying but making it to P4 beginning on the entrance grid. Outcomes from todays races – 8-6-2-2-DNF . Ending fourth general within the sequence over 2 days of racing. Felt like I spent extra time within the sand than David Hasslehoff right now. I simply wished to congratulate the organisers of the Aussie Flat Monitor Nationals for placing on such an important occasion and hope that there will likely be a sequence return subsequent 12 months. Effectively carried out to the boys who made the rostrum and massive congrats to Kirkness on taking the general win. Subsequent cease for me is Phillip Island for ASBKwhere I’m sitting fifth within the championship.”

Tom Drane also won Superpole — Tom Drane additionally received Superpole

Cyshan Weale – P5

“Tremendous enjoyable and good day for me beginning the time off with qualifying P3 and being on the entrance row, didn’t fairly get the very best begins however was constantly prime 5 all day. Tremendous proud of my driving being my first time on this 19 setup and working proper up there with the boys was a brilliant cool feeling. Past stoked to get fifth general for the sequence. Simply wanna say a large congrats to Flat Monitor Nats and all of the organisers that made this 12 months occur b far the very best race in Aus in the intervening time and tremendous eager to come back again subsequent 12 months. Couldn’t do it with out all my sponsors and folks that help me.”

Within the Clubman 250 cc class, it was Lee Hunter who took the Spherical 1 win forward of Dane Griffin and Zachary Hofer, whereas Spherical 2 noticed a reversal of fortunes.

Hofer taking the win, from Dane Griffin with Lee Hunter solely finishing the primary two races. The ultimate tally noticed Dane Griffin the champion, with Hofer runner-up and Hunter third.

Dane Griffin topped the Clubman 250 class general

Marty McNamara took out the Clubman 450 cc Spherical 1 victory, forward of Tyler O’Donnell and Ben Gordon.

Sunday noticed Luke Johnson declare the win, sweeping all 5 races, forward of Jason Griffin and Christoper Jarvis.

The ultimate tally had a constant Jason Griffin claiming the general win, with Bradley Web page runner up and Jarvis third.

It was a extra clear-cut affair within the Junior 85 class the place Sam Drane received each rounds and took the general win. Brodie Paige and Jake Paige accomplished the highest three for Spherical 1, whereas Riley Nauta and Jake Paige rounded out the highest three for Spherical 2.

Sam Drane on the podium for Round 1 — Sam Drane on the rostrum for Spherical 1, forward of Brodie Paige and Jake Paige

The ultimate tally noticed Nauta the runner up behind Drane and Jake Paige was third general.

Within the Junior Lites class it was Lachlan Russell taking pole on Sunday, and the general win, forward of Jhett Calderwood and Kristian O’Donnell.

Nevertheless Sunday’s Spherical 2 noticed Jhett Calderwood declare the win, Russell second and O’Donnell third. That was sufficient handy Calderwood the general win, 10-points away from Russell, with O’Donnell third within the standings.

Dave Maddock – AFTN Promoter

“Congratulations to not solely Mick on his win this weekend, but additionally Jhett Calderwood, Sam Drane, in addition to Dane and Jason Griffin for profitable their lessons this weekend too. I’d additionally wish to thank Greg and the Macarthur Motorbike Membership for being so extremely supportive to permit this occasion to get off the bottom, the flag marshalls and officers for giving up their time for the occasion and naturally an enormous thanks for all of the opponents for coming into and racing. The racing was action-packed and though for positive there have been some errors, teething points, and classes learnt, I’m actually happy with the product we produced on such a brief timeline and I can’t wait to share all the weather with everybody of the approaching weeks as we proceed to have fun the very first AFTN.”

Professional 450 Outcomes – Spherical 1

Pos	Identify	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Whole
1	Michael KIRKNESS	50	55	50	50	50	255
2	Tom DRANE	55	38	55	43	55	247
3	Jarred BROOK	46	46	43	55	46	236
4	Daniel WICKS	36	50	46	46	38	216
5	Cyshan WEALE	43	40	38	40	43	204
6	Thomas HERRICK	34	43	40	38	40	195
7	Jordan DALL	40	22	32	34	34	162
8	David SMITH	38	24	34	28	32	156
9	James SAWDY	24	36	26	30	36	152
10	Zane KINNA	26	28	24	26	28	132
11	Jack GRIFFIN	20	20	28	32	30	130
12	Ben MONTGOMERY	32	32	30	36		130
13	Noah CARDINALE	22	34	22	22	26	126
14	Mackenzie BOOTH	18	30	20	24	24	116
15	Shane RICHARDS	19	26	19	20		84
16	Thomas YARNOLD	28		36			64
17	Casey HEATLEY	17		18	19		54
18	Reid BATTYE	30					30

Professional 450 Outcomes – Spherical 2

Pos	Identify	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Whole
1	Michael KIRKNESS	55	50	55	55	55	270
2	Daniel WICKS	50	55	46	46	50	248
3	Jarred BROOK	46	40	43	43	46	218
4	Cyshan WEALE	43	46	40	40	38	207
5	Marty MCNAMARA	36	34	36	34	43	183
6	Tom DRANE	34	38	50	50		172
7	Thomas HERRICK	30	22	38	38	40	168
8	Michael BOOTH	20	32	32	36	34	154
9	Jordan DALL	32	24	30	32	32	150
10	Ben MONTGOMERY	38	43	34		30	145
11	Jack GRIFFIN	19	28	26	30	36	139
12	Mackenzie BOOTH	18	26	28	28	28	128
13	Noah CARDINALE	24	30	24	24	24	126
14	Zane KINNA	22	19	22	26	26	115
15	Lee HUNTER	40	36				76
16	David SMITH	26	20				46
17	James SAWDY	28					28

Professional 450 Standings

Pos	Identify	Whole
1	Michael KIRKNESS	525
2	Daniel WICKS	464
3	Jarred BROOK	454
4	Tom DRANE	419
5	Cyshan WEALE	411
6	Thomas HERRICK	363
7	Jordan DALL	312
8	Ben MONTGOMERY	275
9	Jack GRIFFIN	269
10	Noah CARDINALE	252
11	Zane KINNA	247
12	Mackenzie BOOTH	244
13	David SMITH	202
14	Marty MCNAMARA	183
15	James SAWDY	180
16	Michael BOOTH	154
17	Shane RICHARDS	84
18	Lee HUNTER	76
19	Thomas YARNOLD	64
20	Casey HEATLEY	54
21	Reid BATTYE	30

Clubman 250 cc Outcomes – Spherical 1

Pos	Identify	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Whole
1	Lee HUNTER	55	55	55	55	55	276
2	Dane GRIFFIN	50	50	50	50	50	250
3	Zachary HOFER	46	46		46	46	184

Clubman 250 cc Outcomes – Spherical 2

Pos	Identify	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Whole
1	Zachary HOFER	46	50	50	55	55	256
2	Dane GRIFFIN	43	46	46	50	50	235
3	Lee HUNTER	55	55				111
4	Conor FRASER	50		55			105

Clubman 250 cc Standings

Pos	Identify	Whole
1	Dane GRIFFIN	485
2	Zachary HOFER	440
3	Lee HUNTER	387
4	Conor FRASER	105

Clubman 450 cc Outcomes – Spherical 1

Pos	Identify	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Whole
1	Marty MCNAMARA	28	50	55	55	55	243
2	Tyler O’DONNELL	55	43	50	50	38	236
3	Benjamin GORDON	50	46	46	43	43	229
4	Jason GRIFFIN	36	38	43	40	46	203
5	Michael BOOTH		55	38	46	50	189
6	Bradley PAGE	40	36	32	38	40	186
7	Darren WEBB	46	40	34	30	32	182
8	Timothy HOLDUP	32	32	28	32	34	158
9	Nash DORRATT-MAVIN	43		36	28	36	143
10	Dale PEARD	30	30	26	26	30	142
11	Christopher JARVIS	38	34	30	34		136
12	Oscar SUTHERLAND	34		40	36		110

Clubman 450 cc Outcomes – Spherical 2

Pos	Identify	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Whole
1	Luke JOHNSON	55	55	55	55	55	276
2	Jason GRIFFIN	43	50	50	50	50	243
3	Christopher JARVIS	50	46	46	46	46	234
4	Nash DORRATT-MAVIN	46	40	40	40	43	209
5	Bradley PAGE	38	36	43	43	40	200
6	Timothy HOLDUP	40	38	38	38	38	192
7	Dale PEARD	36	34	36	36	36	178
8	Oscar SUTHERLAND	34	43				77

Clubman 450 cc Standings

Pos	Identify	Whole
1	Jason GRIFFIN	446
2	Bradley PAGE	386
3	Christopher JARVIS	370
4	Nash DORRATT-MAVIN	352
5	Timothy HOLDUP	350
6	Dale PEARD	320
7	Luke JOHNSON	276
8	Marty MCNAMARA	243
9	Tyler O’DONNELL	236
10	Benjamin GORDON	229
11	Michael BOOTH	189
12	Oscar SUTHERLAND	187
13	Darren WEBB	182

Junior 85 Outcomes – Spherical 1

Pos	Identify	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Whole
1	Sam DRANE	50	55	55	55	50	265
2	Bodie PAIGE	43	50	50	50	46	239
3	Jake PAIGE	55	40	40	43	55	234
4	Riley NAUTA	46	46	46	38	43	219
5	Taylen HOWARD	40	43	43	46	38	210
6	Jed FYFFE	36	38	38	40	40	192
7	Thomas GOTTS	34	34	36	36	36	176
8	Lenny DUGGAN	32	32	34	34	34	166
9	Charlie NICHOLS	30	30	32	32	32	156
10	Oscar MIDDLEBROOK	28	24	26	30	30	138
11	Levi LAYTON	26	28	30	26	28	138
12	Lockie DUGGAN	24	26	28	28	26	132
13	Jed LOUIS	22	22	22	24	22	112
14	William GOTTS		20	24	22	24	90
15	Cooper ANTONE	38	36				74

Junior 85 Outcomes – Spherical 2

Pos	Identify	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Whole
1	Sam DRANE	50	50	55	55	55	265
2	Riley NAUTA	55	55	50	50	40	251
3	Jake PAIGE	40	43	38	46	50	217
4	Thomas GOTTS	46	40	40	40	43	209
5	Taylen HOWARD	30	38	43	43	46	200
6	Levi LAYTON	38	34	36	38	34	180
7	Bodie PAIGE	36	46	46		38	166
8	Oscar MIDDLEBROOK	32	30	32	34	32	160
9	Jed FYFFE	43	36	34		36	149
10	Jed LOUIS	26	24	28	30	28	136
11	William GOTTS		26	30	32	30	118
12	Lockie DUGGAN	28	28	26	36		118
13	Lenny DUGGAN	34	32				66

Junior 85 Standings

Pos	Identify	Whole
1	Sam DRANE	530
2	Riley NAUTA	470
3	Jake PAIGE	451
4	Taylen HOWARD	410
5	Bodie PAIGE	405
6	Thomas GOTTS	385
7	Jed FYFFE	341
8	Levi LAYTON	318
9	Oscar MIDDLEBROOK	298
10	Lockie DUGGAN	250
11	Jed LOUIS	248
12	Lenny DUGGAN	232
13	William GOTTS	208
14	Charlie NICHOLS	156
15	Cooper ANTONE	74

Junior Lites Outcomes – Spherical 1

Pos	Identify	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Whole
1	Lachlan RUSSELL	55	55	55	46	55	267
2	Jhett CALDERWOOD	46	40	43	55	46	230
3	Kristian O’DONNELL	43	36	46	43	50	218
4	Clay CLEGG	34	50	40	50	38	212
5	Michael PRICE	40	43	38	38	43	202
6	Thoren OPENSHAW	38	38	36	40	40	192
7	Talon CARDINALE	36	34	34	36	36	176
8	Molly FAIREY	32	32	32	34	34	164
9	Blake FAIREY	50	46	50			146

Junior Lites Outcomes – Spherical 2

Pos	Identify	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Whole
1	Jhett CALDERWOOD	55	55	55	55	55	276
2	Lachlan RUSSELL	50	40	43	46	50	229
3	Kristian O’DONNELL	40	50	50	43	43	226
4	Clay CLEGG	43	38	36	50	46	213
5	Thoren OPENSHAW	46	43	40	38	40	207
6	Talon CARDINALE	34	46	46	36	36	198
7	Blake FAIREY	38	36	38	40	38	190
8	Molly FAIREY	32	34	34	34	34	168
9	Michael PRICE	36					36

Junior Lites Standings

Pos	Identify	Whole
1	Jhett CALDERWOOD	506
2	Lachlan RUSSELL	496
3	Kristian O’DONNELL	444
4	Clay CLEGG	425
5	Thoren OPENSHAW	399
6	Talon CARDINALE	374
7	Blake FAIREY	336
8	Molly FAIREY	332
9	Michael PRICE	238

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