A4DE results

[Mick DMember]

DAY 1

Merriman pulls Yamaha A4DE lead

Ballard’s Wellard Yamaha racer, Stefan Merriman, has blasted out of the gates of the 2010 Yamaha Australian 4-Day Enduro (A4DE) to take the provisional Outright and E2 Class lead.

Merriman, 36, from Nelson Bay (NSW) is ahead of the field of nearly 260 riders by 13-seconds going into Day 2.

“It’s been a great start to the A4DE,” Merriman said. “I had [Toby Price] pushing me all the way today and keeping me honest.

“I really enjoyed the tests, they are world class. Conditions are ideal after rain pre-event.

“Hopefully I can keep it rolling and win this four-day.”

Trailing Merriman in E2 and Overall is Motorex KTM’s Toby Price. Price’s Teammate, Jarrod Bewley, well is within striking distance in third Overall and heads the E1 Class.

The E3 Class is lead by another Motorex KTM rider, Ben Grabham (from Bathurst) who is sitting fourth Overall.

Rounding out the top-10 Outright are New Zealander and Yamaha rider, Rory Mead (in fifth), Victorian rising star Daniel Milner (in sixth), Queenslander and YZ450F rider Kirk Hutton (seventh), Jason Davis (eighth), Peter Boyle (ninth) and Adrian Smith (10th).

Yamaha A4DE Day 1 Class Results (Provisional)

E1: 1st Jarrod Bewley (Motorex KTM) 2nd Matthew Phillips (Honda) 3rd Ben Burrell (Ballard’s Wellard Yamaha).

E2: 1st Stefan Merriman (Ballard’s Wellards Yamaha) 2nd Toby Price (Motorex KTM) 3rd Rory Mead (Yamaha).

E3: 1st Ben Grabham (Motorex KTM) 2nd Geoff Braico (Husaberg Racing) 3rd Mitcham Harper (KTM).

Veteran’s: 1st Brad Williscroft (Motorex KTM) 2nd Rohan Crouch (Honda) 3rd Jason Cater (Yamaha).

Master’s: 1st David Cash (Yamaha) 2nd Geoff Ballard (Ballard’s Wellard Yamaha) 3rd Steven Clarke (Yamaha).

Women’s: 1st Jessica Gardiner (Ballard’s Wellard Yamaha) 2nd Jemma Wilson (Yamaha) 3rd Alison Parker (Yamaha).

Full results from today can be found at at the event’s official website: http://www.a4de2010.com.au

The 32nd annual Yamaha A4DE is being held at Portland (near Lithgow, NSW) April 8th to 11th, 2010.

Spectators are welcome. More info is available from the event’s staging area located at the Portland Showground, corner of Lime and Laurie St’s, Portland, NSW.

The Oyster Bay Motorcycle Club is hosting the event, with assistance from the Central Tablelands Motorcycle Club. The OBMCC is made up of more than 300 enduro-passionate members and is arguably one of the most successful and longest-running enduro clubs in NSW. The Central Tablelands Motorcycle Club host the well-known Sunny Corner Rally, a yearly event which attracts nearly 800 riders.?

[Mick DMember]

OBT members placings after day 1

#240 Mal5.1- 216th
#233 Medogrocket- 215th
#232 Riderhey- 166th

[Anonymous]

Were Mal and Medogrocket holding hands all the way round :laugh:

[Mick DMember]

Two HVMCC members are running 165 and 166 (riderhey) too

and another in 137

[Bruce CurtisMember]

What is it TB says, “old age and cunning will get youth and talent everytime” or something along those lines?, Stefan (actually a Kiwi) and King Kirk are almost old enough to be veterans now, WTG all involved.

Ta Mick for the updates, better than a newspaper you are..

[RoyMember]

Of the NW locals Tom Frost is 48 and Chris Thomas 71. Going Well.

[MalMember]

Moto wrote:

Quote:

Were Mal and Medogrocket holding hands all the way round :laugh:

yeah sort of moto.

[glennMember]

i frosty on his rmx bundy??? i think thats what he rode at uralla,,,,,very nice bike

[Dwayne OMember]

I think the A4DE site has been very poor as far as posting results, pics etc on a day to day basis
I look forward to the news & goss on these events every day & have been rather dissapointed with thin one so far.
TB & Mal have done them over real good :laugh:

[Dwayne OMember]

Found this,,,

Merriman, 36, from Nelson Bay (NSW) now leads the 260-strong field by 27-seconds (provisional result). Toby Price is in second.

The WR450F pilot was ahead by 13-seconds after Day 1. He took the win in six from seven tests today.

“My day went pretty well, I beat [Toby Price] in a fair few tests and I felt I was riding well,” Merriman said.

“Both Toby and I are pushing pretty hard… I’m just trying to be as consistent as I can.

“I’m really happy I extended my lead, hopefully I can keep it rolling and win this four-day.

“My WR450F is working great, I’m happy with how it’s going, I’m really enjoying riding it. ”

Merriman now has about six special phases and trail section tomorrow and the final motocross on Day 4.

Another of Yamaha’s racers turning heads and laying down fast times is YZ450F rider, Queenslander ‘King Kirk’ Hutton.

Hutton, 36, from Kobble Creek (Pine River’s Shire) finished the day fourth Outright and third in E2. Hutton was third Outright in four of the special tests.

“I’m really happy with my day today. The grass tracks were awesome and everything was flowing and working really well,” Hutton said.

“I managed to pick good lines and my YZ450F was hooking up awesome.

“Hopefully I can maintain my speed and carry it over to day three. At the moment I am feeling really good on the bike.”

New Zealander Rory Mead was loving the pristine grass track special tests on his YZ250 two-stroke, Mead is sitting eighth Outright and sixth in E2.

Fellow Kiwi Adrian Smith (YZ144) is also sitting well in the Outright and class stakes: 12th and fifth.

Ballard’s Wellard Yamaha riders Ben Burrell and Josh Ballard are sitting third in E1 and ninth in E2 respectively.

In the Women’s category Yamaha is again dominating with Jessica Gardiner leading Jemma Wilson and Alison Parker (all aboard WR250F’s).

The Yamaha A4DE consists of four days of grueling trail and about seven to eight special test phases a day, equaling a total of about 30 hours and more than 1000kms on the machine. Riders must also complete a final motocross on day four.

The class structure of the A4DE was changed for this year, reducing the number of classes to six: E1 (100cc to 150cc 2-Stroke & 150cc to 250cc 4-stroke), E2 (175cc to 250cc 2-stroke & 275cc to 450cc 4-Stroke), E3 (290cc to 500cc 2-stroke & 475cc to 650cc 4-stroke), Veteran’s (Over 35-years), Master’s (Over 45-years) and Women All Powers.

Yamaha A4DE Outright Top-10 (Provisional after Day 2)
Stefan Merriman E2
Toby Price E2
Jarrod Bewley E1
Ben Grabham E3
Kirk Hutton E2
Daniel Milner E2 Jason Davis E2
Rory Mead E2
Matthew Phillips E1
10. Ben Burrell E1

[alanMember]

does anyone no who one it can not seem to get it up on the a4de web site just get mylaps with no laps?

[Dwayne OMember]

Not sure yet Rocket, but I know that Toby Price took the lead going into Day 4 after Merriman lost 30 odd secconds yesterday due to a crah on the second test!!!

The overall info on the net has been poor,,, At least the event was run well apparently,,, Good Job to the Organisers on that front by the sounds of it

[alanMember]

the tracks i saw looked exelent eagle wanted to push someone of there bike and go for a ride .my bike got a flogging today and it deserved it for braking down when the 4day was on would have loved to sweep there was heaps of them and they were doing laps of the tests to lucky buggers.

[Dwayne OMember]

I don`t doubt it Rocket,,,
Have heard nothing but praise on the running of the event & how good the special tests were etc

But I looked forward to daily updates, pics, vids etc as were available last year :unsure:

The Dakar, Aus Rally, Condo etc and those types of events all seem to be cast to us pretty quickly, and I would have loved the A4DE to be the same, even more so than the others to be honest

Next year I will have to be more organised in advance & get myself to the event in person.

Will have to wait for the pics etc to continue on here I suppose

Still, the OBMCC deserve a massive pat on the back for running the event, which must be a massive ordeal to start with, also the volunteers that put the effort in (such as you Rocket & MickP etc)

Cheers

[alanMember]

seen some classic bikes at the 4day racing there was 1 xr400 and afairly trashed drz400 that houred out and a 92 or 93 wr200 the same as axles that was going okay when i saw it on the pipe all the way and showing up some of the other bikes .most broken down bike i saw was the husky 4strokes with injection problems a couple of them at my control and wr with a blown fuse young mate houred out trying to figger it out poor bugger

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