Another Yamaha, media release.
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 21, 2010.
Yamaha’s Rod Faggotter is well placed after day two of the Australian SafariYamaha’s Rodney Faggotter continues to position himself well after day two of the 2010 Australian Safari.
Rodney current lies in third place on the road and within a few minutes of the lead with five long and grueling days remaining.
Day two was a marathon day for the field with over 480 kilometres covered, of which, 430km was under the stopwatch. There were no easy transport sections and all riders had to be on their game to stay in contention.
In the two long test sections, Faggotter piloted his Yamaha WR450 to fifth in stage one and second in stage two and consolidated his place near the top of the leader board. Rodney finished day two in third place behind Todd Smith and Ben Grabham.
“Today went fairly smoothly other than getting some wire caught up in my back wheel which cost me a bit of time. I was able to make it back up by the check points so no damage was done.”
“The rules on a marathon day also mean limited servicing of the bike, but we were able to drop the oil and change a filter to keep the WR450 running sweetly.”
‘We still have a lot of riding and racing to do but so far things are going according to plan and the top five are pretty tight. Physically I feel good and the bike is in great shape,” Rod concludes.
Day three is another long day with over 400kilometres to be covered as they riders continue to pick their way through the WA outback.
For more information: http://www.australiansafari.com.au
Australian Safari – Day 2 Results
1st Todd Smith- KTM
2nd Ben Grabham- KTM
3rd Rodney Faggotter – Yamaha
4th Matt Fish – KTM
5th Jacob Smith – Honda
Australian Safari – Standings After Day 2.
1st Todd Smith- KTM – 8.46.47
2nd Matt Fish – KTM – 8.47.54
3rd Rod Faggotter – Yamaha – 8.50.37
4th Ben Grabham – KTM – 8.52.00
5th Jacob Smith – Honda – 8.54.50
