Wilson qualifies second fastest in 85cc

Australian 85cc rider Jay Wilson has qualified as the second fastest rider ahead of tomorrow’s 2009 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship races, four seconds behind Frenchman Dylan Ferrandis.

Wilson blitzed his KTM around the Taupo motorcycle track to finish Saturday’s Qualifying Practice session with a fastest time of 2:16.813, four seconds adrift of Ferrandis, and the youngster was extremely happy with his efforts.

“I love the track, it flows well and the bike is handling great,” an excited Wilson said.

Fellow Aussies Dylan Long (4th), Luke Clout (5th) and Hayden Mellross (9th) all rode impressively to finish inside the top ten, and all were equally as excited about tomorrow’s finale.

“I felt really good, the track is great, my bike feels good,” Clout said.

“I just need to get a better sprocket on it and that should make me a bit faster, and hopefully I can finish in the top five.”

The remaining Australians are all not far off the pace either, with Scott Mann (15th), Jarred Jeffcoat (20th), Joel Dinsdale (21st) and Dale Fear (24th) rounding out a solid day for the Aussie 85cc brigade of youngsters competing at this World Championship event.

Stay tuned to the Motorcycling Australia website as we continue our comprehensive coverage of the 2009 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship into tomorrow’s final day –all of the news, results, photo galleries, interviews and more from Taupo can be found at www.ma.org.au/2009worldjuniormx.