Saturday’s SX2 SuperPole session was a hard-fought affair as four titans of 250cc competition clashed in a single-lap shootout to decide who would secure the highly coveted #1 gate pick and an additional five World Championship points.

But after experiencing a resurgence in overall Qualifying, it was McElrath who came out on top again, taking pole position by more than half a second from team-mate Thompson with a 53.861s run – the fastest SX2 lap of the night. Lopes followed Thompson in third, with Desprey in fourth.

In GP Race 1, SX2 rookie Coty Schock secured the first WSX GP Race win of his career by holding off a hard-charging McElrath in the first moto of the night.

Schock held third after the gate drop, with Thompson winning the holeshot and Wildcard rider, Kayden Minear – a Perth local – holding second. Schock battled hard to rise to the front and cleared Thompson for the lead on lap four before facing pressure from behind in the form of McElrath.

The battle was fierce but Schock held on, with McElrath finishing as the runner-up. Lopes, meanwhile, completed the top three for Rick Ware Racing, with Thompson fading to fourth. Desprey completed the top five.

It was McElrath vs Schock for a second time in SX2 GP Race 2, with the pair battling lap after after lap after rising to the front of the field by securing a good getaway at the gate drop.

Over the course of the race, Schock held a narrow advantage over the chasing North Carolinian rider, although a costly crash for Schock in the rhythm section handed the lead to McElrath.

With Schock down in fifth, and his closest challengers more than four seconds away, McElrath cruised to a comfortable victory, with Lopes taking second and Thompson third.

McElrath won the holeshot in GP Race 3, held the lead throughout, and charged to an unchallenged victory of almost five seconds, with Schock recovering from his crash earlier in the night to take home second.

The battle for third was hard fought between Lopes, Desprey, and Thompson, although after exchanging positions lap after lap, it was Lopes who came out on top to take the final step of the podium in the third moto of the night.

Thompson successfully overtake Desprey on the final lap, leaving the French Team GSM rider to complete the top five.

In the multi-class SuperFinal, featuring both the WSX and SX2 classes, McElrath, Schock, Lopes, Thompson, Cullin Park, Desprey, Kyle Chisholm, and Minear lined up on the grid as the top-eight riders on the 250cc grid.

All eight battled fiercely, but it was Schock who secured a lightning start to take the lead in his class, with McElrath and Lopes pushing hard behind.

Soon into the SuperFinal, McElrath successfully found his way past Schock, and by outpacing the Rick Ware Racing riders behind, was able to open up a healthy lead to ultimately challenge for a place inside the top five overall.

After 12 laps of hard racing, McElrath took the flag to secure the perfect evening, to claim the overall WSX Australian GP SX2 victory after going 1-1-1-1. Lopes, meanwhile, overtook Schock in the final laps to take second place, with his team-mate claiming third.

Thompson, who again had a competitive showing was fourth in the SuperFinal, with PMG’s Chisholm completing the top five.