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Webster Wins in Australia

Webster Wins in Australia

May 11

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Defending MX1 champion Kyle Webster claimed the overall honours in a gripping round three of the 2026 Penrite ProMX Championship presented by AMX Superstores (ProMX) at Gillman on Sunday, May 10.

The 1-2 scorecard for Webster (Honda Racing Australia) in the two Kawasaki MX1 motos saw him trim Jed Beaton’s lead in the eight-round championship to 12pts ahead of the next battle in Toowoomba (Qld) on May 24.

Beaton (Monster Energy CDR Yamaha) went 3-1 at Gillman, with his runaway win in the second moto snapping Webster’s winning streak at the Adelaide track which had extended back to 2024.

Wilson Todd (Honda Racing Australia) and Nathan Crawford (Moto Coach Elite Racing Honda) also finished on the MX1 podium at Gillman, while it was heartbreak for Dean Ferris (Penrite Racing Empire Kawasaki) who led moto one from the outset before he retired four laps from home with a mechanical gremlin.

Honda Racing Australia duo Alex Larwood and Heath Fisher dominated the Pirelli MX2 and Maxxis MX3 classes, while Ryder Madafiglio (Husqvarna) and Ollie Cale (KTM) won the KTM Group MX65 Futures motos.

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Beaton and Webster may have looked ominous in Superpole, but that meant nothing to Ferris who blasted to the front in the opening 25-minute plus a lap moto – and remained in charge until his challenge evaporated on lap 11.

That paved the way for Webster to win his first moto of 2026 – and his fourth in a row at Gillman – while Todd, Beaton, Aaron Tanti (Monster Energy CDR Yamaha) and Crawford also flashed across the finish line in quick succession. Beaton’s 1:52.520 on lap two was also the day’s benchmark.

Regan Duffy (Berry Sweet Yamaha), a former MX1 championship runner-up in 2021, was a lonely sixth from Zachary Watson (KTM Factory Racing) and Liam Jackson (Pro Honda Racing).

The second moto reignited the playbook from the opening two rounds, with Beaton easily accounting for Webster as the duo continues to assert its dominance on the premier class. Crawford finished third from Todd, Tanti, Ferris, Duffy and Todd Waters (Raceline Husqvarna).

Beaton has now moved to 145pts in the standings, from Webster (133), Tanti (106), Todd (103), Waters (88), Ferris (81) and Watson (81).

Pirelli MX2
A spectacular Sunday for Larwood: two runaway wins in Pirelli MX2, and all in front of the South Aussie’s family and friends.

And he needed to be on top of his game, with his closest championship challenger Byron Dennis (KTM Racing Team) producing quality 2-3 results to keep the standings a tight affair.

Larwood leads Dennis by 10pts (130 to 120), with Kayd Kingsford (111) and Dylan Walsh (KTM Racing Team, 109) also remaining well in the mix after impressive 2026 campaigns.

Larwood’s victory in moto one was a clinical wire-to-wire affair, while Dennis muscled his way into second by lap four. With the top two firmly entrenched, the battle for third was a beauty that eventually fell in favour of Walsh just ahead of Noah Ferguson (Monster Energy Yamalube Yamaha).

Siblings Ryder and Kayd Kingsford (both Honda Racing Australia) finished in positions 5-6 from Haruki Yokoyama (Kawasaki Australia) and Seth Burchell (Monster Energy WBR Yamaha).

In the second moto, Ryder Kingsford threw out an early challenge before Larwood broke his resistance, while Dennis made it a double podium from Souya Nakajima (Monster Energy Yamalube Yamaha) – the Japanese star beginning to find his feat in his maiden Aussie campaign. Ferguson, Madoc Dixon (Kawasaki Australia), Ryan Alexanderson (JPM 360 Kawasaki) and Kayd Kingsford were next.

Maxxis MX3
Fisher gave his Maxxis MX3 championship aspirations a massive shot in the arm, leapfrogging from fifth to second in the standings after a blistering clean sweep.

New Zealander Hayden Draper (Monster Energy WBR Yamaha) remains at the head of the pack on 130pts, from Fisher (108) and Riley Burgess (Boyds Moto Racing KTM, 106).

Seventeen-year-old Fisher was relentless, upping his work rate across both 20-minute plus a lap motos – an output that only Draper (moto one) and Jackson Fuller (KTM Racing Team, moto two) could match.

Draper was second in the opener ahead of Burgess, Seth Thomas (GASGAS Australia), Jack Deveson (Monster Energy WBR Yamaha) and Seth Morrow (Honda Australia), and Fuller was runner-up in the finale from Cooper Rowe (MXRP Yamaha), Morrow, Corey Eisel (Honda) and Deveson. Draper was eighth after a poor start and then clipping the rear of Deveson’s bike and going down.

KTM Group MX65 Futures
Madafiglio, the reigning KTM Group MX65 Futures No. 3, was the fastest rider on track at Gillman, with his 1-2 results earning a 47pt harvest from Cale (41pts) and Hudson Francis (Yamaha, 38).

Madafiglio had his Husqvarna on rails in moto one as Blake Regan (GASGAS) just edged out Rowdy Rabjones (KTM) for second, followed by Francis, Cale and Stella Harding (Yamaha) taking it up to the boys.

In moto two, Madafiglio led early before dramas on lap two saw him drop back to third. He was then able to slip back past Francis – but that was as far as it got as a determined Cale won by nearly 10 seconds. Joe Thurlby (KTM), Flynn Burgess (KTM) and Regan claimed positions 4-6.

Ryder Madafiglio was the overall winner in the KTM Group MX65 Futures

Round four of the 2026 ProMX Championship will be held in Toowoomba on Sunday, May 24. Tickets can be purchased by clicking on the event graphic below.

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