Jarred Brook dominates AFTN season openers in Brisbane

2024 Aussie Flat Track Nationals
Rounds One & Two – Brisbane

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Queensland’s Jarred Brook has put the AFTN Pro 450 field on notice, taking five from seven race wins over the first two rounds of the Yamaha Blu Cru Aussie Flat Track Nationals at Brisbane’s Mick Doohan Raceway over the weekend.

With Brook leading the charge in Pro 450, Neiko Donovan and Cooper Archibald traded round wins in Junior Lites while Taylen Howard and Levi Layton in Junior 85 shared a round win each to open their season campaigns.

Round One

Dale Borlase (Yamaha) set the Pro 450 pace early with the quickest time in Qualifying combined times, but it was Daniel Wicks (KTM) that took the SuperPole win for round one on the 513m decomposed granite flat track circuit, setting the tone for an epic season-opener.

Cyshan Weale (KTM) took the race one win, before Jarred Brook (Husqvarna) took control, with two race wins on a dry and challenging race surface, that ultimately saw the round reduced from four to three races for all competitors.

Cyshan Weale crashed out before the third race on a sighting lap, ending his weekend which relegated him to seventh.

Cyshan Weale

“Well the weekend started off great at the first rounds of AFTN qualifying P2 then followed by a race win in the first race and a second in the second race. Going into the last race I was ready to battle and go all in, they gave us two sighting laps, on the first sight lap I found a pretty good line so the next lap round I hit the corner how I would in a race and unfortunately it bit me, hit a slick spot and it drove me clean into the wall there was nothing I could I do I tried to bounce off the wall but I was going way to fast. Twisted my left leg up pretty badly, torn muscles and ligaments and a small hematoma ruled me out for the rest of the weekend. As for now I’m still not sure how long I’m out for and I’ll be doing everything I can to be ready for rounds 3/4 in Appin. A massive thank you to everyone who continues to support me I couldn’t do it without y’all!”

In Junior 85’s, Taylen Howard (Husqvarna) revelled in the difficult conditions to secure pole and 3 race wins.

An action-packed Junior Lites saw Jed Fyffe (KTM) set the fastest lap in combined Qualifying before Cooper Archibald and Bodie Paige (KTM) battled on track, with Archibald coming out on top, two wins to one.

Local rider Benny Thistleton was hard to fault, with Pole and three wins in Clubman Open as the KTM rider also supported his son racing in Junior 85.

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Pro 450 Round One Overall – Top 10

Twins Round One Overall

Junior Lites Round One Overall

Junior 85 Round One Overall

Clubman Round One Overall

Round Two

Track crews worked tirelessly overnight to present competitors with a rejuvenated surface for round two’s TT that saw an incredible day of racing for the Australian Flat Track Championship with Jarred Brook (Husqvarna) once again showing his calibre, taking SuperPole and three race wins.

Cam Dunker (Yamaha) and Daniel Wicks (KTM) tied in Superpole, with the pair taking identical lap times (31.357), before Dunker went on to secure his first AFTN Pro 450 race win at 16 years of age.

Cameron Dunker

“I haven’t had much time to ride it, so it was a bit of a surprise to end up on the podium at the end of round two. I do spend a bit of time riding dirt bikes, but not racing them so getting used to having so many riders around me and battling for position on the track was probably more difficult than learning the bike itself. I got faster each time out, so that was good, and I had a heap of fun. Thanks to Yamaha Australia for hooking me up and giving me the chance to do the Flat Track Nationals as well as my parents for coming along and supporting me.”

Bodie Paige (KTM) set the pace early in Junior Lites with Pole and two race wins, while Jed Fyffe (KTM) closed the round with the final race win.

However, it was race three winner Neiko Donovan (GasGas) who took the round win, never outside the top three places.

Junior 85 saw a strong performance on-track from Levi Layton (KTM), clean sweeping the day ahead of an impressive and consistent result from Lucy Heaton-New (KTM) in second.

Neil Girdler (Husqvarna) regathered after a challenging round 1 to be the fastest Clubman Open qualifier and secure two race wins to finish ahead of Benny Thistleton (KTM), with Pole points the deciding margin.

Pro 450 Round Two Overall – Top 10

Junior Lites Round Two Overall

Junior 85 Round Two Overall

Clubman Round Two Overall

Pro 450 Standings

Junior Lites Standings

Junior 85 Standings

Clubman Standings