BT101 at Monster Energy MX Nationals Conondale in Queensland today.

**oldguy** · 1st April 2012, 20:49

New Zealand’s Ben Townley dominated the opening Monster Energy MX Nationals qualifying session of the season, topping the premier MX1 times.

Townley was fastest by over two seconds for much of the session, before final lap flyers from fellow Kiwis Josh Coppins and Cody Cooper placed them inside the top three with a NZ lockout.

Townley’s quickest lap was a 2:17.962, with Coppins next best on 2:18.113 and Cooper third on 2:19.412. British champions Brad Anderson and Billy Mackenzie were next best, while top Aussie was Lawson Bopping in sixth. Defending champion Jay Marmont was seventh.

In the Lites, Townley’s Honda teammate Ford Dale was fastest, while the MXD Under 19s class saw Dylan Long at the front of the field.

We caught up with Townley in the Carlton Dry Honda Thor Racing truck to get his take on the session.

2012 Monster Energy MX Nationals
Round One – Conondale, QLD

MX1 Qualifying Results:
1. Ben Townley
2. Josh Coppins
3. Cody Cooper
4. Brad Anderson
5. Billy Mackenzie
6. Lawson Bopping
7. Jay Marmont
8. Jake Moss
9. Dan Reardon
10. Michael Phillips

MX2 Qualifying Results:
1. Ford Dale
2. Kirk Gibbs
3. Cheyne Boyd
4. Errol Willis
5. Kade Mosig
6. Justin McDonald
7. Adam Monea
8. Scott Columb
9. Lewis Woods
10. Luke Styke

**oldguy** · 1st April 2012, 20:51

2012 Monster Energy MX Nationals
Round One – Conondale, QLD

MX1 Overall Results:
1. Ben Townley 75
2. Josh Coppins 62
3. Todd Waters 54
4. Jake Moss 46
5. Brad Anderson 44
6. Lawson Bopping 41
7. Jay Marmont 41
8. Cody Cooper 38
9. Tye Simmonds 38
10. Billy Mackenzie 34
11. Dan Reardon 33
12. Dean Porter 28
13. Craig Anderson 22
14. Calle Aspegren 21
15. Daniel McCoy 15
16. Tim Vare 13
17. Dylan Peterson 13
18. Darryll King 10
19. Kieran Tisdale 8
20. Luke Wilson 6
21. Kyle McKeddie 5
22. Zak Newsome 5
23. Aden de Jager 3
24. Louis Calvin 3
25. Thomas Rushton 3
26. Brock Taylor 1
27. Travis Regeling 1

MX2 Overall Results:
1. Kirk Gibbs 63
2. Ford Dale 62
3. Luke Styke 57
4. Josh Cachia 56
5. Adam Monea 50
6. Justin McDonald 48
7. Kade Mosig 44
8. Cheyne Boyd 35
9. Lewis Woods 35
10. Brock Winston 31
11. Errol Willis 30
12. Ryan Marmont 28
13. Nick Murray 23
14. Geran Stapleton 20
15. Scott Columb 17
16. Richard Egerton 14
17. Luke Arbon 13
18. Sam Liekefett 11
19. Joel Rizzo 9
20. Joshua Kilvington 6
21. Luke Weaver 6
22. James Booth-Elliott 3
23. Corey Lucas 2

**FlangMasterJ** · 1st April 2012, 23:19

Awesome stuff. Kiwis giving them hell!

**raglanash** · 2nd April 2012, 11:18

Smashed em bro!!
He's definitely on form, heard he is beating his all time lap records on his home track, quicker than 07 when he battled with RV.
And Coppins is looking good too.
Good shit kiwi's!

**scott411** · 2nd April 2012, 18:42

just got back from Aussie,

BT was in another level, leading everylap, i bet there are a few other boys in that class that want to buy Chad a beer,

Brad Anderson was the next best but what the team think is a bad fuel pump which caused a last race DNF hurt him ,

Josh was close to Brad, and is basically in the points lead as BT is set to leave,

Bad luck for the Phillips brothers from Rotorua, Johnnys bike blew up on the 1st lap of practice of the under 19's, and older brother Michael hurt his ankle early in the 1st Pro Open race