Brayton Dominates Australia
Supercross Opener
P
enrite Factory Honda Rac-
ing Team's Justin Brayton
dominated the opening round of
the 2019 Australian Supercross
Championship at the Brisbane
Enterainment Centre, October 12.
The defending champ, Bray-
ton, led every lap of the two SX1
main events to take the win.
In the first 12-lap feature race,
Brayton finished comfortably
ahead of his teammate Brett Met-
calfe, who held off CDR/Yamaha
Monster Energy's Dan Reardon
at the finish line. Reardon's
teammate Luke Clout was fourth,
followed by Empire Kawasaki's
Lawson Bopping.
In race two, Brayton led the
troops across the finish line with
four seconds to spare over Rear-
don, with Clout finishing third,
Dylon Long (Empire Kawasaki)
taking fourth, and Metcalfe round
out the top five.
Overall, Brayton took top
honors with 1-1 results, followed
by Reardon (3-2), Clout (4-3),
Metcalfe (2-5) and Long (7-4).
"We had a good night tonight;
the Penrite Honda felt great all
day and overall we're pumped—
it's always important to leave
round one on a high note," Bray-
ton said.
In the SX2 division, Jacob
Hayes (Serco Yamaha) took the
overall win with 3-1 results, fol-
lowed by Aaron Tanti (Yamaha,
2-3), Chris Blose (Honda, 4-2),
Joshua Osby (KTM, 1-5) and Jay
Wilson (Yamaha, 7-4). CN
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Justin Brayton won
convincingly at the 2019
Australia Supercross opener.
