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Justin Brayton Wins Australian
SX Championship
A
merican Justin Brayton came
out on top of the 2019 Mon-
ster Energy AUS-X Open Super-
cross results, November 30, and
earned his fourth consecutive
Australian Supercross Champion-
ship. Brayton came into the race,
the final round of the Australian
Supercross Championship, be-
hind Australian Luke Clout in the
championship points standings.
So, he needed a strong result to
keep his Australian champion-
ship streak alive. Brayton took
the overall win in the three-moto
format with 1-2-3 scores.
"I'm stoked I got the win,"
Brayton said from the podium.
"The last few weeks have been
so tough, so to get this cham-
pionship means a lot. I love this
country, thank you so much for
welcoming me, and I hope that
I've done your country proud
coming over here and winning
four straight."
As for Clout, he set the fastest
qualifying time in the afternoon
and looked set to wrestle the
championship away from Bray-
ton. But he had 10-3-7 moto
finishes for seventh overall, still
enough to finish second in the
championship.
Second overall for the night
went to Rockstar Husqvarna's Ja-
son Anderson. The 2018 Monster
Energy AMA Supercross Cham-
pion was taken down by Chad
Reed in the first of the three
motos and ended up seventh. He
came back to win the next two
motos and finish second overall
on the night.
Anderson, however, didn't
come away empty handed, as his
second-place overall results netted
him the FIM Oceania Champion-
ship (a combination of races in
New Zealand and Australia), saying
afterward, "This title is sweet, it's
rad I was able to get it done. The
track was slick, racing was tight,
but my Rockstar Husky was locked
in. Thanks to all the AME boys for
putting this on. I love coming down
under, and really plan on doing it
for sometime to come."
Third place went to another
American, Josh Hill. The former
Yamaha factory rider raced a
Yamaha to impressive 3-4-2 fin-
ishes. Australian Brett Metcalf fin-
ished fourth with 4-6-4 finishes.
Chad Reed rounded out the top
five with 2-7-5 moto scores.
In the SX2 (250cc) class,
American Mitchell Oldenburg
took the overall win with 1-5-1
moto scores. His fellow American
teammate, Chris Blose, finished
second overall with 2-1-4 scores
and earned the championship.
Jay Wilson rounded out the
podium with 3-2-3 scores. Jett
Lawrence, the young Australian
that is racing in the U.S. for the
Geico Honda team finished
fourth overall with 4-3-2 finishes.
Regan Duffy rounded out the top
five with 9-6-6 moto scores. CN
SX1
1. Justin Brayton (Hon) 1-2-3
2. Jason Anderson (Hus) 7-1-1
3. Josh Hill (Yam) 3-4-2
4. Brett Metcalfe (Hon) 4-6-4
5. Chad Reed (Hon) 2-7-5
Justin Brayton
captured the Monster
Energy AUS-X Open
win in Melbourne,
Australia, and his fourth
Australian title. PHOTO:
AUSTRALIANSUPERCROSS.COM
