Jed Beaton gave his hometown crowd something to cheer about as he proved his leg injury of 2025 is well and truly behind him. Beaton dominated the day with 1-1 results in both motos and looked like he has taken his riding and fitness to a new level.
Beaton stormed to the front early in moto one and simply rode away from the field and put the result beyond doubt before the halfway stage.
Moto two and he slotted in behind archrival, Kyle Webster, but was in no mood for taking any roost and just before the opening lap was completed, he made an aggressive move to snatch the lead and again ride off to victory.
“Great day for the team and I,” Beaton said at the end of the day. “Since coming back from my injury, there has been a lot of work put in, and it was nice to see it show up at round one. This track is a tough one, so if your fitness isn’t up to scratch or your bike isn’t good, it gets exposed here so, really happy with the work the team and I have done and now we move onto round two and try and do it again.”
It was also a solid start for team mate Aaron Tanti who rounded at the day in fifth place. Tanti struggled at Wonthaggi ion a lead up race only a month ago but was far better this time around and finished with 4-7 results to claim fifth and leave round one satisfied but still wanting more.
“Race one was solid from start to finish, just needed to be a little better at the end as I was in third and would liked to have held onto it but got passed by Webster in the last couple of laps so that was a bit frustrating.
Then in race two, I fell off in the second corner and was right at the pack of the bag. I picked up and got going and just tried to work my way forward but also had to be patient as it’s so chaotic back there.
I got through top seventh and was able to salvage some decent points for the round.
I leave here healthy and well placed in the series, so happy with the start of the year and looking to improve when we go to Canberra for round two,” Tanti ends.
