The battle for the MX1 championship continued over the weekend at round three of the 2025 Penrite ProMX, with Jed Beaton finishing second but still maintaining the championship lead.
Monster Energy CDR Yamaha rider, Jed Beaton, carries the points leaders red plate after three rounds with victory at the opening round, a second-place finish at round two and backed that with a second-place result at Gillman on the weekend.In a weekend that was filled with sadness, the MX1 class only completed one race as race two was abandoned following the tragic accident to Joel Evans.
Beaton and his championship rival, Kyle Webster, locked horns again and the battled enraged the length of the first of the moto. Webster got out to an early lead as Beaton fought his way forward. When he made it through to the second place, Webster was well clear and looked to be safe.
But with five laps to go, Beaton lifted the intensity, and the lap times dropped. The gap between he and Webster shrank by the lap and when the finish line loomed it was down to three seconds and more than enough to have the crowd on their feet.
“Too little, too late,” Beaton quipped post-race. “I didn’t start with the intensity I needed, and it allowed Kyle to get a big buffer and control the race. That’s not how I want to race and need to get that sorted quickly as at this level you can’t give good riders a head start.
“So, we will get to work on that and come back at round four and see if I can get things back on track,” Beaton said.
For Maximus Purvis, it was touch and go if he would even race. An injury sidelined him at round two and although cleared of any breaks, Purvis was still in discomfort and unsure if he would be about to get through a gruelling 30-minute moto.
But after giving it a go in practice, the tough Kiwi lined up for moto one with no riding under his belt and very little practice or training over the past two months. He was able to hang in the and salvage a ninth-place finish which is far from what he is capable of but now he has a four week break to recover for the next round.
“It wasn’t an easy weekend for me as my leg is still pretty sore. I had some X-Rays which cleared any bone issues, but I still have some tenderness just under my knee, so I had to be careful and just try and get through the weekend.
“I will put in plenty of rehab before we go ahead at Traralgon and by then, I hope to be a lot closer to 100% then I was this weekend,” Purvis said.