18.04.2021

KTM RACING TEAM'S MILNER STARTS 2021 AORC SEASON WITH E3 SWEEP

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KTM Racing Team’s Daniel Milner has started the 2021 Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) in dominant fashion with two convincing round victories at the season-opener in Golden Beach, Victoria.
Aboard his KTM 500 EXC-F, Milner was practically unstoppable all weekend as he charged through the thick sand to comfortably win the E3 class on both days - quickest of all riders in the outright rankings.

Due to dusty conditions, Saturday’s race format was changed from a three-hour Cross Country to 25-minute Super Sprints, while Sunday’s racing saw the field tackle shorter Sprint laps.

Those revised formats did little to hamper 2020 E2 class champion Milner’s form, as he buried the rest of the field by more than five minutes at round one, then by more than two minutes in Sunday’s second round.

The 2021 Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) will recommence on 17-18 July at Kyogle, New South Wales, for rounds three and four.

Daniel Milner: “It was a really good weekend and I couldn’t have asked for a much better start to the championship. Because I haven’t done any racing for 12 months and the fact that Golden Beach is my home round, I definitely felt some pressure to come out swinging - I probably went out a bit hard on Saturday. I didn’t expect to beat everyone by that much. Today the track started smooth and fast, but it got really rough by the end of the day. I had one crash on the second lap, but after that I pulled it back and made sure I rode cleanly and got to the end. I’m absolutely stoked to be back racing and to have started 2021 where I left off last year.”

2021 Australian Off-Road Championship - Golden Beach, VIC

E3 round one results:
1. Daniel Milner 48:27.998 (KTM Racing Team)
2. Jonte Reynders 53:08.953 (Sherco)
3. Thomas McCormack 54:54.931 (KTM)
4. Hayden Keeley 56:09.977 (KTM)
5. Timothy Lonsdale 56:39.118 (Husqvarna)

E3 round two results:
1. Daniel Milner 42:10.205 (KTM Racing Team)
2. Jonte Reynders 44:33.014 (Sherco)
3. Thomas McCormack 46:22.758 (KTM)
4. Timothy Lonsdale 47:10.5434 (Husqvarna)
5. Hayden Keeley 47:47.181 (KTM)

E3 championship standings:
1. Daniel Milner (KTM Racing Team) 50
2. Jonte Reynders (Sherco) 44
3. Thomas McCormack (KTM) 40
4. Timothy Lonsdale (Husqvarna) 34
5. Hayden Keeley (KTM) 34
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