Release from 26.08.2024

BILLY HARGY PUTS HUSQVARNA ON THE E3 PODIUM AT BRUTAL KINGSTON SE AORC ROUND

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Despite feeling the effects from a major fall on Saturday, Simford Group Motorsport Husqvarna's Billy Hargy gritted his teeth to claim an E3 class podium result on Sunday to round out the Kingston SE rounds of the 2024 Australian Off-Road Championship in South Australia.

Saturday’s ninth round featured the first Cross Country race format of the year, complete with a mass start and three hours of racing around a gruelling track with only few sections to relax on.

Aboard the Husqvarna FE 501 with the Simford Group Motorsport Husqvarna team, Hargy started strongly, but went down midway through. Feeling the effects of the crash, the 18-year-old E3 rookie was forced to retire for the afternoon.

Despite still being in pain, Hargy lined up for Sunday’s Sprint races and put in a brave performance to finish the day on the podium, with a well-deserved third-pace result in class.

Billy Hargy: "I’m feeling really beat up from yesterday. I had a huge crash during the Cross Country race where I hit something, got the swaps, then got spat over the handlebars. I tried to continue, but I was in no state to keep going and had to DNF. Today I woke up feeling probably the sorest I’ve ever felt, but I struggled through the pain around a really rough track and scraped in for third. It's disappointing to be out of championship contention now, but I’ve got to keep reminding myself I’m one of the youngest in the field and I’ll keep chipping away at it every year."

Next rounds: September 14-15 – Nowra, NSW

2024 Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) – Kingston SE, SA

Round nine results:
E3
1. Jye Dickson (Beta)
2. Riley McGillivray (KTM)
3. Stefan Granquist (Husqvarna)
DNF. Billy Hargy (Simford Group Motorsport Husqvarna)

Round 10 results:
E3
1. Jye Dickson (Beta)
2. Riley McGillivray (KTM)
3. Billy Hargy (Simford Group Motorsport Husqvarna)
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Rosie Lalonde

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Australia - New Zealand

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