Australian Motocross Championships Toowoomba
28-29 August 1992 - Echo Valley, Toowoomba (QLD),
Young Leisk wins the premier 500cc National title at Toowoomba
On 28-29 August 1982, a young Jeff Leisk upset the big guns to break through and win the premier 500cc class at the Australian Championships in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Switching from Honda to the Yamaha Dealer team that year, Leisk won the title ahead of Robert Bailey (NSW, Suzuki) and Anthony Gunter (NSW, Kawasaki).
Stephen Gall (NSW, Yamaha) showed his amazing fitness levels to clinch the 250cc title winning both legs ahead of Darryl Willoughby (SA, Yamaha) and Vaughan Style (NSW, Honda).
It was Gall’s first ride in two months after being sidelined with a broken wrist, which would have been given a fair workout on the hilly and winding Echo Valley circuit.
Victorian riders Ray Vandenberg broke through to win the National 125cc title on a Suzuki as did Russell Bergmeier-Lester Trewin (Weslake Wasp) in the Unlimited Sidecars.
Vandenberg finished ahead of Peter Carney (NSW, Suzuki) and Craig Hyde (QLD, Suzuki) in second and third places, respectively.
South Australian sidecar ace Barry Buckley clinched his eighth National title with David Ahola in the chair in the 500cc class.
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Race day photos
Victorian rider Trevor Williams in the 500cc class at the Echo Valley circuit.
Sidecar ace Barry Buckley (SA) – winner of the 500cc Sidecar Championship
The start of the 1000cc sidecar race
1982
Australian
Motocross Championship Results
125cc
1 Ray Vandenberg (VIC, Suzuki)
2 Peter Carney (NSW, Suzuki)
3 Craig Hyde (QLD, Suzuki)
250cc
1 Stephen Gall (NSW, Yamaha)
2 Darryl Willoughby (SA, Yamaha)
3 Vaughan Style (NSW, Honda)
500cc
1 Jeff Leisk (WA, Yamaha)
2 Robert Bailey (NSW, Suzuki)
3 Anthony Gunter (NSW, Kawasaki)
500cc Sidecars
1 Barry Buckley-David Ahola
(SA, Yamaha Wasp)
2 Geoff Udy-Vaughan Fletcher
(QLD, Suzuki)
3 Bill Holme-David Kemp
(QLD, Honda)
1000cc Sidecars
1 Russell Bergmeier-Lester Trewin
(VIC, Weslake Wasp)
2 Jeff Lucas (SA)-David Runderman
(QLD, Suzuki Wasp)
3 Mark Standage-Craig Standage
(QLD, Norton EML)
EVENT PROGRAM & RACE REPORT
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