Post-event wrap from 2011 MX Nationals champion, CDR Yamaha's Jay Marmont
Marmont produced a superb performance to win the final round of the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals and in turn create history by being the only rider to win the conveted national motocross championship four years in a row. Marmont entered the final round 18 points down on series leader and team mate Josh Coppins, but four scintillating motos from the 28-year-old saw him win the final round and take the Pro Open championship.
"From where we started at the beginning of the year, it is hard to believe I have won it," an emotional Marmont said soon after the final moto. "Even coming into today and with the form Josh has been racing with lately it was a long shot but I wanted to win the round and hope for a bit of luck. Unfortunately for Josh, his fall with another rider in race three was the bit of luck I needed and I feel for him as he rode a great championship and was a fierce competitor."
Marmont was as far back as ninth in the championship after the opening round and struggled to find his mojo in the early rounds. But extensive testing with the CDR Rockstar Yamaha team and development on his YZ450F was the catalyst to get Marmont back on track and he stormed home in the final four rounds, winning three and claiming second on the other to claim a popular and well deserved win.
"I can't thank my CDR Rockstar Yamaha team enough. The entire season they kept working to make the bike better and gave me everything I needed to go out and get the results I needed. The support of Dacka, Gary, Shaun and Jason has been vital in the success of this team and in this championship."
"I also need to thank my wife Abbey and my family for all their support and we are going to be back in 2012 shooting for number 5," Marmont finishes.
The four national motocross crowns now has him equal with motocross legends Stephen Gall and Craig Dack for the most wins in the premier division but the only rider to have won four MX Nationals Motocross Championships in a row. His name is now among the greats of Australia's sporting landscape and so is that of his team after success the past four years. Once again the CDR Rockstar Yamaha crew has proven to be the bench mark of Australian motocross.
