Riders put to the ultimate test at Mount Misery
Hearts were broken and new legends were made at Mount Misery (Vic) for round four of the 2024 Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship presented by MXstore (AORC).
Waubra’s dry conditions, mixed in with super technical tracks that weren’t gentle on body or mind, put the world-class racers to the test. After five Sprints, victories were clinched by Korey McMahon (GASGAS Australia, Motorex) in E1, Daniel Milner (KTM Australia, DM31 Racing Team) in E2, Riley McGillivray (Shepparton Motorcycles, KTM) in E3, Danielle McDonald (Yamaha JGR Ballard’s Off Road Team) in EW and Jett Yarnold (Yamaha Motor Australia, Yamalube) in EJ.
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E1
There was unexpected turbulence in E1 as the current championship holder, Kyron Bacon (Shop Yamaha Off Road Racing Team), only finished sixth due to bike troubles, with McMahon taking maximum advantage.
After a challenging day across the WR450F track, McMahon defeated Tom Buxton (KTM Australia, DM31 Racing Team) and Will Price (Empire Motorsports Kawasaki Off Road Racing Team) for the glory. McMahon clocked off with a total time of 1:07:43.563.
“The conditions this weekend have been super tough,” explained McMahon.
“We’ve been doing 13-minute pretty much extreme tests with a little bit of grass tracks. It’s not easy but it’s definitely separated the men from the boys. People like Milner, Bacon and Reynders definitely showed us how to ride this stuff this weekend.
“I got pretty banged up yesterday and came into round four sore. It took me a bit of time to find my feet but we worked some things out and took our time. Consistency definitely pays off!
“Kyron had some dramas today and that’s just enduro racing. I don’t like to win like this but I’ll take any win I can get.”
Buxton rode into second place today, behind McMahon just shy of 20 seconds. He finished with a total time of 1:08:02.365.
Rounding out the E1 podium was Price, with a total time of 1:10:17.604.
2024 AORC Round 4 E1 Top 3 Provisional Results:
- Korey McMahon (GASGAS Australia, Motorex) 1:07:43.563
- Tom Buxton (KTM Australia, DM31 Racing Team) 1:08:02.365
- Will Price (Empire Motorsports Kawasaki Off Road Racing Team) 1:10:17.604

E2
It was an imperious clean sweep for Milner at Mount Misery! From start to finish, the KTM racer was utterly dominant as he took top step in E2 as well as the fastest overall time. After five sprints, Milner’s total time was1:03:52.269.
Behind Milner was Jonte Reynders (Motul Pirelli Sherco), who bounced back after a lacklustre outing on Saturday. Reynders comfortably claimed silver thanks to a total time of 1:05:10.309.
Yamaha’s Will Dennett was third. With a total time of 1:06:45.944, Dennett couldn’t quite crack silver but had no trouble defending his position from the rest of the field.
2024 AORC Round 4 E2 Top 3 Provisional Results:
- Daniel Milner (KTM Australia, DM31 Racing Team) 1:03:52.269
- Jonte Reynders (Motul Pirelli Sherco) 1:05:10.309
- Will Dennett (Shop Yamaha, Threesix Motorsports) 1:06:45.944

E3
In E3 it was another orange-coloured weekend of glory as McGillivray claimed another consecutive class win! The Victorian was once again totally comfortable on the WR450F track, regardless of the many twists and turns. After five Sprints, McGillivray claimed the top step with a total time of 1:07:58.699.
Husqvarna’s Stefan Granquist jumped up the leaderboard today to claim second place, thanks to a total time of 1:08:33.229. Granquist tangoed all day with Beta’s Jye Dickson, managing to successfully fend off the speedster by 16 seconds.
Dickson’s overall time was 1:08:49.304.
2024 AORC Round 4 E3 Top 3 Provisional Results:
- Riley McGillivray (Shepparton Motorcycles, KTM) 1:07:58.699
- Stefan Granquist (Husqvarna) 1:08:33.229
- Jye Dickson (Beta Racing Australia) 1:08:49.304

EW
It was McDonald’s day to shine! After battling it out with teammate Jess Gardiner (Yamaha JGR Ballard’s Off Road Team) all weekend long, McDonald managed to produce super-fast Sprints all day to claim first pla