Ky Woods has made it three podiums in a row after landing in third place of the MX3 class, at round six of the ProMX Championship, held in Canberra over the weekend.
Woods and his Monster Energy WBR Yamaha team have proven consistent all year and have now racked up five podiums in six rounds so far in 2025 but were wanting more in the nation's capital to keep the MX3 championship within sight.Woods has spent plenty of time riding the Canberra track over the years but just couldn’t bring what was needed on the weekend to secure the round win and rein in some valuable championship points. He finished the day with 2-3 results for third overall and ultimately left disappointed with his performance.
“I honestly expected and wanted more this weekend," Woods offered after the final moto. “I know I can ride this track much better than I did today and I felt I let the team down because we came into the weekend with high goals.
“But instead of deflating me, I’m going to use it as motivation for the final two rounds to finish the championship strongly and get the results I was getting at the start of the year.
“I need to be better to secure second in the championship, but I know if I win races, the championship result will take care of itself, so it's back to work even harder over the next few weeks so I can win the last two rounds,” he said,
With Koby Hantis still on the sidelines with a shoulder issue, Sonny Pellicano continued with his guest ride with the Monster Energy WBR Yamaha team. After a career best place at Warwick, Pellicano was wanting more of the same but unfortunately, he wasn’t able to replicate the previous round.
Pellicano took a respectable eighth place in the opening race on a surface that is far different to what he regularly races on in WA. Then things literally went sideways in race two when he went down in the first turn and completed lap one in 37th place.
To his credit, he didn’t give up and charged as hard as he could all the way to the end to cross the line in 18th place and his combined 8-18 scores gave him 13th for the round and has slipped to eighth in the MX3 championship.
“I’m just really disappointed with my result today as I really wanted to keep the momentum going from Warwick and get another top six finish,” he laments. “I knew this weekend would be a little harder for me as I don’t have the experience of racing tracks like this back in WA and it's something I need to improve on because so many tracks on the east coast are like this.
“Thanks again to the team for giving me this opportunity and even though my results weren’t great time, I have had an awesome time with them and gained so much experience and knowledge in working with them,” he ends.
Hantis is due back for the final two rounds barring any further setbacks with his shoulder.
The final two rounds of the ProMX Championship are back-to-back weekends at Toowoomba and Queensland Moto Park on July 27 and August 3 respectively.
ProMX Results
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ProMX Results
Round Six – Canberra
MX3
1st Kayd Kingsford – 47
2nd Jet Alsop – 45
3rd Ky Woods – 42 (Monster Energy WBR Yamaha)
4th Jack Deveson – 34
5th Seth Shackleton – 28
6th Riley Burgess - 27
7th Hayden Downie - 26
8th Baylin Townsend - 25
9th Drew Kremer - 24
10th Finley Manson – 22
MX3 Championship Standings After Round Six
1st Kayd Kingsford - 288
2nd Ky Woods – 245 (Yamaha YZ250F)
3rd Jet Alsop 240
4th Jack Deveson – 174
5th Seth Shackleton – 174
6th Baylin Townsend - 108
7th Riley Burgess - 107
8th Sonny Pellicano – 102 (Yamaha YZ250F)
9th Casey Willington - 96
10th Max Compton - 92