Hutton, 35, who is current Queensland Enduro Champion, mastered the challenging sand to finish second both days in the Championship E1 Class.

The Kobble Creek (Moreton Bay Shire, Brisbane) resident now sits second in the class in the championship point's race and ninth Outright going into rounds seven and eight to be held at Cherrabah Resort near Warwick, Queensland, on August 15th and 16th.

"This weekend went OK, it could have been better, but it took me a little while to come to terms with the sand," Hutton said.

"I don't ride sand every often and spent several days training at a sand track in northern NSW before the event, but the sand in South Australia turned out to be very different.

"I am happy with second in my class considering Ben Kearney, who won it both days, was riding really fast in the sand.

"I'll be looking forward to the next rounds which are in Queensland, my home state.

"Cherrabah Resort is an awesome venue for an AORC and I love the terrain, it's bull dust to loam and rocky and a lot more what I'm used to.

"So hopefully I will be able to go one better in the next few rounds."

Kirk's next Queensland competition will be the opening round of the Pony Express Series on July 5th. For more info go to www.qldenduro.com.

Kirk's next national competition will be the Queensland rounds of the AORC to be held at Warwick's Cherrabah Resort on August 15th and 16th. To follow Kirk's progress in the AORC go to www.dirtbikepromotions.com.au

Hutton has won four Australian championships, nine Queensland Enduro Championships, is the reigning E3 (big-bore) Australian Off-Road Champion and has won six International Six Days Enduro individual gold medals.

Kirk is also Queensland Agent for the Yamaha Academy of Off-Road Riding and runs two-day coaching schools, as well as one-day, half-day and one-on-one sessions.

For information on Kirk, his racing and schools please visit www.kirkhuttoncoaching.com.au

For more information on Yamaha visit http://www.yamaha-motor.com.au/

Kirk would like to thank Yamaha Queensland and the Ballard's Wellard Yamaha team.