Pic: Kirk Hutton, aboard the 2010 YZ450F he is riding in QLD off-road and enduro events

Nine-time Queensland Enduro Champion, Yamaha Motor Australia's ‘King Kirk' Hutton, again proved his pack-leading speed today when he made it two wins from two races in 2010 at the opening round of the QLD Enduro-Cross Series held near Kingaroy.

Hutton, 36, piloted his "awesome" YZ450F to victory by more than two minutes over the 250-strong field today, which included three-time Australian Off-Road Champion, AJ Roberts.

The Kobble Creek resident's win followed an equally impressive first place finish at the first round of the Yamaha Sprint Cross-Country Series last weekend.

"I'm stoked, it's a good start to the year," Hutton said. "I made a pretty big mistake in the first lap today and fell off uncharacteristically, so I'm pretty sore and sorry.

"But I'm stoked with the rest of the day. I rode smart and won pretty convincingly - I was happy with how I rode.

"The new YZ450F was going awesome, it has that much power on tap everywhere, it's awesome.

"It was a true enduro track today, rocky, bull dusty with lots of logs. It was pretty technical, and wasn't wide open like last weekend. You had to be very careful or you'd go down.

"The track was enjoyable in the end, though, it cleared out and we got five laps in so it was good training for the Yamaha AORC coming up in a few week's time."

Hutton said he would be spending as much time as possible riding and training over the next two weeks to prepare for the Port Mac Piston: the opening rounds of the Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship being held at Port Macquarie (NSW) March 13th and 14th.

"The first round is a 2.5-hour cross-country - it's a tough event and the Port Macquarie track is very demanding," he said.

"I'll be riding the Championship, or Pro, E3 class in the AORC on a big-bore WR450F.

"I'll be looking to land on the podium at least in that class and be as high up in the Outright standings as possible - it would be great to win my fifth national title, but there's a lot of competition now and we'll just see how things go."

Kirk's first national competition for 2010 will be round one and two of the Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship being held at Port Macquarie, NSW, on March 13th and 14th. For more info go to www.aorcracing.com.au

Hutton has won four Australian enduro championships, nine Queensland Enduro Championships and seven 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 MOTOR AUSTRALIA, YAMALUBE, GYTR, FOX, DARREN THOMPSON, DID CHAINS, UNIFILTER, ENDURA, CTI 2, DUNLOP, RHK PRODUCTS, PRO GRIP GRIPS, TALON SPROCKETS AND HUBS, UNIVERSAL and JOHN TITMAN RACING.