{"id":323724,"date":"2022-09-07T19:40:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T09:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=323724"},"modified":"2022-09-07T19:40:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T09:40:31","slug":"champs-defend-their-state-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/09\/07\/champs-defend-their-state-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Champs Defend Their State Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_323730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323730\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-323730 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway3.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway3-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway3-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway3-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway3-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway3-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siblings Anika and Jordy Loftus, from the Gold Coast, successfully defended their 125cc Best Pairs Queensland title while Jordy was also crowned 125cc Solos State Champion (Photo: Kingaroy Bees)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>September 7, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rain on Saturday tested the organisers of the State Titles raced at the Kingaroy Junior Motorcycle Speedway track at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>However, after a delay on Saturday morning, all the racing went ahead as planned at the Kingaroy Showgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>The State Solos titles for the Under 16s 125cc and 250cc were contested as well as the Under 16s 125cc Best Pairs.<\/p>\n<p>The 125cc events were held on Saturday while the bigger bikes were in action on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The motorcycle racing track was damp, but was nowhere near as muddy as Kingaroy&#8217;s main speedway track which competitors and their support teams had to cross to enter the grounds!<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Results<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Under 16 125cc Queensland State Champion &#8211; Jordy Loftus<\/li>\n<li>Under 16 250cc Queensland State Champion &#8211; Liam Powell<\/li>\n<li>Under 16 125cc Best Pairs Queenslander State Champions &#8211; Anika and Jordy Loftus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_323731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323731\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-323731 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway4.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway4-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway4-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway4-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway4-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway4-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solos champions &#8230; Jordy Loftus with his 125cc trophy and Liam Powell with his 250cc trophy (Photo: Kingaroy Bees)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_323725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323725\" style=\"width: 737px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-323725 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"737\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway1.jpg 737w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway1-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Action from Heat 9 of the 125cc Pairs on Saturday afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_323726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323726\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-323726 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway2-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway2-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway2-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220903speedway2-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riders wait patiently in the pits area to find out who has qualified 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