It was because three moto wins and a third place in the final at Tuggeranong last Sunday meant she managed to increase her outright 25-29 women’s class lead in the series.

Wolfenden headed to Tuggeranong as the leader of her class and with her closest rival absent, it offered her an ideal chance to firm her grip on top spot.

Given the numbers who attended the round, Wolfenden was competing against riders from three other age divisions at Tuggeranong. A majority of them were from the 17-24 division and they were her stiffest rivals.

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Though Wolfenden was clearly the quickest in the motos – winning all three in sub-35 second efforts – things did not play out as she’d hoped in the final.

“I chose gate three for the final. How it works is that if you make the final, you chose your gate and the order you qualify in is when you get to chose,” she said.

“So I had eight to chose from, I picked three because I thought it would set me up for the first corner.

“But in hindsight in wasn’t the greatest idea because it put two super competitive riders either side of me.

“I had a bad gate and the other two didn’t and they squeezed me out. I was chasing from the moment the gate dropped on me. I tried a couple of moves, but I couldn’t stick them.”

It was Mikayla Rose who took the honours, crossing the line in 33.848 seconds, with Cara Wilde (33.860) second and Wolfenden (34.487) third.

Though disappointed she couldn’t build on her earlier dominance and win the final, overall the day put Wolfenden in the box seat to pick up her first outright National Series victory.

While the scoring system for the series naturally sees the final carry the greatest reward, good results each of the motos still help.

“The final didn’t impact the points in my division, but even if it did, my points would have still kept me in the lead anyway because of the moto wins,” she said.

“Motos add up to 100 points and then your final is worth 100 points, so all up if you win all three motos and then the final, you’d get 200 points.

“So overall, it was still a good result.”

One round remains in the series and while it will be hosted by the Launceston BMX Club on October 20-21, Wolfenden is planning to make the trip to Tasmania. 

“I don’t really know who will ride there to be honest, but being a national series I’d expect there’d be a good number. I’m looking forward to it,” she said.

Wolfenden would also like to thank Michram Industries for their ongoing support.