A BMX riding star from Greenbank has secured his first win at a national elite men's level at the Ipswich West Moreton BMX Club.
Josh Boyton emerged victorious on the second day of the third stage of BMX Australia's Bad Boy National Series on Sunday, April 14.
Boyton led a tight field out of the first berm but led for most of the race.
He clinched the win from high profile competitors including Rio Olympian Bodi Turbner and dual national elite champion Corey Frieswyk.
Boyton said his success was a hard earned dream come true.
"I knew it was a UCI race, and that was the main one I wanted to win," he said.
"I've been trying to chase my first elite final win for a while now and I felt really great taking the win.
"I had a third (in the superclass event) as well, so I know I'm really consistent at the moment.
"All the hard work has paid off I guess. It's a really good feeling."
The series featured almost 500 BMX riders from Australia and New Zealand.
Boyton rides at the Centenary Plains BMX club at one Waller Road, Browns Plains.
The BMX club received a $1.1 million makeover last year with funding from Logan City Council and the Queensland government.
He has a strong track record of achievements in the BMX arena.
Boyton won the 15-16 opens race at the 2015 Grand Nationals and defeated some of the world's top riders.
His good form scored him a USA Factory Extreme Team sponsorship who he toured with for five months in 2016.
In 2014, Boyton claimed victory in the final round of the BMX Australia National Champbikx Series in Victoria.
Boyton's win in the official Union Cyclist International endorsed event helped achieve crucial points in the complex Olympic qualifying process which can be used to potentially earn quota spots for Australia ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Once the qualification process finishes in 2020, the best-placed Australian riders will head to Japan to compete in the Olympics.
Boyton was joined by elite women's event series winner Leanna Curtis, men's junior elite winner Oliver Moran and women's junior elite winner Ashlee Miller.
In the challenge class events, Ipswich rider Sophie Preston won the girl's 10 years event and the 8-10 years cruiser event.
The next showpiece 2019 BMXA Bad Boy National Championships is approaching at Shepparton, Victoria from May 20-25.
Australia is the second largest BMX nation in the world with 17,000 BMX Australia members.