After the successes of this year’s Australian Three-Day Vintage Enduro (A3VE), held in May, The Vintage Enduro Riders Inc (VERi) are excited to announce the second annual running of this event will go ahead in 2020. The dates to mark down on your calendar for the 2020 A3VE is 22 – 24 May, returning to […]
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Over 230 Gladiators of the Dirt to do Battle at Kyogle AORC/QORC
After what feels like a lifetime, the Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) swings back into action again for rounds 5 and 6 on 20-21 July. The destination, Kyogle in New South Wales, just below the Queensland border. When the fifth Round does explode into this action this Saturday, it will have marked 727 days since […]
Australian Youngsters Shine at World Junior Motocross
Team Australia’s World Junior Motocross (WJMX) riders have proven themselves amongst the best in the world over the weekend, competing in the prestigious FIM Junior Motocross World Championship in Pietramurata, Italy, last weekend (July 13-14). The green and gold riders fared particularly well in the 65cc World MX Junior Cup, with KTM riders Ky Woods […]
All roads lead to Kyogle for AORC/QORC Double
After a three-month break, in what seems like a lifetime ago now, the Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) finally swings back into action this weekend (July 20-21) at Kyogle, in the Northern Rivers region of northern New South Wales. In between AORC rounds, a lot of the AORC field made the trek to the iconic […]
Australia finishes Fourth at U21 Speedway World Championship
Team Australia’s Under 21 Speedway riders have finished fourth behind Poland, Great Britain and Denmark at the FIM Team Speedway U-21 World Championship Final at the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester England on Saturday morning Australian time (13th July). The Joeys, as they are affectionately known, went into the final as outsiders and managed to […]
Drew Wraps up Queensland Motocross Championship
Sixteen-year-old senior Tahlia Drew has wrapped up a stellar rookie season by winning the Women’s Unlimited class of the Queensland Women’s and Vets Championship at Roma. Drew won the first two motos, but after a fall in the third was forced to dig deep to fight off challenge from 36-year-old Qld MX racing legend Tamara […]
Team Australia to fight for the World Championship final this Friday in Manchester
Australia’s fastest Under 21 Speedway riders will be looking to cause an upset this Friday night (12 June) in Manchester, as they take on highly-fancied teams from the UK, Poland and Denmark in pursuit of the FIM Under 21 Speedway World Championship. Having qualified for Friday’s final thanks to a second-placed result against Denmark, Sweden […]
Around the Paddock: Morgan Park
Round 4 of the 2019 Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) at Morgan Park in Queensland saw mixed fortunes up and down the Kawasaki Superbike field. With Wayne Maxwell (Team Suzuki ECSTAR Australia) claiming the Round, and Mike Jones (Desmosport Ducati) claiming the championship lead, we catch up on some of the other Kawasaki Superbike […]
Team Australia to defend Junior World Motocross crown this weekend in Italy
Team Australia’s World Junior Motocross (WJMX) team will be looking to go back-to-back this weekend with the 2019 running of theFIM Junior Motocross World Cup to take place this weekend (13-14 July) at Pietramurata,Trentino in Italy’s North. With over 20 nations expected to take part in the event, Team Australia will be looking to repeat […]
Applications Now Open For Team Australia At 2019 MXoN
Home to both the 2017 and 2018 FIM Motocross World Championships (MXGP), Assen, Netherlands will play host to the year’s edition of the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations (MXoN). Commencing on 28th September, Motorcycling Australia (MA) is now calling for all interested competitors to submit their applications to join Team Australia. Heralded as the biggest […]
Luke Weaves his Magic Again
More than 160 competitors braved the unfavourable weather conditions to race in round 5 of the Central QLD MX Series at Gladstone Dirtriders Motocross Club. After being washed out back in April, the rescheduled meeting was again a wet one. Luke Weaver continued to dominate his competition, taking out the QMX1 class. Cody Hall, Matthew […]
2020 KTM AJMX Heads North To Rockhampton
Ahead of this year’s edition of the KTM Australian Junior Motocross Championship (KTM AJMX) in Gillman, South Australia, Motorcycling Australia (MA) is pleased to confirm that the 2020 event will move North to Rockhampton, Queensland. Hosted by the Rockhampton and District Motocross (MX) Club from 6-11 July, the 2020 KTM AJMX will carry on the […]
Queensland MX Championships opener in Townsville
Queensland’s best motocross riders converged on Townsville’s Woodstock venue last weekend to battle it out at round 1 of the Queensland MX Championships. The much anticipated showdown of last year’s QMX1 Championship winner Caleb Ward fighting to retain his crown over the highly talented pool of Richie Evans, Jesse Dobson, heel clicker Robbie Marshall, Luke […]
Red Plate Fever as Gympie MX Nationals Draw Near
After a huge six week mid-season break the championship is back in full swing this weekend at round six of the Pirelli MX Nationals in Gympie QLD. This weekend in the MX1 class we will see for the first time in his career, Luke Clout carry the red plate aboard his CDR Yamaha Monster Energy […]
The Ultimate Morgan Park Track Guide with Mike Jones
Round 4 of the 2019 Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) presents a unique challenge as the riders and teams head North for the winter to Morgan Park Raceway from July 5-9. The circuit at Morgan Park is a 2.9km squiggle of tarmac draped across a Southern Downs hillside just outside of Warwick in Southern […]
DRIVEIT NQ GETS THE GREEN LIGHT FROM LOCAL COUNCIL
Townsville City Council has approved the driver education and motorsport facility “DRIVEIT NQ” in Calcium, 40km inland of Townsville, North Queensland. Council had provided the not for profit organisation with 306ha of land in 2016 and on Tuesday agreed to the Development Application through a staged process.Pat Driscoll, the interim Chair of DRIVEIT NQ says […]
2019 Classic MX Supplementary Regulations and Entry Form Released
Motorcycling Australia (MA) advises that Supplementary Regulations for the 2019 Australian Classic Motocross Championships have been released. Running in Harrisville, Queensland from 12-14 July, the 2019 Australian Classic Motocross Championship entries are now also open for submissions electronically and via post. Hosted by the Brisbane Motorcycle Club, entries will remain open until 1st July. Late […]
Herfoss Two from Two at Wakefield Park
Gold Coast resident Troy Herfoss (Penrite Honda Racing, Honda CBR RR SP) took two wins in round two of the Kawasaki Superbike class of the 2019 Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK, March 22-24). Cru Halliday (Yamaha Racing Team, Yamaha YZF-R1M) claimed second for the round on 41 points, and Wayne Maxwell (Team Suzuki ECSTAR, […]
2019 A4DE Postponed
Motorcycling Australia (MA) seeks to advise all competitors and teams entered into the 2019 Australian Four Day Enduro (A4DE), that the internationally recognised event has been postponed, with a date to be confirmed in due course. Due to government approvals surrounding the environment in which the 2019 A4DE will take place, the date for this […]
Rocky Turns on a Classic in CQs
Rockhampton’s 6 Mile Raceway was as beautifully presented as ever for the second round of the CQMX series, with well maintained grounds and facilities and most importantly, a soft and loamy racetrack. With late nominations the round ended up with ended up with almost 240 nominations, who were challenged with a race track that got […]