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2025 Australian Speedway Championship Rounds 1 & 2 Report
Spherical One – Gillman

Brady Kurtz kicked off his Australian Championship sequence in type with victory in spherical one at Adelaide venue Gillman on Friday. Kurtz triumphed within the ultimate forward of SGP rival Jack Holder in second, with 2012 Speedway GP world champion Chris Holder in third.

Former SGP2 star Keynan Rew was fourth. Chasing his first Aussie title since he lifted the trophy on the first try in 2016, Kurtz dropped only one level within the heats, overwhelmed solely by fellow Speedway GP qualifier Max Fricke.

He then received the primary semi-final forward of Rew, Fricke and 2020 FIM Speedway Underneath-21 world champion Jaimon Lidsey, with Chris Holder victorious forward of youthful brother Jack in semi two, which noticed Zach Cook dinner positioned third and reigning champion Rohan Tungate exit after being disqualified.

Kurtz headed Jack and Chris Holder within the ultimate to finish the opening spherical with 18 championship factors, taking a three-point lead into spherical two in Mildura on Sunday.

The Holder brothers joint second on 15 apiece. Rew fourth on 13 and Fricke fifth on 11.

Whereas Kurtz topped the warmth scoring, Chris Holder additionally impressed on 13, profitable his opening three rides, earlier than recording two seconds.

Rew additionally starred – matching Jack Holder’s 12-point haul over 5 rides – whereas Fricke registered 11.

Tungate and Lidsey notched 9 to succeed in the highest eight, with Zach Cook dinner claiming the final semi-spot on eight factors.

Josh Pickering simply missed the lower on seven, with Ben Cook dinner positioned tenth with six.

2025 Australian Speedway Championship Spherical 1 Outcomes – Gillman

Spherical Two – Mildura

Brady Kurtz moved a step nearer to his second Australian Championship after backing up his Gillman efficiency by claiming most factors at Mildura on Sunday.

Kurtz triumphed within the ultimate forward of former SGP2 star Keynan Rew, Zach Cook dinner and Josh Pickering to cost into an eight-point lead with two rounds to race at Albury-Wodonga on Wednesday, and North Brisbane on Saturday.

Final 12 months’s FIM SGP Problem winner triumphed within the opening spherical at Adelaide venue Gillman and tightened his grip on prime spot when he blazed via the Mildura heats with a 15-point most.

Kurtz then received semi-final one forward of Rew, Ben Cook dinner and former world champion Chris Holder. There was drama in semi-final two as reigning Aussie champion Rohan Tungate crashed out, with Jack Holder additionally struggling mechanical issues to exit the spherical with 14 championship factors.

Zach Cook dinner received the rerun forward of Pickering. With Holder unable so as to add to his 29-point tally within the ultimate, he has all of it to do in second place if he’s to regain the Aussie Championship trophy he received in 2023.

In the meantime, it was an evening to neglect for Victorian racer Fricke, who crashed in warmth one. Regardless of taking his place in his second race and scoring a degree, he withdrew from the rest of the assembly.

This leaves him tenth within the total standings on 12 factors and all however out of rivalry to win his fourth Aussie crown. Second spot for Rew leaves him within the hunt on 28 in third, with Chris Holder nonetheless in contact with prime spot on 26 as he chases title No.6.

The highest two riders within the championship safe locations within the 2025 Speedway GP qualification rounds for the 2026 Speedway GP World Championship. They’re joined by the winner of the FIM Oceania Championship at Gillman on January 25.

2025 Australian Speedway Championship Spherical 2 Outcomes – Mildura

2025 Australian Speedway Championship Standings after Spherical 2

Dean Wilson grabs British AX Professional win in Birmingham at AX World Tour opener

The Arenacross (AX) World Tour kicked off over the weekend in Birmingham, Britain, with Spain’s Jorge Zaragoza claiming prime honours, whereas Dean Wilson took out the British Championship outcomes.

Stark mounted Zaragoza led a lot of the race and withstood late strain for the UK’s Cedric Soubeyras, with Dean Wilson making his Arenacross debut within the UK and claiming the ultimate podium place in third.

Together with his third-place end within the ultimate, Wilson took management of the ACU Arenacross British championship, which is simply open to British passport holders or British primarily based riders. The very first Arenacross champion from again in 2013, Adam Chatfield, proved he’s nonetheless received one thing left within the tank to seize second place forward of Stark Future Racing’s Eddie Wade.

Dean Wilson

“Spherical 1 of Arenacross World Tour is completed, P-1 within the British spherical and P-3 within the World AX spherical. Not my finest day of driving however was fairly underneath ready with 5 weeks off attempting to rehab my shoulder. So can’t be to upset. These guys are quick and we all know how robust AX could be with my sort of begins. Large shout to the UK followers you had been loud all night time. Thanks St Blazey MX and Armor Imaginative and prescient for placing this all collectively. Lets go!”

Up subsequent is the Wembley on Saturday 18th January which can host spherical two of the ACU Arenacross British championship.

AX World Tour /British AX Championship Spherical One Outcomes

AX Professional ACU British Championship

1. Dean Wilson
2. Adam Chatfield
3. Eddie Wade

AX Professional – World Tour

1. Jorge Zaragoza #99
2. Cedric Soubeyras #85
3. Dean Wilson #15

AX Minis

1. Mason Staddon #2
2. Preston Killoran #7
3. Mason Shields #65

AX SuperMinis

1. George Cherry #7
2. John Slade #288
3. Elvis Totney #507

AX Futures

1. Isaac Ash #100
2. Harry Lee #17
3. Zane Stephens #80

AX Amateurs

1. Raife Broadley #72
2. Louis Brookes #26
3. Adam Wells #56

MXGP Spherical Eight in Spain confirmed for Lugo

The FIM and Infront Moto Racing have confirmed that the MXGP of Spain can be going down at Lugo on the 10-11 Could 2025.

Following the nice success of the 2024 version, the MXGP of Spain will this time go to Lugo, marking the second consecutive 12 months that the Galician venue will host a MXGP occasion.

Followers can stay up for the thrill of the MXGP and MX2, alongside the FIM Ladies’s Motocross World Championship. Lugo’s glorious services and ambiance anticipate an unforgettable weekend of motocross.

2025 Dakar Rally Recap – Prologue, Stage One, Stage Two A & B

The 2025 Dakar Rally has thus far been dominated by Australia’s Daniel Sanders, racing for Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing facility Racing, though the Monster Power Honda HRC workforce are proving a dominant pressure with 5 riders within the prime eight. Right here’s the run down thus far:

Dakar Rally Prologue

See the full Prologue report here (link).

Whereas solely an interlude to the actual motion, the Prologue noticed Daniel Sanders come out swinging, profitable the timed 29 km part close to Bisha, forward of Ross Department, Edgar Canet, Ricky Brabec and Tosh Schareina, with the top-10 rider’s in a position to decide their beginning positions, providing a tactical benefit into the primary full stage.

Simply 12-seconds coated the highest three at this early stage, with a minute over the top-10 riders, with Pablo Quintanilla, Luciano Benavides, Adrian van Bevern, Michael Docherty and Skyler Howes rounding out that prime 10.

Dakar Rally Stage One

See the full Stage One report here (link).

Stage One noticed riders cowl 499 km, together with a timed particular of 413 km, with Sanders extending his result in two-minutes from closest competitor, Honda’s Ricky Brabec, Hero’s Ross Department claiming the ultimate stage podium place. Howes and Schareina making for 3 Honda’s within the prime 5, coated by simply shy of five-minutes.

Rounding out the top-10 for the day had been Luciano Benavides, Docherty, Brabec, Quintanilla and Canet.

Dakar Rally Stage Two A

See the full Stage Two A report here (link).

Stage Two would participate over two days, with the 48 Hour Chrono run in the beginning of the occasion, in a loop out of Bisha protecting virtually 1000 km, and leaving riders to their very own units in maintaining their bikes working throughout each days.

The highest 21 riders made it to the ultimate checkpoint 617 km in, led by Daniel Sanders, who completed 40-seconds away from Brabec, Department third. Schareina and Howes rounded out the highest 5, with official standings and outcomes solely to be calculated on the finish of the next day, with the 48 Hour Chrono accomplished.

Dakar Rally Stage Two B

See the full Stage Two B report here (link).

A shorter second day of the 48 Hour Chrono had riders protecting the remaining 330 km on their return to Bisha, with Sanders shortly catching the main riders and serving to to open the stage, ending the Chrono 7m37s away from Howes, with Shareina an additional four-seconds in arrears, and Van Beveren and Department rounding out the highest 5, protecting 10-minutes.

That leaves Sanders holding a 12m36s lead after over 16 hours of timed specials, with Howes, Department and Schareina his closest opponents, adopted by Brabec, L. Benavides, Van Beveren, Quintanilla, Cornejo and Cox, with the top-10 stretching out throughout virtually an hour.

Stage Three was slated to cowl 495 km of particular from a complete day of 847 km, however has been lowered to 327 km resulting from stormy climate, as riders head to Al Henakiyah.

2025 Dakar Rally Standings after Stage Two