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Dakar Rally Recap – Stage Eight

The 2025 Dakar Rally reached stage eight in a single day, with Australia’s Daniel Sanders 11-minutes away from Tosha Schareina on the outright standings. With 4 phases to go earlier than Dakar 2025 wraps up on Friday, there’s nonetheless over 800 kilometres of timed specials nonetheless to contest.

The second week of racing noticed Ricky Brabec win stage six, Sanders win stage seven and the KTM man then subsequently opened the next stage, the place he positioned seventh. Luciano Benavides taking the stage eight win on Monday.

As we speak, Tuesday, rivals will race Stage 9, earlier than then shifting on to Stage Ten on Wednesday. The penultimate leg on Thursday sees rivals loop out and in of Shubaytah forward of the quick 61km deciding run to the road on Friday.

Daniel Sanders – P7

“Which may have been the hardest stage but, particularly the primary 100 kilometres, which had been actually technical and laborious to navigate, so I misplaced a good bit of time there. After the refuel it was actually quick and I used to be opening with Edgar [Canet], which was cool. I made a number of little errors right here and there, however I’ve a good beginning place for tomorrow so I’m glad.”

Two hours at present covers the top-10, Van Beveren 21m31s off the lead, L.Benavides 30m48s, Brabec 30m56s, Skyler Howes 37m03s and Jose Ignacio Florimo the final of the riders inside an hour at 53m32s. Rally2’s Edgar Canet holds a formidable tenth overal 1h21m02s off the lead.

Aussie Toby Hederics has additionally been spectacular, ending stage eight twenty second, and now holds nineteenth within the standings.

You’ll be able to take a look at the Stage Eight report and latest results here | Stage Seven here | Stage Six here.
To see all of the 2025 Dakar Rally reports click here.

Brady Kurtz topped Australian Speedway Solo champion

Brady Kurtz has ended his nine-year anticipate Australian Championship No.2 after sealing the trophy with rides to spare at Albury-Wodonga, after the ultimate spherical of the sequence in North Brisbane was cancelled on account of a forecast for heavy rain, which meant Wednesday’s spherical three was declared the final leg of the championship.

The 2024 FIM SGP Problem winner got here to the tapes with an eight-point lead over nearest rival Jack Holder. The pair had collected seven factors apiece of their opening three rides, which means victory in his fourth outing in warmth 13 could be sufficient to seal the championship for Kurtz.

The Cowra-born racer delivered, seeing off Zach Prepare dinner, former SGP3 rider Mitchell McDiarmid, and former Aussie Below-21 champion Michael West, and lifted the title with a warmth, the semi-finals and remaining to spare, earlier than ending the sequence on 53 factors by taking second spot within the remaining behind winner Rohan Tungate.

Kurtz, who received the Australian Championship on the first try in 2016, additionally earns a spot within the FIM Speedway Grand Prix qualification rounds, the place he’ll battle for a spot on the FIM SGP Problem in Holsted on August 9. If he can replicate his top-four end from the 2024 occasion in Denmark, Kurtz will likely be assured a spot within the 2026 Speedway GP sequence.

Holder joins him within the Speedway GP qualifiers as championship runner-up, having sealed second place with victory in his remaining warmth, which took him to 13 factors from 5 rides. He ended up on 42 factors general.

One additional Speedway GP qualification place is up for grabs for the winner of the FIM Oceania Championship at Adelaide observe Gillman on January 25.

Outgoing champion Tungate received the ultimate to high the rostrum on the evening at Albury-Wodonga. Kurtz needed to make do with second place forward of 2012 Speedway GP world champion Chris Holder in third, and Ben Prepare dinner in fourth spot.

Third on the evening for Chris Holder was sufficient at hand him third place general on 38 factors – one level forward of former SGP2 star Keynan Rew, who was fourth on 37. The SON2 bronze medallist made it by the heats on 9 factors, however his semi-final exit dashed his hopes of reaching the podium.

Tungate’s victory left him fifth general on 35, with Ben Prepare dinner repeating his sixth-place end from 2024, scoring 27 – leaving him one forward of brother Zach Prepare dinner, who registered 26.

The sequence led to disappointment for Speedway GP star Max Fricke, who pulled out of the Albury-Wodonga occasion, having been pressured to withdraw from spherical two in Mildura on Sunday.

Fricke crashed within the opening race and, regardless of taking third place in his second outing, he didn’t proceed within the assembly at Olympic Park.

Max Fricke

“Sadly, after my fall on Sunday at Mildura, I will likely be withdrawing from the rest of the Australian Championships. Full deal with loads of relaxation and physio over the following few weeks to get me absolutely match and prepared for the beginning of the season in Europe. Thanks everybody in your messages and assist.”

2025 ATV MX Nationals confirmed for Mildura, Sept 6-7

The 2025 Australian ATV MX Nationals will likely be held in Mildura on the weekend of September 6-7 because the championship returns to Victoria for the primary time since 2022.

The occasion will likely be promoted by the Quad Riders Membership of Victoria, with the nation’s most interesting quad expertise to descend on the Mildura motocross observe throughout a wide range of senior and junior lessons – together with the all the time entertaining Open class the place the Japanese manufacturers tackle their North American counterparts.

The Mildura motocross observe has nice services together with a full canteen, in addition to unbelievable spectator vantage factors. The 2024 ATV MX Nationals had been held in Northam (WA), as Honda rider Christopher Bosnakis claimed a three-peat within the Open class.

Barcelona & Stavanger to host first FIM Ladies’s X-Trial Trophy

The FIM have introduced the launch of the FIM Ladies’s X-Trial Trophy, the primary version to happen in Barcelona (Spain) and Stavanger (Norway) as a part of the FIM X-Trial Championship rounds.

The Barcelona occasion on the Palau Sant Jordi will likely be held on February 2 as a part of the Barcelona X-Trial. The native promoter RPM has been the pioneer organiser of girls’s indoor competitions.

Per week later, the competitors will transfer to Norway in Stavanger which is able to host the FIM X-Trial World Championship for the primary time, together with the second spherical of the FIM Ladies’s X-Trial Trophy on February 8 on the DNB Area.

Wil Ruprecht joins ShopYamaha Off Street Racing for AEC

Former World Enduro Champion and multi-time AORC winner, Wil Ruprecht, has returned to Australia to contest the newly rebranded Australian Enduro Championship with The ShopYamaha Off Street Racing Group.

Ruprecht has reconnected together with his former crew, the one which assisted in launching his worldwide profession, and can race alongside Will Dennett within the ShopYamaha Off Street Group, in an all-E2 crew.

Ruprecht, now 26, will by 450cc mounted and contest the E2 division and can go head-to-head with Daniel Milner in a mouthwatering rivalry for the Australian Enduro Championship.

Wil Ruprecht

“I’ve remained involved with AJ over time and he has been a little bit of a sounding board for my profession throughout my time in Europe, so once I talked about to him that I used to be pondering of coming house, he was rapidly in a position to get one thing collectively for me. Europe and racing the World Enduro Championships has been a tremendous expertise the place I’ve met and labored with some nice individuals and I wouldn’t change it, however the time was proper to return again to Australia. AJ all the time instructed me one thing could be right here for me once I got here again, so I’m excited to work with him once more. It’s additionally come at a great time as MA are revamping the Australian Championship with a brand new look and a few modifications to the racing, and hopefully, I can help them in reaching the next profile for off highway racing in Australia. Up to now issues are going effectively and I’m settling again into the Australian lifestyle, however the opening rounds aren’t too far-off so it’s time to get severe and get after it.”

Dennett continues to develop as a rider and in solely his first 12 months of professional stage racing, Dennett snared third within the E2 division and was an everyday high 5 outright rider. Nonetheless simply on the tender age of 19, Dennett has youth and velocity on his aspect and can solely enhance with extra expertise racing on the high stage.

Will Dennett

“2024 was a stable first 12 months in E2 and confirmed that I used to be able to racing with the highest guys. I nonetheless have quite a bit to study however I’m up for the problem and have set my objectives greater once more for 2025. Having Wil on the crew may also be of profit to me as I can lean on him and his expertise, so I can’t wait to get began and stay up for one other nice 12 months working with the ShopYamaha crew.”

One identify lacking from the 2025 line-up is Kyron Bacon. Bacon has been working laborious behind the scenes to get a chance to race internationally for the 2025 season and has secured a deal that may enable him to take that step.

2025 Yamaha AEC Calendar

• Rounds 1-2: March 1-2, Kempsey, NSW
• Rounds 3-4: April 5-6, Traralgon, Vic
• Rounds 5-6: Might 31-June 1, TBA, SA
• Rounds 7-8: June 28-29, Casterton, Vic
• Rounds 9-10: September 13-14, Kyogle, NSW
• Rounds 11-12: October 11-12, Gympie, Qld

Yamaha bLU cRU Help & ‘Step-Up’ program confirmed for 2025

Yamaha Australia have once more put collectively the bLU cRU Help program for 2025 that may help off highway riders and an important part of the ‘Step-Up’ program inside racing.

2025 12 months will see Cooper Sheidow return in addition to Jett Yarnold make the transition up from the Below 19 class into E1.

Sheidow, the 2023 E1 champion, had an damage riddled season that began early within the season and lingered all 12 months. He handled two severe accidents, one to his wrist, the opposite to his foot, however is now hoping he’s on high of them and may regain the shape that took him to the 2023 Championship.

Cooper Sheidow

“Final 12 months was an enormous disappointment for me as I missed plenty of racing and was by no means in a position to journey at 100% once I may,” Sheidow begins. “However my accidents are getting higher, and I’ve been in a position to resume a extra constant coaching program that I’ll proceed to ramp up because the season will get nearer. However glad to be again with Yamaha and all the time grateful for the assist AJ and the ShopYamaha crew present me.”

Jett Yarnold will take the following step in his profession and graduates from the EJ division (U19) to the E1 class for 2025. The 2024 EJ champ confirmed he will likely be tremendous aggressive within the E1 class based mostly on his 2024 velocity and is trying ahead to the possibility to race at the next stage.

Jett Yarnold

“It’s a giant step in velocity between the U19 class and the professional lessons, however Will Dennett proved that it’s attainable to be up the entrance immediately. He was the 2023 EJ champ after which went straight into the E2 class and landed on the rostrum, so I do know it’s attainable and I simply must do the work to make it occur.”

JGR Yamaha Ballards Off Street 2025 replace

Multi Time AORC and ISDE winner, Jess Gardiner and her crew are again for 2025 and seeking to carry by extra feminine expertise. Danielle McDonald will ply her commerce within the US subsequent season after being below the steerage of Gardiner for the previous few seasons and now she hopes to unearth one other undiscovered expertise in younger feminine racer, Lorna Lock.

Lock will contest the Junior Lady’s class on a YZ85 and can pit with the JGR crew the place she will likely be surrounded by individuals prepared to steer and information her in the best path.

Gardiner may also proceed her racing and look to a different nationwide off-road crown and once more be alongside Jeremy Carpentier who assists with testing and machine preparation in addition to racing.

Racing mixed with a busy schedule of driving colleges, camp outs and ambassador function with Yamaha will see the JGR extensive open over the following 12 months and flying the Yamaha flag in all components of the nation.

Jess Gardiner

“It’s superior to be locked in for one more 12 months and proceed the very profitable relationship with Yamaha Australia. Danielle has progressed to race within the US with Yamaha for 2025 and we couldn’t be prouder of her and the function we have now performed in her success up to now however know that that is simply the beginning for her, and she’s going to see much more success over the approaching years. Her shifting on has allowed us to usher in Lorna and begin the method over once more the place hopefully she will be able to make her personal path to success in racing. She is from a dedicated off-road household and has a want to race and win so we stay up for serving to her attain the objectives she has set for the long run. And my function inside Yamaha continues to develop with teaching, working with the YZ65 Cup, aiding with the Youngsters Come and Strive program at main occasions in addition to my racing. It’s been an important partnership and 2025 already appears like being an excellent busy 12 months.”

Yamaha may also have additional illustration within the Ladies’s and junior divisions for 2025. Madi Simpson will contest the Australian Enduro Championship within the Ladies’s class with the assist of the WBR Yamaha crew that may see her compete in each the ProMX and the AEC championships.

Simpson was the winner of the 2024 Junior Ladies division and can now go head-to-head with Gardiner within the senior Ladies’s class.

And the GYTR Yamaha Junior Racing duo of Marcus Nowland and Harley Hutton will likely be again for 2025 chasing the J4 and J3 championships respectively.

On high of that, Yamaha are once more the most important sponsors of the newly branded Australian Enduro Championship and have labored intently with Motorcycling Australia to ship an improved and invigorated off highway racing scene.

Rocky Mountain Crimson Bear Kawasaki Group Inexperienced revealed

Rocky Mountain Crimson Bear Kawasaki Group Inexperienced races into 2025 ready to tackle the rugged terrain of the Grand Nationwide Cross Nation (GNCC) sequence and the AMA Nationwide Enduro Championship.

The 2025 crew lineup contains returning Kawasaki racers Steward Baylor Jr., Grant Baylor, Nick DeFeo, Rachael Archer and Caleb Wooden. Becoming a member of Kawasaki for 2025 is Defending AMA Nationwide Enduro Champion, Josh Toth. The crew will likely be competing aboard the all-new 2025 Kawasaki KX250X and KX450X, showcasing the most recent off-road know-how.

Competing within the XC1 class of GNCC and the NE1 class of Nationwide Enduro will likely be Steward Baylor Jr. and Grant Baylor. The Baylor brothers mix for a complete of seven AMA Nationwide Enduro titles. The 2024 season noticed Steward earn a number of wins and podiums in each championships, whereas Grant started the 2024 season with a number of podium finishes earlier than being pressured to exit the season early with a knee damage.

Becoming a member of the brothers within the NE1 class of Nationwide Enduro is defending champion Josh Toth. After a dominating 2024 marketing campaign that included not solely the Nationwide Enduro Championship, Josh turned the primary rider in GNCC historical past to safe an general race win as an XC2 rider.

2024 marked the primary season with Rachael Archer and Kawasaki. Because the reigning GNCC WXC and AMA Nationwide Enduro Ladies’s Elite Champion, Archer is targeted on defending each of her titles as she heads into the brand new season with a brand new KX250X.

After securing the 250 A and high general beginner honors in GNCC, Nick DeFeo makes the transfer to XC2 for 2025. DeFeo may also return to the Nationwide Enduro Championship for his second season within the NE2 class.

Caleb Wooden may also be making a category leap as he strikes up from the GNCC YXC1 class the place he secured the 2024 championship to compete within the 4-Stroke A Lites class.

Rocky Mountain Crimson Bear Kawasaki Group Inexperienced kicks off the 2025 marketing campaign with the season-opening AMA Nationwide Enduro occasion on February 9 in Sumter, SC.

Toni Bou tops X-Trial Spherical Two at Chambéry

Repsol Honda HRC earned a podium double in Chambéry, France, as Toni Bou received and took the sequence lead from runner-up Jaime Busto. Teammate Gabriel Marcelli becoming a member of him on the podium in third place.

From the beginning of the primary lap, Bou was decided to make up for the outcome he had obtained in Madrid. After finishing the six motion zones of the primary lap, the Repsol Honda rider was tied with Adam Raga on 10 factors, in second place. With the brand new rules, he managed to qualify instantly for the ultimate. On the decisive lap, the 36-time World Champion dominated the Tremendous Pole and, with a efficiency that left the French crowd speechless, took his first victory of the 12 months.

Bou leads the general standings with 35 factors, whereas Marcelli is in fourth place with 18 factors. The X-Trial World Championship has a 3rd spherical of the season on January seventeenth in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Toni Bou – P1

“I’m very glad, I believe that after the spherical in Madrid the entire crew deserved this outcome. We’ve got labored very laborious these previous few weeks and it has been mirrored within the outcome. The race went rather well and it was an unimaginable remaining. I felt actually snug from the beginning and we all know that that is the best way ahead. I wish to thank the crew for all of the work they’ve executed since Madrid to get us right here in high type.”

Gabriel Marcelli – P3

“I’m pleased with right this moment’s outcome. I had a few races through which I used to be not feeling excellent, and returning to the rostrum is absolutely optimistic, though we all the time search for a little bit extra. The race went effectively, I had a great first lap and managed to qualify for the ultimate. It was a great weekend and I need to thank the crew for his or her work.”

X-Trial Spherical Two at Chambéry Outcomes

1. Bou Toni – SPA – Repsol Honda HRC
2. Busto Jaime – SPA – Fuel Fuel Manufacturing unit Group
3. Marcelli Gabriel – SPA Repsol Honda HRC
4. Raga Adam – SPA – Sherco Manufacturing unit Group
5. Bincaz Benoit – FRA – Sherco Manufacturing unit Group
6. Hemingway Harry – GBR – Beta
7. Dufrese Hugo – FRA – Fuel Fuel
8. Hemingway Harry – GBR – Beta

2025 X-Trial Standings after Spherical Two

1. Bou Toni – 35-points
2. Busto Jaime – 35
3. Raga Adam – 21
4. Marcelli Gabriel – 18
5. Bincaz Benoit – 15
6. Gandola Lorenzo – 4
7. Haga Sondre – 4
8. Dufrese Hugo – 2
9. Peace Jack – 2
10. Hemingway Harry – 1

Jacopo Cerutti and the Tuareg win Africa Eco Race 2025

Italian rider Jacopo Cerutti has received his second victory on the Africa Eco Race, beating Alessandro Botturi by solely 26 seconds. The duel was thrilling: the ultimate morning solely nine-seconds separated the 2 riders within the general standings.

From the beginning, each realized the particular could be notably difficult. The 2 Italian riders fought for each metre, and when Cerutti crossed the end line, he counted the seconds whereas ready for Botturi’s arrival. Botturi, apart from a slight navigation error, discovered himself caught in a internet that he dragged to the end line with out with the ability to do away with it.

With this victory, Jacopo Cerutti claims his second consecutive title on the Africa Eco Race.

Jacopo Cerutti

“An version which led to the very best method, despite the difficulties we confronted and overcame. I rode effectively, with out making many errors. I didn’t crash and I managed to remain persistently targeted. We had an excellent benefit within the sand, each due to my driving fashion and the efficiency of the Tuareg Rally, and I used to be in a position to exploit it absolutely. It was an version the place technique was elementary and, within the final two days, I achieved an endeavor that even I didn’t suppose attainable. Once I noticed that I may draw back on the dunes, I began to consider and I gave it 100%. I’m actually glad for my teammates as effectively, Cecco and Marco, who did an excellent job. An enormous thanks to all of the members of the crew, who proved to be tremendous devoted to the trigger and had been important to this victory, giving me a extremely aggressive Tuareg Rally. Congratulations additionally to Alessandro Botturi, it was nice to have an opponent like him and to battle to the tip.”

Alessandro Botturi – P2

“It’s all the time a pleasure to finish the race alongside the legendary Lac Rose right here in Dakar, as it’s so historic. I all the time get emotional once I attain the end line right here, particularly after such an unimaginable rally. It was an epic duel between myself and Jacopo, and whereas I might have liked to have received, he deserved it simply as a lot as I did, and that is rally, whereas we all know something can occur. The crew has been unimaginable, and I couldn’t have requested for extra, so I need to thank each one among them for doing an unimaginable job and Yamaha Motor Europe for offering me with the right bike. After such an extended and demanding occasion, will probably be good to get some relaxation, however I will likely be again able to problem for victory as soon as extra on the Carta Rallye in April.”

Guillaume Borne, who began fourth general, gave the whole lot right this moment to succeed in the rostrum, and succeeded in surpassing Guillem Martinez Boronat, who suffered a spectacular fall simply ten kilometers from the end.

The Spaniard, who will turn out to be Senegalese in a number of days, however received the Xtreme Rider By Motul (Malles Moto) class in addition to the Rookie Riders by Acerbis.

Martinez Boronat – P4

“I’m very glad to have received the Malles Moto class, however I used to be additionally aiming for third place. I did the whole lot alone, with out giving in to fatigue. I pushed laborious right this moment to additionally win the 450 class, however 10 km from the end, I fell. Congratulations to Guillaume for his victory within the 450 class.”

2025 Africa Eco Race Closing Outcomes – Prime 10 General

2025 SMX Playoffs and Closing confirmed

Throughout right this moment’s SMX World Championship season opening press convention in Anaheim, CA, the SMX Leauge introduced that zMAX Dragway at Charlotte Motor Speedway, The Dome at America’s Heart, and The Strip on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host the 2025 SMX World Championship Playoffs and Closing in September.

SMX World Championship Playoff 1 will happen on Saturday, September 6 at zMAX Dragway in Harmony, N.C. and Playoff 2 will happen on Saturday, September 13 on the Dome at America’s Heart in St. Louis, Mo. The SMX World Championship Closing will happen on Saturday, September 20 at The Strip on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas after a really profitable return to town for final 12 months’s championship remaining.

Ducati and Troy Lee Designs be a part of forces within the AMA SX paddock

Ducati and Troy Lee Designs have signed settlement to arrange the Borgo Panigale firm’s entry into the AMA Motocross and Supercross with the Desmo450 MX, with the American crew displaying a Desmo450 MX ‘proto’ model within the paddock, with particular graphics created by the well-known Californian designer.

The presence of Troy Lee Designs, in Ducati Corse colors, will proceed at seven extra rounds of the 2025 AMA Supercross Championship, with a sectioned Desmo450 engine additionally on show, permitting followers to see the workings of the Desmodromic timing system stay.

The Desmo450 MX may also be the protagonist of a particular exhibition on Ducati Island, the circuit space reserved for Ducatisti on the Grand Prix of the Americas, on the COTA circuit in Austin, Texas, on March thirtieth.

In June 2025, the bike is predicted to be obtainable, beginning at chosen European sellers.

Troy Lee Designs Ducati – Tour schedule

• Anaheim 1 Supercross Anaheim, CA January eleventh, 2025
• San Diego Supercross San Diego, CA January 18th, 2025
• Anaheim 2 Supercross Anaheim, CA January twenty fifth, 2025
• Tampa Supercross Tampa, FL February eighth, 2025
• Arlington Supercross Arlington, TX February twenty second, 2025
• COTA MotoGP Austin, TX March thirtieth, 2025
• New Jersey Supercross East Rutherford, NJ April nineteenth, 2025
• Pittsburgh Supercross Pittsburgh, PA April twenty sixth, 2025
• Salt Lake Metropolis Supercross Salt Lake Metropolis, UT Might tenth, 2025

Quad Lock naming sponsor of Honda Racing Group in AMA SX, MX & SMX

Quad Lock has introduced its title sponsorship of the AMA Supercross race-winning Honda crew. The newly christened Quad Lock Honda Racing Group will compete within the 2025 AMA Supercross, Motocross, and SuperMotocross Championships. Group Principal Martin Davalos expressed his pleasure about this partnership, seeing it as an amazing alternative to increase the crew’s attain and join with new followers.

“It is a vital milestone for our crew and the game,” stated Davalos. “Quad Lock’s dedication to supporting groups and athletes globally is clear, and their management out there aligns completely with our objectives. We’re enthusiastic about what we are able to obtain collectively.”

As a part of their engagement, the Quad Lock Honda Group will give away a Joey Savatgy Race Duplicate CRF450R on the finish of the Supercross Championship over within the US, together with different thrilling Quad Lock prizes.