bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup (OJC) competitors Angus Grenfell and Cormac Buchanan will test themselves against world’s best junior road racers after being nominated by the OJC academy to be fast tracked through to the 2020 Red Bull Rookies Cup selection event. The invitation-only event, which will take place over three days at a circuit […]
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Weekend Round-Up: Aussies on the world stage
What a weekend it was in the world of motorcycle racing! Check out our weekly wrap and find out what some of the Aussie riders got up to over the weekend via their social media pages. 24-year-old Jack Miller made a welcome return to the MotoGP podium at the tenth round of the championship […]
bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Profile: Jai Russo
This weekend’s bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup rider is Jai Russo, who hails from Narellan, New South Wales. Currently sitting in twelfth place in this years Oceania Junior Cup (OJC) Championship, Russo’s love for motorcycle racing began in 2014 after attending the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at the ‘Island’. We sat down with the twelve […]
European bound for Stauffer in September
Current Australian Supersport 300 Championship points leader, Max Stauffer, will formally make his racing debut in Europe in two months’ time in partnership with BSP – Bike Sport Promotions. The fifteen-year-old will race in the Yamaha R3 Cup Championship in the Internationale Deutsche Superbike-Meisterschaft (IDM) at the Hockenheimring in Germany and the Bennetts British Superbike […]
TomEGun On Tour Part 6: No smiles at the back of the grid!
2017 YMF R3 Cup champion, 2017 Australian Supersport 300 runner-up, and Motorcycling Australia (MA) supported rider Tom Edwards (known by his online moniker ‘TomEgun’) is competing in his second year of the FIM World Supersport 300 Championship in 2019 with the ParkinGo team. Throughout the season he’s keeping a diary of his experiences, and you’re […]
Be part of the Next Generation of Champions: Applications for the 2020 Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup open soon!
Registration for the 2020 Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup (IATC) will be open soon, giving a whole new crop of young riders from Asia and Oceania the chance to apply to join the Road to MotoGP™. Registration opens on 5th July , and Motorcycling Australia (MA) encourages outstanding young racers from all disciplines to apply. The […]
Bramich’s Blog: WSSP300 Round 4, Jerez
2018 Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) Supersport 300 Champion, Tom Bramich, continues to chase his dream in Europe in the 2019 FIM World Supersport 300 Championship (WSSP300), supported by Carl Cox-RT Motorsports by SKM-Kawasaki. This week, we join Tom in Spain for the Acerbis Spanish Round of the World Superbike Championship (June 5-7), where […]
BLU CRU OCEANIA JUNIOR CUP PROFILE: MARIANOS NIKOLIS
His sporting idol is Valentino Rossi, and whether he’s on or off the bike, there is little difference between Rossi and this week’s bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup profile, Marianos “Nos” Nikolis. Describing himself in three words as underestimated, determined and courageous, 11-year-old Nos continues to take the mischievous yet focussed attitude of his sporting […]
‘TomEgun’ on Tour Part 5: Heating up in Jerez
2017 YMF R3 Cup champion, 2017 YMI Australian Supersport Runner-Up and Motorcycling Australia (MA) supported rider Tom Edwards (known by his online moniker ‘TomEgun’) is competing in his second year of the FIM World Supersport 300 Championship in 2019 with the ParkinGo team. Throughout the season he’s keeping a diary of his experiences, and you’re […]
FIM Racing Homologation Programme for helmets comes into force
After a huge amount of combined effort and collaboration between all the main stakeholders, the FIM Racing Homologation Programme for helmets (FRHP) came into force for Grand Prix and Superbike racing as of 3 June. This marks an important moment for the programme with the original meeting between the interested parties having taken place almost […]
Wild Card applications now open for 2019 Pramac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
Motorcycling Australia (MA) is now accepting applications for Wild Card riders to compete in the MotoGP and Moto3 classes at the 2019 Pramac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, to be held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit from 25-27 October this year. This opportunity will allow four Australian riders (two each in MotoGP and Moto3) […]
Aussie sidecar competitors to tackle the Isle of Man TT
The Isle of Man TT is a fabled event amongst the worldwide motorcycle community, a true test of man and machine pitted against the sweeping and picturesque backdrop of the sixty kilometre long Snaefell Mountain Course on the closed country roads of the small island in the Irish Sea. Starting this weekend (25 May) and […]
Wildcard Appearance to spice up Horsell Consulting F1 and F2 Sidecar Championship
2017 F1 Champion Dave Boughen is set to return to the Horsell Consulting F1 and F2 Sidecar Championship, competing as a wildcard in Round 2 of the 2019 Championship, to be held as part of the Masters of Morgan Park event at Morgan Park Raceway, Queensland on the 18th and 19th of May 2018. Boughen, […]
‘TomEgun’ on Tour Part 4: Rain puts a dampener on Imola WSBK
2017 YMF R3 Cup champion, 2017 YMI Australian Supersport Runner-Up and Motorcycling Australia (MA) supported rider Tom Edwards (known by his online moniker ‘TomEgun’) is competing in his second year of the FIM World Supersport 300 Championship in 2019 with the ParkinGo team. Throughout the season he’s keeping a diary of his experiences, and you’re […]
Canberra Round of MotoStars Series Cancelled
Motorcycling Australia (MA) regrets to advise members that Round 4 of the MotoStars Series, incorporating the 2019 Australian Junior Road Racing Championships (AJRC) due to take place in Canberra from 25-26 May 2019, has been cancelled. MotoStars, promoters of both the MotoStars Series and the AJRC, advised MA the decision to cancel the event was […]
JASON O’HALLORAN OULTON PARK PREVIEW
Jason O’Halloran heads to Cheshire for the second round of the British Superbike championship which takes place at Oulton Park over the May Day Bank Holiday. He came away from Silverstone with no points in the bag as he was knocked off his bike while leading the first race on the last lap and was […]
Toparis and Simpson Lose Their Winning Streak To Liminton and Ford At The Bend
As the sun shone down on The Bend Motorsport Park, South Australia today, spectators and competitors alike were settling in for breathtaking competition in the Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship’s (ASBK) Australian Supersport and YMI Supersport 300 classes. Running in conjunction with the International MotoFest and Round 2 of the Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC), […]
Staring the Star of the Show at The Bend Motorsport Park
Bryan Staring (Kawasaki BCperformance, Kawasaki ZX10RR) has lept into the lead of the 2019 Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) with a clean-sweep of all three races at The Bend Motorsport Park for Round 3 during International MotoFest, alongside Round 2 of the Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC). Staring had the edge over his opponents […]
Broc Parkes Leads Home a Second Aussie 1-2 at The Bend
Yamaha Racing Team ASEAN’s Broc Parkes (Yamaha YZF-R1) has taken out a thrilling battle here in Race 2 for Round 2 of the Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) at The Bend Motorsport Park for International MotoFest (April 25-28), ahead of fellow Australian and Race 1 winner Bryan Staring (Kawasaki Thailand Racing Team, Kawasaki ZX10RR). After […]
Aussie Bryan Staring Claims Race 1 of Asia Road Racing Championship Round 2
A thrilling race between two Australians at the head of the Asia Road Racing Championship field saw the Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship rider Bryan Staring (Kawasaki Thailand Racing Team, Kawasaki ZX10RR) take the honours in Race 1 of Round 2 of the 2019 Asia Road Racing Championship. Staring, riding as an injury replacement for […]