State Championship

ROUND 2 – 2021 SART CHAMPIONSHIP & SA MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP HEADLINE A HUGE WEEKEND!

May 21, 2021 Filed Under: Motocross, News, Reliability, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, State Championship

ROUND 2 – 2021 SART CHAMPIONSHIP & SA MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP HEADLINE A HUGE WEEKEND!

Saturday – Sedan – The Mike Connors Reliability Trial – the 61^st running of the Keyneton MCC’s longest running annual event heads to Sedan this Saturday for round 2 of the South Australian Reliability Trials Championships, with the first bike due to head out on a 6 hour journey at 9.01am.

What will, at this stage, be a dry journey for the 130+ starters, sees a 2 lap journey of 3 hours each, with the first section, just around the corner from Main Control, being an awesome spectator area, at a local’s personal motocross track. So, come to Main Control in the morning, grab breakfast from the local community catering crew, then a program and directions to the spectator area and head out to watch some awesome action!

20+ sidecars will lead the field the away, followed by the Expert solos, old bikes, ladies and then the Clubman and aged classes – with lap 2 staring at 12.01pm for a 3.00pm finish for bike 1.

As mentioned above, the local Sedan Community Group will be catering the event all day, so please get around them and support their efforts, and especially as some are also our fabulous land owners, without whom those events couldn’t run!

The Keyneton MCC would like to thank all who are making this event happen – especially all of the control keepers who will be sitting out in the dust – and a big shout out to BAROSSA MOTORCYCLES in Nuriootpa for their continued support of the Club.

The SART Committee would like to thank MOBILITY SA, CBS BINS, ECO WASTE SOLUTIONS, BAROSSA 4X4 & OUTDOORS and PETER HENNEKAM’S SKETCHOGRAF for their great support of this SA Championship Series.

Action from the Sedan MX track from 2 years ago – and the winners of the 60th Keyneton MCC ‘Annual Road Trial’ from 2020 – Rowan Pumpa (outright & Mike Connors Trophy) and Max & Sam Hutchesson (sidecar & Weckert/Hollamby Trophy)

2021 EAGLE TRAILERS, CAMPERS & CARAVANS SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSIPS, presented by AMX SUPERSTORE – ROUND 2 THIS WEEKEND IN THE RIVERLAND

Saturday & Sunday – Renmark – SA Motocross Championships round 2 – the 2^nd round of the 2021 South Australian Motocross Championships will kick off early tomorrow morning at Renmark, as the action hots up across all classes of the Championship, led by SA’s amazing future Champions with the junior Classes heading day 1!

Entry for spectators this weekend is a gold coin donation – with all proceeds going to charity – and there will be hot and cold catering all weekend at the Riverland JMC Canteen, with plenty of prime viewing areas at the venue as well.

Camping at the track is also welcome, so head to Sedan, watch the SART action until early arvo, then head to Renmark, catch the last of the junior races, have a feed, roll out the swag, and then wake to some awesome action on Sunday morning, after an egg & bacon sanga of course!

With the juniors heading day 1 – with kids aged from 4 to 16, boys and girls, in action – day 2 will headline the senior competitions, again make and female riders, as well as the oldest juniors (15+) in the Junior Lites class – so both days will feature awesome racing and something for everyone to watch!

All this action from round 1 at Gillman – will be on show this weekend at Renmark as riders start to put their Championship run together, with a huge thanks to fullnoise.com.au for the brilliant pics!

EAGLE TRAILERS, CAMPERS & CARAVANS showed their ongoing commitment to the series, securing the Series Naming Rights sponsorship in a lucrative 2 year deal with AMX SUPERSTORE signing on for the 2021 and 2022 seasons as well. AMX STORE support is totalling $14K including round by round helmet and tyre giveaways, participation prizes, track side sales and much more.

GBF CLOTHING, BANKS RACE DEVELOPMENT, KESSNERS MOTORCYCLES and COAST POWERSPORTS are the other fantastic Championship partners for 2021.

ENTRIES OPEN FOR THE NITSCHKE ENERGY 2021 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS!

May 5, 2021 Filed Under: All disciplines, Enduro, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAORC, State Championship

ENTRIES OPEN FOR THE NITSCHKE ENERGY 2021 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS!

With round 1 of the Nitschke Energy 2021 South Australian Off Road Championships now exactly 1 month away, the SAORC committee is excited to announce that entries for the first 2 rounds at Coonalpyn on June 5 & 6 are now OPEN, with the supp regs also available on the Motorcycling SA website!

The SAROC Committee are also excited to announce a brand new Naming Rights partner for both, the junior and senior Championships for 2021, and it’s a warm welcome, and a big thank you, to Nitschke Energy, for their commitment to the 2021 Championship.

The SAORC Committee also welcome, as a Gold Sponsor to the Championship, Nutrien Ag Solutions, another new partner to the Championship in 2021, and welcome back WSB Distributors and KTM from last year’s Championship as Silver partners, along with Kessner Motorcycles and Robinson Brothers as Bronze partners.

The SAORC are pleased to see new partners coming in to support the Championship, and the continued support from long term partners, giving the Championship a great support from which to continue to grow.

The 2021 Championship is once again a 7 round series, which encompasses much of South Australia’s central and southern regions, will be a combination of Cross County and Sprint events, and will culminate with a combined round of the 2021 Australian Off Road Championship at the awesome Kingston SE venue, with round 5 also the round for the 2021 Club Team Challenge.

All rounds will feature onsite camping, at least for competitors, and, at this stage, will be fully catered, with some great spectating areas, but it must be said, that all of the current COVID-19 restrictions at the time of each round will need to be implemented.

Here is the full Championship series for 2021, with venues and contact numbers;

NITSCHKE ENERGY 2021 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP

Round	Date	Club	Phone	Location	Type
1	5^th June 2021	Gawler MCC	Andrew Krieg 0409 169 693	Coonalpyn	X Country
2	6^th June 2021	Gawler MCC	Andrew Krieg 0409 169 693	Coonalpyn	X Country
3	31st July 2021	Velocette MCC	Ian Haylock 0427 874 754	Harrogate	X Country
4	1^st August 2021	Velocette MCC	Ian Haylock 0427 874 754	Harrogate	Sprint
5	22^nd August 2021	Riverland JMC	Doug Spanos 0417 812 517	Renmark	X Country
6	18^th September 2021	Keyneton MCC	Sean Heidenreich 0414 315 620	Kingston SE	Sprint*
7	19^st September 2021	Keyneton MCC	Sean Heidenreich 0414 315 620	Kingston SE	Sprint*

(Above) The reigning Junior & Senior Riders of the Year – Royden Harrold (left) with his 2021 weapon, and Sean Throup in 2020 action.

Classes for 2021 will be as they were in 2020, with all of the age and machine requirements for each class to be found in the Championship supp regs, but what can be assured is that the 2021 Championship will have a class for all ages and levels of ability, so head to the Motorcycling SA website and get all of the details to get your entries in for rounds 1 & 2 in the sands of Coonalpyn in the South East!!

NITSCHKE ENERGY 2021 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES

JUNIOR CLASSES – 5 (or 6) classes, from age 8 through to age 15 (age as of January 1^st 2021)

Junior Women – **If 4 or more girls in the same class enter THEN a separate class will be created.

(Above) Junior girls Emily Lambert (left) and Emma Haylock will be looking for extra competition this year to ensure a Championship class!

SENIOR CLASSES – 9 classes, from Pro to Clubman, as well as age classes and for the ladies as well!

Pro Class

Expert Open

Clubman Classes

Veterans 35 – 44 years

Masters +45 years

Women All Powers

(Above) Luke Bunnik (left) will be just one of many trying to unseat defending #1 Riley Graham (right) from his perch atop the SAORC!

WHO TO WATCH OUT FOR

The 2021 Championship will once again feature most of the usual suspects from the last few years, but with a few new combatants that have just arrived out of juniors, so the action on the track should make for some great spectating through the year!

Riley Graham will once again be back to defend his #1 plate from 2020, with the likes of Cooper Sheidow, Jayden Rudd, Sean Throup and Luke Bunnik once again trying to knock him off the top step of the podium, but this year add into the mix the likes of 2020 juniors, Alex Krieg, Carl Nitschke, Alex Head, Chad Sparrow and, 2020 Junior Rider of the Year, Royden Harrold, who will all be out to mix it with the established guns!

In the senior age classes, again watch out for the ever improving Rowan Pumpa and Peter Rudd to perhaps dominate their classes, especially if their early AORC form is anything to go by, as both are right in the mix for National honours in 2021, while Chloe Barton will once again lead a strong field of women into battle, and if her AORC form is anything to go by, she may be hard to beat in 2021!

But, it might just be the junior classes will be the ones to watch in 2021, as the Rising Stars, or Tomorrow’s Champions, show just what talent SA has at the present time, so get around these fantastic kids and watch them in action at all of the rounds!

The Gear brothers have set the AORC radar to ‘alert’ after round 1, with Ollie leading the J2 Class after going 2 from 2 at round 1 to lead the Championship, with older brother Davey in a podium position on day 1 in J3, before a crash put him out for the weekend, so he will be itching to bounce back from that – and will also have Thomas Lambert and Wil Carpenter to deal with on the track!

Also keep an eye out for the J3 guns from 2020, Clay Burnett, Seth Carpenter, Oliver Pitchford and Max Midwinter (currently 7^th in J4 at the AORC), as they look to try and grab the #1 plate for juniors here in SA in 2021.

The Junior Women’s Class is also on offer for 2021, with Emily Lambert and SAMX gun, Emma Haylock, keen to get some rounds in, and with some quality competition, so the challenge is there to all of the SA Motocross & Enduro girls – get those entries in and get around the 2021 Championship.

SO, it’s time to fire up – round 1 entries are open and Coonalpyn is only a short month away – and one of the best things about the 2021 Championship; no rounds will require registered or permitted bikes – SO – motorcycles in motocross trim will be allowed!

With thanks to Bianca Smart Photography for the 2020 Championship series pics!

THE SAMX SERIES SET TO LAUNCH, WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF SUPPORT, WITH OVER $30,000 INVESTED INTO THE SERIES.

April 23, 2021 Filed Under: News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, State Championship

THE SAMX SERIES SET TO LAUNCH, WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF SUPPORT, WITH OVER $30,000 INVESTED INTO THE SERIES.

EAGLE TRAILERS, CAMPERS & CARAVANS showed their ongoing commitment to the series, securing the Series Naming Rights sponsorship in a lucrative 2 year deal which will see the business investing over $16K in this period – well surpassing their previous support of the series after a long negotiation.

And, the MSA and SAMX Teams are excited to announce a second major partnership for the 2021 Eagles Trailers, Campers and Caravans series, welcoming AMX Superstores as the Presented By partner, with AMX one of Australia’s largest motorcycle accessory retailers. We thank AMX STORE signing on for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. AMX STORE support is totalling $14K including round by round helmet and tyre giveaways, participation prizes, track side sales and much more.

A focus going forward is to continue to establish and build on the strong alignment between our sponsors and the sport, and BUTLERS MECHANICAL SERVICES and TITANIUM SECURITY AUSTRALIA are undoubtedly the greatest example of this.

BUTLERS MECHANICAL SERVICES continue to raise the bar and their increased pledge into the series in 2021 secured the Naming rights for the Woman’s Class with TITANIUM SECURITY AUSTRALIA supporting the Junior Girls Classes. Titanium Security Australia are a financial supporter as well as providing various communication solutions for our officials and medical at all the events.

GBF CLOTHING is new sponsor of the series and also support local SA Riders. GBF have financially invested in the series as well as committing to 15 Seniors Clothes Packs and 5 Junior GBF Good Sport Clothes packs, valued at over $1500. Look out for their clothing display at each round of the SAMX Championship!!!

BANKS RACE DEVELOPMENT has also jumped on in support of SAMX Series and will be supporting riders with Coaching, Engine and Suspension servicing and performance modifications.

KESSNERS MOTORCYCLES and COAST POWERSPORTS continue their long association with motorsport in general and continue to provide the industry over 70 years of experience between the two outlets north and south of Adelaide.

“This is an incredible result and testament to the commitment of our Sponsoring Partners going forward. The heavy financial investment and 2 year commitment from EAGLE TRAILERS, CAMPERS & CARAVANS and AMX Stores in particularly provides the series genuine stability and the extraordinary investment has generated some serious momentum into the 2021 season ”

Motocross SA Sports Manager

Clint Gow-Smith

DECLAN CARBERRY RIPS THE BITUMEN TO SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE EASTER CUP AT MOUNT GAMBIER!

April 7, 2021 Filed Under: News, Road Racing, State Championship

DECLAN CARBERRY RIPS THE BITUMEN TO SET NEW RECORDS FOR THE EASTER CUP AT MOUNT GAMBIER!

Round 2 of the 2021 SA Championship, which also featured The Easter Cup

here is the race report from Declan Carberry, who set the track alight at Mount Gambier over Easter to become the youngest rider to have his name etched on The Easter Cup trophy. At 16 years of age, our 2018 MSA Rising Star is having a brilliant start to 2021, and a perfect 5 from 5 was the culmination of the hard work he has put into his racing so far!

Here’s what he had to say about the weekend at Mac Park, where the Mount Gambier Club once again ran yet another high quality meeting, with some great racing as the SA Road Race Championship battles hot up!

Here’s what DJ220 had to say;

What an amazing weekend.

Friday was practice I ran the same Tyers I used for the whole 3 hour they had 70+ laps before I started the weekend. Dad changed the set up a little on the bike at home that week. Friday was the day to get used to the bike and changes made.

Everything was working well with the setup.

SATURDAY

Qualifying and race 1

In the first qualifying I went out to scrub in a new front and a 6 lap old rear tyre. I managed to set a lap of 1.11.3. This put me 1st for the 600cc’s and 1st for The Easter Cup. This made me the quickest bike for the first qualifying of all classes.

In qualifying 2 of Superbikes Jamie Banks did a 1.11.2 on his GSX-R1000 and another rider did 1.11.2 so this placed me 3rd for The Easter Cup.

I then went out for my 2nd qualifying to do 4 to 5 laps and see if I couldn’t do a quicker time than them. I pushed as hard as I could and did an 1.10.9 on my 4th lap. This was a new PB for me and it put me back on pole for The Easter Cup.

Race 1 was a 6 lap race. I got a ok start and got thought turn 1 in 1st position, then pushed for 4 laps till I got a big enough lead that I could maintain my gap to 2nd place. I took the chequered flag to take my first 600cc Supersport win.

SUNDAY

Races 2, 3 & 4 PLUS, The Easter Cup.

Races 2, 3 and 4 had great starts and tried to do the same as race 1 coming away with 3 more wins.

This giving me 4 from 4 wins in the 600cc Supersport.

By the time The Easter Cup race came around, I was getting nervous about it as I was the youngest person to put it on pole.

The 2nd quickest 600cc was in 12th.

On the start I was nervous as I had Jamie Banks next to me. The lights went out and him and I both had a great start. Jamie just had more legs to get in to turn 1 quicker Jamie had the inside line, I was right on him for the first 2 laps.

Turn 1 lap 3 I put it up the inside of Jamie and I didn’t believe I was in 1st. For the next 12 laps I pushed like crazy.

Jamie pushed me so hard I stayed in 1st but he kept the gap small. The biggest it got was 3 seconds when we got caught up in lapped traffic.

I came across the line and couldn’t believe I was now the youngest winner, and a 600cc, to have won The Easter Cup.

An awesome weekend where I was lucky enough to have won 5 from 5 races!

Thanks for your support.

#DJ220

Photo credits Pit Lane Studio – with thanks!

And thanks to these awesome sponsors for their continued support;

@Auldana Foundation

Underground Designs

Webb Plastics

Nightmare Designs

South Coast Small Engines

On Track Rider Training

Pit Lane Studio

@mcleads accessories

Personalised Home Designs

Greg Johnson Insurance

Vh Repco

Victor Motorcycles *

Neville Lush

@Pirelli Tyres

GET EXCITED! 2021 SA MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS – ROUND 1 ENTRIES ARE OPEN!

March 31, 2021 Filed Under: Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, State Championship

GET EXCITED!

2021 SA MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS – ROUND 1 ENTRIES ARE OPEN!

After a couple false gate drops, Motorcycling SA and SA Motocross are pleased to announce that entries for round 1 of the 2021 South Australian Motocross Championships are now OPEN!

Round 1 – April 24^th & 25^th at GILLMAN, and hosted by the Motocross Riders Association!

SA Motocross are also excited to welcome back Eagles Trailers, Campers and Caravans as a major sponsor of the Series, along with AMX Superstore who have joined the Series in 2021!

And, as like the past 2 years, SA Motocross are more than excited to welcome back Butler’s Mechanical Services and Titanium Security Australia as the partners of the Senior Women and Junior Girls classes.

So start getting those entries in NOW – and stay tuned for a heap of exciting announcements on the fantastic new partners and supporters coming onboard for 2021 – and beyond!

Supp regs now available on the Motorcycling SA website – and will be emailed to competitors on entry!

And as we say – GET EXCITED!

DECLAN CARBERRY REPORTS ON ROUND 1 OF THE 2021 SA ROAD RACE CHAMPS & THE LEGENDARY 3 HOUR RACE!

March 19, 2021 Filed Under: News, Road Racing, State Championship

Here’s a wrap up of 2018 MSA Rising Star, Declan Carberry’s weekend at Mallala for round 1 of the 2021 South Australian Road Race Championships, as well as the iconic 3 Hour Race – read on ….

Saturday was qualifying and round 1 of the 2021 South Australian Road Race Championships.

In the first qualifying I was sitting in 3rd. Second qualifying I punched harder and got 2nd with a 1.10.4

I was sitting next to Ty Lynch on the grid.

Race 1, I got a terrible start it wheeled twice but I didn’t drop 2nd I sat in 2nd the whole race.

It was an awesome race had lots of fun and learnt lots.

Race 2 had a great start and was right on ty the whole race but wasn’t quite close enough to make a move finished the SA races with 2nd.

At the end of the day I raced in the Steve Martin / Tim Inkster 12 lap race with 1000’s. There was only 2 600s in it and finished in 4th. I was the top 600.

Sunday was the 3 Hour and I was in a team with John Hunt.

We had qualifying first up in the morning, we where running 1st and 2nd.

A little later we had the second qualifying and we qualified 3rd and 4th so we started in 3rd.

John started, he got a great start. He drop to 3rd and we had a couple of faster boys in front of us.

John did 40 laps for his first stint then he came in to the pits for our first changeover.

I went out and pushed for as many laps as my bike could do with the amount of fuel I had in the tank.

I was on my 38th lap and my fuel light came on.

On our changeover we were in 3rd and the gap was quite big to first and to second it was 40 seconds. John came in and I went out with 40 minutes to go. In my last stint I closed the gap up to 26 seconds to second place I kept seeing the minutes left to go and then the last lap board came out so I pushed as hard as I could for the last lap.

John and I finished the 3hour in 3rd and did 147 laps.

I had an awesome weekend of racing.