A new bunch of Australian motocross champions was crowned at Queensland Moto Park (QMP) on August 1-2 as the 2026 Penrite ProMX Championship presented by AMX Superstores (ProMX) came to a thrilling conclusion.

With Jed Beaton (Monster Energy CDR Yamaha) having already secured the Kawasaki MX1 spoils a week before in Conondale, QMP saw Alex Larwood, Hayden Draper and Lachlan Turner wrap up the other major ProMX titles: Pirelli MX2, Maxxis MX3 and Ezilift MXW.

For Draper (Monster Energy WBR Yamaha) and Turner (Monster Energy Yamalube Yamaha), their paths to championship success were straightforward – especially Turner, who completed a perfect season – while Larwood’s path wasn’t as smooth after he went down in the opening MX2 moto and finished 12th – his mistake magnified even more after his Honda Racing Australia teammate and main rival Kayd Kingsford waltzed to his third win of the season.

It all came down to the second moto, but Larwood’s second place behind Kingsford was enough to hold on in a nailbiter.

In other racing at QMP, Ryder Madafiglio (Husqvarna) wrapped up the KTM Group MX65 Futures series, while Luke Weaver (Husqvarna) and Robbie Marshall (Yamaha) are the new Australian 30-39 and over 40 veterans’ champions.

Kawasaki MX1
There may not have been a Kawasaki MX1 championship on the line at QMP, but it was far from a dull affair with the battle for second overall still very much alive between Kyle Webster (Honda Racing Australia) and Aaron Tanti (Monster Energy CDR Yamaha).

And it was Tanti who rose to the challenge, with his 2-1 results proving too much for Webster (3-4) as Yamaha celebrated its first 1-2 in the premier class since Jay Marmont and Josh Coppins completed the quinella way back in 2011.

Nathan Crawford (Honda Racing Australia, 1-2) also scored major points at QMP, and he finished the title on 279pts behind Beaton (373pts), Tanti (321pts) and Webster (312pts) and ahead of Todd Waters (Raceline Husqvarna TDUB, 210pts) who signed off on a stellar local and international career at the season finale.

Zachary Watson (KTM Factory Racing, 196pts) was sixth in the championship.

Pirelli MX2
Kingsford held up his end of the Pirelli MX2 battle at QMP quite magnificently with his first clean sweep in a stellar rookie season.

Meanwhile, Larwood’s heavy crash in moto one damaged his bike, but he rallied to gain valuable points before a second in the final moto saw him secure the championship by 7pts (337 to 330) over Kingsford.

“I definitely didn’t make it easy on myself. The crash in race one was massive and every thought imaginable went through my head,” said Larwood.

“Thankfully I wasn’t badly injured and the team did an incredible job getting my bike back together. I knew what I needed to do in the second race, rode smart and brought it home.

“My family and I have experienced the highest highs and some incredibly difficult lows, so to finally win this championship means everything.”

Larwood now heads to the United States of America to contest the final three rounds of the AMA Pro Motocross Championship.

Reid Taylor (Honda, 3-3) was second overall at QMP from Dylan Walsh (KTM Factory Racing, 2-5), the latter finishing third in the championship on 287pts from teammate Byron Dennis (274pts), Ryder Kingsford (Honda Racing Australia, 248pts) and Noah Ferguson (Monster Energy Yamalube Yamaha, 238pts).

Maxxis MX3
Draper became the Maxxis MX3 champion at the earliest possible juncture – the opening moto after he finished fourth and main challenger Heath Fisher (Honda Racing Australia) was well back in 11th.

That distinguished all hope for Fisher, whose day then went from bad to worse after in-form KTM pair Riley Burgess and Seth Morrow then bumped him down to fourth in the final standings.

The ProMX finale probably came at the right time for Draper, as Morrow’s thumping late season form continued at QMP with his fifth and sixth victories in a row. Another round or two and it could have been very interesting…

Morrow won the final round from Burgess (2-2), Hayden Downie (Yamaha, 3-7), Seth Thomas (GASGAS, 8-3), Jobe Dunne (Yamaha, 6-4) and Draper (4-6).

Ezilift MXW
Turner has been a colossus in the Ezilift MXW class from start to finish, and QMP was more of the same as the 19-year-old finished the season on maximum points (200) ahead of Taylah McCutcheon (JPM 360 Kawasaki, 156pts) and ousted defending champion Charli Cannon (Honda Racing Australia, 154pts).

Turner is now the first American to win an Australian motocross title since PJ Larsen (Pro Lites) in 2010 – when Turner was three years old! – and before that you’d have to go back to 1999 when the legendary Eddie Warren claimed the 250cc and 500ccc double.

Turner was challenged by both McCutcheon (who scored both holeshots) and Cannon (who led the second moto before crashing) at QMP), but ultimately her poise and speed were again the key drivers to success.

Cannon (2-2) and McCutcheon (3-3) were second and third overall at QMP from Madi Simpson (Yamaha, 5-4), Emma Milesevic (Honda, 4-5) and Darci Whalley (Honda, 7-6).

Milesevic was fourth in the championship from Whalley and Simpson.

KTM Group MX65 Futures
While Joe Thurlby (KTM) went on a final round blitz, Madafiglio (3-3) kept a cool head to wrap up the KTM Group MX65 Futures class which he had led from the first moto of the season.

Madafiglio finished the three-round series on 134pts from Hudson Francis (Yamaha, 125pts) and Thurlby (122pts). Ollie Cale (KTM, 103pts) and Stella Harding (Yamaha, 85pts) were next.

A large chunk of the MX65 Futures riders, as well as those from the Fox Racing MX85 Cup and MX3 classes, will now turn their attention to the 2026 KTM Australian Junior Motocross Championship in Mooroopna (Vic) from September 28 until October 3.

MXV
Weaver (30-39) and Marshall (Over 40) didn’t give their opposition a sniff at QMP with two victories apiece in the two All Powers championship classes.

After finishing second in 2025, Weaver has now gone one better in the 30-39 bracket, while for the talented Marshall it was his first Australian championship after being a major supercross force in the early- to mid-2000s.

Yamaha duo Mitchell Budd and Raymond Cole were second and third in 30-39, and in the Over 40s Ashley Erbacher (Yamaha) and Steven Powell (Husqvarna) joined Marshall on the dais.