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Australian Motocross Champions List 125cc Class
New South Wales rider Glen Bell won six 125cc Australian Championships between 1983 and 1991.
HOMEGROWN HEROES
The most successful 125cc racers in the history of the Australian Motocross Championships
1953 to 2001
Back in 2011, Dirt Bike Action magazine ran a feature story titled Homegrown Heroes.
It took a look at the history of Australian Motocross and published a list of the most successful racers in the history of the Australian Championships.
The system
The following points system was used to generate the Top 20 list.
The top three overall results in each class for each year of each championship were counted – allocating:
- three points for the win
- two for second and
- one for third.
Thanks to your support, we now have a complete list of all Australian Motocross Champions and have updated the Most Successful Racer’s List from the very first Australian Championship in 1953 up to today.
Disclaimer
Although all winners in the 125cc class are now known and published, there are still some holes in the minor results for this class.
So these results are based on the information we have to date.
If you can fill in any gaps in the placings, email AMXHistory@Outlook.com now and we’ll adjust the scores.
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The most successful 125cc racers
Glen Bell was clearly Australia’s most ever successful 125cc rider , more than doubling the points of any other rider in this class
1st
Glen Bell (NSW)
20 points
Equal 2nd
Gary Flood (VIC)
Stan Jones (VIC)
9 points
4th
Troy Carrol (VIC)
8 points
5th
Troy Dorron (VIC)
7 points
Equal 6th
Dale Britton (WA)
Jeff Leisk (WA)
Ken Rumble (VIC)
Cameron Taylor (VIC)
Kim Ashkenazi (NSW)
6 points
Equal 11th
Ken Richards (VIC)
Peter Carney (NSW)
Ray Dole (NSW)
Ray Fisher (VIC)
Ray Vandenburg (VIC)
Steve Cramer (VIC)
5 points
Equal 17th
Craig Carmichael (NT)
Craig Dack (NSW)
David Basham (SA)
Michael Byrne (VIC)
Trevor Flood (VIC)
Richard Turner (TAS)
4 points
Victorian rider Ken Rumble won the inaugural 125cc title in 1953, then successfully defended it in 1954
Gary Flood (Victoria) won back-to-back 125cc Australian Championships in 1969-70
New South Wales rider Ray Dole created history in 1961 winning the 125cc championship on a Victa lawnmower powered engine
New Zealander Brian Martin, won the 125cc Australian Championship at Manjimup in 1974 on a Honda (pictured here on a Suzuki)
The 1982 Australian 125cc Champion Ray Vandenberg, from Victoria
Jeff Leisk (WA) won his first senior Australian Motocross Championship in 1981 in Tasmania
Riders to win the most 125cc Championships
Glen Bell (NSW) 6
Gary Flood (VIC) 3
Stan Jones (VIC) 3
Riders to win successive 125cc Championships
Ken Rumble (VIC, 1953-54)
Stan Jones (VIC, 1963-64)
Gary Flood (VIC, 1969-70)
Glen Bell (NSW, 1983-84)
Glen Bell (NSW, 1986-87)
Jimmy Ellis (USA) won the 1985 Australian 125cc Championship at Noble Falls in Western Australia
Dale Britton won the 1996 Australian 125cc Championship series riding for Team Kawasaki – his first year riding for Team Green, alongside Peter Melton (QLD)
1992 Australian 125cc Champion Kim Ashkenazi represented Australia at the Motocross des Nations
Australian
125cc
Motocross Champions
Reigning World 125cc Champion Gaston Rahier from Belgium won the 1975 Australian 125cc Championship in Tasmania, as well as the 250cc and Unlimited classes
1953 Ken Rumble (VIC)
1954 Ken Rumble (VIC)
1955 Class not held
1956 George Bailey (VIC)
1957 Ken Richards (VIC)
1958 Alan Lee (TAS)
1959 Stan Jones (VIC)
1960 Charlie May (VIC)
1961 Ray Dole (NSW)
1962 Class not held
1963 Stan Jones (VIC)
1964 Stan Jones (VIC)
1965 Ian Gaff (VIC)
1966 Ray Owen (VIC)
1967 Leon Street (VIC)
1968 Ray Fisher (VIC)
1969 Gary Flood (VIC)
1970 Gary Flood (VIC)
1971 David Basham (SA)
1972 Edward Lancaster (VIC)
1973 Gary Flood (VIC)
1974 Brian Martin (VIC)
1975 Gaston Rahier (Belgium)
1976 Steve Cramer (VIC)
1977 Darryl Willoughby (SA)
1978 Michael Landman (VIC)
1979 Shane Kirkpatrick (WA)
1980 Peter Carney (NSW)
1981 Jeff Leisk (WA)
1982 Ray Vandenburg (VIC)
1983 Glen Bell (NSW)
1984 Glen Bell (NSW)
1985 Jimmy Ellis (USA)
1986 Glen Bell (NSW)
1987 Glen Bell (NSW)
1988 Jeff Leisk (WA)
1989 Glen Bell (NSW)
1990 Stephen Andrew (VIC)
1991 Glen Bell (NSW)
1992 Kim Ashkenazi (NSW)
1993 Cameron Taylor (VIC)
1994 Joel Elliot (NSW)
1995 Michael Cook (QLD)
1996 Dale Britton (WA)
1997 Troy Carroll (VIC)
1998 Michael Byrne (VIC)
1999 Troy Dorron (VIC)
2000 Kim Ashkenazi (NSW)
2001 Troy Carroll (VIC)
The most successful 125cc racers
(by State)
Jeff Leisk (pictured) and Dale Britton were WA’s highest point scorers in the 125cc class
NSW
1. Glen Bell, 20
2. Kim Ashkenazi, 6
3. Peter Carney, 5
Ray Dole, 5
VIC
1. Gary Flood, 9
Stan Jones, 9
3. Troy Carroll, 8
WA
1. Dale Britton, 6
Jeff Leisk, 6
3. Neville Cutts, 3
Shane Kirkpatrick, 3
SA
1. David Basham, 4
2. Darryl Willoughby, 3
3. Andrew Haydon, 3
QLD
1. Michael Cook, 3
2. Andrew Bailey, 2
David Armstrong, 2
TAS
1. Richard Turner, 4
2. Alan Lee, 3
3. Ian Harrison, 2
NT
1. Craig Carmichael, 4
Videos
Australian 125cc
Championships
1981 -125cc Australian Championship Symmons Plains, Tasmania
1982 -125cc Australian Championship Echo Valley, Toowoomba, Queensland
1985 Australian Motocross Championships Television special Noble Falls, WA
More Australian Championship results and photos
Click on the links to the right to view
Number of 125cc Championship wins by manufacturer
Troy Carroll’s Australian Championship win in 2001 took Yamaha to 11 wins at the top of the Leader’s Board in this class
1. Yamaha, 11 wins
2. B.S.A. and Honda, 8
4. Bultaco, 6
5. Suzuki, 5
6. Kawasaki, 4
7. C.Z, 1
Dole Victa Special
Husqvarna
Montesa
Triumph
125cc Homegrown Heroes stories
125cc Championship Timeline
1953
Ken Rumble wins the first 125cc title on a B.S.A. machine at the inaugural Australian Motocross Championships at Korweinguboora in Daylesford, Victoria.
1958
Triumph’s first championship with George Bailey on a 125cc machine at the Moorebank Army Camp, near Sydney.
1961
New South Wales rider Ray Dole created history winning the 125cc championship on a Victa lawnmower powered engine.
1964
Victorian rider Stan Jones wins his third Australian 125cc Championship at St. Leonards Circuit, Devonport (TAS), also winning successive titles.
1967
Victorian rider Leon Street wins Bultaco’s first 125cc Championship at Mt. Kembla in Woolongong (NSW).
1968
Kawasaki’s first championship with Ray Fisher on a 125cc machine in Collie, Western Australia. Fisher created history winning the first Australian Championship on a Japanese 2-Stroke and the last to win on a British 4-Stroke (in the Unlimited class).
1971
South Australian rider David Basham wins C.Z.’s first and only Australian Championship in the 125cc class at Clarendon in South Australia.
1972
Montesa’s first and only championship with local rider Edward Lancaster winning the 125cc class at
Wallan in Victoria.
1973
Gary Flood wins his third championship on a 125cc machine at Foster Park, Mulbring (NSW).
1974
Honda’s first championship with Brian Martin on a 125cc machine.
1975
Suzuki’s first championship win with Gaston Rahier on a 125cc. The reigning World Champion also won the 250 and 500cc classes that year.
1976
Victorian Steve Cramer becomes the first Australian to win the National 125cc Championship aboard a Suzuki, switching to the Japanese 2-stroke after World Champion Rahier’s tour down under.
1981
Jeff Leisk wins his first senior championship on a Honda 125cc machine at Simmons Plains in Tasmania, having won back-to-back Restricted License Holder titles in 1979-80.
1983
Glen Bell wins his first championship in the 125cc class at Acusa Park in South Australia.
1988
Jeff Leisk returns from Europe to win the 125cc Australian Championship and all classes contested at Mackay in Queensland.
1990
The first time the Australian Championships were contested at separate events – 500cc at Kalgoorlie and 125/250cc classes at Noble Falls (WA) the following week.
1991
Glen Bell wins his sixth Australian 125cc Championship at Noble Falls (WA), the first time separate championships were held at different venues for each class.
1992
A multi-round championship across several states is introduced with Kim Ashkenazi doing it in style winning all three classes.
1993
Cameron Taylor wins his first championship in the 125cc class.
2001
Victorian rider Troy Carroll wins the last 125cc Australian Championship to be held.
2002
A new Pro-Lite class is introduced, replacing the 125’s.
125cc Australian Motocross Champions Poster
Other Australian Motocross Champions (by class)
Well done John, what a hell of a good job you’re doing collating all this history & details together.
Just needs a very special person like you to create & join all th dots together.
Thank you