Back in 2011, Dirt Bike Action magazine ran a feature story titled Home-grown 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 10 list for the MX1 class.  

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.
  

The Australian motocross classes were completely revamped at the turn of the century when the breakthrough lightweight 4-stroke machines started dominating the sport.

Australia introduced the MX2 Class in 2002 – for two-stroke engines up to 125cc and four-stroke motors up to 250cc – with the new powerful four-stroke technology and environmentally-friendlier engines driving the change.

The Federation International Motorcycles (FIM) switched over to the new MX1, MX2 and MX3 classes for the 2004 World Motocross Championship season.

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 and place-getters are known for the MX2 class, there are still some holes in the minor results for some classes.   

So these other 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.