Riding a Kawasaki 500, Billy Liles was the top US rider finishing second and third overall in his two motos.   Mike La Rocco on a Kawasaki 250 was close behind with a second and fourth placing.    But it was Jeff Emig’s special performance on his 125cc Yamaha, which really clinched the US team’s victory.  Up against the bigger 250 and 500cc machines he placed an incredible fifth and seventh, respectively, to be the best 125cc on the day.  

Belgium rider Marnicq Bervoets riding a 250 Yamaha was the standout rider on the day finishing first and second in his motos.  He helped steer Belgium to second overall.  Veteran and multi World Champion Georges Jobé  finished fourth and sixth in his two Motos on a Honda 500.  

Belgium 125cc rider Stefan Everts finished sixth on his Suzuki 125 up against the big 500 machines.  But their hopes faded when he finished outside the top 15 in his final moto.

British 500cc rider Kurt Nichol (KTM) finished third and first respectively to be the second best rider on the day behind Bevoets.  Riding a 250 Rob Herring’s third and eighth placings on his Honda guided England to third overall.

The 1992 results highlighted the changing fortunes of the top nations.  As Motocross was invented by the British, it was only fitting that they would dominate the early stages of the MXdN.  But forty years down the track the sport has been perfected by the Americans.  

The US team won their 12th MXdN in a row and were within sights of Great Britain’s 15 total wins. The Americans now (as at 2020) have 22 Total wins 22, with the British stuck on 16,  have only won one more MXdN – in 1994.  

Belgium ended US domination in the nineties winning in 1995, 1997 and 1998. However, the US bounced back to win seven in a row between 2005 to 2011.  But in recent years it has been the French who have dominated the MXdN winning five in a row between 2014 to 2018.

Without doubt the 1992 MXdN was the biggest and most successful motocross event ever staged in Australia.  

Those who attended will remember this event for life and witnessing World Champion Jean Michel Bayle’s last motocross race before he turned to road racing in 1993.  Frenchman Bayle was a two-time World Motocross Champion who also competed in the United States in 1991, becoming the first rider to win all three major AMA motocross championships in the same year (Supercross, 250cc and 500cc).