The 2020 Australian MX Nationals series has been reduced to six events, Motorcycling Australia (MA) has formally announced with series promoter Williams Event Management (WEM).

In a bid to stabilise the championship from next season in an increasingly difficult sponsorship climate, MA is expected to further increase its involvement from the following season.

WEM has been a mainstay as the Australian Motocross Championship organiser for over two decades and has established the globally-recognised MX Nationals brand, however, that reign could end at the conclusion of 2020 as a club-managed model is being evaluated.

MA currently promotes both the Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) and Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) with involvement from affiliated clubs, which could serve the basis of a new-look motocross championship as of 2021.

“Motorcycling Australia and Williams Event Management are working together to ensure the the sustainability of the championship series into 2020 and beyond,” a statement distributed to teams this week revealed. “A number of factors have require a number of changes to the calendar and events.

“We had planned the MX Nationals Pro Am at Traralgon in February for the Australian Womens, Vets and Under 19s, [however] due to the extreme dry conditions and high fire danger forecast, we have cancelled the event and will make an announcement in January. We are looking at were we can fit the classes in the MXN calendar.

“The model we have been running over the last five years has had to see some major changes to fit within the current climate. The series will be conducted over six weekends and nine rounds, [including] three double-headers.

“The series will see several changes in order to ensure the development of the model for sustainability and club management into the future. We will be dropping all back-to-back races, so all rounds will have a two-moto format only. There are a number of other change we are looking at and these will be announce in January.”

The MA national calendar initially released in November indicated that the series would be contested over seven events and 10 rounds, which has now been heavily modified as a result of the recent structural decision.

2020 MX Nationals calendar:
Rds 1-2 – 4-5 April – Horsham, VIC
Rd3 – 3 May – Newry, VIC
Rd4 – 24 May – Gympie, QLD
Rd5 – 28 June – Conondale, QLD
Rds 6-7 – 25-26 July – Maitland, NSW
Rds 8-9 – 22-23 August – Coolum, QLD