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The 2021 ProMX Australian Motocross Championship and Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) will combine to stage a double-header event at Queensland Moto Park between 6-8 August.

Rounds seven and eight of the AORC season will take place on the Friday and Saturday, before Sunday will see round six of ProMX on track in the national championship’s first appearance at the Coulson-based venue.

“Motorcycling Australia is ecstatic to announce the final pieces of both the AORC and ProMX Championship calendars for 2021,” commented Motorcycling Australia (MA) CEO Peter Doyle. “This event will be the ultimate off-road and motocross weekend and must attend event in 2021 for Australian off-road and motocross fans.

“Significant work by both the AORC and ProMX management teams have secured this sensational event at QMP, which will provide spectacular racing from Australia’s best enduro and motocross riders.”

Motorcycling Queensland general manager Kim Rowcliffe added: “We are very excited to be able to host the first event with two major Australian championships events running alongside one another in the AORC and the ProMX.

“We have a venue here at Queensland Moto Park that will set up a perfect three days and we know fans will be salivating at the chance to get to Queensland Moto Park for an ultimate weekend of action and we can’t wait to see them there.”

Queensland Moto Park officially opened in December 2011, becoming one of the most frequented riding locations in the state and within an hour and a half of both Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Next year will mark the first time that MA has managed both the AORC and ProMX series internally.

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A 12-round 2021 Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) has been announced, confirming the series will return to full-length next season.

Nowra, NSW, will open with rounds one and two on 27-28 March, before travelling to Victoria – venue TBA – on 17-18 April.

The next stop will take place in Kyogle, NSW, between 17-18 July at the halfway point of the season, then heading further north to a TBA location in Queensland on 6-7 August. South Australia’s Kingston SE will host the penultimate event through 18-19 September.

Next year’s championship finals will take place at Omeo, VIC, between 16-17 October, which will conclude 12 scheduled rounds across the 14 categories for the 2021 AORC season. A return to Tasmania has been indicated for 2022.

2021 Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) calendar:
Rds 1-2 – 27-28 MAR – Nowra, NSW
Rds 3-4 – 17-18 APR – TBA, VIC
Rds 5-6 – 17-18 JUL – Kyogle, NSW
Rds 7-8 – 6-7 AUG – TBA, QLD
Rds 9-10 – 18-19 SEP – Kingston SE, SA
Rds 11-12 – 16-17 OCT – Omeo, VIC

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Australian Aaron Tanti will travel to the US full-time in 2021 after agreeing to join Robbie Wageman at Team Solitaire Nuclear Blast Yamaha for Monster Energy Supercross within 250SX West.

Tanti, 24, lined up in the opening six rounds of this year’s championship and scored a best result of ninth in Oakland, sitting 14th in the point-standings following San Diego when he returned home to the factory-backed Serco Yamaha team.

“I’m really excited to be doing the full Supercross season with the support of Team Solitaire Nuclear Blast Yamaha,” Tanti commented. “Competing in the United States has been a dream of mine since before I can remember. The whole team has been working extremely hard to make this a smooth transition and I’m really excited to begin preparing for the west region Supercross championship.”

Californian native Wageman will continue with Team Solitaire Nuclear Blast Yamaha next season, the 21-year-old earning a best finish of 12th at Glendale and going on to finish 17th overall in the championship.

“2020 was a crazy year for not only me and the team, but for the whole industry,” Wageman reflected. “I think we made steps toward where we all want to be, but we have more to give. I also think it’s important to recognize both Feld and MX Sports for doing an amazing job to keep us racing – I couldn’t be more stoked to get behind that gate in 2021.”

Team manager Ryan Clark added: “I could not be more pleased with our riders, staff and technicians entering the 2021 season. Robbie has grown a lot in 2020 and I am excited to watch him realize his goals and turn some heads. I have been watching Aaron develop in Australia since 2018 and, after several impressive rides in 2020, we knew that he would make a great addition to the Team Solitaire program.”

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An eight-round 2021 ProMX Australian Motocross Championship calendar will commence in April, Motorcycling Australia (MA) has confirmed as potential locations to feature in the inaugural series have surfaced.

While the sport’s governing body continues to release light-on information in regards to the inaugural series, information has been more widespread behind the scenes within the industry.

Venues linked to the series behind closed doors currently include Wonthaggi, Albury, Gillman, Canberra, QMP, Mackay and Coolum, however the changing landscape of could see further revisions made before a final schedule is formally released. There will be eight rounds across seven events, with a single double-header planned.

MA has only announced at this moment that ProMX will launch on 11 April and run through until mid-August, which is a similar window to what the previous MX Nationals series had operated within over the course of the past decade. It appears that Wonthaggi in Victoria will be host of the season-opener and Coolum could continue as the traditional finals, however, confirmation is yet to arrive.

“There has been significant work undertaken by the ‘ProMX Management Team’ over many months to secure the right locations and venues, to create the best possible ProMX championship calendar for 2021,” commented MA CEO Peter Doyle.

“Locking in the 2021 calendar is a critical step forward in the preparation for a not to be missed ProMX championship. We know teams are eager to go racing and motocross fans are eager to see the fierce action on track that the ProMX championship will deliver.”

MA has indicated that the official calendar could be released late next week, with ‘new event formats and schedules’ to be introduced as part of the organiser’s push to bring in a successful new era of the Australian Motocross Championship.