Motorcycle racing has four more inductees into the very exclusive Australian Motorsport Hall of Fame – supercross superstar Chad Reed and International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) heroes Jessica Gardiner, Tayla Jones and Jemma Wilson – while two-time MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner has been elevated to Legend status.
The ceremony took place at the 2025 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 13, with Reed, Gardiner, Jones and Wilson inducted alongside four other motorsport luminaries: Chris Matheson (Top Fuel motorcycle drag racing), Leo Geoghegan (Gold Star champion and Japanese Grand Prix winner), David Sera (an 18-time national karting champion) and John Sidney (speedway and NASCAR crew chief).
This year’s ceremony brings the total number of inductees in the Australian Motorsport Hall of Fame, which celebrates the achievements of Australian motorsport over 125 years, to 99.
Meanwhile, Stoner is now officially a Legend alongside Sir Jack Brabham, Alan Jones and fellow MotoGP icon Mick Doohan, who was a special guest at the induction ceremony.
Stoner’s induction recognises his outstanding contribution to the sport, with 38 Grand Prix victories, including six consecutive wins at Phillip Island, and World Championships in 2007 and 2011.
Reed, the former AMA and world supercross champion, accepted his award via a pre-recorded message – while Jones made a rapid dash from America after finishing third in last weekend’s round of the Grand National Cross Country Series in Alabama to join Gardiner and Wilson on stage at Albert Park.
The trailblazing trio of the now retired Wilson, Gardiner and Jones combined to win the Women’s World Trophy at the ISDE from 2013-2018, with Gardiner and Jones also scooping individual honours during a golden period for Australian enduro.
Gardiner and Jones are still eyeing off a seventh Women’s World Trophy, too, putting themselves in the mix for selection at this year’s event in Italy!
Membership of the Australian Motorsport Hall of Fame is so exclusive that it accounts for less than one inductee per year since motorsport first began in Australia on January 1, 1901, the day Federation was declared.
Motorcycling Australia is a stakeholder alongside Motorsport Australia, Karting Australia, Australian National Drag Racing Association and Speedway Australia.
Other motorcycle racing inductees include Phil Crump, Jason Crump, Eric Hinton, Stefan Merriman, Gary Flood, Ken Kavanagh, Mat Mladin, Billy Sanders, Troy Bayliss, Kel Carruthers, Wayne Gardner, Leigh Adams, Troy Corser, Tom Phillis, Lional van Praag, Craig Dack and Jack Ahearn.
