2025 AUSX SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

The 2025 Boost Mobile AUSX Supercross Championship had no right being this good. Five rounds, four states, 6,500 tonnes of dirt in Marvel, back-to-back sell-outs in Redcliffe, a packed Sharks Stadium and a heaving Adelaide finale – it all combined into one of the most intense, emotional and downright entertaining seasons Australian supercross has ever seen. From SX1 all the way down to the KTM SX85 Futures and Yamaha 65 Cup kids, every class had a story, every gate drop had consequence, and every main event felt like it could flip the championship on its head.

Up top, the SX1 story belonged to Dean Wilson. The Quad Lock Honda rider didn’t just win the title – he owned the season, claiming eight of ten finals while carrying the heaviest personal load of his career. Behind the Scot, Cedric Soubeyras ground out a battered and brave runner-up finish and Hayden Mellross turned a privateer program into third in the nation. Throw in a one-off Marvel masterclass from Jett Lawrence, Hunter Lawrence dragging himself onto the AUSX Open podium, plus Clout, Tanti, Nicoletti and co banging bars all year, and SX1 felt more like a world tour stop than a domestic series.

SX2 was pure theatre. American imports, returning champions and young Aussies all took their swing, but when the dust finally settled in Adelaide, it was DeWalt Yamaha’s Ryder Kingsford who emerged as the 2025 champion. Lux Turner opened the year with a bang, Cole Thompson and Shane McElrath lit up Marvel, and Alex Larwood came within three points of stealing the whole thing at the final round. Add in Tigers, Cannons and Budds nipping at their heels, and SX2 became the class where every mistake mattered and every pass could cost a title.

And then there was the future. SX3 saw Kayd Kingsford ride a rollercoaster of chaos to clinch the Protraxx crown, while in KTM SX85 Futures, Blake Bohanon turned a 30-point cushion into a heart-attack-inducing scrap for survival before finally sealing the deal with a strapped thumb and a battered bike. From Bohanon and Malinoski to the Yamaha 65 Cup groms, the kids proved the pipeline is healthy and hungry. This was a season where legends, title favourites, underdogs and juniors all delivered – and in the middle of it all, Dean Wilson and Ryder Kingsford wrote the chapters that will define 2025.

An emotional season

f the 2025 Boost Mobile AUSX Supercross Championship is remembered for anything, it’ll be the year SX1 delivered every ingredient you want from a premier-class storyline: dominance, chaos, world-class cameos, privateer heroics and the kind of emotional weight that made every main event feel bigger than the points on offer. And right at the centre of it all was Dean Wilson, a rider who turned tragedy into a title campaign for the ages.

The story began in Redcliffe, where Wilson rolled into Round 1 carrying a burden no athlete should have to shoulder.“You know, even beforehand, all summer’s been very tough for me, dealing with everything,” he explained. “I was spending every day with my mum in the hospital… just spending as much time as I could. Then obviously I had to leave, which was really hard.”

He dominated the opener anyway, carving through from outside the top five to pass Luke Clout and check out. Twenty-four hours later, he woke up to the news his mum had passed away. “I woke up Sunday morning before Round 2 and found out that she had passed, which was really, really tough. And of course, it was on a race day. But if you guys knew my mum, she’s a tough old Scottish woman and she would tell me to get my arse in gear and get back out there. So I just did my best – it was not easy at all.”

What followed was one of the most powerful responses we’ve seen in Aussie supercross. Wilson went out that night and swept both mains, riding with the kind of focus that comes when there’s nothing left to protect. “After Redcliffe I was in such a better mental place because she’s not suffering anymore,” he said. “The season couldn’t have went better when it comes to results. To finish second in Melbourne, I was happy with that as well. It was just solid… I can’t complain.”

From there, the championship momentum snowballed. A double in Redcliffe, another overall in Cronulla – even if that one came with extra drama. Initially penalised for allegedly jumping through a red cross flag in the whoops, Wilson was bumped off the top step, only to win the round back on appeal.

“I skimmed the whoops on the last lap and I didn’t see a red cross till three or four whoops from the end,” he said. “Anyone that’s got an IQ in racing knows you can’t be skimming and then just hit the brakes and start rolling. They made the call without even seeing it. We appealed it with footage, slowed-mo, everything – they really didn’t have a leg to stand on. We ended up winning the appeal, which was good, and they made the right choice.”

The other key piece of the puzzle was his starts – the one thing that ate at him from 2024. “From what I learned last year, and it really ate at me, was my starts,” he admitted. “I feel like I blew that on myself from just not capitalising on my starts. This year I really wanted to lock in on them. I didn’t expect it to go as well as it did, to be honest, but I felt very comfortable on the bike and I was in a pretty good mind space after the first two rounds.”

Then came Melbourne and the 10th Anniversary AUSX Open – the Lawrence brothers, a 30,000-plus crowd and the biggest track of the year. Jett took the win, but Dean did exactly what he needed to. “If there was a chance, the closest I’d ever get would be at that race,” he said. “They have a lot to lose; I don’t really have as much to lose. My starts absolutely sucked in Melbourne, but I came through well. In that second main I knew I had second overall and I was happy with that – I was just being smart, doing what I had to do.”

By the time the series rolled into Adelaide for the Grand Final, Wilson carried a 42-point lead. He only needed to manage it. Instead, he went out and won again. “I’m not going 100% flat-out at the beginning of the race,” he explained. “I ramp up when it’s a good time to ramp it up. If I’m in the lead and I’ve got a little cushion, there’s really no need to be going 100%. You get paid the same whether you win by two seconds or 10. It’s just about making smart decisions and smart riding.”

Behind him, Cedric Soubeyras produced one of the gutsiest runner-up seasons in recent memory with four cracked ribs, while Hayden Mellross turned a privateer program into a fairytale third overall. Clout, Tanti, Nicoletti, Walsh and the rest ensured there were no easy laps anywhere on the calendar.

In the end, Dean Wilson’s 2025 SX1 title wasn’t just dominant – it was meaningful. Eight wins from ten finals, four round victories, and a season defined by perseverance. “I don’t win like I used to, so I cherish the wins we do get,” he said. “I was locked in. Life is short – you have to give it your all, and you also have to have fun.”

Australian supercross is better for having watched it happen.

Ryder almost down!

If SX1 was the headline act of the 2025 AUSX season, SX2 was the knife-edge thriller running underneath it and at the centre of it all was Ryder Kingsford, who turned a stacked mid-capacity field into his own long game of patience, pressure and points management.

On paper, the early story belonged to Lux Turner. The Yamalube Yamaha rider came out swinging in Redcliffe, going 1–1 across the opening double-header and instantly marking himself as the guy to beat. While chaos, pile-ups and first-turn dramas claimed big names like Wilson Todd, Shane McElrath and Jack Burn, Turner just kept nailing starts and stretching a handy early lead in the DeWalt SX2 Championship. Behind him, Kingsford quietly went to work, not always the flashiest, but always there, banking results and keeping himself in the fight.

The funny thing is, Ryder actually came into Round 1 feeling sharp, even if the results didn’t show it.

“Yeah, I mean, obviously I felt really good coming into Redcliffe. I don’t think my results really showed how I was feeling on the bike. I had a little bit of a mishap probably about three weeks out of Redcliffe and had a bit of a niggling ankle injury. But coming into Redcliffe, I felt like it was in a good enough place to where I was sort of 95%.

“I think especially the first night, I was just way too cautious. I got bad starts and by the time you know, eight laps around a 40-second track, it’s not much to work with, so I just struggled trying to get through the pack. I was just really cautious trying to make passes and get around people and by the time I figured out that I needed to be a bit more aggressive and really run in on people, the chequered flag was out.

“It kind of got me pretty angry, to be honest, for Sunday. I definitely started off a lot better Sunday… and that angriness sort of made me have a few mistakes in the second race.

By the time the series rolled into Cronulla, that “angry” Redcliffe hangover had turned into intent. Round 3 gave us one of the most balanced SX2 nights of the season: Turner and Kingsford ended the evening tied on points, with Turner getting the overall on countback after an intense second final where the pair traded blows and lines all the way to the flag.

Ryder says Cronulla was the night his season finally looked on paper the way it felt on the bike. “Leaving Cronulla finally showcased that that was me, that was my riding. That’s how I should be every week. We had a four-week break after that, so it was good to be able to stay motivated. I was pretty happy with Cronulla, but you always got more as a racer. We tied on points but I got second overall. I was stoked to get the race win and be up the front like that, but at the same time I really wanted that win. It was good motivation for the next three, four weeks going into Marvel.”

Marvel Stadium raised the stakes again. It was Canadian Cole Thompson who stole the show on the night, winning the overall from defending champ McElrath, with Kingsford right there in third and very much in title mode. While others got sucked into the chaos, Ryder stuck to the same template.

Marvel was also where the championship dynamic changed. Turner’s big crash over the net took the primary title rival out of the picture. “At the end of the day, I don’t want to see him go out the way he did. I’m going to win a championship, I want to win it fair and square… he was obviously riding so well before that.

“It would have been unreal for the team to go 1–2 in the Supercross Championship. It was definitely a different position to be in, but at the end of the day I just had to do my job and put my head down and race my race.”

All of that set up Adelaide. Small floor, tight 38–40 second lap times, and a straight-up points arm-wrestle between Kingsford and Alex Larwood, who had the home-state momentum and raw speed to blow the whole thing apart. On the night, Larwood did exactly what he needed to, winning the round and proving again that his ceiling is as high as anyone’s in the class. But Kingsford played the long game.

“After the heat race, I was feeling really good. In all honesty, I didn’t really think too much about the championship, I just wanted to go and win this race. After I went down in the first turn, my head changed a little bit and it went into sort of championship mode and it was like, just pass as many people as I could.

“I think that was the best riding I did all weekend. I think I passed about five people in the first lap. By the time I got into third place, I knew I was about half a straight to a straight behind the leaders and with eight laps around a 38-second track, it’s pretty hard to catch that up.

Race 2 was pure stress. The team had given him the numbers, Larwood hit the front early, and Ryder had another tip-over to deal with. “For sure I was counting. Especially after the start that I had and trying to make my way through the pack. The team told me before the second race where I needed to finish if Alex was to hypothetically win the race.

“A couple of laps in things started to calm down a little bit and I was able to look over and see Alex was in the lead, so I knew roughly where I needed to finish to get the championship. I definitely made it a lot more stressful than it needed to be with another little tip-over.

“I’ve ever picked my bike up from a crash so fast before. I picked it up and I did the triple straight away and I just took one big deep breath. I knew where I needed to be – I just needed to pass the two people in front of me.

“The only major change we did all weekend was change to a paddle tyre. We do so much practice on a paddle, we know what they do. When I rode press day on Friday, we got a taste of the dirt… I put one on for second practice on Saturday and it never came off.”

“I think I’m the first Aussie to win it since 2018 and that was actually with Jay when he was at that team. That was their last championship and the last Aussie to win it.

In a year where SX2 delivered drama at every round, Ryder Kingsford walked away as the bloke who handled it best. It wasn’t the cleanest campaign, but that’s the point. When the season tried to unravel, he kept tying it back together. That’s why his name goes on the #1 plate.

 SX1 Championship

1. Dean Wilson – Honda
2. Cédric Soubeyras – Honda
3. Hayden Mellross – KTM
4. Dylan Walsh – KTM
5. Luke Clout – Kawasaki

SX2 Championship

1. Ryder Kingsford – Yamaha
2. Alex Larwood – Honda
3. Rhys Budd – Kawasaki
4. Lux Turner – Yamaha
5. Jake Cannon – Kawasaki

SX3 Championship

1. Kayd Kingsford – Honda
2. Jack Deveson – Husqvarna
3. Ryder Malinoski – Yamaha
4. Jet Alsop – Honda
5. Koby Hantis – Yamaha

85 Cup Championship

1. Blake Bohannon – Yamaha
2. Ollie Birkitt – KTM
3. Luis Cannon – KTM
4. Deegan Fort – Yamaha
5. Zander Kruik – KTM