2023 New Zealand Motocross Championship

The 2023 New Zealand Motocross Championship season was the 49th New Zealand Motocross Championship season.[1]

The series had four rounds across the country, running from early February to late March. This was the first championship since 2021, as the previous year's competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Hamish Harwood was the reigning champion in the MX1 category, after taking his fifth national title in 2021.[3] However, he would eventually finish as runner-up to Maximus Purvis, who took his first MX1 national title.[4] In the MX2 class, Cody Cooper won his tenth senior national title overall, after dropping back into the class for 2023.[5]

The third round of the championship was originally scheduled to take place at the Hawke's Bay track. Following Cyclone Gabrielle, the round had to be cancelled with the final round at Taupō being converted into a double-header in its place.[6]

Race calendar and results

[1]

MX1

Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Race 3 Winner Round Winner
1 12 February Balclutha[7] New Zealand Hamish Harwood New Zealand Hamish Harwood New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Hamish Harwood
2 26 February Rotorua New Zealand Cody Cooper New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis
3 25 March Taupō New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Hamish Harwood New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis
4 26 March New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis No Third Race New Zealand Maximus Purvis

MX2

Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Race 3 Winner Round Winner
1 12 February Balclutha[7] New Zealand Cody Cooper New Zealand Cody Cooper New Zealand Cody Cooper New Zealand Cody Cooper
2 26 February Rotorua New Zealand Cody Cooper New Zealand Hayden Smith New Zealand Cody Cooper New Zealand Cody Cooper
3 25 March Taupō New Zealand Cody Cooper New Zealand Hayden Smith New Zealand Cody Cooper New Zealand Cody Cooper
4 26 March New Zealand James Scott New Zealand Hayden Smith No Third Race New Zealand Hayden Smith

Circuit locations

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2023 New Zealand Motocross Championship locations

MX1

Participants

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Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
Filco Farm & Sport Kawasaki 0 New Zealand Jared Guthrie All
CML KTM KTM 1 New Zealand Hamish Harwood All
Honda Motul Racing New Zealand Honda 5 New Zealand Tyler Steiner All
94 New Zealand Kayne Lamont All
M Austria Michael Kratzer All
CML Gas Gas Gas Gas 16 New Zealand Hayden Smith All
Honda Hub Honda 18 New Zealand Zak Hetherington 2
NMC KTM 23 New Zealand Nic D'Arcy All
Pumps & Filters/Raglan Roast Factory Yamaha Yamaha 24 New Zealand Liam Hutton All
Bike Torque Taumaranui Gas Gas 35 New Zealand Bradley Watling All
Altherm JCR Yamaha Yamaha 44 New Zealand Maximus Purvis All
Pro Earthworks Kawasaki 49 New Zealand Josh de Reus All
Murray Thorn Motorcycles Yamaha 52 New Zealand Ethan Waters All
Artisans Roofing KTM 64 New Zealand Isaiah McGoldrick 1
Kea Trailers/Whitespowersport Kawasaki 66 New Zealand Seton Head 1–2
Powerzone Motorcycles Kawasaki 67 New Zealand Madison Latta All
Mahana Earthworks Yamaha 81 New Zealand Hayden Wilkinson All
Bridgestone Kawasaki Race Team Kawasaki 121 New Zealand Cody Cooper All
146 New Zealand Micah McGoldrick 1
Yamaha 149 New Zealand Max Singleton 3–4
Hydro Power KTM 151 New Zealand Jayden McAloon 3–4
Mac Media Yamaha 157 New Zealand Logan Maddren 2
Yamaha 158 New Zealand Kaleb Livesey 2–4
Holeshot MX Yamaha 164 New Zealand Reece McBride 1
Team Tortoise Racing Honda 262 New Zealand Blake Ditchfield 1
Whyteline Paeroa/Groombridge Refrigeration Kawasaki 338 New Zealand Brad Groombridge All
City Honda Honda 393 New Zealand Toby Winiata All
Bike Torque Taumarunui Kawasaki 394 New Zealand Richard Horne 2
Brausch Contacting Ltd. Yamaha 445 New Zealand Brooke Brausch 2–4
Otoro Honda Crownkiwi Honda 491 New Zealand Sam Cuthbertson 1–3
Timaru Honda Honda 722 New Zealand Josh May 1
City Honda Honda 933 New Zealand Jesse Donnelly 2
Lakes Honda Honda 997 New Zealand Hadley Dodunski 2

Riders Championship

Points are awarded to finishers of the main races, in the following format:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 25 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike BAL ROT TAU TAU Points
1 New Zealand Maximus Purvis Yamaha 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 261
2 New Zealand Hamish Harwood KTM 1 1 2 3 2 6 7 1 2 8 2 225
3 New Zealand Cody Cooper Kawasaki 2 3 3 1 3 3 2 6 7 5 5 210
4 Austria Michael Kratzer Honda 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 7 4 3 4 194
5 New Zealand Brad Groombridge Kawasaki 8 6 8 6 5 5 6 3 3 2 3 185
6 New Zealand Hayden Smith Gas Gas 5 8 6 8 7 7 3 4 6 6 6 168
7 New Zealand Kayne Lamont Honda 7 5 5 5 6 2 4 5 5 7 DNS 163
8 New Zealand Tyler Steiner Honda 6 9 7 7 8 11 8 Ret 10 4 8 133
9 New Zealand Madison Latta Kawasaki 13 10 13 9 12 10 10 8 8 Ret 7 110
10 New Zealand Ethan Waters Yamaha 14 11 12 13 19 13 13 11 12 9 12 92
11 New Zealand Nic D'Arcy KTM 16 12 14 17 14 9 14 13 9 11 17 85
12 New Zealand Sam Cuthbertson Honda 10 7 9 11 9 8 9 Ret DNS 84
13 New Zealand Jared Guthrie Kawasaki 11 20 10 14 10 Ret 17 10 13 13 9 83
14 New Zealand Toby Winiata Honda 19 15 15 19 16 16 12 9 11 10 10 79
15 New Zealand Bradley Watling Gas Gas 12 14 11 18 15 14 11 12 18 14 DNS 71
16 New Zealand Hayden Wilkinson Yamaha 22 19 Ret 16 17 15 16 14 14 12 11 55
17 New Zealand Kaleb Livesey Yamaha 20 18 18 15 16 16 17 14 34
18 New Zealand Josh de Reus Kawasaki 20 18 16 21 21 17 18 15 15 15 Ret 34
19 New Zealand Jesse Donnelly Honda 10 11 12 30
20 New Zealand Liam Hutton Yamaha 23 17 18 22 23 20 20 17 19 19 16 22
21 New Zealand Richard Horne Kawasaki 12 13 Ret 17
22 New Zealand Max Singleton Yamaha Ret Ret 17 16 13 17
23 New Zealand Jayden McAloon KTM 19 19 20 18 15 14
24 New Zealand Micah McGoldrick Kawasaki 9 Ret DNS 12
25 New Zealand Seton Head Kawasaki 21 13 17 Ret Ret DNS 12
26 New Zealand Blake Ditchfield Honda 18 16 19 10
27 New Zealand Hadley Dodunski Honda 15 22 21 6
28 New Zealand Isaiah McGoldrick KTM 15 Ret DNS 6
29 New Zealand Josh May Honda 17 Ret DNS 4
30 New Zealand Brooke Brausch Yamaha Ret 25 DNS 21 18 21 20 DNS 4
31 New Zealand Logan Maddren Yamaha 24 20 19 3
New Zealand Zak Hetherington Honda 23 24 DNS 0
New Zealand Reece McBride Yamaha 24 Ret Ret 0
Pos Rider Bike BAL ROT TAU TAU Points

MX2

Participants

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Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
CML Gas Gas Gas Gas 3 New Zealand Hayden Smith All
20 New Zealand Logan Denize 1–2
JCR Murray Thorn Yamaha Yamaha 12 New Zealand James Barnett All
Honda Motul Racing New Zealand Honda 14 New Zealand Cobie Bourke All
Hamburger Transport Kawasaki 17 New Zealand Bradley Hamburger 1
LMC Husqvarna Husqvarna 18 New Zealand Joshua Jack All
Uplift Construction Yamaha 21 New Zealand Trent Garland 1
Pro Circuit Kawasaki Race Team Kawasaki 22 New Zealand Flynn Watts All
144 New Zealand Tyler Brown All
Bob McCleary Yamaha Yamaha 23 New Zealand Marshall Phillips All
Bisset Honda Honda 29 New Zealand Sam Blundell All
Transcanada Motorsports Kawasaki 31 Canada Matthew Stokes 2
Yamaha 32 New Zealand James Rountree All
Best Build Construction KTM 41 New Zealand Curtis King All
Glass and Window Solutions Husqvarna 43 New Zealand Luke Heaphy All
KTM 51 New Zealand Ryan Harris 1
Gisler Moto Technic Gas Gas 54 New Zealand Kurt Patten 1–2
Vertex Lubricants Yamaha 72 New Zealand Seth Thompson 2–4
McKendry Mazda Yamaha 74 New Zealand Toby McKendry 1, 3
Level Ltd/Pirelli Tyres NZ Yamaha 81 New Zealand Donovan Ward All
Jeff Scott Electrical/Treloar Farms KTM 93 New Zealand Jack Treloar All
Trimax Logging KTM 95 New Zealand Fletcher Saunders 2
JNS Ltd/Patterson O'Connor Kawasaki 99 New Zealand Hunter Steens All
Altherm JCR Yamaha Yamaha 108 New Zealand James Scott All
KTM 110 New Zealand Rian King All
MTF Finance Nelson Yamaha 115 New Zealand Liam Kerr All
Bridgestone Kawasaki Race Team Kawasaki 121 New Zealand Cody Cooper All
203 New Zealand Luka Freemantle All
Hydro Power KTM 151 New Zealand Jayden McAloon 2
KTM 163 New Zealand Ryan Crawford 1
Action Moto Kawasaki 179 New Zealand Davi Jordan All
John Newton Panel & Paint Yamaha 210 New Zealand Joshua Bourke-Palmer 2–3
SK Electrical & Contracting Yamaha 215 New Zealand Mitchell Kiernan 2
Yamaha 225 New Zealand Luke van der Lee 2
Wanaka Powersports Gas Gas 228 New Zealand Jordan Newell 1–2
MGB Logging/Keown Honda Honda 246 New Zealand Hunter Gilbertson 2–4
Rae Emerson Motorsport KTM 278 New Zealand Yanni Emerson-Rae 2–4
CML KTM KTM 318 New Zealand Madoc Dixon All
Formation Earthworks Honda 333 New Zealand William McLachlan All
AFC Motorcycles KTM 411 New Zealand Seth Henson 3
Bob McCleary Yamaha Yamaha 509 New Zealand Sam McPherson 1
CNC Profile Cutting Services Yamaha 554 New Zealand Oliver Ayre All
Whangarei Yamaha Yamaha 809 New Zealand Tyler Cooksley 1–3
Murray Thorn Yamaha Yamaha 904 New Zealand Conrad Fell 1
The Tyre General Yamaha Yamaha 912 New Zealand Tommy Watts 3–4
Blackwood Yamaha Yamaha 972 New Zealand Carlin Hedley All
Phils Motorcycles Yamaha 982 New Zealand Aaron Manning 2

Riders Championship

Points are awarded to finishers of the main races, in the following format:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 25 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike BAL ROT TAU TAU Points
1 New Zealand Cody Cooper Kawasaki 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 5 DNS 231
2 New Zealand Hayden Smith Gas Gas 3 3 3 4 1 3 2 1 5 3 1 227
3 New Zealand James Scott Yamaha 5 4 2 2 2 4 3 8 2 1 3 220
4 New Zealand Madoc Dixon KTM 2 5 7 3 4 2 4 2 7 4 2 206
5 New Zealand Cobie Bourke Honda 4 2 4 5 8 22 5 4 6 8 5 167
6 New Zealand Joshua Jack Husqvarna 8 6 8 9 10 5 10 10 10 10 8 137
7 New Zealand Rian King KTM 13 9 6 10 5 7 7 14 9 9 7 135
8 New Zealand Sam Blundell Honda 11 7 15 7 7 8 6 9 12 11 6 132
9 New Zealand Jack Treloar KTM 6 17 5 5 9 Ret Ret 5 3 7 4 130
10 New Zealand Oliver Ayre Yamaha 12 11 19 8 6 9 Ret 6 8 2 11 121
11 New Zealand Flynn Watts Kawasaki 7 Ret 9 17 11 6 8 7 11 12 9 113
12 New Zealand Tyler Brown Kawasaki 10 15 10 13 14 13 13 12 13 13 10 95
13 New Zealand Davi Jordan Kawasaki 19 16 11 26 12 12 14 13 15 14 17 67
14 New Zealand Tommy Watts Yamaha 9 11 4 6 12 64
15 New Zealand Luka Freemantle Kawasaki 14 8 13 11 Ret DNS 20 15 Ret 19 18 50
16 New Zealand Carlin Hedley Yamaha 16 12 14 16 13 10 Ret 22 21 DNS DNS 45
17 New Zealand Marshall Phillips Yamaha 15 10 12 15 29 24 21 19 16 17 21 43
18 New Zealand James Rountree Yamaha Ret 18 17 22 25 11 16 17 17 18 16 38
19 New Zealand Seth Thompson Yamaha 14 Ret 21 12 16 14 22 15 34
20 New Zealand Curtis King KTM Ret 20 Ret 12 17 14 15 Ret Ret 15 Ret 33
21 New Zealand James Barnett Yamaha 23 21 21 25 18 16 17 23 19 16 13 27
22 New Zealand Tyler Cooksley Yamaha 18 14 16 23 15 18 22 Ret Ret 24
23 New Zealand Luke Heaphy Husqvarna 21 13 18 24 22 19 24 27 22 20 14 21
24 New Zealand Donovan Ward Yamaha 32 DNS DNS 19 21 15 11 21 23 21 DNS 18
25 New Zealand Joshua Bourke-Palmer Yamaha 28 19 17 18 18 26 12
26 New Zealand Logan Denize Gas Gas 9 Ret 24 21 32 25 12
27 New Zealand Hunter Steens Kawasaki 25 23 22 27 23 Ret 19 20 18 23 19 8
28 New Zealand Aaron Manning Yamaha 20 16 23 6
29 New Zealand Jordan Newell Gas Gas 17 22 Ret 31 26 27 4
30 New Zealand Ryan Harris KTM 20 19 20 4
31 New Zealand Luke van der Lee Yamaha 18 33 DNS 3
32 Canada Matthew Stokes Kawasaki Ret 20 20 2
33 New Zealand Yanni Emerson-Rae KTM 35 24 26 26 24 24 24 20 1
34 New Zealand Seth Henson KTM 23 Ret 20 1
New Zealand Trent Garland Yamaha 22 24 23 0
New Zealand William McLachlan Honda 26 26 26 32 27 31 25 25 25 25 22 0
New Zealand Liam Kerr Yamaha 24 25 28 30 31 29 27 26 27 27 23 0
New Zealand Bradley Hamburger Kawasaki 27 27 25 0
New Zealand Hunter Gilbertson Honda 36 Ret 32 28 28 Ret 26 Ret 0
New Zealand Kurt Patten Gas Gas 30 29 27 34 30 30 0
New Zealand Toby McKendry Yamaha 28 28 31 29 Ret Ret 0
New Zealand Jayden McAloon KTM 29 28 28 0
New Zealand Ryan Crawford KTM 33 30 29 0
New Zealand Conrad Fell Yamaha 29 DNS DNS 0
New Zealand Sam McPherson Yamaha 31 31 30 0
New Zealand Fletcher Saunders KTM 33 DNS DNS 0
New Zealand Mitchell Kiernan Yamaha Ret DNS DNS 0
Pos Rider Bike BAL ROT TAU TAU Points

References

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  3. ^ Alex Gobert (29 March 2021). "Harwood, Purvis crowned 2021 NZMX champions". motoonline.com.au. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  4. ^ Dylan Wills (27 March 2023). "Yamaha's Purvis clinches first-career NZ MX1 championship". motoonline.com.au. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  5. ^ Te Puke Times (28 March 2023). "Cody Cooper gives Kawasaki first NZ MX title since 2007". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
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