2006 News
04/12/2006
Rules & Regulations page has been updated with further information.
14/11/2006
March 2007 will see the start of a new era of motorcycle road racing in Australia . To ensure the continued development of racing talent, the Motorcycle Road Race Development Association will host a five round series aimed at the development of young up and coming riders and smaller capacity bikes. Download the full press release, NEW NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE ROAD RACE SERIES FOR 2007
02/11/2006
Young Ryan Dymond in Queensland will be entering the series next year on board his newly sponsored CBR150. With support from Mega Motorcycles "Ryno" is looking forward to a competitive 2007. Click here to see Ryan's full press release.
29/09/2006
The following is a statement that we are allowed to release from our good friends at Red Bull
"The winner of the Junior Class in the 2007 Junior Road Racing Development Series will be invited to participate in a Stage 1 Selection process of the Red Bull Rookies Cup"
Obviously we say "Thank you Red Bull". This is an opportunity like never before seen in Australia . More information on this exciting development and Red Bull's further involvement will be released shortly.
09/10/2006
Honda has just released a press release covering the CBR150 and its availability. Click here to get a copy of the release and a list of where to buy the bikes from.
19/09/2006
Today we had the pleasure of sitting down with Mick Matheson the Editor of AMCN and signing a sponsorship deal. As part of the deal AMCN will provide both promotional editorial and race coverage for the series. Mick has been very supportive from the word go, so it is a delight to know that we will be working on this exciting project with such an enthusiastic Sponsor. As the first step we have seen the article that will appear in this week's edition. Everybody should make sure they have a copy!
Thanks to Mick and AMCN for their support.
13/09/2006
The following is a statement that we are allowed to release from our good friends at Red Bull -
"The winner of the Junior Class in the 2007 Junior Road Racing Development Series will be invited to participate in a Stage 1 Selection process of the Red Bull Rookies Cup"
More news on the exciting involvement of Red Bull in the series to come....and there is much more.
11/09/2006
We have just finished conducting an interview over the phone with the lovely Kellie Buckley from AMCN. As Sponsors of the series AMCN will run a number of features and articles including helping us launch the series and a write up on each round. We not only thank everyone at AMCN for their involvement, but also hope that this will help our series participants to get personal sponsorship. Young Matt Walters who is the first Junior to try out the CBR150 at Oran Park got his first media interview during this process. We hope it is the first of many for young Matt and a swag full of other Junior riders.
02/09/2006
Craig Johnston and Paul Edwards got to ride the Honda CBR150 at Wakefield Park today. Funnily enough the little bike is over geared for the Wakefield track, only just hitting top gear by the end of the main straight. All the same it was a bundle of fun to ride with both riders able to get their "knee down" everywhere they would expect to do the same on their 400's. Up the top of the track it is so light that it comes into its own. Given half a chance Craig would have spent all day on it. Once again thanks to Honda and today we must also thank St George and James Spence for letting us try out this little pocket rocket at Wakefield.
26/08/2006
We took delivery of one of the exciting Honda CBR150 race bikes that the Juniors will ride in the series. With the help of Mark Avard we were able to do a few laps of the Oran Park Motard Circuit (skipping the dirt part!!). Young Matt Walters (13yrs old) was allowed out to give it a go. We believe that it will be months before he stops grinning. What a bundle of fun this little race bike is and we can not wait to see a grid full of Juniors on them in 2007. Courtesy of riding the bike today, we have been able to determine that these little bikes really are ready to go as you buy them from Honda. As such we have put through some recommendations to MA as they requested. Thank you to Tony Hinton of Honda for organising the bike and for his and Honda's support of the series and what we are trying to achieve. Also a special thanks to Mark Avard for his help today.