The 2024 Coastal Motorcycle Centre / Honda Australia / The Construction Team Central Coast Cup long track motorcycle meeting will be staged this weekend on May 25 and 26 at the Allen Park track at Somersby, near Gosford.
There are two previous winners of the senior cup in the line-up for this weekend, while there will be no previous winners of the junior cup for the 13 to Under 16s.
But for a wash-out and later Covid this would have been the 20th staging of this event, after first being held in 2005. The event has established itself as one of the major non-championship meetings on the dirt track calendar, with many significant names in the sport who have their names on the honour roll in both the senior and junior cups.
Host club member David Smith will not only be defending the senior cup, but will be out to win for a fifth time. The 2022 winner Luke Bush and youngsters Cody Lewis and Brayden Gay chased Smith home last year, and along with Talon Cardinale and Thoren Openshaw, who has recently moved up from the juniors will all have strong claims.
The Junior Cup will have a new name added to its honour roll and there are some well-performed riders coming from all over the state.
Riders like Hugh Hope-Hodgetts and Oscar Middlebrook from Forbes, Jayden Holder from Kempsey, Bodie Cardinale from Newcastle and Sydney’s Alex Adamson are expected to be prominent.
There are big entry lists for a number of other junior classes which will feature a number of riders who have state and national title wins to their credit, including several who are travelling down from Queensland.
There is also a small group of junior girls who appear very evenly matched which should ensure close competition from them.
Many of the riders contesting the Senior Cup are also riding in the MX Open and Pro 450 classes which will culminate prior to the battle for the Cup.
There is also a class for the Over 35s which is always keenly contested.
Action fires up on Saturday morning with practice at 9.30am then straight into racing.
Sunday action gets underway at 10 am with more rounds and finals of all classes before the 8-lap finals of both the Junior and then Senior Cup will wrap up the program early in the afternoon. Entry fee for spectators this weekend will be $5 per vehicle payable at the gate. The Allen Park track is situated at Debenham Road North, Somersby.
For more information about the Central Coast Junior Motor Cycle Club, check out the club’s website www.ccjuniormotorcycleclub.org.au or contact Club President David Smith on 0412 506503.
Press Release prepared by Peter Baker 0409 903196; bakerp@westnet.com.au on behalf of Central Coast Junior Motor Cycle Club