The Kurri Kurri Junior Motor Cycle Club will stage the newest meeting on the motorcycling calendar at their Loxford Park Raceway this weekend over the 15th and 16th of March.
One senior rider and one junior rider will have their names as the first to be inscribed on the Kurri Kurri Masters trophy which will be contested for the first time this weekend.
The meeting has attracted a strong line-up of both senior and junior riders who will strive for honours over the two days of competition.
The culmination of racing on Sunday will see the winner of the Senior Pro Open class crowned the King of Kurri Kurri, while in the juniors 13 to Under 16s class the winner will be crowned the Prince of Kurri Kurri.
Impressive results in previous years at Kurri Kurri would suggest that the major contenders in the seniors will be Connor Ryan, Cody Lewis, Luke Bush and the vastly improved Brayden Gay.
Other classes for older riders and older machines have enticed former Australian champion Rodney McDonald to return to local competition after many years of racing overseas.
As usual, competition in the junior classes is expected to be intense with an extra incentive for all the juniors racing this weekend.
In five weeks time, the 2025 Australian Junior Dirt Track Championships will be staged at the same venue so any knowledge learned and successes achieved this weekend will be a huge boost for those riders heading in to the championship on the Easter weekend.
Particularly significant this weekend will see riders from Queensland, the ACT and all over New South Wales heading to Kurri Kurri as part of their preparation for the nationals.
The battle for the Prince of Kurri Kurri crown will be interstate and territory battle as Queenslanders Jake Paige and Cooper Archibald and Canberra rider Thomas Gotts lead the visitors to take on the locals headed by Max Earl.
The younger age brackets have also attracted strong entries from near and far and those classes on smaller capacity machines invariably provide plenty of close, hard-fought action.
Classes with larger entry lists will culminate in a final after four rounds of heats, while other classes will be decided over five point-scoring rounds.
The track is situated in Dickson Road, Loxford.
Practice will get underway at 9.00 am on Saturday and at the same time on Sunday it will be straight into racing.
An admission of $10 per vehicle will get fans in on both days with full canteen facilities available.
Press Release prepared by Peter Baker 0409 903196; bakerp@westnet.com.au
On behalf of Kurri Kurri Junior Motorcycle Club