The final Penrite ProMX Championship round of 2025 is set to draw the curtains on what has been another stellar season of Australian motocross, with the MX1, MX3, and MXW titles still to play for with two motos remaining in each category. In this Countdown feature, MotoOnline takes a look at seven integral storylines entering Queensland Moto Park this weekend.

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7. Kingsford eyes maiden MX3 title:
Both the Kingsford brothers, Kayd and Ryder, have really impressed this year. Monster Energy Yamalube Yamaha’s Ryder put up a valiant fight against eventual MX2 champion Brodie Connolly, while Honda Racing standout Kayd has been a revelation in the MX3 division after seven rounds of racing. He holds a 44-point advantage over the previous round winner, and Honda-mounted Jet Alsop, essentially needing to finish the first race at QMP with a handful of points to seal this year’s title. He confirmed that he’s off to the United States for the Scouting Moto Combine at Ironman Raceway the following weekend, and if he performs well – as teenager Kayden Minear did last year – then there is the possibility that we could be waving goodbye to another internationally bound Australian racer, either immediately or in the near future. He has developed very well this year, and will be eyeing the number one MX3 plate this weekend.

6. MX2 bragging rights on the line:
Speaking of the MX2 class, now that Connolly (Polyflor Honda Racing) has captured title number two with one round to spare, the QMP round becomes all about bragging rights. Who is going to be the one to carry a strong result into the off-season and 2026? It means a lot, confidence-wise, to say that you were the rider to beat last time out. There’s no pressure and the gloves are off, so who will reign supreme? Look for Kingsford, Noah Ferguson (KTM Racing Team), Alex Larwood (NFAL Honda), and Byron Dennis (KTM Racing Team) to turn it up a notch, to prove to the other that they were the alpha male when the dust settled in 2025. Or, maybe Connolly puts the field on notice once more, cementing his position as the top MX2 rider in recent history, as he looks to take his talents internationally from 2026 and beyond. Either way, it’s going to be a fun one to watch!

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5. Cannon targets perfect season:
SGT Logistics-backed Charli Cannon has once again exerted her dominance over the MXW field, having convincingly won six of six motos in 2025, with some pretty significant deficits mixed in there to match. You can wonder what’s left for the ultra-fast Queenslander to accomplish domestically, which makes it all the more cool that she’s competing in the WMX division Stateside this year, testing herself against some of the world’s fastest women. That’s not to discredit the rest of the MXW racers in Australia, who are brilliant riders in their own right, however, Cannon is certainly in a class of her own, and a clean sweep of this year’s championship would just be another milestone for the highly-decorated 20-year-old Honda Racing rider.

4. Wilson Todd chases series podium:
Honda Racing’s Wilson Todd has clawed his way right back to where he belongs, with the multi-time MX2 champion capturing a well-deserved MX1 moto victory at the previous round in Toowoomba. What’s even more impressive is that he mentioned that the result came relatively easily to him, running what was a comfortable pace at the head of the field. Rewind to Appin, and things were looking pretty grim after another big crash at a state title race in Gillman, with the air of defeat in his voice. He never gave up, however, and that’s a credit to both he and the team, which stuck by him when the going got tough. As a result, he is 40 points out of a series overall podium, and with Jed Beaton (Monster Energy CDR Yamaha) absent this weekend, Todd may well have the opportunity to close that gap for a top-three placement. A 3-3 is worth 40 points, or a 2-4, which he’s more than capable of given his current form, right?

3. Ferguson vs Larwood for P3:
The fight for third place in the MX2 class has been raging on all season long, and it wasn’t until Toowoomba that Ferguson made inroads on claiming the final position on the box this season. He and Connolly put on a masterclass at the seventh round, although Larwood is still there, lurking in the shadows, trailing the number 29 by only seven markers. Additionally, the second official KTM of Dennis has been running with these two throughout the season, but Ferguson and Larwood have put on the afterburners in recent rounds and have stretched out from the P5 rider. The result means a lot for next year’s narrative, as one would assume that these two would be right in the thick of the battle for the MX2 title in 2026. Keep watch on how this one unfolds, and who will hold the number three plate exiting Queensland.

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2. Kirk Gibbs’ ProMX swansong:
The news broke yesterday that this weekend’s Queensland Moto Park ProMX round would be Kirk Gibbs’ final race as a professional, with the KTM Racing Team rider hanging up the boots after being at the top of the sport domestically for over 20 years. Over 20 years! That’s insane, from a range of perspectives. One, is the ability to stay competitive for that long, as he’s been a mainstay on some of the biggest teams in the ProMX paddock since 2009. Two is longevity. It’s tough to stay healthy in this sport, as injuries are just part of the nature of racing dirt bikes. The South Australian racer has been pretty measured in his approach, and we’d say that consistency has been one of his strong suits throughout his career. Either way, Gibbs has pieced together a storied career and has earned a reputation as one of Australia’s best, with his name etched into the history books with the 2015 MX1 championship. So, if you’re trackside this weekend, be sure to cheer on the number five extra loud, to give him the send-off he deserves. Congratulations on a phenomenal career, Kirk, and enjoy QMP!

1. Webster versus Crawford for the MX1 crown:
This is what it all comes down to for the premier MX1 class, with Kyle Webster (Boost Mobile Honda) and Nathan Crawford (KTM Racing Team) set to duke it out for this year’s title, as 16 points separate the pair. It’s fun to bench race in this sport about the ‘what ifs’, and a case could be made that this championship was Beaton’s, who had a 29-point buffer entering Toowoomba’s penultimate round before his season-ending injury. We’re not going to play that game though, because for both Webster and Crawford, there were moments this year that it would’ve been easy for them to stay home, lick their wounds, and come back when ready. The fact that they didn’t do this, and lined up when things were at their hardest, has put them in the position that they’re currently in. Crawford was experiencing one-minute-plus beat-downs by Webster and Beaton, and could’ve reverted to an, ‘Oh well, I’ll get them next year’ mentality. He didn’t, though, maintaining a headstrong approach of bettering both himself and the bike, and those improvements show. For Webster, racing through two broken transverse processes in his back at Warwick left him in immense pain, but a gritty 3-1 scorecard proved pivotal at this stage in the title-race. The point is, there is no asterisk on this title to whoever wins it. Both riders earned it, just as Beaton earned his red plate prior to being ruled out, and with all three riders showing us why they are the very best domestic ProMX racers.