Honda Racing’s Kayd Kingsford was a revelation throughout the 2025 Penrite ProMX Championship, with the new MX3 champion claiming six of a possible eight round victories, and now he has his sights set on SMX Next in America. MotoOnline caught up with the teenager after Queensland Moto Park (QMP) for this Conversation feature.

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Kayd Kingsford, 2025 MX3 champion, and not only that, you are part of something special here with the Honda Racing team, who posted a clean sweep of titles. Take us through your season.

Yeah, it’s been a surreal year with the Honda Racing team. I just want to give it up to Yarrive [Konsky] for taking a punt on me. I have no words for this season, it started a little bit average, but progressed and progressed throughout. I think my riding is at a point now where I’m definitely in a different league from where I was last year. Obviously, MX3 champion, I’m stoked. But we’re going to keep moving forward from here – we’re going to enjoy it for today. And then we’ve got some overseas stuff and supercross coming up. So the celebration will be short-lived, but it’ll be one to remember.

The Scouting Moto Combine at Ironman is coming up next for you. Do you see that as a test? Do you see that as possibly securing something [overseas] for next year, and is that the hope of this trip?

Yeah, I think that’s what everyone does. You look at Kayden Minear – obviously he went over last year and did really good – and he’s over there succeeding in the States right now and on one of the top-level teams. So I think I’m just going to go over there and try and do my thing and see where it leads, but I think the ultimate goal is to be over there next year and sort of just see where that leads us.

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Are you going to ride some supercross at all while you’re over there and get ready for Australia?

I’m not quite sure about supercross yet. My plan after Ironman is a little bit open as of now, but if there’s an opportunity to ride some supercross, I definitely would love that, and I wouldn’t turn that down. But for now, it’s just Ironman and maybe some other riding after, whether that’s motocross or supercross.

What are your thoughts on racing here at QMP? Over the weekend, a two-day format, but that was a good day for you.

Well, I just wanted to come out of here and one, be safe, and two, get two good starts and try and ride my race. I holeshotted moto one, and that race went good and [I] got first. Then Yarrive told me that I could run the number one plate for moto two, which I didn’t know about. I almost felt a little bit more pressure in race two, knowing that I had the number one plate on! That’s the first one I’ve had in my lifetime, and especially putting it on halfway through the day. So I didn’t want to go out there and get second. I got off to another good start and just rode my race again. But yeah, 1-1 on the day, and I think that was the perfect way to top off a championship.

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Is this the start of something special? If I were to say to you, you can stay here in Australia, you can race MX2, become an MX2 champion, and move over to MX1 and stay here. Does that entice you, or are you wanting to follow Minear and [Jake] Cannon in heading overseas?

Yeah, I think this is the start of my career, or not the start, but definitely a kickstart of it. I want to be overseas next year, but I’ve got a good group of people around me with my family, my team, you know, some other people helping. I think we would always try and make the right decision and what’s going to be best, whether that’s overseas or maybe staying another year and doing some races over there and coming back home. But ultimately, the goal is to get over there full time next year. And we’re hoping that after Ironman, then can get a little bit further forward.

And then doing this with your brother Ryder, it’s not something we see too much. You guys are potentially the next brothers we export over to the US, which must be an awesome feeling.

It’s pretty cool to have that. And even just week to week and day to day things, you know, training with your brother, it’s something that a lot of people can ask for, but not a lot of people have. And especially at the level that we both are, you know, I’m always chasing to be better than him, and he’s always chasing to not let me be better than him. In the nicest way possible, but we push each other, and I think year to year, people are starting to see that. And this year our riding has taken a massive step, and it’s great to be doing it by his side.