The 2025 Penrite ProMX Championship was one for the books, with the title contenders experiencing a full spectrum of fortunes throughout the season. With both MX1 and MX2 delivering action-packed racing across the eight-round series, MotoOnline analyses this year’s standout riders in this Rated feature.

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Rider: Kyle Webster
Rating: A
Rundown: There’s not a lot of negatives one can point to regarding defending champion Kyle Webster’s MX1 season this year. Yes, there was the second moto DNF at Wonthaggi, yes, there was the practice incident that left him with a back injury, and yes, Canberra wasn’t a great showing for the 29-year-old. Although if you get the job done and seal a championship, all of the above kind of becomes null and void, right? In motocross, there are inherently ups and downs, with the champion being the rider who manages this best throughout the series, and when it was all said and done, the Boost Mobile Honda rider was the man for the job. It’s easy to think back to a time when questions were circling whether Kyle could take it to the next level in the MX1 class after finishing his first two seasons with an 11th and a fifth overall, respectively. Well, suffice to say, he has put these questions to bed, as the Western Australian talent has firmly cemented his name as the fastest domestic motocross rider at this time, and an ‘A’ for his 2025 season is plenty deserving.

Rider: Nathan Crawford
Rating: A-
Rundown: It was a consistent campaign for Nathan Crawford, who embarked on his second full season as a member of the KTM Racing Team in the MX1 class for 2025. This year actually marked the Queenslanders’ third season in the MX1 division after one year as part of the official Kawasaki premier class outfit back in 2017, with a relationship with the now-defunct Serco Yamaha outfit following in MX2, only interrupted by a single MX2 World Championship attempt in 2020. The reason for the brief history review is that it feels like he has found his footing at KTM, with the partnership yielding solid results both indoors and out since they started in 2022. Third overall last year, followed by second this season, does this mean we’re in for a title tilt next year? We think he is more than capable, but it will be about identifying where the deficit to both Webster and Jed Beaton (Monster Energy CDR Yamaha) lies, and then unlocking that little bit extra performance to run with them on a regular basis.

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Rider: Zac Watson
Rating: B
Rundown: We’ve mentioned it multiple times, but Rising Motorsports’ Zac Watson was super-impressive this year, and really rose to a new level in 2025. By continually fighting within the top-five, we saw his name and bike a lot this year, which is of immense value to the official teams out there. There is also the critical piece of information that he is 21 years old and represents the next generation of MX1 class talent as the front-runners knock on the door of their 30s. If Watson wants to make a legitimate run at being a professional motocross rider, then performances such as what he just achieved are a great way to make that dream a reality. Now, it’ll be intriguing to see whether he can take that next step forward in supercross, also.

Rider: Wilson Todd
Rating: B+
Rundown: If you’re a Wilson Todd fan, you’ve got to be stoked with how this ProMX season unfolded. An immensely successful rider whose career was starting to look like it was on the ropes, bounced back in emphatic fashion with an overall MX1 win to close out this season. That type of ride is what everyone expected since his full-time promotion to the big bike class, although injuries have provided continuous setbacks blocking his path towards the front. Now that he is back where he belongs, it adds a very interesting dynamic to the field in 2026. Can he challenge the likes of Webster and Beaton at the front, or will he and Crawford be there, hot on the heels of the leading duo? There’s always a power play at the head of the ProMX field, and year on year it kind of resets, as each rider attempts to assert themselves as the class alpha male. We don’t know the answer at this time, all we know is that Wilson Todd is back in that conversation, and that is a very exciting thing.

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Rider: Brodie Connolly
Rating: A
Rundown: This year’s MX2 championship ultimately unfolded pretty much as Polyflor Honda Racing’s Brodie Connolly would’ve drawn it up, you’d have to say, save for some early-season strangeness that he got on top of by round four in Traralgon. From that point on, he was untouchable and sealed the title with one round to spare in Toowoomba. All signs point to that being a wrap on his domestic MX2 career, and he has really developed quite nicely over the course of the last two years. He is the whole package, and this season was just further evidence that he is a world-class caliber rider. For his second MX2 title-winning season, A is an appropriate rating.

Rider: Ryder Kingsford
Rating: B+
Rundown: Monster Energy Yamalube Yamaha’s Ryder Kingsford was strong during the opening stages of the MX2 championship, and appeared as a legitimate threat to Connolly at the front of the pack, which is a good place to be in if the New Zealander indeed leaves next year. There is talk of Kingsford eyeing a move Stateside for next year, too, although you could make a case that another season in MX2 domestically to further hone that speed and consistency could do wonders for his career moving forward, and that is all the more strengthened if he were to capture the number one plate. We’ll see how the story unfolds, but a B+ is a representation of what was a solid campaign this year.

Rider: Noah Ferguson
Rating: B+
Rundown: Noah Ferguson was on fire during the latter stages of this year’s ProMX season, becoming a thorn in Connolly’s side at both the Toowoomba and Queensland Moto Park (QMP) rounds. This is what we were expecting right from the opening round at Wonthaggi, although the Queenslander struggled to fully fire during the early stages. This was all rectified by the midway mark, and if he does remain in orange for next year, it’ll be interesting to see whether that continuity can yield an increase in comfort, which would increase performance, and maybe result in a title run? We’re yet to determine whether the super-fast rider can convert that speed into championship success, but if he rides like he did at the final two rounds all season, it could be lights out for the rest of the field.