# 2024 New Zealand Motocross Championship

The 2024 New Zealand Motocross Championship season was the 50th New Zealand Motocross Championship season.
The series had four rounds across the country, running from early February to mid April.
Maximus Purvis was the reigning champion in the MX1 class, however, he did not defend his title due to recovering from knee surgery. In the MX2 class, Cody Cooper was the reigning champion after picking up his tenth senior national title in the 2023 New Zealand Motocross Championship.
At the conclusion of the season, it was Hamish Harwood who won the MX1 title. This was Harwood's sixth senior national title overall and came after a season-long battle with former Motocross World Championship racer Jed Beaton. The MX2 class saw a three-way championship battle between reigning champion Cooper, Australian rider Caleb Ward and James Scott. In the end it was Scott who would take away his first senior national title by seven points over Cooper.

## Race calendar and results
### MX1

| Round | Date | Location | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner | Race 3 Winner | Round Winner |
| 1 | 3 February | Rotorua | Hamish Harwood | Hamish Harwood | Jed Beaton | Hamish Harwood |
| 2 | 25 February | Balclutha | Jed Beaton | Hamish Harwood | Jed Beaton | Jed Beaton |
| 3 | 23 March | Pukekohe | Hamish Harwood | Hamish Harwood | Hamish Harwood | Hamish Harwood |
| 4 | 14 April | Taranaki | Jed Beaton | Jed Beaton | Hamish Harwood | Jed Beaton |

### MX2

| Round | Date | Location | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner | Race 3 Winner | Round Winner |
| 1 | 3 February | Rotorua | James Scott | Cody Cooper | Caleb Ward | James Scott |
| 2 | 25 February | Balclutha | Cody Cooper | Cody Cooper | Caleb Ward | Cody Cooper |
| 3 | 23 March | Pukekohe | James Scott | James Scott | Caleb Ward | James Scott |
| 4 | 14 April | Taranaki | James Scott | Cody Cooper | James Scott | James Scott |

### Circuit locations
## MX1
### Participants

| Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
| Altherm JCR Yamaha | Yamaha | B | Jed Beaton | All |
| | Husqvarna | 2 | Darryl King | 4 |
| Bikeforce Suzuki New Zealand | Suzuki | 8 | Tyler Steiner | All |
| Powerzone Motorcycles | Kawasaki | 9 | Madison Latta | All |
| Murray Thorn Motorcycles | Yamaha | 10 | Ethan Waters | 1 |
| CML Gas Gas | Gas Gas | 16 | Hayden Smith | 1–2 |
| | Gas Gas | 18 | Josh de Reus | All |
| KTM Canada | KTM | 23 | Josiah Natzke | 1 |
| Pumps & Filters | Yamaha | 24 | Liam Hutton | All |
| The Riders Circle | Yamaha | 32 | James Rountree | All |
| | KTM | 42 | Josh Bensemann | 2 |
| | Yamaha | 44 | Max Singleton | All |
| Tasman Honda | Honda | 48 | Nic D'Arcy | 1–3 |
| LMC Husqvarna Racing | Husqvarna | 57 | Joshua Jack | All |
| Vertex Lubricants | KTM | 72 | Seth Thompson | All |
| | Gas Gas | 73 | Ezra Holmes | 1–2 |
| Mahana Earthworks | Yamaha | 81 | Hayden Wilkinson | All |
| | Yamaha | 82 | Callem McCulloch | 3 |
| Honda Motul Racing New Zealand | Honda | 93 | Jack Treloar | All |
| MTF Finance | Yamaha | 115 | Liam Kerr | All |
| TSS Motocycles | Gas Gas | 124 | Zak Nolan | 1–3 |
| CML KTM Racing | KTM | 153 | Hamish Harwood | All |
| | KTM | 157 | Logan Maddren | 3 |
| Action Moto | Kawasaki | 179 | Davi Jordan | All |
| | KTM | 254 | Cam Negus | 1 |
| | Yamaha | 255 | Luke van der Lee | 1 |
| | Honda | 338 | Brad Groombridge | 4 |
| City Honda | Honda | 393 | Toby Winiata | All |
| Kawasaki New Zealand Crownkiwi | Kawasaki | 491 | Sam Cuthbertson | All |
| Hawk Moto Lindsay Farm | Kawasaki | 712 | David Ashton | 1, 3–4 |
| | Yamaha | 734 | Jonathan Martelli | 1 |
| | Gas Gas | 921 | Luke Maitland | All |
| Mach 1 Yamaha | Yamaha | 950 | Preeda Boon | 4 |

### Riders Championship

Points are awarded to finishers of the main races, in the following format:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
| Points | 25 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | ROT | ROT | ROT | BAL | BAL | BAL | PUK | PUK | PUK | TAR | TAR | TAR | Points |
| 1 | Hamish Harwood | KTM | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 285 |
| 2 | Jed Beaton | Yamaha | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 271 |
| 3 | Jack Treloar | Honda | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 226 |
| 4 | Joshua Jack | Husqvarna | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 179 |
| 5 | Luke Maitland | Gas Gas | 12 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | Ret | 155 |
| 6 | Sam Cuthbertson | Kawasaki | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 134 |
| 7 | Seth Thompson | KTM | 7 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 21 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 123 |
| 8 | Hayden Wilkinson | Yamaha | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 122 |
| 9 | Tyler Steiner | Suzuki | 23 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 120 |
| 10 | Hayden Smith | Gas Gas | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 108 |
| 11 | James Rountree | Yamaha | 15 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 103 |
| 12 | Madison Latta | Kawasaki | 20 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 18 | DNS | 9 | 11 | 8 | 94 |
| 13 | Toby Winiata | Honda | 11 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 93 |
| 14 | Davi Jordan | Kawasaki | 19 | 17 | Ret | 18 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 89 |
| 15 | Max Singleton | Yamaha | 22 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 82 |
| 16 | Nic D'Arcy | Honda | 18 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | | | | 70 |
| 17 | Josiah Natzke | KTM | 2 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 64 |
| 18 | Josh de Reus | Gas Gas | 14 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 62 |
| 19 | Brad Groombridge | Honda | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 6 | 4 | 48 |
| 20 | Liam Hutton | Yamaha | 25 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 37 |
| 21 | Ethan Waters | Yamaha | 9 | 9 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | 37 |
| 22 | Ezra Holmes | Gas Gas | 16 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | | | | | | | 30 |
| 23 | Luke van der Lee | Yamaha | 10 | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | 29 |
| 24 | Preeda Boon | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Ret | 7 | 28 |
| 25 | Liam Kerr | Yamaha | 24 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 20 |
| 26 | Logan Maddren | KTM | | | | | | | 15 | 15 | 14 | | | | 19 |
| 27 | David Ashton | Kawasaki | 27 | 24 | 24 | | | | 18 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 10 |
| 28 | Darryl King | Husqvarna | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 18 | 19 | 6 |
| 29 | Jonathan Martelli | Yamaha | 17 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 30 | Zak Nolan | Gas Gas | 26 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 | Ret | Ret | DNS | | | | 2 |
| | Josh Bensemann | KTM | | | | 21 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Cam Negus | KTM | 21 | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Callem McCulloch | Yamaha | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | ROT | ROT | ROT | BAL | BAL | BAL | PUK | PUK | PUK | TAR | TAR | TAR | Points |

## MX2
### Participants

| Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
| WBR Bulk Nutrients Yamaha | Yamaha | D | Kobe Drew | 1 |
| CML Gas Gas | Gas Gas | 1 | Cody Cooper | All |
| CML KTM Racing | KTM | 4 | Madoc Dixon | 1 |
| CML KTM Racing | KTM | 192 | Reuben Smith | All |
| Empire Kawasaki | Kawasaki | 10 | Taylah McCutcheon | 1 |
| Honda Motul Racing New Zealand | Honda | 14 | Cobie Bourke | All |
| Honda Motul Racing New Zealand | Honda | 722 | Phoenix van Dusschoten | 1, 3 |
| Hamburger Transport | Kawasaki | 17 | Bradley Hamburger | 2 |
| Yamaha Whangarei | Yamaha | 20 | Logan Denize | All |
| Team MR Motorcycles | Yamaha | 22 | Flynn Watts | 1 |
| Southland Honda | Honda | 26 | Mitch Weir | 2–4 |
| Crownkiwi Alpinestars Honda | Honda | 41 | Curtis King | All |
| Crownkiwi Alpinestars Honda | Honda | 110 | Rian King | All |
| Nelson Motorcycles | KTM | 43 | Luke Heaphy | All |
| Scammell Honda Race Team | Honda | 55 | Jack Symon | All |
| Scammell Honda Race Team | Honda | 58 | Ryan Harris | All |
| Scammell Honda Race Team | Honda | 242 | Michael Buchanan | 2 |
| Altherm JCR Yamaha | Yamaha | 108 | James Scott | All |
| | KTM | 115 | Declan Pyper | 3 |
| | KTM | 121 | Jack Coleman | 1, 3 |
| | KTM | 122 | Ryan Gwynn | 2 |
| | KTM | 141 | Freddie Gordon | 1–2 |
| Team MR Moto | KTM | 144 | Tyler Brown | 1 |
| Team MR Moto | KTM | 999 | Jared Hannon | All |
| | KTM | 163 | Ryan Crawford | 2 |
| Holeshot MX | Husqvarna | 164 | Reece McBride | 2 |
| Action Moto Ndub | Kawasaki | 178 | Ajay Jordon | 1 |
| Whyteline MR Motorcycles | KTM | 199 | Alex Garland | 1 |
| Husqvarna Junior Racing | Husqvarna | 254 | Jack Deveson | 1 |
| | KTM | 278 | Yanni Emerson-Rae | 1–2 |
| Honda Hub New Plymouth | Honda | 279 | Sam Corston | All |
| | Yamaha | 309 | Nixon Parkes | 1, 3–4 |
| | Honda | 363 | Rhys Kelly | 3 |
| Kawasaki NZ Bike Torque Taumarunui | Kawasaki | 394 | Karaitiana Horne | 2 |
| | Yamaha | 472 | Liam Hoffman | All |
| LMC Husqvarna Racing | Husqvarna | 485 | Caleb Ward | All |
| | KTM | 699 | Jacob Simpson | 2, 4 |
| | Yamaha | 717 | Jayden McKenzie | 1 |
| Yamaha Whangarei | Yamaha | 809 | Tyler Cooksley | All |
| MotoSouth | KTM | 828 | Brandon Hall | 2 |
| | Yamaha | 911 | Nate Adams | 3 |
| Maxh1 Yamaha MotoHQ | Yamaha | 939 | Kurtis Gooch | All |
| | KTM | 972 | Carlin Hedley | All |
| | Yamaha | 982 | Aaron Manning | 1 |

### Riders Championship

Points are awarded to finishers of the main races, in the following format:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
| Points | 25 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | ROT | ROT | ROT | BAL | BAL | BAL | PUK | PUK | PUK | TAR | TAR | TAR | Points |
| 1 | James Scott | Yamaha | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 271 |
| 2 | Cody Cooper | Gas Gas | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 264 |
| 3 | Caleb Ward | Husqvarna | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 253 |
| 4 | Jack Symon | Honda | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 183 |
| 5 | Rian King | Honda | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 171 |
| 6 | Jared Hannon | KTM | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 167 |
| 7 | Cobie Bourke | Honda | 11 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 144 |
| 8 | Reuben Smith | KTM | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 141 |
| 9 | Curtis King | Honda | 16 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 123 |
| 10 | Logan Denize | Yamaha | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 112 |
| 11 | Luke Heaphy | KTM | 13 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 110 |
| 12 | Ryan Harris | Honda | 19 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 90 |
| 13 | Carlin Hedley | Honda | 14 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 87 |
| 14 | Tyler Cooksley | Yamaha | 18 | 14 | 11 | 13 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 86 |
| 15 | Mitch Weir | Honda | | | | 14 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 72 |
| 16 | Madoc Dixon | KTM | 2 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 58 |
| 17 | Nixon Parkes | Yamaha | 22 | 21 | 14 | | | | 17 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 55 |
| 18 | Jack Coleman | KTM | 21 | 7 | 28 | | | | 6 | 11 | Ret | | | | 39 |
| 19 | Kobe Drew | Yamaha | 7 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 38 |
| 20 | Liam Hoffman | Yamaha | 25 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 36 |
| 21 | Flynn Watts | Yamaha | 9 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | 31 |
| 22 | Bradley Hamburger | Kawasaki | | | | 16 | 15 | 16 | | | | | | | 16 |
| 23 | Kurtis Gooch | Yamaha | 27 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 25 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 |
| 24 | Rhys Kelly | Honda | | | | | | | 14 | Ret | 17 | | | | 11 |
| 25 | Tyler Brown | KTM | 12 | 20 | DNS | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 26 | Yanni Emerson-Rae | KTM | 24 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 18 | | | | | | | 9 |
| 27 | Brandon Hall | KTM | | | | 17 | 17 | 20 | | | | | | | 9 |
| 28 | Jack Deveson | Husqvarna | 15 | 19 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 29 | Sam Corston | Honda | 28 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 20 | DNS | DNS | Ret | DNS | DNS | 7 |
| 30 | Aaron Manning | Yamaha | 20 | 17 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| 31 | Declan Pyper | KTM | | | | | | | Ret | 19 | 18 | | | | 5 |
| 32 | Reece McBride | Husqvarna | | | | 19 | Ret | 19 | | | | | | | 4 |
| 33 | Phoenix van Dusschoten | Honda | 26 | Ret | DNS | | | | Ret | 18 | Ret | | | | 3 |
| 34 | Jayden McKenzie | Yamaha | 23 | 24 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 35 | Jacob Simpson | KTM | | | | 26 | 20 | 22 | | | | DNS | DNS | DNS | 1 |
| | Ryan Gwynn | KTM | | | | 22 | 21 | 23 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Ryan Crawford | KTM | | | | 24 | 22 | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Michael Buchanan | Honda | | | | 23 | 23 | 24 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Freddie Gordon | KTM | 30 | Ret | 27 | 25 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Ajay Jordon | Kawasaki | 29 | 26 | 26 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Alex Garland | KTM | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Taylah McCutcheon | Kawasaki | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Karaitiana Horne | Kawasaki | | | | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Nate Adams | Yamaha | | | | | | | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | ROT | ROT | ROT | BAL | BAL | BAL | PUK | PUK | PUK | TAR | TAR | TAR | Points |