# 2023 New Zealand Motocross Championship

The 2023 New Zealand Motocross Championship season was the 49th New Zealand Motocross Championship season.
The series had four rounds across the country, running from early February to late March. This was the first championship since 2021, as the previous year's competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hamish Harwood was the reigning champion in the MX1 category, after taking his fifth national title in 2021. However, he would eventually finish as runner-up to Maximus Purvis, who took his first MX1 national title. In the MX2 class, Cody Cooper won his tenth senior national title overall, after dropping back into the class for 2023.
The third round of the championship was originally scheduled to take place at the Hawke's Bay track. Following Cyclone Gabrielle, the round had to be cancelled with the final round at Taupō being converted into a double-header in its place.

## Race calendar and results
### MX1

| Round | Date | Location | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner | Race 3 Winner | Round Winner |
| 1 | 12 February | Balclutha | Hamish Harwood | Hamish Harwood | Maximus Purvis | Hamish Harwood |
| 2 | 26 February | Rotorua | Cody Cooper | Maximus Purvis | Maximus Purvis | Maximus Purvis |
| 3 | 25 March | Taupō | Maximus Purvis | Hamish Harwood | Maximus Purvis | Maximus Purvis |
| 4 | 26 March | Taupō | Maximus Purvis | Maximus Purvis | No Third Race | Maximus Purvis |

### MX2

| Round | Date | Location | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner | Race 3 Winner | Round Winner |
| 1 | 12 February | Balclutha | Cody Cooper | Cody Cooper | Cody Cooper | Cody Cooper |
| 2 | 26 February | Rotorua | Cody Cooper | Hayden Smith | Cody Cooper | Cody Cooper |
| 3 | 25 March | Taupō | Cody Cooper | Hayden Smith | Cody Cooper | Cody Cooper |
| 4 | 26 March | Taupō | James Scott | Hayden Smith | No Third Race | Hayden Smith |

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

| Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
| Filco Farm & Sport | Kawasaki | 0 | Jared Guthrie | All |
| CML KTM | KTM | 1 | Hamish Harwood | All |
| Honda Motul Racing New Zealand | Honda | 5 | Tyler Steiner | All |
| Honda Motul Racing New Zealand | Honda | 94 | Kayne Lamont | All |
| Honda Motul Racing New Zealand | Honda | M | Michael Kratzer | All |
| CML Gas Gas | Gas Gas | 16 | Hayden Smith | All |
| Honda Hub | Honda | 18 | Zak Hetherington | 2 |
| NMC | KTM | 23 | Nic D'Arcy | All |
| Pumps & Filters/Raglan Roast Factory Yamaha | Yamaha | 24 | Liam Hutton | All |
| Bike Torque Taumaranui | Gas Gas | 35 | Bradley Watling | All |
| Altherm JCR Yamaha | Yamaha | 44 | Maximus Purvis | All |
| Pro Earthworks | Kawasaki | 49 | Josh de Reus | All |
| Murray Thorn Motorcycles | Yamaha | 52 | Ethan Waters | All |
| Artisans Roofing | KTM | 64 | Isaiah McGoldrick | 1 |
| Kea Trailers/Whitespowersport | Kawasaki | 66 | Seton Head | 1–2 |
| Powerzone Motorcycles | Kawasaki | 67 | Madison Latta | All |
| Mahana Earthworks | Yamaha | 81 | Hayden Wilkinson | All |
| Bridgestone Kawasaki Race Team | Kawasaki | 121 | Cody Cooper | All |
| Bridgestone Kawasaki Race Team | Kawasaki | 146 | Micah McGoldrick | 1 |
| | Yamaha | 149 | Max Singleton | 3–4 |
| Hydro Power | KTM | 151 | Jayden McAloon | 3–4 |
| Mac Media | Yamaha | 157 | Logan Maddren | 2 |
| | Yamaha | 158 | Kaleb Livesey | 2–4 |
| Holeshot MX | Yamaha | 164 | Reece McBride | 1 |
| Team Tortoise Racing | Honda | 262 | Blake Ditchfield | 1 |
| Whyteline Paeroa/Groombridge Refrigeration | Kawasaki | 338 | Brad Groombridge | All |
| City Honda | Honda | 393 | Toby Winiata | All |
| Bike Torque Taumarunui | Kawasaki | 394 | Richard Horne | 2 |
| Brausch Contacting Ltd. | Yamaha | 445 | Brooke Brausch | 2–4 |
| Otoro Honda Crownkiwi | Honda | 491 | Sam Cuthbertson | 1–3 |
| Timaru Honda | Honda | 722 | Josh May | 1 |
| City Honda | Honda | 933 | Jesse Donnelly | 2 |
| Lakes Honda | Honda | 997 | Hadley Dodunski | 2 |

### 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 | BAL | BAL | BAL | ROT | ROT | ROT | TAU | TAU | TAU | TAU | TAU | Points |
| 1 | Maximus Purvis | Yamaha | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 261 |
| 2 | Hamish Harwood | KTM | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 225 |
| 3 | Cody Cooper | Kawasaki | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 210 |
| 4 | Michael Kratzer | Honda | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 194 |
| 5 | Brad Groombridge | Kawasaki | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 185 |
| 6 | Hayden Smith | Gas Gas | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 168 |
| 7 | Kayne Lamont | Honda | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | DNS | 163 |
| 8 | Tyler Steiner | Honda | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | Ret | 10 | 4 | 8 | 133 |
| 9 | Madison Latta | Kawasaki | 13 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 110 |
| 10 | Ethan Waters | Yamaha | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 92 |
| 11 | Nic D'Arcy | KTM | 16 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 85 |
| 12 | Sam Cuthbertson | Honda | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | Ret | DNS | | | 84 |
| 13 | Jared Guthrie | Kawasaki | 11 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 10 | Ret | 17 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 83 |
| 14 | Toby Winiata | Honda | 19 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 79 |
| 15 | Bradley Watling | Gas Gas | 12 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 14 | DNS | 71 |
| 16 | Hayden Wilkinson | Yamaha | 22 | 19 | Ret | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 55 |
| 17 | Kaleb Livesey | Yamaha | | | | 20 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 34 |
| 18 | Josh de Reus | Kawasaki | 20 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 34 |
| 19 | Jesse Donnelly | Honda | | | | 10 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | 30 |
| 20 | Liam Hutton | Yamaha | 23 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 22 |
| 21 | Richard Horne | Kawasaki | | | | 12 | 13 | Ret | | | | | | 17 |
| 22 | Max Singleton | Yamaha | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 17 | 16 | 13 | 17 |
| 23 | Jayden McAloon | KTM | | | | | | | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 14 |
| 24 | Micah McGoldrick | Kawasaki | 9 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 25 | Seton Head | Kawasaki | 21 | 13 | 17 | Ret | Ret | DNS | | | | | | 12 |
| 26 | Blake Ditchfield | Honda | 18 | 16 | 19 | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 27 | Hadley Dodunski | Honda | | | | 15 | 22 | 21 | | | | | | 6 |
| 28 | Isaiah McGoldrick | KTM | 15 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 29 | Josh May | Honda | 17 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 30 | Brooke Brausch | Yamaha | | | | Ret | 25 | DNS | 21 | 18 | 21 | 20 | DNS | 4 |
| 31 | Logan Maddren | Yamaha | | | | 24 | 20 | 19 | | | | | | 3 |
| | Zak Hetherington | Honda | | | | 23 | 24 | DNS | | | | | | 0 |
| | Reece McBride | Yamaha | 24 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | BAL | BAL | BAL | ROT | ROT | ROT | TAU | TAU | TAU | TAU | TAU | Points |