2023 New Zealand Motocross Championship

The 2023 New Zealand Motocross Championship season was the 49th New Zealand Motocross Championship season.^[1]

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.^[2]

Hamish Harwood was the reigning champion in the MX1 category, after taking his fifth national title in 2021.^[3] However, he would eventually finish as runner-up to Maximus Purvis, who took his first MX1 national title.^[4] In the MX2 class, Cody Cooper won his tenth senior national title overall, after dropping back into the class for 2023.^[5]

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.^[6]

Race calendar and results

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MX1

Round	Date	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Race 3 Winner	Round Winner
1	12 February	Balclutha^[7]	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^[7]	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

2023 New Zealand Motocross Championship locations

MX1

Participants

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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
		94	Kayne Lamont	All
		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			ROT			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			ROT			TAU			TAU		Points

MX2

Participants

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Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
CML Gas Gas	Gas Gas	3	Hayden Smith	All
CML Gas Gas	Gas Gas	20	Logan Denize	1–2
JCR Murray Thorn Yamaha	Yamaha	12	James Barnett	All
Honda Motul Racing New Zealand	Honda	14	Cobie Bourke	All
Hamburger Transport	Kawasaki	17	Bradley Hamburger	1
LMC Husqvarna	Husqvarna	18	Joshua Jack	All
Uplift Construction	Yamaha	21	Trent Garland	1
Pro Circuit Kawasaki Race Team	Kawasaki	22	Flynn Watts	All
Pro Circuit Kawasaki Race Team	Kawasaki	144	Tyler Brown	All
Bob McCleary Yamaha	Yamaha	23	Marshall Phillips	All
Bisset Honda	Honda	29	Sam Blundell	All
Transcanada Motorsports	Kawasaki	31	Matthew Stokes	2
	Yamaha	32	James Rountree	All
Best Build Construction	KTM	41	Curtis King	All
Glass and Window Solutions	Husqvarna	43	Luke Heaphy	All
	KTM	51	Ryan Harris	1
Gisler Moto Technic	Gas Gas	54	Kurt Patten	1–2
Vertex Lubricants	Yamaha	72	Seth Thompson	2–4
McKendry Mazda	Yamaha	74	Toby McKendry	1, 3
Level Ltd/Pirelli Tyres NZ	Yamaha	81	Donovan Ward	All
Jeff Scott Electrical/Treloar Farms	KTM	93	Jack Treloar	All
Trimax Logging	KTM	95	Fletcher Saunders	2
JNS Ltd/Patterson O'Connor	Kawasaki	99	Hunter Steens	All
Altherm JCR Yamaha	Yamaha	108	James Scott	All
	KTM	110	Rian King	All
MTF Finance Nelson	Yamaha	115	Liam Kerr	All
Bridgestone Kawasaki Race Team	Kawasaki	121	Cody Cooper	All
Bridgestone Kawasaki Race Team	Kawasaki	203	Luka Freemantle	All
Hydro Power	KTM	151	Jayden McAloon	2
	KTM	163	Ryan Crawford	1
Action Moto	Kawasaki	179	Davi Jordan	All
John Newton Panel & Paint	Yamaha	210	Joshua Bourke-Palmer	2–3
SK Electrical & Contracting	Yamaha	215	Mitchell Kiernan	2
	Yamaha	225	Luke van der Lee	2
Wanaka Powersports	Gas Gas	228	Jordan Newell	1–2
MGB Logging/Keown Honda	Honda	246	Hunter Gilbertson	2–4
Rae Emerson Motorsport	KTM	278	Yanni Emerson-Rae	2–4
CML KTM	KTM	318	Madoc Dixon	All
Formation Earthworks	Honda	333	William McLachlan	All
AFC Motorcycles	KTM	411	Seth Henson	3
Bob McCleary Yamaha	Yamaha	509	Sam McPherson	1
CNC Profile Cutting Services	Yamaha	554	Oliver Ayre	All
Whangarei Yamaha	Yamaha	809	Tyler Cooksley	1–3
Murray Thorn Yamaha	Yamaha	904	Conrad Fell	1
The Tyre General Yamaha	Yamaha	912	Tommy Watts	3–4
Blackwood Yamaha	Yamaha	972	Carlin Hedley	All
Phils Motorcycles	Yamaha	982	Aaron Manning	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			ROT			TAU			TAU		Points
1	Cody Cooper	Kawasaki	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	3	1	5	DNS	231
2	Hayden Smith	Gas Gas	3	3	3	4	1	3	2	1	5	3	1	227
3	James Scott	Yamaha	5	4	2	2	2	4	3	8	2	1	3	220
4	Madoc Dixon	KTM	2	5	7	3	4	2	4	2	7	4	2	206
5	Cobie Bourke	Honda	4	2	4	5	8	22	5	4	6	8	5	167
6	Joshua Jack	Husqvarna	8	6	8	9	10	5	10	10	10	10	8	137
7	Rian King	KTM	13	9	6	10	5	7	7	14	9	9	7	135
8	Sam Blundell	Honda	11	7	15	7	7	8	6	9	12	11	6	132
9	Jack Treloar	KTM	6	17	5	5	9	Ret	Ret	5	3	7	4	130
10	Oliver Ayre	Yamaha	12	11	19	8	6	9	Ret	6	8	2	11	121
11	Flynn Watts	Kawasaki	7	Ret	9	17	11	6	8	7	11	12	9	113
12	Tyler Brown	Kawasaki	10	15	10	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	10	95
13	Davi Jordan	Kawasaki	19	16	11	26	12	12	14	13	15	14	17	67
14	Tommy Watts	Yamaha							9	11	4	6	12	64
15	Luka Freemantle	Kawasaki	14	8	13	11	Ret	DNS	20	15	Ret	19	18	50
16	Carlin Hedley	Yamaha	16	12	14	16	13	10	Ret	22	21	DNS	DNS	45
17	Marshall Phillips	Yamaha	15	10	12	15	29	24	21	19	16	17	21	43
18	James Rountree	Yamaha	Ret	18	17	22	25	11	16	17	17	18	16	38
19	Seth Thompson	Yamaha				14	Ret	21	12	16	14	22	15	34
20	Curtis King	KTM	Ret	20	Ret	12	17	14	15	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	33
21	James Barnett	Yamaha	23	21	21	25	18	16	17	23	19	16	13	27
22	Tyler Cooksley	Yamaha	18	14	16	23	15	18	22	Ret	Ret			24
23	Luke Heaphy	Husqvarna	21	13	18	24	22	19	24	27	22	20	14	21
24	Donovan Ward	Yamaha	32	DNS	DNS	19	21	15	11	21	23	21	DNS	18
25	Joshua Bourke-Palmer	Yamaha				28	19	17	18	18	26			12
26	Logan Denize	Gas Gas	9	Ret	24	21	32	25						12
27	Hunter Steens	Kawasaki	25	23	22	27	23	Ret	19	20	18	23	19	8
28	Aaron Manning	Yamaha				20	16	23						6
29	Jordan Newell	Gas Gas	17	22	Ret	31	26	27						4
30	Ryan Harris	KTM	20	19	20									4
31	Luke van der Lee	Yamaha				18	33	DNS						3
32	Matthew Stokes	Kawasaki				Ret	20	20						2
33	Yanni Emerson-Rae	KTM				35	24	26	26	24	24	24	20	1
34	Seth Henson	KTM							23	Ret	20			1
	Trent Garland	Yamaha	22	24	23									0
	William McLachlan	Honda	26	26	26	32	27	31	25	25	25	25	22	0
	Liam Kerr	Yamaha	24	25	28	30	31	29	27	26	27	27	23	0
	Bradley Hamburger	Kawasaki	27	27	25									0
	Hunter Gilbertson	Honda				36	Ret	32	28	28	Ret	26	Ret	0
	Kurt Patten	Gas Gas	30	29	27	34	30	30						0
	Toby McKendry	Yamaha	28	28	31				29	Ret	Ret			0
	Jayden McAloon	KTM				29	28	28						0
	Ryan Crawford	KTM	33	30	29									0
	Conrad Fell	Yamaha	29	DNS	DNS									0
	Sam McPherson	Yamaha	31	31	30									0
	Fletcher Saunders	KTM				33	DNS	DNS						0
	Mitchell Kiernan	Yamaha				Ret	DNS	DNS						0
Pos	Rider	Bike	BAL			ROT			TAU			TAU		Points

References

^ ^a ^b "STAND CLEAR AS THE MOTOCROSS 'BIG DOGS' ARE LET LOOSE". Andy McGechan. mnz.co.nz. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^ Bikesport NZ. "2022 New Zealand Motocross Champs Cancelled". scoop.co.nz. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
^ Alex Gobert (29 March 2021). "Harwood, Purvis crowned 2021 NZMX champions". motoonline.com.au. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
^ Dylan Wills (27 March 2023). "Yamaha's Purvis clinches first-career NZ MX1 championship". motoonline.com.au. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
^ Te Puke Times (28 March 2023). "Cody Cooper gives Kawasaki first NZ MX title since 2007". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
^ MX Commissioner (22 February 2023). "Senior Motocross Nationals R3 Update". mnz.co.nz. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Nick Brook (2 February 2023). "NZ championship round comes to Balclutha". cluthaleader.co.nz. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Timing Tech. "Entry List Round 1 NZ MX Champs" (PDF). timingtech.co.nz. Retrieved February 11, 2023.

[Calendar-1] "STAND CLEAR AS THE MOTOCROSS 'BIG DOGS' ARE LET LOOSE". Andy McGechan. mnz.co.nz. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

[2] Bikesport NZ. "2022 New Zealand Motocross Champs Cancelled". scoop.co.nz. Retrieved February 9, 2023.

[3] Alex Gobert (29 March 2021). "Harwood, Purvis crowned 2021 NZMX champions". motoonline.com.au. Retrieved February 9, 2023.

[4] Dylan Wills (27 March 2023). "Yamaha's Purvis clinches first-career NZ MX1 championship". motoonline.com.au. Retrieved March 28, 2023.

[5] Te Puke Times (28 March 2023). "Cody Cooper gives Kawasaki first NZ MX title since 2007". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved March 28, 2023.

[6] MX Commissioner (22 February 2023). "Senior Motocross Nationals R3 Update". mnz.co.nz. Retrieved March 1, 2023.

[Balclutha-7] Nick Brook (2 February 2023). "NZ championship round comes to Balclutha". cluthaleader.co.nz. Retrieved February 11, 2023.

[Round_1_Entry_List-8] Timing Tech. "Entry List Round 1 NZ MX Champs" (PDF). timingtech.co.nz. Retrieved February 11, 2023.

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