SuperX Australian Supercross 2009

Australia’s SuperX racing is premier Supercross style racing down under. The series mate’s some great racers; Chad Reed (Monster Energy Kawasaki), Dan Reardon (Honda Thor Racing), Michael Byrne (Rockstar Maxima Honda) and Jay MARMONT (CDR Rockstar Yamaha) with fun and imaginative race formats.

SuperX was formed by the partnership between Mike Porra, the CEO of Global Action Sports, and Australia’s greatest ever supercross rider, Chad Reed. They did not want to settle with being just another supercross form of Motorcycle racing. In just their second season ever after seeing a total of 90,000 people pack stadiums across Australia to see the races live and an incredible four million viewers watched the series on television the series amp’s it up a little more in season two.
Last year’s exciting style of supercross returns in 2009 with exciting new race formats; Survival, Triple Challenge, Quadruple Challenge, Round Robin and the Double Header will all feature as a final format in the Open class. This year the 250cc class will also race several events over the new formats.
Launceston

Double Header - Opens and 250c
Opens competitors will run off in 2 x 10 lap heats, with lites in 2 x 8 lap heats. Positions 1 to 9 will progress direct to the final, while riders 10-20 will fight it out in a last chance qualifier for 2 more finals places.
The finals will consist of 2 x 10 lap races for the opens and 2 x 8 laps for the lites.

Geelong

Quad Challenge - Opens Only
Competitors will run off in 2 x 10 lap heats, with 2 x 8 lap heats for 250cc. Positions 1 to 9 in each heat will progress direct to the final, where riders 10-20 will fight it out in a last chance qualifier for 2 more finals places.
For the final, riders battle it out in a series of 4 x 5 lap races, with just 5 minutes between each race with points awarded for each race and the accumulated points totaled to find a winner.
250cc class will compete in a 15 Lap Final.

Perth

Round Robin - Opens Only
One of the exciting new formats for this year's series, the Round Robin consists of 3 rounds with 3 heats of 10 riders in each round. Each heat will be 5 laps each, giving a total of 9 races per round. Each heat will also consist of a different list of riders so they will be pitted against different riders each time. The riders with highest accumulative points from the heats make the 12 rider, 8-lap final.
250cc class will compete in the "Super Sprint" race which consists of 4 heats of 10 riders in 6 lap races. The top 5 from each heat go through to make the 2 x semi finals of 10 riders each, with the top 6 from each semi final going through to the final. The top 12 riders will contest an 8 lap final.

Canberra

Triple Challenge - Opens and 250cc
Open competitors will run off in 2 x 10 lap heats, with 2 x 8 lap heats for lites. Positions 1 to 9 in each heat will progress direct to the final, while riders 10-20 will fight it out in a last chance qualifier for 2 more finals places.
The 450cc final will be contested over 3 separate 6 lap races (3 x 5 laps for 250cc), with just 5 minutes between each race from when the first rider passes the checkered flag, with points awarded for each race and the accumulated points totaled to find a winner.

Sidney

Survival - Opens Only
Competitors will run off in 2 x 10 lap heats. Positions 1 to 9 will progress direct to the final, while riders 10-20 will fight it out in a last chance qualifier for 2 more finals places.
A 20 lap final will be split across 4 x 5 lap races. After 5 laps the last 5 competitors will be eliminated until 5 riders are left to do battle in one decisive 5 lap sprint.
A start clock will begin counting down as soon as the first rider crosses the finish line, forcing trailing riders to sprint through the transition to the starting gate to line-up for the next race.
250cc class will compete in the traditional 15 lap race.

Hamilton, New Zealand

Quad Challenge - Opens Only
Opens competitors will run off in 2 x 10 lap heats, with 2 x 8 lap heats for 250cc class. Positions 1 to 9 in each heat will progress direct to the final, where riders 10-20 will fight it out in a last chance qualifier for 2 more finals places.
For the final, riders battle it out in a series of 4 x 5lap races, with just 5 minutes between each race with points awarded for each race and the accumulated points totaled to find a winner.
250cc class will compete in the traditional 15 lap final (no points scoring for this round).
Brisbane

Triple Challenge - Opens and 250cc
Open competitors will run off in 2 x 10 lap heats, with 2 x 8 lap heats for 250cc. Positions 1 to 9 in each heat will progress direct to the final, while riders 10-20 will fight it out in a last chance qualifier for 2 more finals places.
The 450cc final will be contested over 3 separate 7 lap races (3 x 5 laps for 250cc final), with just 5 minutes between each race from when the first rider passes the checkered flag, with points awarded for each race and the accumulated points totaled to find a winner.
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