25.11.2024

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TEENAGER KAYDEN MINEAR MAKES PROMISING WSX DEBUT IN PERTH

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KTM Racing Team's Kayden Minear has completed an inspiring first start in the FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX) following this weekend's second and third rounds of the 2024 season, lining up alongside teammate Nathan Crawford as wildcards at HBF Park in Perth, Western Australia.
The highly-rated 17-year-old local prospect took on the world's best SX2 competitors on home soil for the first time in his young career, finishing eighth on Saturday evening and then improving to a seventh-place result the following day.

Night one saw Minear qualify in ninth position and then race hard to 8-10-7-7 results for P8 overall, which he managed to build upon Sunday afternoon in the unique double-header event. He rode his KTM 250 SX-F to 4-10-7-6 scores on day two, securing him P7 for the round.

Kayden Minear: "That was a good time out there, really exciting and I was happy with how I went this weekend! It was really cool to make the SuperFinal and to race alongside some of the riders I've looked up to for so long was awesome, so overall I learned a lot and the results were pretty good. I'm ready to keep pushing hard for Melbourne now."

Crawford, meanwhile, continued his return from injury in what was his first WSX premier class appearance on the KTM 450 SX-F, claiming 14th in round two and then 13th in round three. The Queenslander displayed promise throughout the fast-paced, rapid-fire format, but is still racing himself back into proper form following an extended time on the sidelines.

Nathan Crawford: "It was really good to have this wildcard opportunity this weekend, I'm grateful for the chance the team has given me, even if it was definitely tough out there. I'm still not riding at 100 per cent, where I want to be, and there's a lot of depth in WSX, but still, I took what we could from here and we'll keep working to finish the year on a high in Melbourne."

Both Minear and Crawford will turn their attention to this weekend's final round of the 2024 Australian Supercross Championship, set to take place at Melbourne's Marvel Stadium with a world-class rider line-up as part of the international AUSX Open event.

2024 World Supercross Championship – Perth, WA

WSX Round Two Results:
1. Eli Tomac (Yamaha)
2. Ken Roczen (Suzuki)
3. Joey Savatgy (Honda)
14. Nathan Crawford (KTM Racing Team)

SX2 Round Two Results:
1. Shane McElrath (Honda)
2. Enzo Lopes (Yamaha)
3. Coty Schock (Yamaha)
8. Kayden Minear (KTM Racing Team)

WSX Round Three Results:
1. Eli Tomac (Yamaha)
2. Joey Savatgy (Honda)
3. Ken Roczen (Suzuki)
13. Nathan Crawford (KTM Racing Team)

SX2 Round Three Results:
1. Shane McElrath (Honda)
2. Coty Schock (Yamaha)
3. Enzo Lopes (Yamaha)
7. Kayden Minear (KTM Racing Team)

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