Central Coast Cup 2025 Set to Showcase Australia’s Best Dirt Track Talent

Top guns and rising stars gear up for a thrilling weekend of racing at Somersby

The 2025 SplitFire Spark Plugs & Field Furnace Refractories Pty Ltd Central Coast Cup dirt track motorcycle meeting is on this weekend (July 12 and 13) and it has again attracted a classy array of talent in both the senior and junior ranks.

The feature classes – the Cup for both the seniors and the 13 to Under 16s in the juniors – were first staged in 2005.

This would the 21^st staging of the Central Coast Cup (except for one wash-out and one year due to COVID) and it remains one of the major non-championship events on the racing calendar.

The status of the meeting has built up over the years with the impressive list of winners including riders who have gone on to win World or Australian Championships, and others who have carved out a successful career for themselves on the world stage.

Another feature of the honours list is the three junior winners who have ‘come back’ to later claim the Senior Cup.

So, the big question again this year will be whether there will be any new names added to the honour roll of winners.

In the seniors the three most recent winners will be trying to add to their records – David Smith (2015, 2016, 2018, and 2023), Luke Bush (2022) and defending champion Cody Lewis (2024).

Among the other experienced opposition the vastly improved Brayden Gay will pose a serious threat as will last year’s third-place getter Mitchell Watson, while plenty of attention will focus on the performances of several riders who have recently graduated in to the senior ranks.

Canberra rider Thomas Gotts signed off from the juniors in May when he was a winner at the Australian Junior Track Championship meeting on his home track, after he had narrowly failed to achieve that success at the 2024 Australian Junior Dirt Track Championship at Somersby.

There will definitely be a new name on the honour roll for the Junior Cup with last year’s runner up Gage Gower of Albury a likely favourite among a fairly well matched line-up.

The 8-lap Cup finals will conclude the racing on Sunday afternoon after a big program of racing which kicks off after practice on Saturday morning at 9am. Racing on Sunday starts at 10am.

Many of the riders contesting the Senior Cup are also riding in the MX Open and Pro 450 classes which will culminate prior to the battle for the Cup.

There is also a Pro 250 class and a class for the Over 35s which is always keenly contested.

All the age groups in the juniors will be part of the program, which will feature several riders who have state and national title wins to their credit.

The Central Coast Junior Motor Cycle club track is at Allen Park, Debenham Road North Somersby, near Gosford with the entry fee for spectators this weekend just $10 per vehicle.

For more information about the Central Coast Junior Motor Cycle Club check out the club’s website www.ccjuniormotorcycleclub.org.au or contact Club President David Smith on 0412 506503.

Previous Winners of the Central Coast Cup