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Grassroots motorcycling will gain a major boost in Australia following the announcement that MotoStars will add a six-round racing series to its rapidly-expanding training and coaching calendar in 2017.

Due to begin in April, the competition will attract some of Australia’s best, brightest and potential future stars, racing on short course road racing circuits and go kart tracks across three states – New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

The events will cater for junior road racing and senior road racing, as well as supermoto, to combine the two separate disciplines at each meeting. The two-day format will promote ‘come and try’ entries, training, coaching and accreditation on Saturdays and move into qualifying and races on Sundays.

MotoStars, which has been established by international racer Damian Cudlin and has the support of MotoGP winner Jack Miller, also plan to promote the return of camping at events, adding a social element on Saturday evenings.

“The aim with MotoStars is to establish an exciting, affordable and accessible way to go road racing and to lay a stepping stone for the future generation of Aussie racers,” Cudlin explained. “Essentially the idea is to use smaller tracks and affordable motorcycles, which are great for the kids and recreational racers, and we’ve added some fantastic new venues to this calendar.

“We have also included supermoto to the program, which is growing again in Australia and other parts of the world, including Asia. This series will give riders a multi-round series to race in here at home.

“The biggest thing we can offer to riders though is track time. We won’t be relying on any other series or running as a support class, which can often mean a five-lap race during the lunch break. MotoStars will be a standalone series, which gives riders heaps of track time and heaps of racing and that’s what everyone wants.”

MotoStars have more information on classes and machine eligibility available on the official series website at www.motostars.com.au. You can also find their Page @motostarsaustralia on Facebook. Entries and supplementary regulations for the series will be released soon.

2017 MotoStars Series calendar:
Rd1 – 22-23 April – AwesomeDrive Kembla Grange, NSW
Rd2 – 27-28 May – Newcastle Kart Racing Club, NSW (TBC)
Rd3 – 1-2 July – Toowoomba Kart Club, QLD
Rd4 – 12-13 August – Albury Wodonga Kart Club, VIC
Rd5 – 16-17 September – Xtreme Karting Gold Coast, QLD
Rd6 – 14-15 October – Port Macquarie Kart Racing Club, NSW