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Organisers of the Boost Mobile AUSX Supercross Championship have moved to introduce Triple Crown race formats across the remaining rounds of the 2026 season, aimed at minimising the impact of the high-profile guest riders in both the SX1 and SX2 series.

With Ken Roczen (PMG Suzuki) and Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Cole Davies sweeping all three finals in Auckland – and potentially repeating that feat in Geelong – their maximum points haul across the two rounds would rise to 150.

Had Perth and Newcastle retained their originally planned Double Header formats, it could have enabled Roczen, Davies, Justin Barcia (PMG Suzuki) and Jo Shimoda (Honda HRC Progressive) to feature prominently in the final AUSX standings despite contesting only select rounds.

“We’re going to go Triple Crowns for the rest of the series,” AUSX CEO Adam Bailey told MotoOnline, while acknowledging the added entertainment of three finals per class. “The idea originally was to have Double Headers other than Auckland and here in Geelong, but the Triple Crown racing last week was awesome.

“Seeing the top guys race three times was epic entertainment, and also we want to make sure that the domestic series riders get the opportunity to make the points back on the guest riders that come for those two rounds, so it’s a combined reasoning, really.”

Questions have also been raised over the need for heat races in Triple Crown formats, given that riders in Monster Energy Supercross transfer directly into the night program through their afternoon qualifiers, with a last chance qualifier (LCQ) traditionally held earlier in the day.

Bailey elaborated on the decision to retain heat races in AUSX, citing the additional track time they provide for privateer riders, as well as the extra on-track action for ticket holders arriving early at the event.

“The reason why we wanted to go with heat races was that there are riders – privateers particularly – who are looking for race practice and experience,” Bailey explained. “That’s the main reason why we didn’t want to drop them, because we have too many riders to not have heats.

“We didn’t want people who are making a huge effort to get to New Zealand, for example, to not get to race. So that’s the reason we wanted to have heat races. And also, we do have VIP ticket holders who come in earlier in the day, and having heat races then allows them to see some racing.”

Perth’s HBF Park event on November 14, in addition to the season finale at Newcastle’s McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle on November 28, will revert from their originally planned Double Header formats to Triple Crown races to complete the AUSX season.