Ah, the joys of youthful exuberance! Remember those carefree moments of your childhood? Those seemingly endless summer days hanging out with your friends, laughing and playing, living in the moment with nothing on your mind weighing you down other than big dreams and a vivid imagination. Precious times indeed.
With that thought firmly in our minds, Arenacross are proud to be giving some of today’s generation of childhood dreamers a platform to make memories that will last a lifetime, not only for them but also to share with their families. It’s one of the most rewarding consequences of what Arenacross offers.
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Just for a second, take yourself back to being a kid and the innocence of it all. Now imagine what it would be like to do something you love alongside your heroes and have 5,000 plus people encouraging and cheering you on. Imagine going to school on Monday and your mates or teacher asking you what do did at the weekend. “Oh, nothing much. I raced my dirt bike inside Wembley arena. I ripped a holeshot into the first corner, then crashed and was last but charged my way back through the pack and put on an awesome block pass on the last corner and won the race and the crowd went nuts! They were all leaning over the edge shouting and clapping, so I got off my bike and did a few moves and threw my goggles in the crowd. It was awesome.” – “Yeah, I’m sure you did! Now what did you really do?” would probably be the response if they didn’t know any better.
Having the kids racing is a big deal for Arenacross, and we know they all feel the same way. So, if you make your way out to an Arenacross (and we really hope you do) when the AX hosts Matt Crowhurst and Jeff Perrett ask you to show your appreciation and encourage these boys and girls, don’t be shy, show them some love whilst remembering the joy and innocence of your own memories. They are precious and worth cherishing, so with that in mind, play your part in someone else’s.
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The Arenacross Youth classes
AX Minis
The youngest racers you’ll see in action tonight are the AX Mini riders. These are kids aged from 7 – 11 and they race 65cc two stroke motorcycles. Don’t be fooled by their size when you see them in the show opening ceremonies, these lot are proper little pocket rockets! For their age their skill set is incredible and it’s evolving and improving all the time by racing Arenacross due to the intensity and technicality of the track. Most of these kids will already have dreams and aspirations to be professional riders one day and at every opportunity they will be hanging out with the pro racers backstage and bring so much energy. We love that and can’t think of anything more inspirational for our next generation of Arenacross racers.
AX Super Minis
This is the next class up from the AX Mini class and where you really start to see the character, skill and application of the riders start to come through. This class is made up of riders from 11 –15 and they race 85cc two stroke motorcycles. In the AX Super Mini class we have a mix of wheel sizes; big and small. This is to accommodate the varying heights and growth spurts in the riders. Traditionally it’s a racer riding a big-wheeled model that will be up front and doing the winning as they’re a bit bigger and stronger, but don’t be surprised to see a small-wheeled rider in the mix for race wins and podiums.
AX Futures
Now things are getting more serious and emotional as you’d expect with kids in their mid-teens and soon to become young adults! Hormones are more on display and things get a little more aggressive out in track, fueled by the fact the racers know the industry is looking at them as potential pro riders in the near future. They’re fitter, stronger and faster and the pace and ferocity on track is close to mirroring the pros but with the obvious difference of more mistakes being made in their race craft, which makes for some awesome, nail-biting racing. The AX Futures class features riders from 14 – 18 racing 125cc two stroke motorcycles.
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