The 2024 ACU British Motocross Championship season (known for sponsorship reasons as the Dirt Store ACU British Motocross Championship) was the 72nd British Motocross Championship season.
Conrad Mewse started the season as the reigning champion in the MX1 class after he picked up his fourth title in 2023. After initially riding the opening round of the season as a wildcard, 5-time FIM Motocross World Champion Jeffrey Herlings raced the full season and took the title.
In the MX2 class, Swedish rider Isak Gifting was the reigning champion. However he did not defend his title as he focussed on the MXGP class of the 2024 FIM Motocross World Championship and the 2024 Italian Prestige Motocross Championship. As in the MX1 class, it was a Dutch rider Cas Valk, who became champion in MX2 in what was his first season riding in the UK.
The second race at the third round at Blaxhall was cancelled due to two race incidents and a separate incident with a member of the crowd leaving the event without enough medical cover.
The fourth round, scheduled to be held at Foxhill, was cancelled in the week leading up to the event due to low entries.
It was later announced that the fifth round at Hawkstone Park would be the first event where the ACU British Motocross Championship ran in conjunction with the rival Fastest 40 series (formerly known as the MX Nationals).
Race calendar and results The full calendar was released on 29 October 2023.
MX1 Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner 1 28 April Lyng Conrad Mewse Jeffrey Herlings Jeffrey Herlings 2 26 May Canada Heights Jeffrey Herlings Jeffrey Herlings Jeffrey Herlings 3 23 June Blaxhall Conrad Mewse Race Cancelled Conrad Mewse - 14 July Foxhill Round Cancelled 4 3 August Hawkstone Park Jeffrey Herlings Jeffrey Herlings Jeffrey Herlings 5 31 August Schoolhouse Jeffrey Herlings Jeffrey Herlings Jeffrey Herlings 6 21 September Preston Docks Conrad Mewse Jeffrey Herlings Jeffrey Herlings
MX2 Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner 1 28 April Lyng Jack Chambers Cas Valk Cas Valk 2 26 May Canada Heights Joel Rizzi Jack Chambers Jack Chambers 3 23 June Blaxhall Cas Valk Race Cancelled Cas Valk - 14 July Foxhill Round Cancelled 4 3 August Hawkstone Park Joel Rizzi Tommy Searle Tommy Searle 5 31 August Schoolhouse Tommy Searle Tommy Searle Tommy Searle 6 21 September Preston Docks Cas Valk Cas Valk Cas Valk
Circuit locations
MX1 Participants TeamConstructorNoRiderRounds Phoenix Evenstrokes Kawasaki Kawasaki 6 Carlton Husband All Kescommercials.co.uk/Kawasaki Cornwall Kawasaki 7 Louie Kessell All Moto-Cycle Racing Gas Gas 10 Jason Meara All Apico Honda Honda 16 Tom Grimshaw All 50 Martin Barr All SRM Racing KTM 19 Aidan McDonough 4 AJP Racing Team Husqvarna 21 Jayden Ashwell 4 Crendon Tru7 Honda Racing Honda 23 Taylor Hammal 5–6 49 Callum Green 1–2, 5 426 Conrad Mewse All Mills Racing Yamaha 27 Christopher Mills 4–6 Monk Plant Hire Honda 32 Calum Mitchell 3 Dyce Carriers/Site Sealants KTM 33 Ben Edwards All SC Sporthomes Husqvarna Husqvarna 41 Tristan Purdon All 91 Charlie Putnam All AMC Transport/Design Scaffolding Husqvarna 48 Harry Bradley 1–5 Danger UK/RSS/Stafford Vans Kawasaki 57 Tony Craig 1 Feehily MX KTM 67 Scott Alldridge 4, 6 GMR Magic Mushroom Yamaha Yamaha 74 Tom Murphy All Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 84 Jeffrey Herlings All Chambers Racing Husqvarna 95 Dan Thornhill All Dirtwheelz/Moto Pro Suspension Yamaha 118 Jaydon Murphy 1 S Briggs Commercials Honda 133 Ashley Greedy 2, 4 Gabriel Insulation/Liphook Logistics KTM 134 Liam Knight 4 GOMX 365 Yamaha 141 Nathan Green 4–5 Dave Mewes Construction Kawasaki 149 Luke Parker 3 Seca Racing Team Honda 162 Stuart Edmonds 2–4 John Banks Honda Honda 166 Lewis Tombs 1 Dirt Store Kawasaki Kawasaki 184 James Carpenter 1–3 Modu Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 211 Billy MacKenzie 2–3 Gas Gas 222 Jake Winnard 6 FUS Marsh Honda Honda 260 Dylan Woodcock 2 KTM 295 Ross Rutherford 5–6 GH Motorcycles G&B Finch Yamaha Yamaha 301 Shaun Southgate 1, 3 Gabriel SS24 KTM KTM 326 Josh Gilbert 1–2, 4–6 John Banks Racing Honda Honda 365 Sam Nunn All Lings KTM KTM 411 Declan Whittle 1, 3 Canopy Pro Kawasaki 414 Glen Phillips 2 RJ Francis Motorcycles KTM 477 Connor Bunkle 3 GH Motorcycles/GB Finch Husqvarna 499 Ben Cole 3 Bike It Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 579 Bobby Bruce 4–6 ASA United Gas Gas Gas Gas 711 James Cottrell 1–3, 6 DK Offroad/Bikesport Newcastle Honda 714 Brad Todd All KTM 911 Ben Heyward 2
Riders Championship
Pos Rider Bike LYN CAN BLA HAW SCH PRE Points 1 Jeffrey Herlings KTM 2 1 1 1 2 C 1 1 1 1 2 1 266 2 Conrad Mewse Honda 1 2 2 2 1 C 2 2 2 2 1 2 251 3 Josh Gilbert KTM 4 3 8 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 185 4 Tristan Purdon Husqvarna 15 7 3 5 3 C 3 12 5 7 4 4 171 5 Brad Todd Honda 5 4 5 11 4 C 6 5 7 5 6 7 168 6 Jason Meara Gas Gas 3 6 10 7 8 C 10 6 6 6 10 10 151 7 Martin Barr Honda 7 5 4 6 5 C 9 10 10 11 8 9 148 8 Tom Grimshaw Honda 9 15 Ret 9 6 C 7 8 9 8 9 8 122 9 Sam Nunn Honda 6 8 6 8 13 C 14 17 15 10 15 14 105 10 Dan Thornhill Husqvarna 11 11 11 13 9 C 11 9 14 12 14 12 104 11 Bobby Bruce Kawasaki 5 3 8 9 5 5 93 12 Carlton Husband Kawasaki 8 9 Ret Ret 7 C 8 7 11 14 11 Ret 93 13 Ben Edwards KTM 10 16 16 15 11 C 15 11 13 13 13 13 85 14 Taylor Hammal Honda 3 4 7 6 67 15 Charlie Putnam Husqvarna 18 10 13 14 16 C 16 13 16 22 19 19 54 16 Christopher Mills Yamaha 12 14 12 21 12 11 44 17 Louie Kessell Kawasaki 16 13 15 17 19 C 23 19 19 17 18 15 42 18 Tom Murphy Yamaha Ret 17 18 16 17 C 18 16 18 16 16 16 42 19 James Carpenter Kawasaki Ret 20 7 4 Ret C 33 20 Stuart Edmonds Honda 14 Ret 15 C 13 15 27 21 Dylan Woodcock Honda 9 12 21 22 Billy MacKenzie Kawasaki 12 10 22 C 20 23 Harry Bradley Husqvarna 19 14 19 20 20 C 22 20 20 19 17 24 James Cottrell KTM 14 12 20 Ret Ret C Ret DNS 17 25 Declan Whittle KTM 17 Ret 12 C 13 26 Shaun Southgate Yamaha 20 Ret 10 C 12 27 Lewis Tombs Honda 12 19 11 28 Ross Rutherford KTM 17 15 20 20 11 29 Ashley Greedy Honda 17 18 20 22 8 30 Tony Craig Kawasaki 13 Ret 8 31 Calum Mitchell Honda 14 C 7 32 Scott Alldridge KTM 21 21 17 18 7 33 Liam Knight KTM 19 18 5 34 Jake Winnard Gas Gas 21 17 4 35 Callum Green Honda Ret 18 Ret DNS 21 20 4 36 Jayden Ashwell Husqvarna 17 Ret 4 37 Nathan Green Yamaha 24 Ret 22 18 3 38 Luke Parker Kawasaki 18 C 3 39 Glen Phillips Kawasaki 21 19 2 Ben Cole Husqvarna 21 C 0 Ben Heyward KTM 22 Ret 0 Connor Bunkle KTM 23 C 0 Aidan McDonough KTM 25 Ret 0 Jaydon Murphy Yamaha Ret DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike LYN CAN BLA HAW SCH PRE Points
MX2
Participants TeamConstructorNoRiderRounds Crendon Tru7 Honda Racing Honda 3 Bernardo Tibúrcio 6 23 Taylor Hammal 1–4 45 Jake Nicholls All HJA Racing KTM 4 George Hopkins 1–2, 4 Gas Gas 202 Tyler Westcott 1–4 GMR Magic Mushroom/Apico/Leatt KTM 5 Liam Bennett All CM Groundworks Gas Gas 8 Callum McCaul 3 Chambers Racing KTM 10 Harvey Cashmore All 131 Henry Siddiqui 1 300 Ben Franklin 1–4 337 Glenn McCormick 2–6 731 Alfie Jones All Bike It Kawasaki MX2 Racing Team Kawasaki 12 Jack Chambers All 441 Billy Askew 1–2, 4–6 579 Bobby Bruce SC Sporthomes Husqvarna Husqvarna 19 Sydney Putnam 1–2, 5–6 44 Elliott Banks-Browne All 422 Charlie Heyman 1, 4, 6 Southside MX KTM 20 William Farrow 1–3 Monster Mountain/Apico/Leatt KTM 22 Jak Taylor 1 Ultimate Wheels Kawasaki Kawasaki 28 Jack Timms 3 Jim Aim Racing KTM 34 Joshua Bassett 2 Apex Redline MX/SBE/WPH/Pure KTM 40 Jamie Wainwright 1–3 AMC Transport/Design Scaffolding Husqvarna 48 Harry Bradley 6 DS Launir/Pukinn Yamaha 49 Eiður Orri Pálmarsson 2–4, 6 MSR Kawasaki Kawasaki 53 Dylan Walsh All Algas Medical SAS TPC KTM KTM 57 Kyle McNicol All Norman Watt Motorcycles Kawasaki 65 James Mackrel 3 723 RaceBikes Fantic 72 Raife Broadley 2, 4 723 RaceBikes/Westsole Racing Husqvarna 75 Aaron Ongley 1–2 Seventy7 Racing Kawasaki 77 Tobias Sammut 1–3 Drag'on Tek/Stolen Yamaha Yamaha 98 Todd Kellett 3 Wulfsport/HRW Racing Honda 99 Howard Wainwright 4 Dirt Store Kawasaki Kawasaki 100 Tommy Searle All 119 Mel Pocock 912 Joel Rizzi All Gas Gas 101 Lenny Ashley 2 Dirtwheelz/Moto Pro Suspension Yamaha 118 Jaydon Murphy 5–6 RSR Plant Services KTM KTM 122 Jake Sheridan 1–2 ASA United Gas Gas Gas Gas 163 Ben Mustoe 1–4 JT166/Dirtwheelz Yamaha 166 Josh Taylor 1–2 Gabriel SS24 KTM KTM 172 Cas Valk All Drysdale Motorcycles/Central Forestry Gas Gas 181 Ryan Thomson 1–2, 4 Phoenix Evenstrokes Kawasaki Kawasaki 228 Charlie Cole All IDS Transport Racing KTM 231 Rory Jones 4 711 Joel Fisher 4 FUS Marsh Honda Honda 260 Dylan Woodcock 4 Hardman Racing Honda 403 Rowan Hill 1 AVT Campers KTM KTM 410 James Barker 1 Lyfe Linez/HydroOG/Madison Cycles KTM 417 Harrison Greenough 6 426 Motorsport Team KTM 419 Joe Brookes 1–5 Lings Powersports/DJK/Trell Honda 421 Bayliss Utting 1, 6 Apico/Crown Windows Husqvarna 433 Jack Lindsay 1–2, 4 SAS TPC KTM Racing Team KTM 511 Steven Clarke 1–5 DK Offroad/FXR/Bell/Gaerne KTM 555 Mckenzie Marshall 1–3, 6 K-Tech Aristo Cars Racing KTM 616 Ollie Colmer 1–5 Concept Racing Yamaha Yamaha 661 Josh Coleman 1–5 Lings Powersports Honda 687 Jake Rackham All KKR Gas Gas 748 Kristofers Kauliņš 4 Yamaha 807 Luca Pegg Oakleaf Motorsports Honda Honda 925 Lennox Dickinson 1–4
Riders Championship
Pos Rider Bike LYN CAN BLA HAW SCH PRE Points 1 Cas Valk KTM 2 1 4 2 1 C 3 3 4 5 1 1 236 2 Tommy Searle Kawasaki 3 4 6 3 6 C 2 1 1 1 2 2 229 3 Jack Chambers Kawasaki 1 3 2 1 2 C 13 2 10 4 4 6 206 4 Joel Rizzi Kawasaki 6 2 1 5 3 C 1 4 5 2 7 Ret 193 5 Dylan Walsh Kawasaki 5 6 7 4 5 C 12 6 2 3 3 4 183 6 Jake Nicholls Honda 4 30 10 8 4 C 7 9 8 9 6 5 142 7 Alfie Jones KTM 9 8 12 Ret 10 C 10 8 9 14 10 11 109 8 Billy Askew Kawasaki 31 9 Ret DNS 4 5 20 7 5 3 97 9 Joe Brookes KTM Ret 5 8 10 13 C 5 10 14 6 97 10 Taylor Hammal Honda 7 13 3 6 8 C 11 7 94 11 Ollie Colmer KTM 10 14 11 14 9 C 6 Ret 11 8 85 12 Glenn McCormick KTM 15 13 16 C 15 13 6 10 9 8 84 13 Charlie Cole Kawasaki 17 11 14 11 11 C 21 11 7 13 11 Ret 83 14 Steven Clarke KTM Ret 12 21 12 12 C 8 12 12 11 68 15 Elliott Banks-Browne Husqvarna Ret 20 5 7 Ret C Ret Ret 3 12 Ret Ret 60 16 Ben Mustoe Gas Gas 12 7 9 9 15 C Ret DNS 53 17 Charlie Heyman Husqvarna 8 28 9 Ret 8 7 52 18 Liam Bennett KTM 19 27 19 15 22 C 18 19 17 16 14 16 36 19 Josh Coleman Yamaha 28 17 16 16 20 C 16 23 13 15 34 20 Jamie Wainwright KTM 11 10 18 19 14 C 33 21 Jake Rackham Honda 13 23 22 22 18 C 19 16 15 17 22 17 32 22 Mckenzie Marshall KTM 14 18 27 DNS 25 C 13 15 24 23 Kyle McNicol KTM 30 15 29 27 23 C 25 18 Ret 20 12 19 21 24 Jaydon Murphy Yamaha 16 18 19 12 19 25 Bernardo Tibúrcio Honda 15 9 18 26 Raife Broadley Fantic 13 17 26 15 18 27 Todd Kellett Yamaha 7 C 14 28 Eiður Orri Pálmarsson Yamaha 26 29 19 C 28 DNS 16 14 14 29 Harrison Greenough KTM 17 13 12 30 Ben Franklin KTM 18 16 Ret 23 17 C 27 DNS 12 31 Bayliss Utting Honda Ret DNS Ret 10 11 32 Howard Wainwright Honda 17 14 11 33 Sydney Putnam Husqvarna 23 24 25 21 18 19 18 18 11 34 Tyler Westcott Gas Gas 25 22 31 18 21 C 14 20 11 35 Lennox Dickinson Honda 15 19 20 25 29 C 32 22 9 36 Ryan Thomson Gas Gas 21 31 17 24 20 21 5 37 James Barker KTM 16 29 5 38 Rory Jones KTM 29 17 4 39 Harry Bradley Husqvarna 20 20 2 40 Harvey Cashmore KTM 26 Ret 33 31 26 C 30 26 19 Ret 21 21 2 41 Jake Sheridan KTM 20 21 32 DNS 1 42 George Hopkins KTM Ret 25 23 20 Ret DNS 1 Jack Lindsay Husqvarna 22 32 30 DNS 22 Ret 0 Dylan Woodcock Honda 23 Ret 0 Joel Fisher KTM 24 24 0 Aaron Ongley Husqvarna Ret Ret 24 26 0 Jak Taylor KTM 24 Ret 0 James Mackrel Kawasaki 24 C 0 Kristofers Kauliņš Gas Gas 31 25 0 William Farrow KTM Ret 26 35 28 27 C 0 Henry Siddiqui KTM 27 33 0 Josh Taylor Yamaha Ret DNS 28 Ret 0 Callum McCaul Gas Gas 28 C 0 Tobias Sammut Kawasaki 29 34 36 33 31 C 0 Lenny Ashley Gas Gas Ret 30 0 Jack Timms Kawasaki 30 C 0 Joshua Bassett KTM 34 32 0 Rowan Hill Honda Ret DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike LYN CAN BLA HAW SCH PRE Points
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