Jed Beaton Crowns 2026 Australia Pro Motocross Champion

Monster Energy CDR Yamaha´s Jed Beaton entered the weekend with an impressive 64 point lead and in his current 2026 form, he was odds on to claim the championship with a round to spare with a solid performance at Conondale.

After two runner-up MX1 results in the last three years, and his promising 2025 campaign coming to a shuddering halt after a broken leg, Beaton is now the premier class champion for the first time – adding to his MX2 success in 2016.

Beaton looked good in the morning sessions, but there had to be a few nerves floating around as the last time Beaton won an Australian championship was 2016. The maths was simple, to win it in race one, he needed to have a 75-point margin, to claim victory in race two, he needed to have a 50-point gap. He hadn’t finished outside the top three in the series so far, but Beaton knows more than anyone how things can change in a heartbeat.

In 2024, Beaton and his rival, Kyle Webster, took it all the way down to the final race that saw the duo tied on points at the end of the series, but the championship went to Webster due to more round wins that year.

In 2025, Beaton had cleared out to a 29 point lead after six rounds and was the in form rider of the class at the time. But tragedy struck when he had a training fall leading into round seven that saw him break his femur and be sidelined for 14 weeks.

But, there was going to be no stopping him in 2026. Beaton fired out of the blocks at the start of the season and only dropped one round through the first six to have a commanding lead coming into round seven.

He finished the weekend in fourth with 3-4 results to take fourth for the round and missed the podium for the first time this year. But it mattered little as he rode back to the podium and was instantly met by his Monster Energy CDR Yamaha team and the champaign began to flow.

“The last few years have been tough and we have taken a few hits, but I think that it just makes the win this year so much more rewarding,” Beaton offers from the podium. “We put a plan together while I was injured last year, put in a huge off season to get myself back on track and we were able to execute it to get the championship win.

“A huge thanks to the Monster Energy CDR Yamaha team for standing behind me and the massive effort everyone puts in on the team to make race days so much easier. Allot of my happiness is for them as I knew how gutted everyone was last year when I broke my leg.

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