LATEST
Gaza’s Year of ‘Ceasefire’: Children Killed, Disease Spreading and Families Facing Another Winter in TentsInternational Football’s D-Day: A Prime Opportunity to Overthrow the Hegemony of Zurich‘We Are Dead in Gaza’: Three Years of Destruction, Displacement and the Struggle to SurviveIsrael Is Tearing Itself Apart Warn Former US Officials as Gaza War Deepens CrisisFormer CIA Analyst Says US Soldiers’ Parents Told Him Nuclear Defence Units Are Deploying to KuwaitArchive Genocide Releases Gaza Evidence Map on Eve of 7 October AnniversaryMCR EXEC Warns Uber Drivers: A Premium EV Does Not Automatically Create a Chauffeur BusinessGaza’s Returned Dead: Organ-Removal Allegations Remain Unresolved as UN Calls for InvestigatorsPope Mourns Christian Mother and Daughter Killed by Israel After Leaving Church Shelter in GazaNearhuman Raises £350,000 Pre-Seed to Bring Physical AI to E-ScootersGaza’s Year of ‘Ceasefire’: Children Killed, Disease Spreading and Families Facing Another Winter in TentsInternational Football’s D-Day: A Prime Opportunity to Overthrow the Hegemony of Zurich‘We Are Dead in Gaza’: Three Years of Destruction, Displacement and the Struggle to SurviveIsrael Is Tearing Itself Apart Warn Former US Officials as Gaza War Deepens CrisisFormer CIA Analyst Says US Soldiers’ Parents Told Him Nuclear Defence Units Are Deploying to KuwaitArchive Genocide Releases Gaza Evidence Map on Eve of 7 October AnniversaryMCR EXEC Warns Uber Drivers: A Premium EV Does Not Automatically Create a Chauffeur BusinessGaza’s Returned Dead: Organ-Removal Allegations Remain Unresolved as UN Calls for InvestigatorsPope Mourns Christian Mother and Daughter Killed by Israel After Leaving Church Shelter in GazaNearhuman Raises £350,000 Pre-Seed to Bring Physical AI to E-Scooters
News

SX Global Secures FIM Supercross World Championship

Richard Powell  2 min read
Illustration: greatreporter

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), the global governing body of motorcycle racing - today announced that SX Global has been selected, a highly credentialed Australian company, to manage and promote the FIM Supercross World Championship over the coming decade.

 

SX Global will develop and manage a new international series commencing in 2022. .  This is the first time an FIM World Championship has been conducted by an Australian based company. It is a fitting confirmation for a country with a deep history of success and extraordinary moments in professional motorsports, on two wheels.

 

Jorge Viegas - FIM President said: “After a strong and fruitful relationship over the last two decades between FIM, Feld Entertainment and AMA, it is now time to start a new journey to ensure a bright future for Supercross. In order to support the growth and commercial viability of the series, the FIM believes that SX Global has the expertise and the ability to deliver a first class FIM Supercross World Championship. The new series will offer exciting races thanks to the passion and extended experience of the SX Global team, with a plan that will gradually expand the Championship to new countries and territories across the world.”

 

SX Global brings together the creators of the former AUS-X Open Supercross Adam Bailey and Ryan Sanderson, alongside Tony Cochrane, the founding chairman and driving force behind the creation, development and growth of the V8 Supercars Championship in Australia.  Adam and Ryan share deep experience in Supercross, having created and hosted a number of highly successful FIM Oceania Championship events since 2015.

 

Complementing this highly experienced team will be one of the world’s leading financial powerhouses with an established track record of investment in global sport properties, to be announced when SX Global officially unveils its plans for the 2022 FIM Supercross World Championship along with confirmation of new partnerships early in the new year.

 

With a wealth of global motorsports experience, SX Global is an exciting organization to truly take world Supercross to new heights on behalf of the FIM.  Utilizing this experience, the new entity SX Global is now preparing to bring Supercross to a world class global level as the promoter of the FIM Supercross World Championship and reach out to the millions of supercross fans around the globe.

 

Tony Cochrane – President SX Global added “It’s been a tremendous journey over the past five months to bring our team together with some of the most experienced people in all facets of motorsports now coordinating a sharp focus on Supercross and its global expansion. We would very much like to thank the FIM for their strong support of our vision and plan and in particular its President, Jorge Viegas, who has shown great leadership in working to bring this together in such a short timeframe. Fans have been demanding world-class Supercross in so many countries – it’s a special day for all of those fans and at the end of the day, fans are our No. 1 consideration.”

 

Further details on both the FIM World Championship and SX Global will be announced in January 2022.

 

Click here for Video News Release - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bdt5o8ynpbrf5lt/AAAM5NJdpzoSaAVpXaRdHt0Ia?dl=0

 

Click here for Images - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HUQQB9ArKem0QMw1WNL9zYCIw4UxXbvq?usp=sharing

 

Pic from Left to Right: Adam Bailey (Managing Director - Motorsport - SX Global)  Ryan Sanderson (Managing Director - Commercial - SX Global) Tony Cochrane (President - SX Global)



Related articles

Top