Women’s Motocross Championship contenders Meghan Rutledge and Letitia Alabaster will race this weekend at Coolum with the support of the Monster Energy Kawasaki team.

Team manager Troy Carroll, himself a 12-time national champion, will be on hand with his factory Kawasaki crew to support Rutledge and Alabaster.

“I’ve love to win the Australian title in my first year as a senior,” 16-year-old Rutledge said. “I really want to go out there and have fun but I also really want to win. My preparation’s been really good. I’ve been doing lots of off the bike training so I feel really fit.

“The KX250F is awesome. I couldn’t do it without the help of Glenn MacDonald at Kawasaki. He makes sure my race bike is ready to win.

“Greg at Moss Institute has been a great help and the support that TC and Monster Energy Kawasaki will be providing at Coolum will be awesome.”

Current NZ Women’s Motocross Champion Alabaster has recently moved to Australia to further her already blossoming motocross career.

“It’s going to be a great experience for me racing the Australian Women’s Championship,” she said. “I’m looking forward to going and seeing what it’s all about.”

“Monster Energy Kawasaki will be offering some great support. I’m actually going to be racing on one of the team’s KX250F race bikes so that’s pretty awesome. If my heads in the right place on Saturday I’ve got as good a chance as anyone else.”