Polyflor Honda’s Brodie Connolly has been outstanding throughout ProMX 2025, clinching his second MX2 title with a commanding 1-1 result at Toowoomba’s penultimate round on Sunday. In MX1, defending champion Kyle Webster’s 1-3 scorecard saw him elevated to red plate-holder with one round remaining. MotoOnline caught up with the Honda Racing duo after the motos for this Debrief interview.

MX1

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Kyle Webster, Toowoomba here, Echo Valley Raceway. That wasn’t easy for you, but you still got it done.

Yeah, that was one of my harder days for sure from the first minute on the track this morning. I don’t know, just one of those days you don’t really gel with it, I guess. The track was gnarly, to say the least. Like it was something else, so it was good to come away with the win today. I think I’m going to be suited more to next week, obviously. I’m just, I’m glad I got through that. You know, it would have been real easy to have a terrible day.

Take us through those battles. Obviously, you went down a couple of times. You went down in superpole there as well. It was just like tiptoeing around the place – that’s what moto one kind of looked like for you, it was like you were just getting around.

Yeah, that’s what it felt like today. I just felt racing it with full intensity probably would have landed me on my head. So honestly, my goal was two good starts and manage it from the front. Whether that’s win it or don’t win it – I wasn’t sure. But yeah, the first race especially, it was just like I tiptoed around, ticked off the laps and it was enough to get it done. I was a little bit desperate there in the end, but yeah, managed to get it done.

Feeling now it’s like, ‘Okay, I got it done. We’re on to QMP.’ Is it like you knew a mudder was going to be there. You know where it was going to be. Is it like, okay, you can take a breath now, kind of?

Yeah, knowing this one was going to be wet and probably one of the tracks is going to struggle on the most was definitely nerve wracking, to say the least. 15 points can go real quick in a mudder. So to get through this with the win, you never say you can have a breath – look at what happened last year at QMP, it’s never over till it’s over. But yeah, it’s nice to get through this one clear and take it to the last one.

Just describe that type of track today to something you’ve ridden in the past. Is that something you haven’t experienced in quite a while?

It was just it was weird. Like it was really rutty, obviously – janky is probably the right word, you know what I mean? Like it could just catch you out anywhere. It was slippery, rutty, deep, soft, unpredictable. It was hard. Then in the last race, you throw the sun in there just to top it off.

Did it dry out at all?

It did and it didn’t. Like parts of it definitely dried out and then bits off the main line did not, which obviously makes it hard cause you can’t really move around that much. I think it was one of those ones like where I felt like I found a line and I’m just going to stick to it. You know what I mean? You just know the line, it’s probably not the fastest, but it’ll get me to the end safe.

In moto two, it was sort of back and forth – everyone was going everywhere. Did you sort of know at the time where you had to be for that overall? Or were you even confused?

I wasn’t confused. I sort of knew in the back of my mind where I needed to be. I thought I had more time. I didn’t really read the board that much and I didn’t look at the clock. Then I saw last lap and I was like, ‘Oh, I probably need to get into it now, because this one will be for the overall.’ So yeah, that was good, I just felt like I was just riding in that moto – nothing stupid. I mean, I came together with a few people a couple of times and it was probably enough to back it down a little bit. Which at the end of the day, I feel like if you’re not in the points or whatever, if you’re not in the hunt, it’s easier to just send it on a day like today. But now it’s always in the sits in the back of your mind.

I don’t know how many times in those motos as well, but every time I’ve seen you guys going for a lapper, it got scary.

Oh, yeah.

I don’t know. Is it the track, is it the lappers, is there a better way? I feel like we’ve said this a couple of times this year.

I think it’s hard because at the end of the day, we’re all here racing, you know what I mean? If there’s a group of guys who are getting lapped or racing each other, it’s hard and especially on a track like today where it’s really, really difficult and the guys who ride five days a week for a full-time living, having a real tough time so you can imagine the guys who have to go to work and don’t get to ride as much and don’t get to ride this condition as much – it’s tough. You can see where the moment’s come from with lap riders this weekend. In all honesty, it was pretty good until the last lap of the first moto, I caught a big group of people and that was a bit frustrating, but like I said, everyone’s in a battle.

Hey, last question for me, we’ve seen the announcement today, 2025 Motocross of Nations, you will be returning alongside Jett and Hunter [Lawrence]. Take us through that and just your feelings on being able to go back and try to defend this thing.

Yeah, I’m stoked. Obviously, it’s an unreal opportunity. It’s a privilege to be able to represent Australia again at the Motocross of Nations this year, I’m over the moon for it – it’s going to be awesome.

Is it a little bit different now? Because you guys did it last year and you know what to expect, you know the teams, you know Jett and Hunter well. Do you think it’ll be even easier this year for you guys?

I think it’ll be a bit easier in regards of like going there, riding the bike and whatever, and then staying in America and just going to America to race. You know what I mean? It’s not going to England, not going to Europe or anything like that. It’s just one less trip – it’ll make it heaps easier. I’m going to go ride the track prior at the national in a couple of weeks, which will be good, but it’s always tough. You know what nations like, it’s probably going to piss down.

So hey, this might have been perfect?

Exactly. But I’m stoked. I’m really, really happy to go and run the number two.

Then obviously be on HRC’s equipment over there, same as last year, basically going to be the same?

As far as I know, yes, which will be really cool. Those guys have that bike dialed – it’s so sick. It’s such a good, I guess, transition from the 450 to that thing. It makes it so much easier.

Are you going to be racing the 450 at the last three [Pro Motocross rounds], or going to be on a 250 at that point?

450 at the last three. I think the transition just going from QMP straight to Ironman, and then jumping on a 250, won’t be great. At the end of the day, I still want to go there and race. I don’t want to be… That’s the thing. But after that, I’ll go spend some time on the 250. Got a fair few weeks to get into it – that’ll be good.

Hopefully, seven days from now, we’re talking about the championship back to back for you. Congratulations on today. Bit of a tough effort in these conditions – we’ll see you at QMP.

Thank you.

MX2

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Brodie, congratulations. Back to back MX2 titles – Take us through it.

Yeah, obviously, it feels real good to go back to back. I’m stoked. I didn’t really think about it until yesterday, to be honest. Then it was like, ‘Yeah, I can wrap this up today.’

Well, when we were sitting down and going through it yesterday, it didn’t seem to go through your head.

No, obviously, I wasn’t overly too stressed. It’s nice to wrap it up early, but yeah. I don’t know, I woke up this morning and I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m winning this thing today.’ So I don’t know, it’s a cool feeling to make it happen and yeah, it’s awesome to go back to back.

The motos today, Noah Ferguson kept you honest through both. You had to work in the first moto, but once again, you looked comfortable at being uncomfortable in these conditions. It’s just something you excel at – take us through the motos.

Yeah, obviously Noah was ripping today – hats off to him. I was probably a bit more comfy in that first one. Sometimes it’s nice to be behind on a track like this that’s real tricky. You can take time a bit and suss out some lines. But yeah, with four minutes to go on that first one, I put the hammer down and got him with a lap and a half to go, then he got me back on the last lap and I got him back. So it was a cool race. Then that second one, I was sitting on the line and I knew that if I won, and Ryder [Kingsford] was third or worse, I won. So yeah, I just had one goal to go and win. But yeah, Noah didn’t make it easy on me, he was right behind me that whole time. So yeah, he rode great today.

Back to back champ, that was the goal coming into it. Is it a case now you’re like, ‘Okay, I’ve ticked it off – we’ve done that.’ And you did it in a fashion like usual, you wrapped it up early. Are you done with motocross in Australia? Is it time to go now?

I don’t really know, to be honest, because I’m just going with the flow, and this has happened. I sort of look back, and you know, I was meant to go to America at the end of 2023, and now I’m still here with two championships and looking to go over next year. So, yeah, I don’t know. I’m a big believer in – most of the time – everything happens for a reason. So yeah, this is the tick for me. I want to go and have a crack overseas now, for sure.

The expectation – obviously, you’re going to do the last three Pro Motocross in the United States. What’s the goal for you?

I honestly have no idea. I have one goal, and that’s to try and get some good starts and ride like I do here, you know, not leave my brain in the toolbox like I have before.

You’ve had struggles with that overseas before, so is it almost like redemption?

Yeah, a little bit, obviously. I believe I can do it. I just need to go do it. So I’m really looking forward to that. Obviously one more race to go here, and then those three will be real cool before we start riding supercross.

No chance, absolutely zero chance of you riding a 450 at QMP?

I mean, I probably no chance from Yarrive [Konsky]’s side, but I would probably if I wasn’t going to America – I would probably do it, to be honest.

Have you spent much time on the 450?

Not really, I rode one at Manji.

You rode well that too, you got good results, you were fast.

Yeah, not too bad. I couldn’t hold on to that thing for more than a few laps. Yeah, I’d want to do some testing before I had a crack on one, I reckon.

It’s only been a few years since we’ve seen you in that Monster Energy WBR truck a couple of years ago, just coming over here for a fill-in ride now. A couple of years later, back to back champ. It’s very, very impressive. What would you say to Brodie Connolly back then if you could speak to him?

I would have told him to stop being an idiot and be a little bit more focused, to be honest. But no, man, I’ve learnt so much over the last couple of years – I mean, it’s cool to look back at stuff like that now, for sure.

Great effort. We’ll see you in seven days. Queensland Moto Park, we’ll do it all over again.

Thanks heaps, mate.