Two action-packed nights kicked off the 2025 Boost Mobile AUSX Supercross Championship, with Dean Wilson and Lux Turner setting the tone by sweeping SX1 and SX2 in Moreton Bay! MotoOnline caught up with the pair post-race to Debrief on their winning start to the new season.

SX1

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Dean Wilson, that’s round one in the books, top step of the podium for you, a heat race win. That night wasn’t easy for you, but man, you fought through all the way through the night. Take us through it.

Yeah, it was a great night. I won the heat race, which was good and won both main events. So definitely can’t complain. Just really need to tidy my starts up. I just struggled coming out of the gates. You put yourself at high risk when you do that. So if I can clean that up for tomorrow, I’d be happy. But overall, pretty happy with my riding. I feel like I had a little bit more in me if I needed it. So I was kind of at that nice, like 90 percent stage, you know. So happy with that, can’t ask for a better opener.

Early in the first one, you sort of were off track there. You were buried. It was almost chaos in front of you. You looked like you just composed yourself and got to the front. You sort of ran away with it then. Take us through that and just the chaos throughout it as well.

Yeah, I was wild night of racing for sure. I was doing this rhythm section over here and I tripled out, but I spooked myself a little bit and I landed off the side. So I went over the berm and had to go around the track and lost a pile of positions. So it’s probably about, I don’t know, maybe 11th or 12th. I just put my head down and thank God that all those guys were in a bunch and slowing each other up. I managed to get around them and take the win. So that was a good feeling because I thought I blew at first, but I just never gave up and we made it happen.

You know, there’s been many, many years you’ve raced here in Australia. Were there things you learnt last year after falling a couple points short in the championship that you’re like, ‘Okay, I’m changing it this year. I’m going to do this.’ Just give me your thoughts on how you might attack things differently.

Yeah, I mean, I think last year, you know, I messed up a few times. So my starts were very inconsistent and they are again, you know, so that’s just something I really want to clean up. And then that’s what hurt me a lot last year, especially Adelaide. You know, I went in, I won the first race, and then I think I got like a sixth or seventh because I came from last. It was really tight and I put myself in really bad positions. So it’s so important to get that start and keep out of trouble. There’s quite small, tight tracks. So overall, though, I think we’re in a good spot right now and just going to stay focused and get the job done tomorrow.

Once again, on the podium, you know, you’ve got your wife, you’ve got your son as well. Looks like a lot of emotion going on for you. So I feel like that one was a special one for you tonight. Is that right?

Yeah, it was, for sure. I’ll probably talk about it more next week, but it’s been a very, very tough weekend for me. But I’m just trying to push through it and keep a clear head. It’s hard as it is. And yeah, just make my mum proud.

Top step of the podium is the best way to do it, mate. We will see you back on track tomorrow. Thanks, Dean.

Thank you.

SX2

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Lux Turner, the double here for you this weekend. That’s two wins from two and a great way to start your 2025 AUSX campaign. Another night of crazy and hot racing, though.

Yeah, that night was a lot better than last night, I would say, on the easy, I don’t know, easy-wise, if that’s even the word. Last night was hectic, that second moto getting a bad start and having to come back from getting taken out and still somehow win it, so I’m pretty pumped. And then, obviously, I could have let that red plate affect me and get over my head.

Does it?

No, you just, you can’t think about that. You got to stay humble, don’t get ahead of yourself, and just put in the work. And today, I really just focused on not hanging it out there unless I need to. Like that second moto, I just rode my own race to second and got the overall. So yeah, I’m pretty pumped.

I think a pretty major part of the success for you as well, is you just put yourself in good positions and you don’t let the chaos at the back control that. Is that something you’ve learned here now? You’re like, ‘Okay, these starts are really, really important.’

Yeah, so I don’t know if I should say this, but I actually switched to the start map recently. Like I only had maybe three starts on the start map before coming into this weekend. And it just lets me be a lot more consistent, especially after last night, I figured out you don’t want to be in the back because when you’re in the back, shit goes wrong.

So is that something like coming from the US, you’re used to the grid, you’re used to what that bike does. That’s something where I feel like you may have something over these other guys – and that map, is it better on the grid?

Yeah. Maybe it’s because I’m used to, I feel like me and Shane [McElrath] by far have the most time on mesh starts, for sure. But it’s just that start map lets me be a lot more consistent and the starts are so crucial. Just putting yourself in a good position every moto and just taking it home.

First two rounds out of the way now, a good lead in the championship for you. What’s the next few weeks look like? You’re obviously staying here in Australia. Are you just going to stay in Southeast Queensland and ride and just perfect little things more, test race bike? What’s the weeks look like for you?

Honestly, I need to play it safe because, I think coming into this, I’ve already raced 23 times this year. So I definitely need to play it safe. I’m probably just going to take it light this week. Maybe work on some motor stuff, cleaning out the motor a little bit more. But other than that, dude, that motor rips. That bike is fast. So I’m pretty happy with it. But just going to take it easy, rest and not push it too much.

Hey, congratulations – red plate stays. We were talking about this last night, it’s been a while since we’ve seen that red plate on the Monster Energy Yamalube Yamaha. That’s got to feel good. And you feel these guys, like, they’re as into it as you are?

No, I mean, they deserve it more than just as much as I deserve it. They’ve worked their ass off every single day. And I’m pumped to be able to kick some ass for them.

Congratulations, mate. We will see you at Cronulla.

Sounds good. Thank you.