Cessnock Motorcross Club's hard work has paid off with the club to host the 2020 King of MX final on the new track layout, complete with a new 40-gate start.
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The Cessnock club has put in a massive amount of work over summer to rebuild large parts of their track, redesigning it, making huge improvements to the safety and fun factor for riders.
The clinching deal to host the series final on the Queen's Birthday long weekend from June 6-8 is that the track now has a 40-gate start.
The Hunter will also host the fifth qualifying event which will be held at Lake Macquarie from April 18-19.
Racers need to enter one of the six qualifier events where the top six or seven finishers in each class earn their golden ticket to the final.
Once a rider has qualified they can't win another golden ticket.
The King of MX series is in just its third year, but has become the biggest motocross event in Australia.
"It's always exciting to see our clubs put massive amounts of time and money into redeveloping their venues, and the work Cessnock has done over summer puts them in a position to become a host club for the King of MX final," Motorcycling NSW CEO Dave Cooke said.
The work Cessnock has done over summer puts them in a position to become a host club for the King of MX final.
- NSW Motorcycling CEO Dave Cook
"Finding host venues for the final is actually very difficult, simply due to the size of the event.
"The King of MX has become so successful in its first two years it has actually outgrown some of our venues as we need so much space for competitors and spectators.
"With the work Cessnock has put in over summer, they are now capable of pulling this off for us.
"It also means the final will be well located for a whole lot of riders who will want a qualifying spot for their place on the gates, so they better all get their entries in for our regional qualifiers in Bega, Narrabri, Wagga Wagga and Bathurst to try and find a path to their 'Golden Ticket'.
"If they wait for the last couple of qualifiers at Lakes and Dargle, they may just miss out, because those two events will be huge as well."
Maitland hosted a qualifying round of the series in May last year.
2020 King of MX
Qualifier 1 - February 15-16, Bega - Top 7 qualify for final
Qualifier 2 - February 29-1 March, Narrabri - Top 7 qualify for final
Qualifier 3 - March 14-15, Bathurst - Top 6 qualify for final
Qualifier 4 - March 28-29, Wagga Wagga - Top 6 qualify for final
Qualifier 5 - April 18-19, Lake Macquarie -Top 7 qualify for final
Qualifier 6 - May 9-10, Dargle - Top 7 qualify for final
Final - June 6-8, Cessnock