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2026 AMO Racing Advancement Announcement

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Advancement in motocross, regardless of class, is a remarkable achievement. It signifies more than just moving up a level; it represents countless hours of hard work, unwavering dedication, and a fierce determination to push your limits. Earning your spot through skill and perseverance is a testament to your commitment to the sport.

Congratulations to Our Advancing Riders!

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to all the riders who have advanced to the next level for the 2025 season! Your commitment and loyalty to AMO Motocross are deeply appreciated. We recognize the sacrifices you’ve made and the effort you’ve invested to reach this milestone. We wish you the best of luck in the upcoming season. Keep pushing, keep striving, and keep achieving!

Here’s a summary of the AMO rules governing advancement. Please take note of these guidelines:

1. Combined Upgrade Points: Riders participating in multiple classes will have their upgrade points combined.

  • Beginner to Junior: 10 points
  • Junior to Intermediate: 20 points
  • Intermediate to Pro: 40 points
  • Intermediates earning a national MRC/Triple Crown Pro number move to Pro regardless of points.

2. Point Allocation:

In classes with fewer than 6 riders:

  • 1st place: 3 points
  • 2nd place: 1 point
  • Full points are awarded in classes with 6 or more riders.
  • Full Upgrade points per event:
  • 1st overall: 5 points
  • 2nd overall: 3 points
  • 3rd overall: 2 points
  • 4th overall: 1 point

3. Point Reset: Riders who do not meet the required point totals will have all upgrade points reset at the start of the new season.

4. Walton Grand National: The top 3 overall finishers in the Junior and Intermediate classes at the Walton Grand National will automatically advance to the next class.

Important Rule Updates:

  • ****What was new for 2021 was that Open beginner riders earning the regular advancement (10 points) got bumped but also a racer who earned 100 total series points.
  • **** What was new in 2021 was the Youth Beg/Jun class adding advancement points to the system. ****What was New for 2021 were the top 10 racers in True North Fleet AMO OPC ending Series points in 65 B 7-11 Open get bumped into their age group for the following year. The 65 7-9 or 10-11 class.
  • *** What was NEW in 2022 was any 50 7-8 or 50 4-8 GP racers finishing top 10 in the True North Fleet OPC series points are not permitted to run 65B 7-11 the following year
  • ***NEW for 2024 65B Racers are allowed to race ECAN or Walton Raceway Grand National TrasnCan in their 65 age class if the class has space (65B racers DO NOT COLLECT ANQ POINTS AT AMO EVENTS). No matter the finish they are automatically moved up at year’s end. Any racer who does choose to take advantage of this rule is allowed to finish their current year in the OPC championship series. If a 65B racer wants to race the equivalent age class at an AMO event, they void their “B” status.

2025 Advancements

65 B to their Age class:

1st – JACOB MEYER
#620  – OroMedonte, ON		1st1st2nd1st1st1st3rd1st5th1st 571
2nd – HUDSON BAILEY
#36  – FINGAL, ON		3rd9th3rd3rd2nd2nd6th5th3rd3rd3rd461 (-110)
3rd – OLIVER GROVES
#157  – Wingham, ON		7th4th5th4th5th8th1st7th10th7th7th416 (-155)
4th – CHASE ROWLEY
#488  – Fordwich, ON		9th2nd  4th3rd9th4th6th4th5th387 (-184)
5th – BOWEN BOKLA
#91  – SIMCOE, ON		2nd5th6th8th6th5th4th11th13th10th9th358 (-213)
6th – COLTON HARPER
#253  – Uxbridge, ON		4th7th10th9th8th7th5th6thDNS8th8th344 (-227)
7th – PAIGE BOWES
#117  – Lanark, ON		13th13th8th15th7th11th13th16th8th6th1st290 (-281)
8th – ETHAN JOHNSON
#133  – Beaverton, ON		  4th2nd   3rd1st 6th270 (-301)
9th – JACK YOUNG
#6X  – Gravenhurst, ON		      7th2nd9th5th4th253 (-318)
10th – CHASE BLYTH
#567  – Hamilton, ON		 3rd  3rd 2nd  2nd2nd244 (-327)
13th – VICTOR LEFEBVRE
#401  – Saint-Eustache, QC		  11th11th   14th4th  155 (-416

These 50 7-8 and 50 GP racers CANNOT race 65B in 2026;

1st – JASON KUKIELKA
#98  – , ON		1st1st1st1st1st 1st1st10th1st1st600
2nd – KOLTON LOVE
#818  – Washago, ON		9th3rd9th2nd2nd1st2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd532 (-68)
3rd – MILLER BARBARY
#629  – Lanark, ON		2nd2nd2nd3rd4th2nd5th4th1st7th12th500 (-100)
4th – NAVY QUINLAN
#128  – GODERICH, ON		5th6th3rd4th3rd4th6th3rd8th4th5th435 (-165)
5th – BO RIVETT
#259  – Everett, ON		7th5th 7th5th5th3rd 5th3rd3rd372 (-228)
6th – JUSTICE SALWONCHUK
#497  – Bradford, ON		3rd7th7th5th6th7th15th7th9th5th4th340 (-260)
7th – PETER SOMERS
#618  – LittleBritain, ON		10th16th18th9th8th10th4th6th12th8th6th319 (-281)
8th – HUDSON BAILEY
#36  – FINGAL, ON		13th15th8th10th7th11th8th8th11th13th15th272 (-328)
9th – LOGAN SHAW
#11X  – Haliburton, ON		6th11th10th6th9th3rd  14th6th7th252 (-348)
10th – CODY KUCHMA
#195  – Maryhill, ON		12th9th5th17th10th8th9th13th18th15th17th235 (-365)

50 GP/Open

1st – JASON KUKIELKA
#98  – , ON		1st1st1st1st1st 1st1st8th1st1st600
2nd – KOLTON LOVE
#818  – Washago, ON		7th3rd5th3rd2nd1st3rd2nd2nd2nd2nd539 (-61)
3rd – MILLER BARBARY
#629  – Lanark, ON		3rd2nd3rd2nd4th2nd9th5th5th7th13th446 (-154)
4th – NAVY QUINLAN
#128  – GODERICH, ON		9th5th7th5th3rd3rd5th3rd9th14th5th397 (-203)
5th – RYDER BARIBEAU
#510  – Brockville, ON		4th8th2nd   2nd8th1st3rd8th396 (-204)
6th – JUSTICE SALWONCHUK
#497  – Bradford, ON		2nd7th8th7th5th5th14th6th7th5th4th372 (-228)
7th – BO RIVETT
#259  – Everett, ON		8th6th 9th9th7th4th 4th4th3rd349 (-251)
8th – LOGAN SHAW
#11X  – Haliburton, ON		5th9th4th6th6th14th  11th8th9th244 (-356)
9th – CODY KUCHMA
#195  – Maryhill, ON		10th10th12th12th8th6th22nd9th19th18th11th219 (-381)
10th – PETER SOMERS
#618  – LittleBritain, ON		 15th19th11th14th8th6th13th10th17th17th216 (-384

Open Beginner to Junior Class – 10 advancement points or 100 series points

1st – ADAM CLARKE
#871  – PortPerry, ON		5th21st 11th4th11th3rd9th2nd3rd8th361
2nd – KAIDEN SMITH
#8X  – Beaverton, ON		  9th 6th9th5th10th7th22nd6th267 (-94)
3rd – MICHAEL BENNETT
#169  – lansdowne, ON		     8th4th3rd1st21st 265 (-96)
4th – NICHOLAS CANELLOS
#447  – Richmondhill, ON		11th  6th  1st 6th 2nd252 (-109)
5th – RYAN AMO
#518  – Cambridge, ON		6th18th    6th6th8th15th19th231 (-130)
6th – JACK BERTRAND
#663  – Sudbury, ON		12th17th  10th21st2nd  13th4th181 (-180)
7th – AUSTIN COOK
#827  – ALLISTON, ON		15th10th   3rd  23rd6th3rd144 (-217)
7th – MARK GRAHAM
#787  – Seagrave, ON		   13th7th15th9th 18th19th14th144 (-217)
9th – BEN HAIGHT
#73  – Ottawa, ON		  1st    1st   139 (-222)
10th – ZAK STEWART
#923  – Canfield, ON		   19th14th 12th 9th 12th125 (-236)
10th – LELAND WATTON-DOW
#824  – Peterborough, On		10th6th3rd3rd       125 (-236)
12th – KANDREYA SZUSZ
#159  – KINGSVILLE, ON		9th13th 10th5th     5th118 (-243)
13th – NOAH HAIGHT
#5x  – Ottawa, On		  5th    2nd   111 (-250)
14th – TYLER MCCRAE
#411  – KENILWORTH, ON		 23rd  11th 7th   7th107 (-254)
15th – JORDAN BLANCHARD
#8  – Mallorytown, On		   5th    3rd  104 (-257)

Ladies B to Ladies A – 10 Points:

#NamePoints
72Alexis Amo28
507Adele Poirier25
916Sophia Skilling23
32Tia Howie17
15XJenna Acker17

Junior to Intermediate – 20 Advancement Points:

#NamePoints
45XCampbell Searle74
85XKadin Hall56
226Jonathan Bergeron28
667Tyler Kirby43

Racers that earned advancement by request or made the podium at TransCan in 250 Jun/Open Jun/Youth Jun/Int:

250 JUNIOR – Overall Finish Positions View Laptimes View LaptimesMoto 1Moto 2Moto 3  
Overall NameMoto 1Moto 2Moto 31st#1eYamaha JONATHAN BERGERON
 CUMBERLAND, ON 2nd1st1st2nd#667KTM TYLER KIRBY
 HAWKESBURY, ON 1st2nd2nd3rd#5Yamaha ZACHARY PHIFER
 carletonplace, ON 3rd3rd4th
OPEN JUNIOR – Overall Finish Positions View Laptimes View LaptimesMoto 1Moto 2Moto 3  
Overall NameMoto 1Moto 2Moto 31st#1eYamaha JONATHAN BERGERON
 CUMBERLAND, ON 1st1st1st2nd#45Yamaha CAMPBELL SEARLE
 , QC 3rd2nd2nd3rd#667KTM TYLER KIRBY
 HAWKESBURY, ON 2nd5th3rd
YOUTH 14-24 BEG/JUN/INT – Overall Finish Positions View Laptimes View LaptimesMoto 1Moto 2Moto 3  
Overall NameMoto 1Moto 2Moto 31st#199Yamaha TRAVIS BYROM To Pro
 Pontypool, ON 2nd1st1st2nd#161Husqvarna JAMIESON MACDONALD To Pro
 Grafton, On 1st7th3rd3rd#888Husqvarna JOHNSON BOYD To Pro
 Truro, NO 5th4th2nd

Intermediate to Pro 40 Advancement Points
*** Note: Any intermediate racer that earned a Triple Crown Top 100 National Number automatically gets bumped to Pro. No matter their advancement point status
*** Not Enough Advancement Points were earned by any racer in 2024 from True North OPC events***

#NamePoints
61Benjamin Mistelbacher55
161Jamieson Macdonald52

Kaes Knights – Earned #93 as an Intermediate to earn his Pro advancment

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250 Int and Open Int TransCan Finishes:

250 INTERMEDIATE – Overall Finish Positions View Laptimes View LaptimesMoto 1Moto 2Moto 3  
Overall NameMoto 1Moto 2Moto 31st#1wKTM TEGAN KORTENBACH
 WOLF CREEK, AB 1st1st1st2nd#48Husqvarna JAYDEN RILEY
 PENHOLD, AB 2nd2nd2nd3rd#161Husqvarna JAMIESON MACDONALD
 Grafton, On 4th4th3rd
OPEN INTERMEDIATE – Overall Finish Positions View Laptimes View LaptimesMoto 1Moto 2Moto 3  
Overall NameMoto 1Moto 2Moto 31st#161Husqvarna JAMIESON MACDONALD
 Grafton, On 2nd3rd1st2nd#1wKTM TEGAN KORTENBACH
 WOLF CREEK, AB 1st5th2nd3rd#48Husqvarna JAYDEN RILEY
 PENHOLD, AB 3rd1st4th