There is no doubt, young New Zealander Cole Davies is not only an exciting talent but has the potential to become a huge name in the sport of AMA supercross and AMA motocross. After clinching the 2024 Supercross Futures AMA National Championship, the 16-year-old Kiwi burst into the scene in 2025, with a podium finish last weekend at A2 and a post race press conference, which had everyone laughing out loud.

Davies who first raced in US at the Supercross Futures in 2023, and after showing promise throughout his limited stint, in 2024, the youngster caught the attention of Daniel Blair, who ran the youth efforts for GasGas.

“I came over last year for the SX Futures at Anaheim 2 and finished fourth, which surprised a few people. Wil Hahn texted Ben Townley afterwards to congratulate him, and that’s how I got a connection with Wil. He came over for a meeting and I rode and trained with him, then I flew to the US for the Arlington Futures round and got P7. At the last round at Glendale, I crashed in practice, and broke my collarbone and a couple of ribs, so I returned home, recovered, then kept training with Ben (Townley). I then came over and did some training at the Star Yamaha compound, which was definitely cool, then raced the RedBud and Ironman Combines and finished sixth overall. After that last race we headed back to California, and I got the ride with GasGas for 2024. It’s been all uphill from there.”

Fast forward to 2025 and Davies made an impressive debut at the 2025 Monster Energy AMA Supercross season opener in Anaheim, California, despite facing some adversity during the 250SX West Main Event.

The 17-year-old New Zealander showcased his talent right from the start, qualifying sixth and grabbing the holeshot in his heat race. He finished second behind teammate Haiden Deegan, putting him in a strong position heading into the main event. However, things took a turn when both Davies and Deegan were caught up in separate incidents on the opening lap of the main event. While Deegan recovered to finish fifth after a crash, Davies found himself at the back of the field in 20th place. Undeterred, Davies fought back to finish eighth, displaying impressive resilience and determination.

“I learned a lot of race craft and felt good on the bike,” said Davies. “I ended up sixth in qualifying and got second in the heat, but I went down on the first lap of the main and came from last to eighth. It’s time to build off that and get ready for San Diego!”

In round two in San Diego Davies continued to showcase his potential in his second pro supercross outing. After qualifying seventh, the rookie got a great start to his heat race and claimed the lead early. With his teammates hot on his heels, the 17-year-old continued to ride his own race and claimed his first heat race win. Starting with the number one gate pick for the main event, Davies once again, narrowly missed the holeshot and quickly claimed the lead, maintaining it for seven laps. Although he was shuffled back to fifth at the halfway mark, he kept pushing and crossed the line fourth, earning a career-best result and moving up to sixth in the standings.

“It definitely was a good day today and a step in the right direction. I was seventh in qualifying and wasn’t too happy with that, to be honest, but I reset for the heat race. I got a good gate pick and ripped a great start, and got my first-ever heat race win, so I’m stoked about that. Then I had the first gate pick for the main, and I ripped a start again and led some laps, which was awesome. JuJu (Julian Beaumer) got by me, and then I made a mistake, and it was a bit of a snowball effect, but I made a last corner pass for fourth. So, we’re happy with today. We’re just going to keep building each week.”

Last weekend at A1 we saw another strong performance from Davies, who qualified fourth and scored a runner-up finish in his heat race. In the main event, he was seventh after the first lap but kept pushing and made his way to fourth on Lap 6. The 17-year-old New Zealander continued to ride a strong race and would advance to third on the final lap after a rider ahead crashed. The rookie’s first career podium has him leaving Southern California fifth in the point standings and trailing the leader by 17 points.

“I felt good today on the bike. The first qualifying wasn’t the greatest, but I reset and came out for the second qualifying and was fourth. I was second in the heat race and put up a bit of a battle in that one. Then I was seventh after the start of the main event, made a few passes for fourth, and then Smitty (Jordon Smith) went down on the last lap through the whoops. The track was gnarly. It was a good race, and I got my first career podium, so I’m stoked about that.”

Now, as we head to Glendale for round four, many would not be surprised to see him battle team-mate, Haiden Deegan for a victory and no doubt, with a long list of New Zealand races having success around the World, this young kid is very much in a position to join the likes of Shayne and Daryl King, Josh Coppins and Ben Townley as a Worldwide star.