Kurt Nicoll might be a four-time World number two in the tough 500cc class of the 1980s’s, and also a multiple GP winner, individual class winner at the Motocross des Nations and also along with Paul Malin and Rob Herring, a winner of the 1994 Motocross des Nations in Roggenburg, Switzerland. A career full of success stories as a racer and also as a team manager for KTM back in the day. Not to mention one of the men behind the success of the Nitro Circuit spectacular.

Now, one of the leading people in charge of the running of the World Supercross Championship as Senior Consultant of Racing Development Nicoll is again working hard to make things happen. Anyone who knows Nicoll, knows his work ethic is first class and his determination right up there with the legends of the sport.

The 2025 FIM WSX championship has already introduced some pretty impressive countries and cities into the series and riders are being signed up as we speak. Not just AMA racers, but there is also a goal to have young MXGP riders involved, and Nicoll is heading to Portugal this weekend, to speak to some of the young talent in MXGP, with an eye on names like Lucas and Sasha Coenen and Kay de Wolf.

We caught up with Mr Nicoll, as he prepared to return to Europe from his Californian home and while he couldn’t give some exciting details to us, he did inform us that big news is coming in the next week or so. Below is what he could tell us.

MXlarge: The way the World Supercross Championship is growing now and the way its being presented, it pretty much how it should have been done from the start. Some really exciting stops around the World and some good riders involved. There feels like a lot of good momentum with the series now.

Nicoll: Yes, I mean, I feel really positive about it. I firmly believe there is space for a true global World Supercross Championship and now with it expanding to seven different countries and brand-new countries, which have not had this high level of supercross before. I think its going to be amazing and appreciated. I still feel like it is being done properly now and while it’s a new series, but it is now slotting in nicely with the other major series and that is how it should have been done from the start. We have seven rounds and that has to start after the Motocross des Nations and end before A1. We have tried to be respectful to the history of the sport and the other championships.

MXLarge: I don’t know about you, but I love travelling and the WSX series is really hitting some amazing, beautiful places this year, with places like Buenos Aires in Argentina, London in England, Gold Coast in Australia, Cape Town in South Africa and as you mention, there will be another three countries added to this in the near future. It has a really exotic feel about it with those countries also have fans who must be hungry for the WSX to arrive. Was the goal to go to places that are also favourable for the look of the series, or it just turned out that way?

Nicoll: I don’t know about wanting to go to nice places, but we wanted to go to places that are starved of supercross and Buenos Aires fits into that area. The Argentinian fans, they love supercross, as is most of South America, but they just don’t get top level supercross down there. There is something about the travel for sure and speaking to some of the teams and riders, there are certain riders who might have travelled a lot around America, haven’t done that much travel outside of America and are excited to see some of these places, places like Argentina, the Gold Coast in Australia.

MXlarge: You mentioned there will be a press release in the coming week or so, can you give any details about that?

Nicoll: There will be seven races and those will be announced in maybe a weeks’ time. I can’t give anything more than that for now.

MXLarge: What about the riders involved in 2025. Having Roczen and Tomac involved was a big deal for the series and I would assume somebody like Cooper Webb at this stage of his career would also be interested. Or maybe young kids like the Coenen brothers, or Kay De Wolf?

Nicoll: We will definitely have more of the top AMA riders involved. Which ones we are still talking with, the riders and teams. I have spoken with Cooper Webb extensively and he is a big supporter of the series. Whether he races the whole series this year or not, we don’t know yet, but it is definitely on his radar for the future. The guys that are more focused on supercross, they want to ply their trade around the World.

MXlarge: I would assume somebody like Prado, who is popular in South America is too young for something like this, but the young GP riders I mentioned would be interested, I think?

Nicoll: I haven’t talk to Jorge about it, and Kawasaki are adamant they just want to race AMA supercross at the moment, so they won’t do the series. Yes, I have had contact with guys from the GPs and I am actually going to Portugal this weekend to speak to some people there and this is definitely something I see in the World Supercross future. I really can see riders wanting to race MXGP and also World supercross, or for those that just want to race supercross year-round in AMA supercross and World supercross. If you look at the success we had last year, where Tomac won the WSX championship and entered the AMA supercross is really good form, and it was the same for Ken Roczen. Having raced the WSX, he went into the early rounds of the AMA supercross in really good form. I think the AMA riders can see the value now. For people like the Coenen brothers and de Wolf, it is a great opportunity to do both MXGP and World supercross.

MXLarge: Any other changes for the series this year?

Nicoll: We are going to change the format a little bit, we won’t run the super final this year. We will change up the points a bit, so the points for the final are more important. The first two races will be shorter, and we are still making changes to make it the best format. We actually changed it during the season last year. We have to remember the team behind this is really only 12 months old and we need to work out what is best for the series and in the riders interests.

More information on WSX here: World Supercross Championship

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