YAMAHA CLAIM MEN’S & WOMEN’S PROMX TITLES

With Aaron Tanti and Charli Cannon both winning the 2022 Australian ProMX Championship that wrapped up in late August, Yamaha Racing can lay claim to having the fastest man and woman on dirt in Australia this year. Which is exactly why the Japanese manufacturer decided to reflect on the impressive achievement with a highlights package of each rider’s season, along with insights from their team managers…

Tanti, on board his CDR Yamaha Monster Energy Team YZ450F, had a season to remember racking up six podiums from the eight rounds, highlighted by two round wins at Gilman and Maitland. His improved speed and consistency were there every round, and he had built up a comfortable 24-point lead heading into the final round meaning that he has room for error if things got intense at Coolum.

“The Tanti story is a remarkable one,” explains CDR Yamaha boss, Craig Dack. “He had never won a national title as a Junior or a professional, his best result as a pro was second in MX2 way back in 2018, and he had only ever podiumed in one race on a 450. And yet he wins the 2022 championship in convincing fashion. It showed his fighting spirit, his will to never give up on his dream, and that with some hard work, guidance and dedication, everything and anything is achievable. It’s been huge year of growth for Aaron both on and off the track and, at age 26, is only coming into his prime years now. He has become more confident in his abilities and matured off the track into a dedicated and professional athlete.

“When Luke Clout went down at Round 2, we rallied the team around Aaron, gave him the support he needed and to his credit he rose to the occasion, didn’t buckle under the pressure, and won another national motocross championship for CDR. It’s a great coming of age and we congratulate him on an amazing motocross championship,” Dack went on to say.

Check out Tanti’s season highlights package.

Tanti now prepares for the supercross season, where he will be a busy man, retaining his SX1 duties with CDR Yamaha Monster Energy team in Australia, but also taking on the SX2 (250cc) role with CDR International for the Global SX campaign.

Charli Cannon burst onto the national scene taking all before her in a complete domination of the Women’s ProMX Championship. She won all six motos contested and was simply a cut above her rivals.

Not many were aware of the 16-year-old blonde-haired girl from the Sunshine Coast, but they soon were as she took it to the competition at Round 1 in Wonthaggi and never looked back. 2022 was her first season in Senior racing and shook up the established women in racing with her speed, fitness and determination.

“Charli has been great to work with and deserves every success that comes her way,” says Mike Ward of the Yamalube Yamaha Racing Team. “She works as hard as anyone on her fitness, her technique and her racing and it shows on the track as she improved every round. Charli’s Round 6 result with the guys in the MX2 class was sensational and it gave her that confidence to keep challenging herself to be a better rider. Off the track, she has had a big year as she has had to learn to deal with the media attention of being a champion. I don’t think there was a round where she didn’t have to do an interview, or autograph session or some media commitment, and yet she handled it well. Hopefully, she becomes the face of women’s racing – not just here, but internationally as she would be a great role model for young girls and women everywhere.”

Here is Cannon’s season in review.