The 2026 Arenacross Tour is ready to hit the NEC this weekend, and we have the full list of riders set to blast around the BP Pulse Live Arena on Saturday night!
Starting the Pro Riders, and it’s a cracking line-up for 2026 with a wealth of speed and experience sure to put on a fantastic show with Hot Qualifying Laps, THREE Main Event races per night as well as the ever-popular all-action Head-to-Heads!
Popular Scot Dean Wilson will be back to defend his title from 2025, but he’s sure to be challenged by former Champ Jack Brunell on the Stark, as well as Dirt Store Triumph Racing’s Dylan Woodcock. Watch out also for the determined riding of Eddie Jay Wade, the Bayliss brothers, John Adamson and Phoenix Tools Fantic’s AX rookie Carlton Husband!
AX Pro:
#1           Dean Wilson          Honda
#2           John Adamson        Fantic
#6           Carlton Husband       Fantic
#7           Eddie Jay Wade           Triumph
#10        Jason Meara          KTM
#11        Ben Clayton           Triumph
#17        Mathew Bayliss           Husqvarna
#23        Chris Bayliss          Husqvarna
#50        Martin Barr           Stark
#65        James Mackrel       Yamaha
#155    Jack Brunell           Stark
#260    Dylan Woodcock      Triumph
#407    Adam Chatfield       Honda
#511    Steven Clarke         Stark
#957    Jake Preston                   KTM
AX Pro Am:
It will be a full track of enthusiastic riders hitting the track in the Pro-Am class, as they are now joined by several teenage riders from the former Futures class, lending another level of chaos to these already highly entertaining races! Watch for young rising stars like Lewis Spratt and Harry Lee, who always seem to find each other, while Scot Kyle McNicol could also be a factor.  Established Experts like Josh Taylor and former Pro-Am Champ Josh Greedy will be defending the honour for the older guys, as will the evergreen two-stroke hero Neville Bradshaw.  World class Speedway racer Dan Bewley will be another intriguing star to look out for. This one will be a firecracker!
#8           Callum McCaul        Stark Varg
#10        James Rutter           Honda CRF 250
#13        Thomas Humpleby    Yamaha YZ 125
#15       Ross Clarke             Yamaha YZF 450
#17        Harry Lee                           Triumph TF 250-X
#21        Lewis Spratt            Yamaha YZF 250
#26        Louis Brookes                 Stark Varg
#33        Josh Greedy            Honda CRF 450
#45        Dexter Wharton        Stark Varg
#57        Kyle McNicol           Stark Varg
#99       Daniel Bewley          Stark Varg
#102    Archie Skuse            Stark Varg
#156    Adam Wells             Stark Varg
#166    Josh Taylor               Yamaha YZF 450
#177    Oliver Williams          Yamaha YZF 250
#215    Oliver Davis              KTM SX 125
#241    Austin Beasty            KTM SXF 250
#272    Neville Bradshaw        Yamaha YZ 250
#318    Kian John                 KTM SX 125
#338    Ben White                         Honda CRF 450
#613    Christopher Jackson     Yamaha YZF 450
#714    Mark Morris                     Kawasaki KX 250
#741    Andrew Boyd                  Kawasaki KX 450
#890    Thomas Carruthers  Yamaha YZF 450
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AX Supermini:
The arena will buzz to the sound of screaming 85cc two-strokes as the tearaway teens of the Superminis will amaze you with what they can do! Reigning Champ John Slade, will take some stopping after romping to the championship last year and becoming the first rider in Arenacross history to take the Supermini title riding a small wheel. This year he graduates from the even smaller bikes, which he still cleared most of the big jumps on, but Logan Coffey and Corey Heffernan will be among those doing all they can to not let him have it all his way.  Cameron Berry and Mason Staddon will be battling it out for Small-Wheel honours and looking to embarrass some of their Big-Wheel opposition. There’s always a scrap from these super-kids!
Big-Wheel:
#7           Corey Heffernan              KTM
#54        Mason Rimell                                 GASGAS
#96        Frank Bishop                   Yamaha
#140    Lincoln Forte                                   Husqvarna
#146    Carter Williams                            Yamaha
#229    Eddie Moore                                    Husqvarna
#288    John Slade                      GASGAS
#289    Logan Coffey                                   GASGAS
#615    Mason Brown                                   KTM
Small-Wheel:
#2      Mason Staddon                             KTM
#17        Finlay Hoskisson               KTM
#24    Kai Benjamin                   KTM
#100    Matthew Kelly-Edwards        Kawasaki
#220    Cameron Berry                  Yamaha
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AX Mini
The 65cc riders are the kids shaking things up as these kids will be loudly cheered as they serve up some great action! This year’s class looks highly competitive with previous electric-bike Champion Roy Townley moving up, while Finlee Pope and Welsh flyer Preston Killoran should also be in the mix.  Stanley Peay and Rafe Harwood also know how to twist the throttle, and this could be one of the most wide-open races of the night!
#5           Finlee Pope           GASGAS
#7           Preston Killoran          KTM
#21        Ortus Simons                Yamaha
#38        George Hutchings     KTM
#80        Roy Townley           Cobra
#95        Oscar Duckworth     KTM
#99        Rafe Harwood         Yamaha
#191    Erin Deazley            KTM
#219    Stanley Peay            KTM
#224    Maxx Korszewski       GASGAS
#641    William Beckett         Kawasaki
#661    Oscar Morris            Yamaha
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AX E-Mini
The youngest of them all go for glory in the electric E-Mini class, and although they may be as young as just 5 years old, a lot of these kids will have been blasting little balance bikes around since just after they could walk!  Martin Barr is the son of the Pro rider of the same name, although Noah Barr is no relation! Cooper Swan is the son of former MX Nationals commentator Callum Swan, and took an indoor national win in the Netherlands earlier this month. Grayson Blake-Martin, Theo Hancock, and Harley Patel have also won their fair share of trophies already, so this could be a seriously good race as the crowd get behind the tearaway tykes!
#3           Maddox Knifton                             KTM
#5           Zach Elliott                     Husqvarna
#18        Oscar Wild                      GASGAS
#22        Oliver Fostun                   KTM
#50        Ollie Smillie                                      Husqvarna
#50        Martin Barr                                         GASGAS
#100    Noah Barr                        GASGAS
#111    Aliyas Westwick                 KTM
#118    Grayson Blake-Martin           Husqvarna
#161    Zack McCorkell                  GASGAS
#222    Finley Shipton                   KTM
#313    Theo Hancock                    KTM
#527    Cooper Swan                                       Sur-Ron
#721    Harley Patel                      KTM
As announced before, there is no livestream of this event, so the only way to catch these riders in action is to get to Birmingham on the 31st of January, or Belfast on the 13th and 14th of February!  Join us for the all new 2026 Arenacross Tour, Presented by Dirt Store, and get your new season underway in style!
