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The venues and formats for this year’s Super X series has been announced on its official website, the Australasian Supercross Championship continuing its mix of revolutionary new formats in 2009.

After the series calendar was initially released with TBA on many of the venues, it has now been confirmed that the following stadiums will be in use for the seven round series that will again feature live television on Fox Sports.

DATE                   LOCATION                 VENUE
October 17        Launceston, TAS     Aurora Stadium
October 24        Geelong, VIC            Skilled Stadium
October 31        Perth, WA                  Burswood Dome
November 7     Canberra, ACT        Canberra Stadium
November 14   Sydney, NSW           Parramatta Stadium
November 21   Hamilton, NZ           Waikato Stadium
December 5        Brisbane, QLD    QSAC Stadium

The big news with the formats scheduled for the series is that none of the rounds will feature the traditional 20 lap main event in the Opens (450) class, while the 250cc class will feature mixed formats for the first time. Other revelations in the format is that the New Zealand round will be a non-point scoring round for the 250cc category.

According to the official Super X website, the formats for each round will be as follows:

Launceston – Triple Challenge (Opens and 250cc)

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Open competitors will run off in 2 x 10 lap heats, with 2 x 8 lap heats for 250cc. Positions 1 to 9 in each heat will progress direct to the final, while riders 10-20 will fight it out in a last chance qualifier for 2 more finals places. The final will be contested over 3 separate 6 lap races, with just 5 minutes between each race from when the first rider passes the chequered flag, with points awarded for each race and the accumulated points totalled to find a winner.

Geelong – Quad Challenge (Opens Only)

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Opens competitors will run off in 2 x 10 lap heats, with 2 x 8 lap heats for 250cc. Positions 1 to 9 in each heat will progress direct to the final, where riders 10-20 will fight it out in a last chance qualifier for 2 more finals places. For the final, riders battle it out in a series of 4 x 5 lap races, with just 5 minutes between each race with points awarded for each race and the accumulated points totalled to find a winner.
250cc class will compete in the traditional 15 lap race.

Perth – Round Robin (Opens Only)
One of the exciting new formats for this year’s series, the Round Robin consists of 3 rounds with 3 heats of 10 riders in each round. Each heat will be 5 laps each, giving a total of 9 races per round. Each heat will also consist of a different list of riders so they will be pitted against different riders each time. The riders with highest accumulative points from the heats make the 12 rider, 8 lap final. The 250cc class will compete in the “Super Sprint” race which consists of 4 heats of 10 riders in 6 lap races. The top 5 from each heat go through to make the 2 x semi finals of 10 riders each, with the top 6 from each semi final going through to the final. The top 12 riders will contest an 8 lap final.

Canberra – Triple Challenge (Opens and 250cc)
Open competitors will run off in 2 x 10 lap heats, with 2 x 8 lap heats for 250cc. Positions 1 to 9 in each heat will progress direct to the final, while riders 10-20 will fight it out in a last chance qualifier for 2 more finals places. The final will be contested over 3 separate 6 lap races, with just 5 minutes between each race from when the first rider passes the chequered flag, with points awarded for each race and the accumulated points totalled to find a winner.

Sydney – Survival (Opens Only)
Competitors will run off in 2 x 10 lap heats. Positions 1 to 9 will progress direct to the final, while riders 10-20 will fight it out in a last chance qualifier for 2 more finals places. A 20 lap final will be split across 4 x 5 lap races. After 5 laps the last 5 competitors will be eliminated until 5 riders are left to do battle in one decisive 5 lap sprint. A start clock will begin counting down as soon as the first rider crosses the finish line, forcing trailing riders to sprint through the transition to the starting gate to line-up for the next race. 250cc class will compete in the traditional 15 lap race.

Hamilton – Quad Challenge (Opens Only)
Opens competitors will run off in 2 x 10 lap heats, with 2 x 8 lap heats for 250cc class. Positions 1 to 9 in each heat will progress direct to the final, where riders 10-20 will fight it out in a last chance qualifier for 2 more finals places. For the final, riders battle it out in a series of 4 x 5lap races, with just 5 minutes between each race with points awarded for each race and the accumulated points totalled to find a winner. 250cc class will compete in the traditional 15 lap final (no points scoring for this round).

Brisbane – Double Header (Opens and 250cc)
Opens competitors will run off in 2 x 10 lap heats, with 250cc in 2 x 8 lap heats. Positions 1 to 9 will progress direct to the final, while riders 10-20 will fight it out in a last chance qualifier for 2 more finals places. The series decider will feature a “Double Header” for both the Opens and 250cc classes. The finals will consist of 2 x 10 lap races for the opens and 2 x 8 laps for the 250cc.

Visit www.superx.com.au for more details on the series, where Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s former world champion Chad Reed will once again be back to defend his domestic crown.Men in Black II dvdrip The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream video