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GMHBA Stadium in Geelong has been revealed as the hosting venue for round three of the Australian Supercross Champion in Victoria, scheduled for Saturday, 13 October.

The Victorian round will be operated by Troy Bayliss Events along with the South Australian stop, which was determined to be held at Gillman Speedway in Adelaide after an announcement last week.

Boasting a 36,000 seat capacity, GMHBA Stadium, which regularly hosts AFL matches, will be the largest venue on the five-round Australian supercross calendar.

Tickets from as little as $40 go on sale 12:00pm Tuesday, 26 June, via Ticketmaster, much to the delight of the three-time Superbike world champion Bayliss, who moves into supercross event management for the first time in 2018.

“We’re pumped to be teaming up with Yamaha Motor Australia to deliver round three of the Australian Supercross Championships to the people of Victoria at GMHBA Stadium and we think this is the perfect venue for fans to get up close and personal with the sport,” Bayliss said.

“We’re expecting a big crowd down in Geelong to see Australia’s greatest supercross talent and we’re also offering fans new ways of interacting with their favourite teams and riders through our Pit Party activation, which will be free-of-charge to anyone on the day.

“Don’t miss the opportunity to see supercross in a major Stadium, we have plenty of further announcements surrounding the event in the coming months so be sure to grab a ticket tomorrow and get set for an awesome time on October 13.”

The Pit Party will take place outside GMHBA Stadium, providing the people of Geelong with a free-of-charge experience to rub shoulders with the teams/riders and enjoy the party atmosphere with DJs, music, autograph signing sessions and more.

Yamaha Motor Australia director and chief operating officer Brad Ryan is delighted to be teaming up with TBE and the third round of the Australian Supercross Championship in Geelong.

“YMA is pleased to support round three of the Australian Supercross Championship Victoria. This event offers an ideal platform for our race teams to showcase their talents from the development class through MX2 and into the MX1 category,” Ryan said.

“And now with the addition of the new YZ65, the youngest members of the bLU cRU can perform in front of the crowds. It’s great to be able to help these new racers onto the first step of the victorYZone ladder – hopefully, the first step of many.”

Australian Supercross Championship promoter Adam Bailey says returning to the stadium under the guise of Troy Bayliss and his events crew is a massive boost for the championship: “We’re really proud to see Supercross return to GMHBA Stadium, another state-of-the-art facility that is sure to provide new and old fans of Supercross with some amazing racing this year,” Bailey said.

“Troy and his team do a fantastic job with running events at the highest level and I’d encourage anyone, whether a fan of supercross or not, to come check out the event in Geelong and experience first hand the excitement of supercross racing.”

The announcement means the full venue line-up for the 2018 series is now complete under the new management of AUS SX Holdings, the promoter of the AUS-X Open, who secured the commercial rights to the Australian Supercross Championship last month.