Two-time MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner has been named as a ‘Legend’ within the Motorsport Australia Corridor of Fame, becoming a member of Mick Doohan within the class.
In whole, there at the moment are 4 individuals within the Legend class of the Motorsport Australia Corridor of Fame: Stoner, Doohan, and Australian F1 World Champions Alan Jones and Jack Brabham.
Stoner’s elevation to Legend standing within the Corridor of Fame was introduced throughout a ceremony held by Motorsport Australia at this weekend’s F1 Australian Grand Prix.
Motorsport Australia says his induction to what it calls the “quartet of legends” recognises Stoner’s “excellent contribution to the game, with 38 Grand Prix victories, together with six consecutive wins at Phillip Island, and World Championships in 2007 and 2011.”
There have been additionally quite a few new additions to the Corridor of Fame in the course of the ceremony in Melbourne.
These included three-time AMA Nationwide Champion Chad Reed (2004 250cc Supercross, 2008 450cc Supercross, 2009 450cc Motocross): motocross racer from Australia with probably the most high class titles till Jett Lawrence gained the 2024 Supermotocross World Championship – his fourth premier class AMA title.
Different inductees this yr have been: Jemma Wilson, Jessica Gardiner, and Tayla Jones of the Australian Girls’s Worldwide Six Day Enduro Group which gained 5 consecutive titles from 2013–2017; eight-time high gasoline bike drag racing champion Chris Matheson; Gold Star Champion and winner of the 1969 JAF Grand Prix Leo Geoghegan; 18-time nationwide karting champion David Sera; and NASCAR crew chief John Sidney.
2025’s additions to the Corridor of Fame convey the entire variety of inductees to 99 because the HoF was launched by Motorsport Australia in 2016.
