CDR Yamaha Monster Energy Sign Two A-List Riders For 2021

The CDR Yamaha Monster Energy Team are fired up and ready to go for the 2021 season and proud to announce their two A-list riders lining up for the Pro MX and Australian Supercross Championship. Hayden Mellross will stay on the team for his second year and he will be joined by Luke Clout.

Mellross will be back for another year with the CDR Yamaha team

Mellross, now based in Victoria to be closer to the teams base, gets his first real shot on the CDR Yamaha YZ450F in 2021 after the 2020 season was destroyed by COVID-19. But it wasn’t a waste of season, in many ways as Mellross was able to get comfortable on the CDR Yamaha YZ450F and the team had done all the pre-season testing prior to the shut-down of the season.

The 12 month familiarity with both the bike and the team has Mellross well placed heading into the 2021 season and with a clean bill of health, he is looking to secure that elusive professional championship in Australian motocross and Supercross that has eluded him so far in his career.

Mellross has had 12 months to get to grips with the new bike.

“It’s great to continue on with the CDR Yamaha Monster Energy Team and build on a solid base that we formed in 2020. While we did next to no racing in 2020, I was able to recover from a pre-season injury and then use the time to personalise the bike and settings for me and I feel right at home on the YZ450F.” said Mellross

“We have the rebranded Australian Motocross Championship in the Pro MX which we hope will lift the profile of motocross, while the Australian Supercross Championship gets better each year and it seems everyone is passionate to get things back up to full power after the interrupted season we have had in 2020.”

Luke Clout during the finals at Round 3 2019 Australian Supercross Championship in Wollongong

The familiar number four will be back under the CDR Yamaha Monster Energy Team awning as Luke Clout returns to the fold after a season in the US. Clout had his best season to date in 2019 under the guidance of the CDR Yamaha team where he charged to a second place finish in both the Australian Motocross and Australian Supercross Championships.

“The uncertainty in racing in the US, especially for international riders, meant I had to re-evaluate my career and what my goals were,” Clout begins. “Racing in the US has always been a goal and dream of mine, but the current climate makes that extremely difficult, so I looked back to Australia and wanted to be on the best team.” said Clout.

Luke Clout in the main event at Round 4 2019 Australian Supercross Championship in Auckland

“That team is CDR Yamaha and it’s great to be back with the guys and on a bike that I really enjoy riding. The bike hasn’t changed a lot and I’m able to start from an already high base with all my data from the 2019 season.”

Team owner, Craig Dack, is excited about the squad he has assembled in 2021 and feels this season will be one to remember for the CDR Yamaha Monster Energy Team.

The ProMX season kicks off in April 2021.

“We have been able to secure two mature, experienced and determined racers in the prime of their careers to represent the CDR Yamaha Monster Energy Team in 2021,” Dack states. “Equally exciting is both riders are equally skilled at motocross as well as supercross and as a team we no longer have to juggle specialist riders throughout a season which gives us great continuity in our program.

The newly formed Pro MX championship gets under way in April 2021 but the team will contest a range of lead up events in preparation prior to the opening national rounds.