Kiwi motocross star Courtney Duncan has her eyes firmly set on securing a second consecutive Women’s Motocross World Championship, with the series kicking off in the United Kingdom later this month.
Duncan travels to Europe this week to reunite with her 2019 championship-winning Kawasaki race team.
The 24-year-old says the ‘Girl on Fire’ film (below), which has been launched to millions of fans worldwide through Monster Energy’s global channels, is a depiction of the journey and sacrifice that took Duncan to the top of the world in 2019.
“Girl on Fire represents my career I think, just all the setbacks, injuries and failures that I’ve had, and then to comeback and finally win a world title last season, this video is a representation of that journey,” said Duncan.
“To win back-to-back world championships in 2020 with all the injuries I’ve had to endure would be really cool, it’s definitely the goal and why I’m packing the bags and heading back to Europe and I think I’ve got a good opportunity of achieving that goal.”
Duncan says the production was the biggest of her career to date and riding through fire and being part of a high end production was an experience she’ll never forget.
“It was the first time I’d ever done a film like this and having the fire in this shoot made it really cool. Literally riding through the fire, I’m not going to lie, was pretty daunting at the start but in the end it was really cool, I could literally feel how hot it was flying through the air and I’d definitely do another one of those.”
A win in 2020 will see Duncan equal Kiwi motocross legend Katherine Prumm who was a devastating force in 2006 and 2007, when she won both year’s women’s title.
“To equal Katherine Prumm’s record would be really cool, I grew up watching her race so it’d be cool to equal that but at the same time I’m not a big stats girl, I just want to focus on riding to the best of my ability and I know if I do that we’re gonna win titles,” Duncan added.
Round 1 of the 2020 FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship kicks off on February 20 at Matterley Basin in Winchester, United Kingdom.
2020 FIM Women’s Motocross World Championships:
Round 1 – Feb 20, Matterley Basin, UK
Round 2 – March 6, Valkenswaard, France
Round 3 – April 17, Intu Xanadú, Spain
Round 4 – May 15, Maggiora, Italy
Round 5 – Sept 9, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Round 6 – Sept 18, Imola, Italy
Video courtesy Monster Energy & AME Management
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