The ADAC MX Masters will hold its 150th event at Dreetz on 14th/15th June 2025. In its 21st season, the series continues to be one of the most popular and best MX racing series in Europe.
Germany's most important motocross racing series has long since established itself internationally as one of the most popular championships in Europe. Over the past 20 years, since taking over the International German Championship, the ADAC has not only offered world-class racing but has also done a great deal to develop young national and international talent. Names such as Ken Roczen, Jeffrey Herlings, Jorde Prado, Jett and Hunter Lawrence, Tim Gajser, Max Nagl, Simon Längenfelder, Jeremy Seewer, Pauls Jonass and many other current motocross and supercross superstars have laid the foundations for their professional careers and titles in the ADAC MX Masters and its junior classes ADAC MX Youngster Cup, ADAC MX Junior Cup 125 and ADAC MX Junior Cup 85. At each of the events, more than 250 riders from over 20 countries will line up at the starting gate to compete with the strong competition at a high level and prove their skills. The fans in Dreetz will certainly be able to witness some of the future superstars.
A look back at 150 events
The very first ADAC MX Masters race took place in Tensfeld on 9th and 10th April 2005. At the premiere of the new-born racing series, Ken De Dycker secured the day's classification with a double victory ahead of Max Nagl and Aigar Leok. Including the race in Dreetz, a total of 150 events were held on 24 different tracks in four racing classes. This includes 17 foreign races on five tracks in Austria, the Netherlands and Denmark. From sandy soil to mixed soil to rock-hard ground, from dust to mud, every conceivable condition has challenged riders, teams, organisers and helpers.
In 14 years, eight events were held during the season, and seven races were organised four times a year. Even in the two coronavirus years, two races were organised in the 2020 ‘short season’ and five events were held in 2021.
The longest serving
The longest-serving track in the ADAC MX Masters is that of the MCE Tensfeld. Not only has the series kicked off there, but a race has been held there every year since, with one exception in 2008. Tensfeld has also celebrated several anniversaries, including the 100th ADAC MX Masters race in 2017 and the 250th event in 2021. In July 2025, ADAC Schleswig-Holstein will organise the 20th ADAC MX Masters race with MCE Tensfeld.
No borders: the foreign stops
The ADAC MX Masters has already held 17 races at five circuits in neighbouring countries. As an international series, there has always been a desire to look across borders and even today, foreign clubs still apply to organise an event. The cards are often reshuffled at the guest races abroad, as many riders do not train and race regularly or have not done so for years. In addition, fast ‘local heroes’ join the various classes, who are particularly motivated to show their fastest side in front of a home crowd.
Guest races were organised in the second year of the series. In 2006, the series travelled to Austria twice, to Ried im Innkreis and Möggers. After that, only one foreign race was organised per season. Ried has organised eight ADAC MX Masters races, Möggers has hosted six, the last of which was in 2022, while the Dutch guest starts at Emmen and Lichtenvoorde and in Randers, Denmark, have only featured once on the calendar. In the course of the 2025 season, another circuit and another country will join the series with the foreign race in Bitche, France.
Side events
The races in the four ADAC MX Masters classes are of course the main attraction of the race weekend. However, the racing action is always garnished with other side events. The side events often have a sporting flavour. The motorbike long jump competition in Ried, where the best racers jumped over 50 metres on Saturday evening to collect additional prize money, is legendary. The various ‘Slip and Slide’ competitions, in which riders raced across plastic tarpaulins with full physical exertion, whether planned or spontaneously due to a rain shower, were a wet and cheerful affair. Pit bike and (e-)mountain bike races were held on two wheels. There were also football games and much more, which was fun for everyone present every time.
With strong series partners, an attractive prize money system for the riders and teams, motivated organiser clubs, increasing numbers of spectators at the side of the track and on the screens of the livestream broadcasts and professional organisation, nothing stands in the way of the future of the series.
