Can a Kiwi please tell me about Courtney Duncan?

DanDunes818
Edited Date/Time 3/20/2013 11:00am
I keep read about this 12 yr old girl last year and now she's 13yrs old and smoking the top 13 yr old boys in Australia and New Zealand. She got 5th at the Jr Nats in Australia against the boys but I heard she crashed too. I saw a little clip on you tube and she does look fast but is she really as fast as i'm hearing. And do you guys know of any other videos besides this one.



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kevin204 10/5/2009 10:58pm
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Damn, she's quick. What is that she is on? A 105? 85?
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Damn, she's quick. What is that she is on? A 105? 85?
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There will be some that can comment better than I can but she recently finished 6th overall at the world junior motocross champs held at Taupo NZ.
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That video beats the hell out of anything current of the pros.

Except the Red Bud RC on a smoker Vid.

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Looks like she is on a Big Wheel CR85, but sounded meaty for an 85 prolly bored to 105CC+
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Motodrew295 wrote:
Looks like she is on a Big Wheel CR85, but sounded meaty for an 85 prolly bored to 105CC+
She is riding for Yamaha now, 85cc small wheel I believe...... Fast as hell.
Apparently she is planning to only race against guys and not race in the womens class.
Time will tell, but if she did I think she would be hard to beat.
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Lightning78 10/5/2009 11:55pm
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Oh my, if she keeps this up she may be the first to qualify for a men's national...pretty amazing.
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Motodrew295 wrote:
Looks like she is on a Big Wheel CR85, but sounded meaty for an 85 prolly bored to 105CC+
BM255 wrote:
She is riding for Yamaha now, 85cc small wheel I believe...... Fast as hell. Apparently she is planning to only race against guys and not race...
She is riding for Yamaha now, 85cc small wheel I believe...... Fast as hell.
Apparently she is planning to only race against guys and not race in the womens class.
Time will tell, but if she did I think she would be hard to beat.
At the Aussie titles she smoked her girls class and got a 5th against the guys, star of the future.
DanDunes818 10/6/2009 12:03am
10/6/2009 12:03am Edited Date/Time 10/6/2009 12:07am
Lightning78 wrote:
Oh my, if she keeps this up she may be the first to qualify for a men's national...pretty amazing.
That's a great way to make it happen. Just race the boys all the way. Even if she doesn't qualify for a mens gp or national she'd still haul ass in the womens gps or the wma. Every thing I've read about her says she may be the future of womans mx. This is from the Aussie Jr championship:New Zealand rider Courtney Duncan made it a clean sweep, winning all the races in the Female 85cc/150cc 12 to under 16 years class, and managed an impressive fifth place against the guys after crashing in the final race of the 85cc two stroke 12 to under 14 years class-----6th against all the boys at Taupa NZ Jr.world championships isn't bad either. Pretty impressive..
scott_nz 10/6/2009 12:04am
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ok, ill tell what i know,

in that video she was riding a CR85, she has since changed to YZ85's, she finshed 6th at the World Juniors and 1st Kiwi,

she won the aussie womans junior title last week, and finshed 5th in the Junior boys class for here age, after running as high as 2nd in some races and having a very bad last race,
at this years Auckland MX Champs, which was held in very wet conidtions, she lapped the field in the Junior 13-16 years 85cc class, and then won the open open class on sunday by a huge margin as well,

she is very fast, i would say 15% quicker than Tania Satchwell and Katherine Prumm were at the same age, she wins races on here best days, were those 2 would run top 5 against the boys on there best days,



DanDunes818 10/6/2009 12:12am
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ok, ill tell what i know, in that video she was riding a CR85, she has since changed to YZ85's, she finshed 6th at the World...
ok, ill tell what i know,

in that video she was riding a CR85, she has since changed to YZ85's, she finshed 6th at the World Juniors and 1st Kiwi,

she won the aussie womans junior title last week, and finshed 5th in the Junior boys class for here age, after running as high as 2nd in some races and having a very bad last race,
at this years Auckland MX Champs, which was held in very wet conidtions, she lapped the field in the Junior 13-16 years 85cc class, and then won the open open class on sunday by a huge margin as well,

she is very fast, i would say 15% quicker than Tania Satchwell and Katherine Prumm were at the same age, she wins races on here best days, were those 2 would run top 5 against the boys on there best days,



Thanks for the info. With 4 daughters this girl gives me hope....Wink
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She was also the highest qualifier in australia against the boys...
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She might be the one to do it. It will be interesting to see how she progresses.


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She looks a very talented rider and I am sure that she does well but video can be deceiving. If some of you remember a while back Transworld put up a video of Ashley and some of you had her going faster that Christian Craig.

Good luck to the little lady and I look forward to seeing her here in the states soon.
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Larry 10/6/2009 6:54am
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Fast young lady right there and that dirt looked sweet.
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jmar wrote:
She looks a very talented rider and I am sure that she does well but video can be deceiving. If some of you remember a while...
She looks a very talented rider and I am sure that she does well but video can be deceiving. If some of you remember a while back Transworld put up a video of Ashley and some of you had her going faster that Christian Craig.

Good luck to the little lady and I look forward to seeing her here in the states soon.
Her results against the guys should back up the video.


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DanDunes818 10/6/2009 9:19am
10/6/2009 9:19am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 2:35am
jmar wrote:
She looks a very talented rider and I am sure that she does well but video can be deceiving. If some of you remember a while...
She looks a very talented rider and I am sure that she does well but video can be deceiving. If some of you remember a while back Transworld put up a video of Ashley and some of you had her going faster that Christian Craig.

Good luck to the little lady and I look forward to seeing her here in the states soon.
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Her results against the guys should back up the video. P
Her results against the guys should back up the video.


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The video shows her spanking the boys so there's nothing to be mislead about. The boys on the podium don't look to happy to have a girl that crashed get up and smoke them. My dad wasn't a crazy mini dad but I remember my dad would tease me when i got beat by a kid in pink JT pants. He'd say come on you can't let a kid in pink pants beat you..lol..I couldn't imagine how much he would of teased me when Courtney flew by me..W00t
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MxChick613 10/6/2009 9:33am
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Tell ya what. If that video was just posted, until the very end, no one would've thought that was a girl!

Way to go, hope she keeps with it. She was shreddin the gnar! lol

Awesome, nice to see girls that are fast!

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scott_nz 10/6/2009 11:04am
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jmar wrote:
She looks a very talented rider and I am sure that she does well but video can be deceiving. If some of you remember a while...
She looks a very talented rider and I am sure that she does well but video can be deceiving. If some of you remember a while back Transworld put up a video of Ashley and some of you had her going faster that Christian Craig.

Good luck to the little lady and I look forward to seeing her here in the states soon.
P wrote:
Her results against the guys should back up the video. P
Her results against the guys should back up the video.


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DanDunes818 wrote:
The video shows her spanking the boys so there's nothing to be mislead about. The boys on the podium don't look to happy to have a...
The video shows her spanking the boys so there's nothing to be mislead about. The boys on the podium don't look to happy to have a girl that crashed get up and smoke them. My dad wasn't a crazy mini dad but I remember my dad would tease me when i got beat by a kid in pink JT pants. He'd say come on you can't let a kid in pink pants beat you..lol..I couldn't imagine how much he would of teased me when Courtney flew by me..W00t
there are quite a few Dad's that are not happy that a girl blows by there son's, but she is really fast, and it happens so often now most are getting used to it,

i hope she gets the chance to race the best girls in the world soon,

ill try to find some more video to post up here,
DanDunes818 10/6/2009 11:12am
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P wrote:
Her results against the guys should back up the video. P
Her results against the guys should back up the video.


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DanDunes818 wrote:
The video shows her spanking the boys so there's nothing to be mislead about. The boys on the podium don't look to happy to have a...
The video shows her spanking the boys so there's nothing to be mislead about. The boys on the podium don't look to happy to have a girl that crashed get up and smoke them. My dad wasn't a crazy mini dad but I remember my dad would tease me when i got beat by a kid in pink JT pants. He'd say come on you can't let a kid in pink pants beat you..lol..I couldn't imagine how much he would of teased me when Courtney flew by me..W00t
scott_nz wrote:
there are quite a few Dad's that are not happy that a girl blows by there son's, but she is really fast, and it happens so...
there are quite a few Dad's that are not happy that a girl blows by there son's, but she is really fast, and it happens so often now most are getting used to it,

i hope she gets the chance to race the best girls in the world soon,

ill try to find some more video to post up here,
That would be awesome. My youngest daughter(3 yrs old) is amazed by her(I am too) and I tried finding her more videos but couldn't. I'm getting her a bike next summer and it's awesome nowadays that she has so many fast girls at all levels of the sport to look up to. When I was a kid the only girls I remember are DeeDee Kates and of course Mercedes Gonzales. And back then the class had the most demeaning name.. It was called the Powder Puff class.. Mercedes was no Powder puff on the track though. She used to run top 5 in the intermediate class against the boys at Indian Dunes.
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jmar 10/6/2009 11:29am
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jmar wrote:
She looks a very talented rider and I am sure that she does well but video can be deceiving. If some of you remember a while...
She looks a very talented rider and I am sure that she does well but video can be deceiving. If some of you remember a while back Transworld put up a video of Ashley and some of you had her going faster that Christian Craig.

Good luck to the little lady and I look forward to seeing her here in the states soon.
P wrote:
Her results against the guys should back up the video. P
Her results against the guys should back up the video.


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That all depends on the ability of the boys that she is running against.

I wish the young lady all the well wishes in the world but only time will tell. LL would be a good proving ground for the young lady to test the waters.
DanDunes818 10/6/2009 12:01pm
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jmar wrote:
She looks a very talented rider and I am sure that she does well but video can be deceiving. If some of you remember a while...
She looks a very talented rider and I am sure that she does well but video can be deceiving. If some of you remember a while back Transworld put up a video of Ashley and some of you had her going faster that Christian Craig.

Good luck to the little lady and I look forward to seeing her here in the states soon.
P wrote:
Her results against the guys should back up the video. P
Her results against the guys should back up the video.


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jmar wrote:
That all depends on the ability of the boys that she is running against. I wish the young lady all the well wishes in the world...
That all depends on the ability of the boys that she is running against.

I wish the young lady all the well wishes in the world but only time will tell. LL would be a good proving ground for the young lady to test the waters.
She races against the best boys in New Zealand,Australia and sometimes the best from all over Europe. I'd say that's stiff comp. There's great talent all over the world not just at LL's..
scott_nz 10/6/2009 12:04pm
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jmar wrote:
She looks a very talented rider and I am sure that she does well but video can be deceiving. If some of you remember a while...
She looks a very talented rider and I am sure that she does well but video can be deceiving. If some of you remember a while back Transworld put up a video of Ashley and some of you had her going faster that Christian Craig.

Good luck to the little lady and I look forward to seeing her here in the states soon.
P wrote:
Her results against the guys should back up the video. P
Her results against the guys should back up the video.


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jmar wrote:
That all depends on the ability of the boys that she is running against. I wish the young lady all the well wishes in the world...
That all depends on the ability of the boys that she is running against.

I wish the young lady all the well wishes in the world but only time will tell. LL would be a good proving ground for the young lady to test the waters.
your right there, but to go 8-3 in the world champs beating some of the best in the world at the world juniors is pretty good, and then to top qualify in the Aussie Champs is pretty awesome,

LL would be an awesome oppurtunity, but very expensive to qualify and do the race from this end of the world,
DanDunes818 10/6/2009 12:56pm
10/6/2009 12:56pm Edited Date/Time 10/6/2009 1:02pm
Scott..Some Americans seem to base everything on LL's. They seem to forget fast kids come from all over the world and never race LLs.. If you base Ken Roczens career on how he did at LLs it would look like he had no shot in the future. I think he got like 8th overall in 08 and look at him now at 15 yrs old winning GPs. I heard at the Jr Aussie championships she would of been 2nd overall if she didn't crash in the 2nd moto. The more I read about this girl the more I'm convinced she may qualify for a mens national in the future.
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jmar 10/6/2009 1:33pm
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DanDunes818 wrote:
Scott..Some Americans seem to base everything on LL's. They seem to forget fast kids come from all over the world and never race LLs.. If you...
Scott..Some Americans seem to base everything on LL's. They seem to forget fast kids come from all over the world and never race LLs.. If you base Ken Roczens career on how he did at LLs it would look like he had no shot in the future. I think he got like 8th overall in 08 and look at him now at 15 yrs old winning GPs. I heard at the Jr Aussie championships she would of been 2nd overall if she didn't crash in the 2nd moto. The more I read about this girl the more I'm convinced she may qualify for a mens national in the future.
Only time will tell and again I wish her the best of luck. The point that I was trying to get across is how people watch a video of someone riding and make these predictions.
DanDunes818 10/6/2009 2:03pm
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DanDunes818 wrote:
Scott..Some Americans seem to base everything on LL's. They seem to forget fast kids come from all over the world and never race LLs.. If you...
Scott..Some Americans seem to base everything on LL's. They seem to forget fast kids come from all over the world and never race LLs.. If you base Ken Roczens career on how he did at LLs it would look like he had no shot in the future. I think he got like 8th overall in 08 and look at him now at 15 yrs old winning GPs. I heard at the Jr Aussie championships she would of been 2nd overall if she didn't crash in the 2nd moto. The more I read about this girl the more I'm convinced she may qualify for a mens national in the future.
jmar wrote:
Only time will tell and again I wish her the best of luck. The point that I was trying to get across is how people watch...
Only time will tell and again I wish her the best of luck. The point that I was trying to get across is how people watch a video of someone riding and make these predictions.
I know what you're saying and for the most part that's true. Especially when 1/2 the time people speed up video before posting it. I have been reading about her for a little over a year now and base my opinion on her results vs the best boys in her country and in europe. I didn't even see this video til today. I went video hunting when I was posting the thread and found only that one. I just nobody would believe me unless i found a Video.
DanDunes818 10/6/2009 3:01pm
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Here's her results and fast lap time from the FIM Jr worlds in Taupo NZ. These are the fastest kids on 85cc in the world (outside of USA) and I think they're as old as 15 yrs old and she's only 13. She's only 1.5 seconds off the winner of the moto. By most accounts Jay wilson and Dylan long could win LLs titles if they came over here.



1 61 Samuele Bernardini 2:28.504
2 62 Michaboy de Waal 2:28.623
3 48 Jay Wilson 2:25.694
4 52 Courtney Duncan 2:30.003
5 55 Micah McGoldrick 2:30.189
6 46 Scott Mann 2:30.745
7 44 Dylan Long 2:28.817
8 31 Lars van Berkel 2:28.886
9 45 Hayden Mellross 2:31.310
10 41 Luke Clout 2:29.588
11 67 James Anderson 2:33.813
12 49 Jeremy Seewer 2:32.696
13 58 Dane Russell 2:35.279
14 66 Cameron Vaughan 2:34.313
15 57 Dion Picard 2:33.495
16 54 Campbell King 2:34.308
17 53 Aiden Kiff 2:37.350
18 51 Garth Amrein 2:35.842
19 68 Kieran Bryant 2:36.702
20 47 Joel Dinsdale2:37.172
21 65 Hadleigh Knight 2:40.066
22 70 Jacob Kneebone 2:37.794
23 75 Brayden Stephens 2:42.130
24 69 Logan Blackburn 2:49.342
25 63 Gregory Vernier 2:52.177


Not much of her in this video but she's #52 in it. It's footage from practice at the Jr Worlds.



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As long as she's not built like that south african runner...
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Her results against the guys should back up the video. P
Her results against the guys should back up the video.


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jmar wrote:
That all depends on the ability of the boys that she is running against. I wish the young lady all the well wishes in the world...
That all depends on the ability of the boys that she is running against.

I wish the young lady all the well wishes in the world but only time will tell. LL would be a good proving ground for the young lady to test the waters.
DanDunes818 wrote:
She races against the best boys in New Zealand,Australia and sometimes the best from all over Europe. I'd say that's stiff comp. There's great talent all...
She races against the best boys in New Zealand,Australia and sometimes the best from all over Europe. I'd say that's stiff comp. There's great talent all over the world not just at LL's..
Yep. I would think that the Jr. Worlds would have pretty stiff competition.


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jmar wrote:
That all depends on the ability of the boys that she is running against. I wish the young lady all the well wishes in the world...
That all depends on the ability of the boys that she is running against.

I wish the young lady all the well wishes in the world but only time will tell. LL would be a good proving ground for the young lady to test the waters.
DanDunes818 wrote:
She races against the best boys in New Zealand,Australia and sometimes the best from all over Europe. I'd say that's stiff comp. There's great talent all...
She races against the best boys in New Zealand,Australia and sometimes the best from all over Europe. I'd say that's stiff comp. There's great talent all over the world not just at LL's..
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Yep. I would think that the Jr. Worlds would have pretty stiff competition.


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looks like Tomac showed up for it....

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