14/09/2026
π WHAT A WEEKEND AT THE INAUGURAL LA FEMME MOTORCYCLE FESTIVAL! π
Team Thompson Racing hit the road from Brisbane on Friday, 11 September 2026, and headed south to MX Central / Ranch MX in NSW for the inaugural 2026 La Femme Motorcycle Festival, hosted by Motorcycling NSW and Motorcycling Australia.
After pulling in at around 12:30am on Saturday, 12 September, it was a short turnaround before arriving at the track around 7am to unload, set up our display and get ready for a massive day.
Adam, Adrianna, Holly and Jett Thompson were all there representing Team Thompson Racing, with Adam and Adrianna helping with coaching throughout the day and Holly taking part as one of the festival participants.
Across the day we worked through around nine different coaching groups, covering riders of different ages, experience levels and disciplines. It was fantastic to see so many people getting involved and learning more about safe motorcycle riding and racing.
Holly had the opportunity to work through the festival activities herself, covering everything from flags and track roles through to braking, jumps and bike control.
And of course, we brought the sidecars along! ποΈπ¨
We had hoped to demonstrate three different outfits.
π€ Our white 2007 methanol-injected Speedway sidecar was first out and gave us some great practice and demonstration laps.
π We then brought out our dirt track sidecar, but after experiencing a technical issue on the first lap we made the call to bring it straight back in. There was no point taking unnecessary risks.
π₯ We were also ready to debut our brand-new 2016 ZX-10 Speedway sidecarβ¦ right up until we discovered its key was still back in the van! π With the demonstration window running out, that one unfortunately stayed parked for the day.
So for our final demonstration we fired the trusty white Speedway outfit back up, with Adrianna jumping into the chair, and headed back onto the track for another run.
Not everything went exactly to plan, but thatβs motorsport!
More importantly, we had an awesome day meeting riders, families, coaches and officials, sharing some knowledge and introducing plenty of people to Speedway and Speedway sidecars.
A huge thank you to Motorcycling NSW, Motorcycling Australia, the organisers, officials, volunteers, coaches and everyone who took part for inviting us down and making us feel so welcome.
We hope everyone who stopped by the Team Thompson Racing display or watched the demonstrations came away knowing a little more about our incredible branch of motorcycle racing.
We certainly enjoyed being part of it.
Now itβs time to get the bikes home, sort out that dirt trackerβ¦ and make sure we pack the ZX-10 key next time. ππ
π Team Thompson Racing