Intrepid Kiwi Teen Ready To Accept New Challenge

MAY 18, 2025: Rising teenage motorcycling star Nixon Frost, from Lower Hutt, is primed and poised to accept his latest major international challenge.

In February this year, the talented young road-racer performed with distinction in the combined opening round of the Australian Superbike Championships (ASBK) and round one World Superbike Championships (WSBK) at Phillip Island, near Melbourne, returning home with skills sharpened and with a keen taste for more top-level international racing.

The 14-year-old Frost dominated the Supersport 150 class during the 2025 New Zealand Superbike Championships, which wrapped up at Taupo in March, capturing the class outright and also winning the race-within-a-race honours to also claim the NZGP title for this class.

But now he’s set again to explore further afield, signing up to race the FIM Asia Road Racing Championships, entered as a wildcard rider at round two of the series at the Sepang International Circuit, in Malaysia, from May 30-June 1.

“Nixon finished third in the final race of the weekend – getting himself on the podium – in the Australian national 300cc class championships in Queensland just two weeks ago and that was a huge achievement. I really think he’s ready for Sepang now,” said proud father Sloan ‘Choppa’ Frost, a two-time former New Zealand 1000cc superbike champion.

“This has all com about due to our connections with a fellow racing family in Australia, the family of Lachlan Epis (who raced in New Zealand a few summers ago), and the Evolution Sports Group, who have been helping us out in Australia from the beginning.

“There is a possibility that Nixon can race the following rounds of the FIM Asia Road Racing Championships after Sepang too, although he’s under no illusion just how difficult that will be.

“It was always going to be a huge challenge, but he’s still only 14 and so has plenty of years ahead of him yet.

“Fortunately for us, Kuala Lumpur Airport backs on to the Sepang circuit, so his support crew from Evolutions Sports will be right there to take care of us.”

As for Nixon Frost himself, everything is as exciting as it is new and he is, as expected, looking forward to the challenge.

“I am super excited to do this. It is a whole new level of competition and I cannot wait. It’s going to be awesome.

“This a is another level of racing above the Australian Superbike Championships.

“There will be a lot to learn because it’s all new to me. It will be a big learning curve for me because I’m not familiar with the track, I don’t know the bike and I have only ever faced up against one of the riders who will be lining up. So, I know only a little of what talent I might expect to race against.”

Regardless of how this latest adventure pans out for young Nixon Frost, we know he won’t give up and it’s a safe bet that he’ll follow on in the wheel tracks of so many famous road-racing Kiwis before him, men such as Hugh Anderson, Ginger Molloy, Graeme Crosby, Robert Holden, Bob Toomey, Jason McEwen, Richard Scott, Mike Pero, Mike Hailwood, Neville Hiscock, Dave Hiscock, Rodger Freeth, Simon Crafar, Aaron Slight, Andrew Stroud and Tony Rees, to name just a few.

Credit: Words and photo by Andy McGechan, www.BikesportNZ.com

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