Yamalube/Star Racing Yamaha’s Cooper Webb is racking up frequent flyer miles this off-season. After trips to France, Japan, Italy and France again, Webb will race this weekend’s AUS-X Open round of Australian Supercross Championship at Sydney’s Allphones Area, per a report by MotoOnline.com.au.

“I’m pumped to be heading to Sydney this weekend to race against Chad and the rest of the Aussie riders, in what looks like an awesome stadium track set up,” commented Webb. “I’ve never travelled as far as Australia before, so I’m looking forward to checking out the sights in Sydney, but more so putting on a huge show for the crowd and hopefully walking away with the winner’s trophy. It’s going to be hot in Sydney and the Aussie riders race hard, so expect some intense battles and bar-banging this weekend!”

It was also announced that Ricky Carmichael will be making the long trip to take on Chad Reed in a unique head-to-head showdown.

“I’m pumped to be heading to Sydney to ride at the AUS-X Open in front of a packed out Aussie crowd, as well as alongside Australia’s greatest rider in Chad Reed,” stated Carmichael. “The track looks insane and the fans are going to be in for an awesome show. It will be really cool to be apart of it across both days. I’ll be trying to meet as many fans as possible on each night so make sure you head down and say g’day!”

As we reported yesterday, James Stewart’s status for the event is still in question after he sustained an ankle injury earlier this month at Bercy-Lille in France. We will have more later this week.

Check out MotoOnline.com.au for more.