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Phil Sargent
By 1983, Phil had won the 125cc Australian MX National Titles and at the age of 16, won the Australian Kid Motorcross, came first in the Senior Gold Cup MX Championship, was a finalist in the MR Motorcross Title and first in the 125cc and 250cc Supercross Championships. Phil also raced in America for a year and in Indonesia for Supercross Titles. In 1997, he made a change in his racing career, choosing off-Road Motorcycle Racing and rode his first ever Australian 4 Day Enduro at Oberon, riding for 4 days and coming in 3rd outright. After this, Phil was selected to represent Australian in a 6 man team in the International Six Day Enduro in Victoria. After 6 Days of hard Enduro racing, the Australian Team came in at 3rd place in the World, winning gold and the highest placing ever achieved by an Australian Team. Phil semi-retired from racing and started to teach Motorcycle School to students. Since 2001, Phil and his wife Samantha and children have been promoting motorcross and off- road racing events throughout Australia. Phil is currently the Director of Dirt Bike Promotions and promotes the Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship, Yamaha MX Cross Cup, the Hog's Breath Café Australian 4 Day Enduro and the four day Enduro event held in Orange this year. Boys Jordan aged fourteen and Cooper aged seven, also race bikes, with Jordan racing a Yamaha WR 250 in the 13-14yrs at the Off-Road & Motocross events and Cooper racing a KTM 50cc in 7-9yrs Motorcross events. Phil's children's involvement in racing and with Rainey aged nine undertaking competition dancing, keeps them all very busy. Phil and his family now reside in Kurri Kurri, NSW
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Phillip Sargent was born in Orange on 20 September 1969. At the age of seven, Phil won the ACT State Titles and by the time he was twelve, had won the 50cc, 60cc and 80cc Australian National Titles and numerous Victorian, South Australian and Queensland MX State Titles.