YOUNG Allora BMX racer Dustin Cunning's need for speed has resulted in him tasting success at the recent South Queensland BMX Titles at Brisbane's Centenary Plains BMX Track.

The titles, held from June 26-28, attract competitors the length and breadth of the southern Queensland, including Brisbane, Gold Coast, Ipswich, Toowoomba and the Darling Downs and all points in between.

The budding bicycle motocross champion enjoyed an encouraging weekend of competition at Centenary Plains that resulted in the Assumption College, Warwick, Year 7 student ascending the podium post-race to accept his second place overall honours in the 13 years novice division.

Sportsmen and women at any age and competition level taste disappointment and 12-year-old Dustin experienced just that when a broken arm, while practising on his home track in Toowoomba, robbed him of the opportunity to ride in 2015 Subaru BMX national championships in April/May at the Brisbane SX Track at the Sleeman Sports Centre.

Dustin didn't allow that disappointment to alter his goal focus and, if anything, it motivated the talented rider, who competed at a state championships aged just six, getting back on his bike with a hunger for success at the South Queensland Titles.

Taking to the track and racing in six heats and one final, Dustin claimed two firsts and four second placings.

He was the second-highest point scorer for his division in the South Queensland titles, finishing second in the final race.

No stranger to the presentation podium, Dustin was among a select band of Toowoomba BMX Club riders competing in the Southern Zone Shootout Series in March at Toowoomba's Moran St facility.

Ten Toowoomba riders took place honours in an event that hosted more than 600 of the top BMX riders from across south-east Queensland. Toowoomba riders dominated the 13 novice class with Dustin finishing second overall in a quality field

It's a family affair BMX racing, Dustin and his father Scott Cunning are regulars in Toowoomba at club racing every second Friday and Mum Kacey Gordon has Dustin at training once a week.

With seven years experience under his helmet already and much more than a liberal dose of enthusiasm and dedication, the grandson of Allora folk Rod and Sheryl Simpson appears destined for a healthy future in a sport that has a history dating back to 1975 and gained Olympic status in 2008.