International Supercross star Chad Reed is returning to Australia to contest the remaining three rounds of the national championship.

Reed’s first race on Australian soil since a victorious one-off appearance in 2010 will be the second round, to be held alongside the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island for the first time on October 27.

“I’m really excited to confirm that I’ll be heading home for what will be my first Australian appearance under my own TwoTwo Motorsports banner,” said 30-year-old Cessnock-product Reed, a former world and US Supercross champion.

“Taking the championship to Phillip Island is a big task and a significant move forward for the sport.

“When I first heard the news, I was both surprised but encouraged by the direction.”

“We’d originally planned to make a trip home to be spectators at the event and spend time catching up with friends and family but the opportunity to race at such an amazing circuit along with MotoGP was one I couldn’t pass up.”

Reed will use the Phillip Island round and following ones in Toowoomba and Newcastle to develop his new race machine, the powerful new Honda CRF450R, ahead of the next American season.

“We saw it as a good chance to race and test the 2013 bike and then felt it would be a significant investment for only a single race so we decided to extend it to both Toowoomba and Newcastle.”