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SuperMotocross World Championship

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SuperMotocross World Championship
CategoryMotorcycle racing
CountryUnited States
Inaugural season2023
Classes
  • 450cc
  • 250cc
Constructors
Riders' champion
•450cc
Jett Lawrence
•250cc
Haiden Deegan
Official websitewww.supermotocross.com
Current season

The SuperMotocross World Championship (official name as AMA SuperMotocross Championship) is the premier combined discipline American of off-road motorcycle racing.[1][2][3] Conceived in 2023 after the AMA Supercross Championship lost its FIM World Championship status, the series consists of the aforementioned Supercross series and the AMA Motocross Championship, followed by two playoff races and a final to determine the SuperMotocross world champion.[4][5]

Background

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AMA Supercross Championship

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The AMA Supercross Championship (commercially known as Monster Energy AMA Supercross) is the premier American stadium motorcycle racing series. Founded by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1974, the AMA Supercross Championship races are held from January through early May. Supercross is a variant of motocross which involves off-road motorcycles on a constructed dirt track consisting of steep jumps and obstacles; the tracks are usually constructed inside a sports stadium. The easy accessibility and comfort of these stadium venues helped supercross surpass off-road motocross as a spectator attraction in the United States by the late 1970s.[6]

The sport of Supercross is best described as motocross racing that takes place within the confines of a sports stadium. The tracks are typically shorter in length than a standard motocross track. They feature a combination of man-made obstacles such as whoop sections (where riders skim along the tops of multiple bumps), rhythm sections (irregular series of jumps with a variety of combination options), and triple jumps (three jumps in a row that riders normally clear in a single leap of 70 feet or more). Many of the turns have banked berms, but some are flat. It takes roughly five hundred truckloads of dirt to make up a supercross track. Soil conditions can be hard-packed, soft, muddy, sandy, rutted, or any combination thereof.

AMA Motocross Championship

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The AMA Motocross Championship (commercially known as Pro Motocross Championship) is the American national outdoor motorcycle racing series. The motocross race series was founded and sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1972.[7] The series is the premier motocross competition in the United States and is sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing and managed by MX Sports Pro Racing.

Format

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The Series will be held from January until October, consisting of:[8][9]

Champions

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SuperMotocross champions are crowned each year, alongside the champions of the individual series which will continue to be awarded.

SuperMotocross World Champions (2023–present)
Year 450cc Class 450cc Individual Series Champions 250cc Class 250cc Individual Series Champions
SX Champion MX Champion SX Champion MX Champion
2023 Australia Jett Lawrence United States Chase Sexton Australia Jett Lawrence United States Haiden Deegan Australia Hunter Lawrence(EAST)

Australia Jett Lawrence(WEST)

Australia Hunter Lawrence
2024 Australia Jett Lawrence Australia Jett Lawrence United States Chase Sexton United States Haiden Deegan France Tom Vialle(EAST)

United States RJ Hampshire(WEST)

United States Haiden Deegan

Statistics

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Most Championships

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450 Class Titles 250 Class Titles
Australia Jett Lawrence 2 United States Haiden Deegan 2

SuperMotocross all time wins list

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450 Class Wins 250 Class Wins
Australia Jett Lawrence 4 United States Haiden Deegan 3
United States Chase Sexton 1 Japan Jo Shimoda 1
Australia Hunter Lawrence 1 Australia Hunter Lawrence 1
United States Pierce Brown 1

Television Coverage

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In 2023, the inaugural season will see four broadcast partners, all from the NBC family of networks; NBC, USA Network, CNBC and Peacock.

Network Coverage
NBC Select races, including two Supercross races live and two on delay, two Motocross races live and the second SuperMotocross Playoff on delay
USA Network Supercross season opener and finale live, two Motocross races on delay and SuperMotocross Playoff 1 and Finale live
Peacock Every race across all series live
CNBC Every race across all series on next day replay

Source:[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SuperMotocross World Championship Details Unveiled". Supercross Live. 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  2. ^ "Introducing the SuperMotocross World Championship". Pro Motocross Championship. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  3. ^ "About SMX - SMX". supermotocross.com. 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  4. ^ "What is the SuperMotocross World Championship?". Racer X. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  5. ^ Lawson, Ron (2022-08-03). "Supermotocross World Championship Announced". Dirt Bike Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  6. ^ "Pro MX: Vital Signs Are Good". July 1979. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  7. ^ "1972 Motocross Season". racerxonline.com. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Schedule - SMX". supermotocross.com. 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  9. ^ Gobert, Alex (2022-10-04). "SuperMotocross World Championship structure detailed". MotoOnline.com. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  10. ^ "Full 2023 SX, MX, & SuperMotocross TV Broadcast Schedule Announced". Racer X. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
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