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The 2020 AMA Supercross Championship is an American motorcycle racing championship that started January 4, 2020, and ended June 21, 2020. Ten of the 17 rounds had been completed when the season was suspended on March 12, 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Name Seasons World Championships National Championships Races Wins René Baeten: 1947–1960 500cc- 1958 – – 8 David Bailey: 1979–1987 – AMA 250cc- 1983 AMA SX- 1983
The first motocross race held on a race track inside a stadium took place on August 28, 1948, at Buffalo Stadium in the Paris suburb of Montrouge. [5] As the popularity of motocross surged in the United States in the late 1960s, Bill France added a professional motocross race to the 1971 Daytona Beach Bike Week schedule. [5]
2010: Ryan Dungey became the first rider to capture both the Supercross and Motocross titles in his rookie year. 2002: James Stewart claimed the 125(250cc) class Motocross Championship in his rookie year. 2000: Ricky Carmichael claimed the 250 class Motocross championship in his rookie year. [15] 1993: Mcgrath won the Supercross title as a rookie.
FIM World Supercross Championship points will be awarded for each of the three Main Event races. Points will follow the traditional supercross format of 25, 22 and 20, 18 and 16 points respectively for first through fifth place, with the remaining 17 riders earning from 15 points to 1 point, depending on where they finish.
McAdoo made his professional supercross debut in 2017, starting in the 250SX East class of the AMA Supercross Championship for the Smartop Motoconcepts Honda team. By the third round of the series in Toronto, he was able to record his first top-ten finish before sustaining a cut to his hand at the fourth round which required stitches.
The following riders are defending champions having won their respective classes in 2020: 450 SX – Eli Tomac (Kawasaki) 250 SX West – N/A (Dylan Ferrandis has moved up to the 450 SX class with Yamaha) 250 SX East – N/A (Chase Sexton has moved up to the 450 SX class with Honda)
The SuperMotocross World Championship (official name as AMA SuperMotocross Championship) is the premier combined discipline of American 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 ...