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The 2024 AMA Supercross Championship was the 51st season of off-road stadium motorcycle racing in the United States. Comprising 17 rounds, the series ran from January until May, crowning supercross champions in both the 250cc and 450cc classes, concluding with the Salt Lake City round on May 11. [ 1 ]
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.
This is a partial list of notable current and former motocross riders, ... and supercross competitions. ... AMA 250 – 2009 AMA SX – 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017 ...
Around 40 riders qualify for each Supercross round. Heat races and LCQs are used to bring the field down to 22 riders for a points-paying main event for each round. A main event is 20 minutes plus 1 lap for the 450 class and 15 minutes plus 1 lap for the 250 class. There is no 250 Supercross national champion like there is for motocross.
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)
Following this, he competed in a full AMA Motocross season in the 250 class, recording two third place race finishes and ending the year in tenth overall. Smith had two second places in the opening three rounds of the 2019 AMA Supercross Championship in the 250SX East class. At the fourth round he picked up a wrist injury that forced him to ...
However, after an injury sustained during the 2023 AMA Supercross Championship Tomac did not defend his title. [2] In the 250 class, Jett Lawrence went into the season as the defending champion, after winning his second 250 title the previous season. [3] However, Lawrence moved up to the 450MX class, which meant he did not defend his title.
Team Pro Circuit is a Motorcross and Supercross team based in Corona, California.It is owned and operated by Mitch Payton. Team Pro Circuit competes in the AMA Motocross and Supercross championships on Kawasaki 250cc four-stroke motorcycles.