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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 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.
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]
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.
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.
Ahead of the 2020 season, Smith signed for the Pro Circuit Kawasaki team. [9] However, a torn ACL at the fourth round of the 250SX East class of the 2020 AMA Supercross Championship saw him miss the rest of 2020. A further injury before the start of the 2021 supercross season saw him start the campaign with limited preparation.
2021 was Chase's full debut season in the 450cc class as he competed in 450cc motocross in 2020. In supercross he suffered an injury at round 2 which put him out until the 9th round where he finished 8th. [6] In the final 5 rounds of the season, he managed 3 podiums, and his highest finish was 2nd place. He placed 12th overall for the season.
Jason ended the supercross season with 7 wins, doubling his previous number of wins, and putting him on the all-time supercross win list at 18th with 14 wins. Jason was involved in many on track incidents which cost him points, however, at the closest, he was only 3 points away from Champion, Eli Tomac. Anderson finished a close 2nd overall.