| Category | Motorcycle racing |
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| Country | United States |
| Inaugural season | 2023 |
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| Official website | www |
TheSuperMotocross World Championship (official name asAMA SuperMotocross Championship) is the premier combined discipline ofAmerican off-road motorcycle racing.[1][2][3] Conceived in 2023 after theAMA Supercross Championship lost itsFIM World Championship status, the series consists of the aforementioned Supercross series and theAMA Motocross Championship, followed by two playoff races and a final to determine the SuperMotocross world champion.[4][5]
TheAMA Supercross Championship (commercially known asMonster Energy AMA Supercross) is the premier American stadiummotorcycle racing series. Founded by theAmerican Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1974, the AMA Supercross Championship races are held from January through early May.Supercross is a variant ofmotocross which involvesoff-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 bankedberms, 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.
TheAMA Motocross Championship (commercially known asPro Motocross Championship) is the American national outdoormotorcycle racing series. Themotocross race series was founded and sanctioned by theAmerican 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.
The Series will be held from January until October, consisting of:[8][9]
SuperMotocross champions are crowned each year, alongside the champions of the individual series which will continue to be awarded.
| Year | 450cc Class | 450cc Individual Series Champions | 250cc Class | 250cc Individual Series Champions | |||
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| SX Champion | MX Champion | SX Champion | MX Champion | ||||
| 2023 |
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| 2024 |
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| 2025 |
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| 450 Class | Titles | 250 Class | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | ||
| 1 |
| 450 Class | Wins | 250 Class | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 |
In 2023, the inaugural season will see four broadcast partners, all from the NBC family of networks;NBC,USA Network,CNBC andPeacock.
| 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 |
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