Supercross Tag

By Luis Torres, Staff Writer Lumen Field was the host of the 11th round of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship in Seattle. Despite the circuit being muddy due to rain throughout the week, the 58,000 fans in attendance witnessed two memorable main events in the 250SX West and 450SX categories. More importantly, no rain affecting the event but it still made for a challenging day for every rider. In those demanding races, Washington’s Levi Kitchen dominated the 250SX West competition for his first non-triple crown victory while Cooper Webb andRead More
By Luis Torres, Staff Writer SEATTLE — A battle until the absolute bitter end that had Lumen Field shook with excitement. Both Cooper Webb and Chase Sexton, hungry in still being in the 450SX championship fight, put on an absolute barn burner in front of 58,000 fans in Lumen Field. Any mistake could make a difference of either being on the top step of the podium or feeling dejected after the main event. When the muddy dirt stopped kicking, it was Webb who ended up victorious by 0.592 seconds over Sexton,Read More
By Luis Torres, Staff Writer SEATTLE — In front of 58,000 passionate Supercross fans at Lumen Field in Washington, Washougal’s Levi Kitchen put on a class performance in the 250SX West main event where he was at a different zip code. It was a superb effort by Kitchen that podium finishers RJ Hampshire and Jo Shimoda had nothing for the hometown racer during the main event as Kitchen beat Hampshire by 21.051 seconds. Saturday’s wire-to-wire triumph also marked Kitchen’s third AMA Monster Energy Supercross Championship win and the first outside ofRead More
By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief Feld Entertainment, Inc. has officially released the first full 17-round schedule for the 2021 Monster Energy AMA Supercross season. Among the immediate notable changes is the removal of the tripleheader at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, which were originally set for February 20, 23 and 27 (rounds 7-9). Although the series has been a fixture in the Grand Canyon State since 1999, the current restrictions to attendance, along with health and safety protocols in place due to COVID-19, was too challenging to remain on theRead More
By Monster Energy Supercross Wire Service The 2021 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, schedule has been adjusted to include a third race in Indianapolis, Indiana. Lucas Oil Stadium will now host a trio of races as Rounds 4 and 5 will take place on Saturday, January 30 and Tuesday, February 2 as originally planned and Round 6 will now take place on Saturday, February 6. The schedule will resume on Saturday, February 20 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona as originally scheduled, followed by the Daytona Beach, Florida round on Saturday, MarchRead More
By Sean Brennen, Monster Energy Supercross Wire Service Feld Entertainment, Inc., today announced the schedule for the upcoming 2021 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season. Tickets go on sale in early December as Supercross fans are welcomed back into stadiums at reduced capacities. For the second consecutive year, the season will conclude in Utah, as the “State of Sport” once again hosts the season finale, although this time with fans in attendance. Since the series began in 1974, California has hosted most of the season openers, asRead More