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The 450SX title race turned on its head following Eli Tomac’s injury and Chase Sexton’s win in Denver May 9, 2023 By Keaton Maisano Since the start of the 2022 AMA Supercross season, not much has gone wrong for Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Eli Tomac, who entered Saturday’s event
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Chase Sexton wins Nashville AMA Supercross to take second in 450SX standings, Hunter Lawrence clinches 250SX East Title May 1, 2023 By Keaton Maisano Team Honda HRC’s Hunter Lawrence earned the top spot on the 250SX East podium for the seventh time in 2023 — this time to celebrate his
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Justin Barcia, Max Anstie collect first wins of season following weather delay April 25, 2023 By Keaton Maisano Saturday was all about patience for Troy Lee Designs Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Justin Barcia, who sat through a thunderstorm delay to end his two-year drought without an AMA Supercross win.
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Chase Sexton snags his third win of the year, Hunter Lawrence makes it four straight 250SX East wins April 17, 2023 By Keaton Maisano Round 13 of the 2023 AMA Supercross season featured unusual daytime action, and in the end, the results were just as abnormal as the sport’s two
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Eli Tomac collects career win No. 51 and takes sole possession of first in 450SX standings after a 1-2-1 performance in Glendale round April 10, 2023 By Keaton Maisano Saturday was all about breaking ties for Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Eli Tomac, who tallied his seventh win of the
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Eli Tomac ties top spot in 450SX standings, moves up all-time win list March 27, 2023 By Keaton Maisano While the Midwest swing cooled off a two-year hot streak for Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Eli Tomac, the return to the West sparked some embers that did more than just
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Chase Sexton takes 450SX class, Hunter Lawrence tightens grip on 250SX East title March 20, 2023 By Keaton Maisano While AMA Supercross continued its tour of the cold Midwest Saturday, the 450SX title race only heated up with seven rounds remaining. After the most disappointing finish of his season last
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Cooper Webb takes lead in 450SX standings, Hunter Lawrence continues dominance in 250SX East title race March 14, 2023 By Keaton Maisano In front of a packed house of more than 62,000 inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, there was a major shakeup to what has become the norm in
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Hunter Lawrence, Jett Lawrence become only brothers to both win Daytona round March 6, 2023 By Keaton Maisano The history books were rewritten Saturday at the Daytona round of AMA Supercross. After setting the high mark a year ago, Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Eli Tomac continued his dominance at
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Cooper Webb pulls within 2 points of Tomac in 450SX standings while Nate Thrasher, Daxton Bennick win respective classes in Arlington AMA Supercross round February 27, 2023 By Keaton Maisano The 2023 AMA Supercross season made its return to Texas for the second Triple Crown event of the season, and
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Eli Tomac ties Ricky Carmichael’s career win total, Jett Lawrence cruises to third victory February 20, 2023 By Keaton Maisano While the Oakland fans had to wait an extra month to get their fill of AMA Supercross action following a postponement of Round 2 in January, the show put on
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PICKERINGTON, Ohio (May 13, 2022) — The AMA congratulates Team Honda HRC’s Chance Hymas on becoming the first winner of the newly formatted Supercross Futures AMA National Championship on Saturday, May 7, in Salt Lake City. The 16-year-old Hymas, who tallied AMA Supercross Futures wins at the Atlanta and Foxborough
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Eli Tomac, Jett Lawrence, Christian Craig claim class titles PICKERINGTON, Ohio (May 9, 2022) — The AMA presented No. 1 plates at three consecutive AMA Supercross events recently, with Jett Lawrence becoming the first recipient at Gillette Stadium after the Foxborough, Mass., round; Eli Tomac earning the plate at Empower
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May 9, 2022 By Keaton Maisano With AMA Supercross’ latest champions crowned and the 2022 season concluded, the May Hall of Famer Spotlight looks back at the sports’ inaugural champion: Pierre Karsmakers. Born in Waalre, Holland, in 1946, AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Pierre Karsmakers started his racing career at
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Jason Anderson collects seventh win in 2022, Christian Craig cruises to 250SX West championship May 10, 2022 By Keaton Maisano With the AMA Supercross season ending Saturday in Salt Lake City, the last batch of winners graced the podium and the final champions were crowned. In the previous two weeks,
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The AMA’s intrepid On-Highway Government Affairs Manager gets schooled on the finer points of front brake and cornering technique May 5, 2022 By Tiffany Cipoletti NOTE: This article first appeared in the August 2021 issue of American Motorcyclist. Hi. My name is Tiffany Cipoletti and, until last week, I was
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Eli Tomac earned the second 450SX title of his career, Hunter Lawrence held off Christian Craig May 2, 2022 By Keaton Maisano In front of his home-state crowd, Colorado native and Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha’s Eli Tomac closed out the second AMA 450SX title of his career Saturday. Riding
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Jason Anderson avoids title elimination, Jett Lawrence claims AMA 250SX crown April 25, 2022 By Keaton Maisano The AMA Supercross event in Foxborough, Mass., was set for a pair of coronations Saturday, but Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jason Anderson spoiled the festivities with another superb performance. Coming off his win in
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Jason Anderson breaks nearly two-month drought with Round 14 win April 18, 2022 By Keaton Maisano Early in the AMA Supercross season, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jason Anderson had positioned himself as a serious contender for the 450SX title. Back-to-back victories in February pulled Anderson within 3 points of first place,
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Marvin Musquin wins first 450SX event of 2022, RJ Hampshire gets first career 250SX victory April 11, 2022 By Keaton Maisano It had been seven weeks since someone other than Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha’s Eli Tomac won a 450SX event. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Marvin Musquin not only
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