Racerhead #16: East Rutherford SX Preview

After all, maybe we have a normal weekend with Monster Energy Ama Supercross. In the shadow of the Big Apple, tomorrow’s East Rutherford, New Jersey, Round will have a million degrees in the 70s and racing measures. Both titles are a dog construction, and the drivers know that time takes a short time. Everyone will search for an advantage this weekend. Every point will be big.

A section of this New Jersey Track could prove to be crucial. The successive hoops are something that we don’t see often. In addition, a quick entrance to the first set of drivers who are characterized when flashing. You will take this swing and weapons, negating every advantage of the 3-3-3 used in other rounds. This is music for the ears of a driver like Chase Sexton or Malcolm Stewart. You know what drivers like Cooper Webb and Justin Cooper want to do, and that jumps through Hoppla, who do not work well to flash. You can use this special lane shade to compensate for time and make passes even better. The key to this edge is the speed when entering the whoops. Average drivers will examine a little and then enter their flashing form. This is the natural process for most. For the elite, they actually accelerate when they hit this first whoop, and the result is pure magic. This additional speed keeps you at the top of the whoops and they almost float over them. Go back and watch Malcolm in Tampa to get a good example of how this can be used. It absorbs the speed when he ends up from the triple jump, while literally everyone else slows down when entering. This speed results from self -confidence and a lack of fear of ending your main event by passing the handlebar. Make sure who gets on at speed and looks hesitant. There is no major story.

Recently, things have been a little in focus where the drivers will land in 2026. Most people think that the move from Sexton to Kawasaki will pass what leaves a place for … Eli Tomac at KTM? Yes, ET3 and Yamaha seem to have some difficulties to do a new business, so KTM is interested in #3, as is Ducati. Malcolm Stewart should weigh offers from both Triumph and a potential stay at Husky. I would think that Justin Barcia will return with Troy Lee, but on the Ducati. Jo Shimoda’s contract is also in Honda and he has also explored other options. Stay tuned, everyone!

(Jorge Ró Jr. is a motocross enthusiast from Portugal, who loves statistics and has a Facebook page called MX Em Números for racial analyzes and data deep heads. He contributed to the Philly SX)

It has been 28 years since we saw seven different winners in the Premier class. With 13 rounds in the 2025 season, the list of winners Cooper Webb, Chase Sexton, Eli Tomac, Jett Lawrence, Malcolm Stewart, Ken Roczen and Aaron Plessinger.

We have to return until 1997 to find a season with so many different names on the upper step of the podium. Does 2025 have similarities in 1997? There is no doubt that both seasons are among the most unpredictable in the history of sport.

Kawasakis Jeff Emig won five races as early as 1997 and took number one from Jeremy McGrath after MC after Mc’s change of surprise from Honda to Suzuki. The king still won two races, but Doug Henry won four victories – including the historic Las Vegas victory on board the YZ400F! His other three victories came on YZ250, and he was even the point guide until a collision with Jimmy Button in the Houston Astrodome Round left him with an injured wrist.

In the same year we also saw four first winners: Ezra Lusk, Greg Albertyn, Damon Huffman and Kevin Windham. K-Dub’s victory came in Charlotte as a 125 cm3-West driver and entered the 250-class appearance. Funny fact: Suzukis Albertyn and Kawasakis Huffman would never win again in the Premier class.

Fast lead 28 years – Cooper Webb and Chase Sexton each have four victories. Eli Tomac and Jett Lawrence each have one, but then both were injured. Malcolm Stewart, Ken Roczen and Aaron Plessinger each have one. And for Mookie, he is the only first winner of the season in the 450 class.

Will we see a eighth winner in 2025? Will it be another first winner? The good news is that there are still four rounds ahead of them and very capable people like the Two Justins – Barcia and Cooper – hope to get one before the series ends in SLC!

The ongoing insurance crisis in our sport continues to set racing sponsors, persecution owners and even landowners who allow others to use their ownership for leisure riding. Several well -known tracks are at risk of not being nearby, and others have problems finding enough insurance to justify, remain open. But the state of Arkansas did something last week that may be a way to reset this whole problem. It is called Act 312, and it is basically an inherent risk of off-road motorcyclists, which in turn is part of the printing of landowners and event organizers and event sponsors and their potential to be sued by someone who is injured while their own bicycle is on their property. The governor of Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, signed the law 312 into the law and made Arkansas the first state who has such a law for motorcyclists (although the concept of inherent risk in other leisure activities, such as skiing, snowboarding, riding and much more).

The AMA appeared in a press release that supported this new law, “the landowner who offers access to her country for off-road recreation and competition.” The AMA has worked with several other states to adopt similar inherent risk laws of motorcycles, including Texas, Missouri and Iowa. In the press release of the AMA in this rare good news, more was explained how the entire concept works:

The FIM Motocross Championship (MXGP) on the beautiful Trentino Circuit in Italy last weekend had a certain weather, but nothing that met in Spain in Spain in March. The Arco Trentino racing track grabbed an enthusiastic crowd and was looking for two popular victories: First, Italy’s own Andrea Adamo won the MX2 with 3: 2 values, and secondly, Slovenia Tim Gajser won another victory in MXGP, and he has with a home-hom-board-board-board. Trentino, the flag, smoke -bombed legions of Gajser fans, turned out to be massive. Tim won both Motos and now has a lead of 39 points compared to Kawasakis Romain Febvre from France.

There were also a few cool developments. First, Triumph achieved his first Moto victory in MX2, as did Camden McClellan from South Africa when he led the first Moto on his British bike. (Triumph won races in previous incarnations, but this was the first for the brand in this new incarnation.) On Saturday morning, a promising young driver named Cole McCollough won the first EMX125 Moto on a fantic. Both McClellan and McCollough had problems in their second motor, but it was still a big step forward for both. (And when we speak of Ireland, we hear that the Irish here in the USA may not send a team to the 25 -year -old Monster Energy Fim Motocross of Nations by Monster Energy Fim Motocross. A decision that I hope that is visited again because the Irish MX has some of the best fans in the world!)

In addition, Jeffrey Herling made some small improvements in his return of injuries and ended the two Motos 10-11, while his Dutch driver Lotte van Drunen divided the MX2 boys again, but did not score a point in both Moto.

MXGP runs this weekend in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, with this Funky Osterplan, which you sometimes do to drive the qualifying engine on Saturday and then do the actual GP Motos on Monday. Yes, Monday. You can view the Switzerland MXGP on MXGP-TV.com and delayed reporting on CBS Sports Network here in the USA