The SuperMotocross World Championship is the premier combined discipline

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of off-road motorcycle racing. Conceived in 2023 after the

AMA Supercross Championship The AMA Supercross Championship (commercially known as Monster Energy AMA Supercross) is an American motorcycle racing series. Founded by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1974, the AMA Supercross Championship races are held from J ...

lost its

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World Championship status, the series will consist of the aforementioned Supercross series and the

AMA Motocross Championship The AMA Motocross Championship (commercially known as Lucas Oil Pro Motocross) is an American motorcycle racing series. The motocross race series was founded and sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1972. The series is th ...

, followed by two playoff races and a final to determine the SuperMotocross world champion.

Background

AMA Supercross Championship

The AMA Supercross Championship (commercially known as Monster Energy AMA Supercross) is the premier American stadium

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series. Founded by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1974, the AMA Supercross Championship races are held from January through early May.

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is a variant of

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which involves

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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. 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 banked

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s, but some are flat. It takes roughly five hundred truckloads of dirt to make up a supercross track.

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conditions can be hard-packed, soft, muddy, sandy, rutted, or any combination thereof.

AMA Motocross Championship

The AMA Motocross Championship (commercially known as Lucas Oil Pro Motocross) is the American national outdoor

series. The

race series was founded and sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1972. 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.

Format

The Series will be held from January until October, consisting of: * 17

rounds (January - May) * 11

rounds (May–September) * 2 SuperMotocross Playoffs and a SuperMotocross World Championship Final

Champions

SuperMotocross champions are crowned each year, alongside the champions of the individual series which will continue to be awarded.

Television Coverage

In 2023, the inaugural season will see four broadcast partners, all from the NBC family of networks;

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and

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References

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