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Chase Sexton claims AMA 450SX championship; Hunter and Jett Lawrence make history as first brothers to win AMA 250SX championships in the same year PICKERINGTON, Ohio (May 14, 2023) — The AMA presented No. 1 plates at three different AMA Supercross events recently, with Hunter Lawrence becoming the first recipient
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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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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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Cooper Webb collects first 450SX win of year, Hunter Lawrence continues hot start in 250SX class February 13, 2023 By Keaton Maisano With warm Florida weather and plenty of rain filling Raymond James Stadium on Saturday, the AMA Supercross title race heated up as a third rider — Red Bull
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Eli Tomac claims third win of year, Hunter Lawrence wins 250SX East opener February 6, 2023 By Keaton Maisano With early-season momentum hanging in the balance, Eli Tomac outlasted Chase Sexton on Saturday to win his third-of-four events in the 2023 AMA Supercross season. While Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s
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Chase Sexton, Levi Kitchen win Anaheim 2 pro classes while Daxton Bennick claims best amateur January 31, 2023 By Keaton Maisano In a return to Anaheim for the first Triple Crown event of the season, the AMA Supercross podiums looked a bit different than they did a month ago for
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Loretta Lynn, Brian Schaffran and Molly Vaughan, and Chris Real receive 2022 AMA Board of Directors Awards PICKERINGTON, Ohio (Dec 14, 2022) — Following a winning performance at the 2022 FIM Motocross of Nations (MXoN) that brought the MXoN Chamberlain Trophy back to the United States, the U.S. MXoN team
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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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Eli Tomac claims fifth straight 450SX win, Hunter Lawrence wins 250SX main event March 28, 2022 By Keaton Maisano When AMA Supercross finished the West Coast leg to open the season, Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha’s Eli Tomac led the 450SX standings by only 12 points. Six events later, Tomac
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Eli Tomac navigated catastrophe Saturday, extended points lead March 14, 2022 By Keaton Maisano While many riders fell to the grueling track in the Detroit round of AMA Supercross, Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Eli Tomac did not miss a beat as he secured his third consecutive — and fifth
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