Motocross Action

It was obvious Haiden Deegan had plenty of nerves racing his first Supercross event at the 2023 Anaheim 2 Supercross. It may have been the amateur class but it was the same track and fans as the pro guys. Haiden and his team made the decision to race the first round of the 250 East Coast Supercross in Housten. He tells us how he feels going into the race. 

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MXA caught up with Eli Tomac at the 2023 Houston Supercross press day on the Friday before the race to see how he was doing after his big get-off on his 2023 Yamaha YZ450 last weekend at the second Anaheim round. Eli said he was very lucky to walk away uninjured, however, the bike was hard to ride to finish out the night. He also talks about how he isn't a fan of the Triple Crown events. 

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Justin Hill and Josh Hill are teammates in 2023 on the Team Tedder racing program riding 2022 KTM 450SXF models with backing from Monster Energy. After the 2020 season, Justin Hill stepped away from Supercross when contract negotiations with the MotoConcepts Honda team went awry. Now, he's back racing and he's doing it with his brother as his teammate. Check out this candid interview with Justin from Friday before Anaheim 2 where Justin talks about the first two Rounds and the Team Tedder program. 

 The 2023 Anaheim 2 Supercross was the third race of the Monster Energy Supercross season and coming into it, Cooper Webb had two second place finishes coming into it and he finished the night in fourth place after being taken out by Jason Anderson in the second Main. In this interview, Cooper talks about the A2 Supercross track, how he feels after the first two races and he talks about the importance of staying healthy after many riders have gotten injured in the past weeks. 

Alex Martin retired from professional Supercross/motocross racing after the 2022 season, but he's still heavily involved in the sport this 2023 season with his company, Troll Training. Teamed up with trainer, John Wessling, Alex and John offer an online training program that's tailored to you lifestyle and goals. In this interview we learn more about the Troll Training program and Alex explains his new column in Motocross Action Magazine.  

The 2023 Anaheim 2 Supercross is in the books and the Triple Crown format certainly shook things up in both the 250SX West and 450SX classes. Eli Tomac and Jett Lawrence were both knocked off their pedestals, however, Eli was knocked further off with a 6th place overall and a slimmed down 4-point lead over Chase Sexton in the 450 Championship standings. Jett actually extended his lead, but Levi Kitchen grabbed his first podium (which happens to be a win) in Supercross. Check out interviews from Chase Sexton, Adam Cianciarulo, Levi Kitchen, 250 Futures class winner Daxton Bennick, Star Yamaha 250 Team Manager Jensen Hendler, Derek Kelley, Phil Nicoletti and Colt Nichols. 

Brandon Haas is the founder and owner of the ClubMX training facility and he's the owner of the FXR, Muc-Off, Club MX Yamaha race team. Coming into 2023, the biggest news around this team was the signing of Jeremy Martin. However, Enzo Lopes and Phil Nicoletti are representing this team well on the West Coast. In this interview, Brandon Haas talks about the recent success of his team, he talks about the ClubMx training facility expanding, he talks about the team's support from Yamaha and more. 

The 2023 Anaheim 1 Supercross is almost here and we caught up with Red Bull KTM's Cooper Webb during press day to ask him the hard hitting questions. Cooper didn't hold back, explaining that he was very hard on his team in the off season, making sure they did everything possible to make him comfortable on the 2023 KTM 450SXF this season. Cooper also talks about riding stock bikes, FELD positioning him in the second row at the press conference (instead of the front row with Tomac and Sexton) and he shared about his mindset on the Baker's Factory in Florida to ride and train with Aldon Baker. 

The 2023 Anaheim 1 Supercross is here and we caught up with the defending 450SX Champion, Eli Tomac, to learn his thoughts going into the Monster Energy Supercross season opener. We asked Eli if he was planning to retire or not after the 2023 season, Eli spoke about his new 2023 Yamaha YZ450F and about his unique offseason coming into Anaheim 1. 

The 2023 Anaheim 1 Supercross press day riding was canceled, but we were still able to track down the most popular rider in the motocross and Supercross world right now, Ken Roczen. In this interview with Motocross Action's Josh Mosiman, Kenny explains his excitement for racing the Suzuki RM-Z450 and he talks about joining the HEP Suzuki team. He also shares about his offseason experiences testing different motorcycles and he talks on how that might benefit him coming into the new season.