Motocross Action

The 2022 Washougal National is in the books and MXA test rider Josh Mosiman had a blast racing the 450 class and interviewing lots of factory riders after the race. In this interview, Alex Martin talks about lapping Josh Mosiman, his final season of racing and his brother moving to ClubMX Yamaha. For more of MXA's coverage from the Washougal National, check out motocrossactionmag.com.

In this interview, MXA test rider Josh Mosiman interviews Eli Tomac and Ryan Dungey, straight after racing against them (and getting lapped by them) at the 2022 Washougal National. Eli Tomac finished second overall with 1-2 moto scores and his win streak was finally broken by Honda's Chase Sexton. Ryan Dungey had a strong day going, but a bike issue in the first moto put him out of podium contention with 37-4 scores. In these interviews, Eli Tomac talks about racing the 2022 FIM World Supercross Championship, Chase Sexton's skills and his qualifying tactics. Ryan Dungey explains how his day went, he talks about his strategy for attempting to salvage a better gate pick on the line (for 450 moto 2) and he talks about his decision for possibly racing Supercross and motocross in 2023. 

Chase Sexton won the 450 overall at the 2022 Washougal National with 2-1 moto scores, besting Eli Tomac's 1-2 finishes after some epic battles. MXA test rider Josh Mosiman also raced today (stay tuned for a video of his experience coming this week) and, after racing, he spoke with Chase Sexton about his race, about his training, about the 2022 Motocross Des Nations at Red Bud, about wildlife at Washougal and much more. Enjoy this laid back interview after a long day at Washougal.  

Eli Tomac wasn't apart of Team USA at the 2019 Motocross of Nations, the event was canceled in 2020 and Team USA didn't attend the race last year. Although Eli Tomac isn't sure if he will race Outdoors again in 2023, he is committed to race for Team USA at the Motocross Of Nations on September 24th-25th, which is back at RedBud MX again. In Episode 80 of our This Week in MXA video series presented by O'Neal, Josh Mosiman talks about how Team USA has been winless at the MXON since 2011 and how Eli Tomac is slated to race both the Paris Supercross and first round of the FIM World Supercross Championship this offseason. Plus, we highlight more of the action from RedBud and share some clips from the MXA wrecking crew testing this past week. This is the audio version of our video, to watch this video, check out our website and/or YouTube channel. 

In Episode 77, MXA's Josh Mosiman highlight's the action from Thunder Valley including Levi Kitchen's breakout ride, Michael Mosiman's bike issues, Sexton's late-race crash & more 

In this quick 10-minute interview, Shane McElrath explains how his fill-in ride with Rockstar Husqvarna is going so far, he explains how he didn't know what place he was in when he ultimately finished 5th at Thunder Valley in 450 Moto 2 and he talks about he likes to learn from Ryan Dungey, Eli Tomac, James Stewart and Ryan Villopoto. 

In this audio version of our  This Week in MXA video series presented by O’Neal, Josh Mosiman highlights the 2023 KTM models that were just released and looks forward to our chance to test them out at the iconic RedBud track in Michigan next week. To learn more about the 2023 KTM models, click here. Plus, there's been a large game of musical chairs going on in the Pro racing world with news about Joey Savatgy and Jeremy Martin becoming official. Joey's plans for this summer are now confirmed and Jeremy's plans for 2023 have been inked as well. And, finally, we take a look back at the 2022 Monster Energy Supercross finale at Salt Lake City where Christian Craig claims the 250SX West coast title, Marvin Musquin and Cooper Webb trade paint and Justin Barcia takes out Malcolm Stewart.

Are modern day Supercross tracks becoming too dangerous? Is there something we can do to create even better racing and while limiting the chances for big crashes? Can we lessen the amount of injuries? Jett Lawrence has been crowned the 250 East Coast Champion one race early and he did it in convincing fashion, winning four of eight races so far and finishing on the podium all eight times. However, the rest of the field was supposed to be stacked with competition, but it quickly was depleted as riders were injured. This audio was taking from Episode 70 of our This Week in MXA video series on YouTube. 

Eric Phipps is the founder and owner of Works Connection, a well known in the motocross industry. In this interview, Eric explains his motive for starting Works Connection, how he was able to do it and he talks on some of the challenges of being an aftermarket part manufacturer. 

The Arlington Supercross provided more drama to the already exciting 2022 season. Unfortunately, the take-outs and crashes also resulted in injuries. In episode 62 of our This Week in MXA series presented by O’Neal, MXA’s Josh Mosiman dives into the take-outs from Round 8 and sheds some light on the difficulties of Supercross racing.