Justin Barcia Confirmed for SMX Riders’ and Manufacturers’ Cup
Yamaha confirmed today that Justin Barcia will compete in the first ever Monster Energy SMX Riders’ and Manufacturers’ Cup on October 8.
Barcia will join the previously announced team of Romain Febvre, Benoit Paturel and Brent Van doninck for the event set to take place at Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
"It's an honor to be selected to represent Yamaha at the first SMX Cup. I'm pumped to return to Europe and I'm really looking forward to racing next to my Yamaha teammates Febvre, Paturel and Van doninck," Barcia said in a statement. "The race has a totally new format, which makes things even more exciting for us. Many of the world's best motocross and supercross riders will be there, so competition will be fierce. I'll do all I can to get Yamaha to the top."
Here are more details about how the racing works from the official website of the race.
- Each manufacturer, KTM, Honda, Husqvarna, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki and TM, will have a team of four riders. Three main riders and one ‘Joker’. The Joker can replace any rider on the team at any time.
- Also three wild card riders will be attending. They will not take part in the Superpole session, so they will go to the line at the position 8/16/24. They will not compete for the Manufacturers Prize, but only for the overall Prize.
- The riders can ride any bike they want between 245cc to 450cc, regardless of their age. It also doesn’t matter if the engine is 4-stroke or 2-stroke.
- Each team will have ONE team captain, and that rider will race the ‘Superpole’.
- The Superpole is a 2-Lap sprint. Only seven riders enter, one from each brand.
- The team whose rider is the fastest in the Superpole will have the 1/9/17 gate pick, the second one will have 2/10/18, and so on.
- Three main races will be raced. There will be three riders per team. The team with the lowest score at the end of the event will win.
- Prize money for the individual overall winner:
1st: €50,000
2nd: €30,000
3rd: €20,000
The best placed MX2 rider will receive €10,000.
The riders points system is like: one point for 1st, two points for 2nd, three points for 3rd etc.
- Prize money for the winning manufacturer:
1st: €50,000
2nd: €30,000
3rd: €20,000
- The manufacturers points system is like the riders’ points system: one point for 1st, two points for 2nd, three points for 3rd, etc.
- There will be nine scores from each team on the board. The seven best scores are counted. The worst two results are dropped.
- In addition to the main events, there will be two junior classes in the form of the SMX125cc and a YZ125 Cup which is an invitational race for Yamaha riders, arranged by Yamaha and the national federations across Europe.
