Over the weekend, the AMA released the entry lists for the Monster Energy Cup, which takes place this Saturday. As we see often see with the one-off event, it’s sort of the de facto start of the 2018 season, with most of the heavy hitters participating. Since it’s a transitional time of year, though, not everyone is in.
Below is your guide for who is and isn’t racing this weekend.
Honda HRC
IN
Tim Gajser
Christian Craig
Notes: Tim Gajser, the 2016 MXGP World Champion, will make his highly-anticipated U.S. indoor debut this weekend. Injuries have cost the Slovenian a chance to compete at the one-off event the last two years.
After filling-in for Ken Roczen during the 2017 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, Christian Craig will stay with the team for one more race. He’ll race the 450 alongside Gajser before returning to GEICO Honda, where he’ll race the 250 Class in 2018.
OUT
Ken Roczen
Cole Seely
Notes: Although he has been back on the bike for a few weeks, Ken Roczen still isn’t 100 percent and won’t race the Monster Energy Cup, site of his Honda debut a year ago. Roczen expects to be ready for the Monster Energy Supercross opener in January.
Seely underwent surgery on October 4 to have a plate and four screws removed from the pinky finger in his right hand. Per the team, Seely is expected to be 100 percent in three weeks.
Monster Energy Factory Yamaha
Out
Davi Millsaps
Cooper Webb
Notes: Following two years with Rocky Mountain ATV/MC-KTM-WPS, Millsaps was expected to make his debut with factory Yamaha this weekend. While the team has yet to make an announcement, Racer X has confirmed that Millsaps suffered a broken elbow in a recent testing crash. Millsaps previously rode Yamahas as part of the Joe Gibbs Racing team from 2011-12. He missed all of Lucas Oil Pro Motocross after having surgery to repair both wrists.
Cooper Webb underwent surgery on his thumb in late September and is out for the Monster Energy Cup. Webb sustained the injury at the MXGP of USA in Jacksonville. This will mark the second-straight year Webb has missed the event.
Red Bull KTM
IN
Marvin Musquin
Broc Tickle
Notes: After five years with the now defunct RCH Racing team, Broc Tickle will make his debut with Red Bull KTM this weekend. Teammate Marvin Musquin is also competing.
Rocky Mountain ATV/MC-WPS-KTM
IN
Benny Bloss
Notes: Bloss is moving to the 450 full-time with the team next year and will race this weekend.
Out
Blake Baggett
Notes: Baggett underwent surgery on his thumb after Lucas Oil Pro Motocross and will not race this weekend.
Monster Energy Kawasaki
IN
Eli Tomac
Josh Grant
Notes: Both members of Monster Energy Kawasaki will race.
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna
IN
Jason Anderson
Dean Wilson
Notes: Anderson underwent off-season surgery to have a plate removed from his foot, but is back for the Monster Energy Cup. Dean Wilson will also compete.
AutoTrader.com/Yoshimura Suzuki
IN
Justin Bogle
Notes: Justin Bogle will make his debut with AutoTrader.com/Yoshimura Suzuki (JGRMX) this weekend. Following one year with RCH/Yoshimura Suzuki, Bogle signed with the team this off-season when RCH folded. He has been training in North Carolina at the Joe Gibbs Racing headquarters in recent weeks.
Out
Weston Peick
Notes: Peick has elected not to race this weekend.
MotoConcepts Honda
IN
Vince Friese
Notes: Friese will be the only member of the team racing this weekend.
Out
Jake Weimer
Justin Brayton
Notes: Weimer sustained a litany list of injuries in a September practice crash which included: one collapsed lung and one bruised lung, a broken rib, fractured elbow, broken scapula along with a small bone break in his right hand. There is hope he’ll be ready for Anaheim 1.
Brayton is currently defending his SX1 Australian Supercross title and will not race this weekend.
Troy Lee Designs/Red Bull KTM
IN
Jordon Smith
Notes: After missing most of Lucas Oil Pro Motocross with a knee injury, Smith is moving up to the big bike this weekend.
Other
IN
Justin Barcia
Notes: Justin Barcia is back on a Honda. The two-time 250SX East Region Champion will race aboard a privateer Honda this weekend after he and JGR parted ways this off-season. Barcia turned pro with GEICO Honda in 2009 and moved to factory Honda full-time in 2013, where he spent two years with the team before moving to JGR. Barcia won the MEC in 2012 while with Honda.
Kyle Chisholm
Tyler Bowers
Fredrik Noren
Out
Chad Reed
Notes: Reed will compete in the AUS-X Open in Australia in November, but he has yet to announce plans for 2018 and will not race this weekend.
James Stewart
Malcolm Stewart
Notes: The Stewart brothers have yet to announce plans for 2018 and will not race this weekend.
Entry Lists
Cup Class
| 3 | Eil Tomac |
| 11 | Kyle Chisholm |
| 15 | Dean Wilson |
| 18 | Davi Millsaps |
| 19 | Justin Bogle |
| 20 | Broc Tickle |
| 21 | Jason Anderson |
| 25 | Marvin Musquin |
| 33 | Josh Grant |
| 37 | Fredrik Noren |
| 45 | Jordon Smith |
| 48 | Christain Craig |
| 51 | Justin Barcia |
| 55 | Vince Friese |
| 59 | Cole Martinez |
| 60 | Benny Blos |
| 61 | Heath Harrison |
| 67 | Justin Hoeft |
| 69 | Tyler Bowers |
| 73 | Brandon Scharer |
| 81 | Chase Marquier |
| 90 | Dakota Tedder |
| 91 | Alex Ray |
| 102 | Chris Blose |
| 120 | Todd Bannister |
| 124 | Bobby Fitch |
| 190 | Jacob Hayes |
| 211 | Tevin Tapia |
| 222 | Chris Howell |
| 240 | Bryce Stewart |
| 243 | Tim Gajser |
| 256 | James Milson |
| 277 | Kordel Caro |
| 282 | Theodore Pauli |
| 374 | Cody Gilmore |
| 501 | Scotty Wennerstrom |
| 505 | Cyrille Coulon |
| 526 | Colton Aeck |
| 542 | Johnnie Buller |
| 608 | David Pulley |
| 713 | Chad Cook |
| 722 | Adam Enticknap |
| 723 | Tyler Enticknap |
| 726 | Gared Steinke |
| 740 | Lane Staley |
| 792 | Bracken Hall |
Amateur All-Stars
| 11 | Ciaran Naran |
| 14 | Brock Papi |
| 16 | Enzo Lopes |
| 17 | Carter Halpain |
| 29 | Zane Merrett |
| 33 | Derek Drake |
| 47 | Jo Shimoda |
| 57 | Kameron Barboa |
| 63 | Pierce Brown |
| 99 | Lance Kobusch |
| 101 | Jake Pinhancos |
| 133 | Jordan Bailey |
| 222 | Ramyller Alves |
| 223 | Paker Mashburn |
| 282 | Garrett Marchbanks |
| 288 | Conner Mullennix |
| 382 | Tanner Stack |
| 510 | Seth Hammaker |
| 522 | Johnny Garcia |
| 612 | Mitchell Falk |
| 777 | Dylan Greer |
| 972 | Cole Barbieri |
Supermini
| 10 | Jeremy Ryan |
| 24 | Joshua Varize |
| 26 | Parker Earl |
| 30 | Jordan Jarvis |
| 32 | Kaeden Amerine |
| 34 | Tayler Allred |
| 41 | Alexander Vestal |
| 46 | Charles Tolleson |
| 51 | Jace Kessler |
| 60 | Mark Stone |
| 68 | Branden Walther |
| 71 | Hunter Cross |
| 79 | Jett Reynolds |
| 80 | Preston Kilroy |
| 122 | Carson Mumford |
| 171 | Talon Hawkins |
| 222 | Caden Braswell |
| 329 | Matthew LeBlanc |
| 351 | Jack Rogers |
| 411 | Crockett Myers |
| 428 | Nate Thrasher |
| 552 | Larrey Reyes |
| 711 | Max Vohland |
