MX Sports Pro Racing has announced the full 2022 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship Schedule. After an abbreviated nine-round schedule in 2020 due to COVID-19, the championship returned to 12 rounds this year and has 12 rounds set for 2022 again as well. The 2022 championship will begin May 28 (Memorial Day weekend) at the Fox Raceway 1 National and will end on September 3 (Labor Day weekend) with the Fox Raceway 2 National. The 12-round schedule will visit 11 different venues, as Fox Raceway at Pala in California will serve as both the opening round and the closing round of the series.
Premier class champion Dylan Ferrandis (Monster Energy/Star Yamaha Racing) and 250 Class champion Jett Lawrence (Honda HRC) will be back with their respective teams running their respective classes with #1 plates for the 2022 season. In October, three-time 450 Class champion Eli Tomac announced a switch from the Monster Energy Kawasaki team to the Monster Energy/Star Yamaha Racing team as ET3 will look to go for a fourth title aboard his new YZ450F.
Below is the full press release from MX Sports Pro Racing:
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia – MX Sports Pro Racing has unveiled the 12-round schedule for the landmark 50th Anniversary of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing. The 2022 “Golden Season” of the world’s most prestigious off-road motorcycle racing series will kick off and conclude during the holiday weekends that signify the proverbial beginning and end of summer, starting with Memorial Day, in May, and finishing over Labor Day, in September.
“This is arguably the most significant season in the history of American motocross,” said Davey Coombs, President of MX Sports Pro Racing. “If we’ve learned anything over the past two years it’s that nothing is given, but through so much uncertainty our sport has continued to bring joy, excitement, and compelling drama to those who share in the passion for motorsports. With our 50th Anniversary upon us, we hope to begin what feels like a new era and a fresh start of sorts for the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship. One that will see a return to fan-filled paddocks and the kind of up-close-and-personal atmosphere that has allowed our sport to stand alone in terms of accessibility.”
The 12-round championship will once again travel to 10 different states on its journey to crown a pair of AMA National Champions, extending the legacies of the world’s most storied venues into the series’ fifth decade. The battle for the Edison Dye and Gary Jones Cups will begin in a familiar place, on May 28, from the heart of the industry in Southern California for the Fox Raceway I National.
The first month of the season will also feature the iconic Hangtown Motocross Classic, on June 4, in Northern California, followed by the annual mile-high visit to Colorado on June 11 for the Thunder Valley National. The sport’s Father’s Day tradition at the High Point National will signify the first East Coast round on June 18 in Pennsylvania.
After the first of two breaks in action over the course of the season, the world’s fastest riders will return to the track on July 2 for one of the biggest Independence Day traditions in all of sports, the RedBud National in Michigan. The halfway point of the 2022 season will descend on the famed sands of Massachusetts’ The Wick 338 for the Southwick National, on July 9, while the second half of the championship gets underway on July 16 in Minnesota with the Spring Creek National. A second foursome of events will conclude with a return west on July 23, where the scenic Pacific Northwest is home to the Washougal National.
The championship’s final break in action will precede a four-round stretch run to end the season, beginning on August 13 with New York’s legendary Unadilla National. A trip just outside the nation’s capital awaits on August 20 with the Budds Creek National in Southern Maryland, followed by the penultimate round on August 27 in motorsports-crazed Indiana for the Ironman National. The summer will draw to a close where it began, in Southern California, on September 3 with the Fox Raceway II National.
Following a historic season in which international riders captured both the 450 Class and 250 Class titles for the first time, France’s Dylan Ferrandis and Australia’s Jett Lawrence will lead the way into the 50th Anniversary campaign as defending champions. This charismatic duo are two leaders amongst an unprecedented depth of talent currently competing in American motocross, which sets the stage for what is poised to be a memorable summer befitting of such a landmark season.
“For five decades we’ve had the privilege of watching the world’s finest motocross talent do battle in the sport’s most coveted championship series right here on American soil,” added Coombs. “The record books of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship represents a who’s who of off-road motorcycle racing and tells the story of the pioneering legacy of the riders, manufacturers, and racetracks that helped make the United States the epicenter for both amateur and professional motocross. We cannot wait to see what the next 50 years have in store.”
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AMA Pro Motocross Championship Schedule
2022 Motocross Schedule
- MotocrossFox Raceway 1 Saturday, May 28
- MotocrossHangtown Saturday, June 4
- MotocrossThunder Valley Saturday, June 11
- MotocrossHigh Point Saturday, June 18
- MotocrossRedBud Saturday, July 2
- MotocrossSouthwick Saturday, July 9
- MotocrossSpring Creek (Millville) Saturday, July 16
- MotocrossWashougal Saturday, July 23
- MotocrossUnadilla Saturday, August 13
- MotocrossBudds Creek Saturday, August 20
- MotocrossIronman Saturday, August 27
- MotocrossFox Raceway 2 Saturday, September 3
Main image by Mitch Kendra
