Breakthrough Women’s Motocross Championship Set to Culminate at Budds Creek Motocross Park with Three Motos

Sitting an additional 11 points behind the top two is SLR Honda’s Mikayla Nielsen, the season’s only other overall winner. The 20-year-old from California got off to a hot start but has had to battle through adversity on multiple occasions. Despite some of her misfortune, Nielsen has remained a consistent presence in the podium fight, finishing inside the top three in all but two motos. Her resiliency is a significant part of why her title hopes are still alive heading into the final round, coming off a much-needed return to the overall podium at Unadilla.

While Turner, Cannon, and Nielsen have been a consistent presence on the overall podium this season, combining for 12 appearances on the box and two rounds in which they finished 1-2-3, a total of five different riders have landed inside the top three. That extended parity includes Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green’s Kyleigh Stallings and ROTE Racing Yamaha’s Jordan Jarvis, the remaining two racers still mathematically in the running for the championship.

There hasn’t been a better rider off the start this summer than Stallings, with the 19-year-old Oklahoman consistently putting her Kawasaki at the head of the pack after seemingly every gate drop. While those exceptional starts haven’t always netted the results last year’s championship runner-up has been looking for, Stallings has been in the mix more often than not and was able to take her place on the overall podium at Ironman. She faces a 64-point deficit to Turner coming into Budds Creek.

For Jarvis, the most experienced and decorated competitor in the WMX field, it’s been a summer of ups and downs. The 24-year-old from Florida is a former titleholder and has multiple Pro Motocross starts to her credit, all of which has paid huge dividends in her ability to fight through the season’s challenges. A podium at the opening round was followed by a scary crash at Hangtown that left her battered and bruised with a broken finger, but she bounced back to earn a second podium at Thunder Valley. She’s been knocking on the door of another podium ever since and will look to cap the season off on a high note, sitting 66 points behind Turner.

On-track action for the sixth and final round of the WMX Championship will begin on Friday, August 22, at Budds Creek with practice, qualifying, and a pair of motos at 12:30 p.m. ET and 2:30 p.m. ET. The final, championship-deciding moto will take place during halftime of the Yamaha Budds Creek National on Saturday, August 23, at approximately 3:15 p.m. ET and will be streamed live domestically on Peacock and internationally via the SuperMotocross Video Pass.