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With only 3 races remaining and 150 points up for grabs, Dylan Ferrandis has a comfortable 39 point lead over Ken Roczen in the 450 class while Justin Cooper and Jett Lawrence are separated by a mere 3 points in…

Back in the early 1980’s there was a concept of a Grand National Champion where they crowned the rider who scored the most points across motocross and supercross. From what I’ve been able to gather, it was only done in…

Ken Roczen dominated Unadilla and Phil Nicoletti said it best on the PulpMX Show on Monday night, “he made it look easy”. He was fastest qualifier and set the fastest lap in both motos, got 1 of 2 holeshots, led…

This week I’ve got a special ‘team manager’ edition. Instead of looking at rider stats, I’m diving into rider lap times. Lap times can be used by team managers to evaluate rider performance throughout a weekend and season. Team managers…

It’s been a great season of racing and we’re only halfway through the year. 6 different winners in the 250’s (more on that below) and some incredible battles in the 450’s. That said, it’s Dylan Ferrandis who now has a commanding…

Dylan Ferrandis is the 15th rider in the sports history to win 3 overalls in a row in the premier class. Not a bad start to his rookie season! No surprise he did well at Southwick though – he’s now…

We’re a third of the way through the 2021 Pro Motocross season and Star Racing Yamaha has been on the podium in 21 of 48 podium slots. Maybe most interesting is being on the podium 11x in the 450’s, one…

Eli Tomac started the season with moto finishes of 9-8-11-10-6-1. Prior to this season, Eli hadn’t finished outside the Top 10 (excluding mechanical failures) since round 4 of 2017. It prompted a lot of talk in the off week on…

450 KEY SEASON STATS – Ken Roczen has led 39 of 62 laps (63%) of laps this season. He’s now led 42% of all laps this season (combined SX+MX), almost double anyone else. – Ken Roczen tied James Stewart for…

In an ode to Jason Weigandt’s love of outliers, here’s some somewhat significant and sometimes simple stats from the first round of the 2021 pro motocross season. 450 CLASS Dylan Ferrandis won his first moto and overall in his first…

Adam Cianciarulo has arguably been the fastest 450 rider in pro motocross since round 1 of last years shortened season. He’s led laps in 13 of the last 20 motos, led the most laps (135), been fastest qualifier 3x, fastest…

The 2021 season has come to a close and Cooper Webb (450), Colt Nichols (250E), and Justin Cooper (250W) are your 2021 champions. In a nod to our own Steve Matthes’ popular Observations column, let’s look at the key stat…