Super Stats: How Many Riders Race 100% of the Races in a Year?

With the expansion of the SuperMotocross Playoff system in its second year, there has been a lot of discussion about the number of races in the year and whether it’s too many races. We are now at 31 total races,…

Super Stats: Pro Motocross Mid Decade Review

We are halfway through the 2020s decade in Pro Motocross after the 2024 season completed at Ironman. This decade of Pro Motocross began with the covid shortened 2020 season which had just 9 rounds. 2021 and 2022 were back to…

Super Stats: Motocross Champions Who Didn’t Lead the Most Laps

Through 9 rounds of the 2024 Pro Motocross season, Chase Sexton has a 28 point lead over Hunter Lawrence. However, Sexton is 3rd on the season in the 450 class for laps led. He trails both Jett Lawrence and Hunter…

Super Stats: 450 Motocross Average Qualifying Position vs Average Overall Finish

After looking into Phil Nicoletti’s average qualifying positions vs his career finishes and 450MX riders finishes in Moto 1 vs Moto 2. I thought I would review how riders fare in qualifying vs the actual race and how improves and…

Super Stats: 450 Class Rider Averages from Moto 1 to Moto 2

After Chase Sexton started the year stronger in the second moto vs the first moto it lead me to look into rider’s differences in Moto 1 vs Moto 2. Sexton has since gone 1-1 in back to back races but…

Super Stats: How many riders finish on the lead lap in 450MX?

In 450 Moto 1 at High Point this year, Jett Lawrence lapped up to 10th place which seemed higher than normal to me. Especially given that Justin Barcia, a rider with four career 450 overalls was two minutes and 28…

Super Stats: Aldon Baker’s Motocross Success

Aldon Baker has been involved in the motocross industry since 2000 when he started training Ricky Carmichael. He has since expanded to having his own training facility and training multiple riders at the same time. For this article I’ll be…

Super Stats: Where would the fastest qualifier in the 250MX Class qualify in the 450MX Class historically?

If we were to compare where the fastest qualifier in the 250 Motocross class would place in 450 Motocross class qualifying, where would they place? For Motocross, we have qualifying data back to 2007. Unfortunately, the AMA data is unavailable…

Super Stats: The Worst Premier Class Title Defenses in Supercross History

What are the worst title defenses in Supercross history? With the first official year of Supercross being 1974, we have the defending champions from 1975-2024 – 50 defending champions. However, with repeat champions, injuries and retirements, there are actually just…

Super Stats: Single Season Laps Led Records and How 2024 Compares (So Far)

Jett Lawrence has led 181 out of the 394 total laps so far in the 15 rounds of the 2024 Supercross season. This is good for 45.94%.  This is a very impressive rate on its own and especially as a…

Super Stats: Who has gained/lost the most positions on Lap 1 in 2024?

We are now 12 rounds into the 2024 season with 9 standard main event rounds and 3 triple crown rounds giving us 18 race starts to examine data from. When comparing rider’s holeshot position to their end of lap 1…

Super Stats: Startcross? Reviewing Holeshot data through 10 Rounds of Supercross

Startcross? I was given a spreadsheet with holeshot data from the first 10 rounds of Supercross in 2024 and after some analysis and review, “Startcross” might be a fair assessment. Here’s why: A few quick notes: I am treating Triple…

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