Dylan Ferrandis - 2021 450MX National Champion. Photo by Will Embree
The 2022 Pro Motocross Championship Series schedule is here, and let’s hope it’s not tentative. It’s a 12-race series, beginning and ending at Fox Raceway in Pala, Calif. In-between, the series runs from coast to coast.Ken Roczen. Photo by Will Embree.Returning to battle for the AMA 450MX National Championship is reigning titleholder Dylan Ferrandis, alongside his new Yamaha teammate Eli Tomac and Christian Craig. Honda’s Ken Roczen and Chase Sexton will be back, along with Jason Anderson and Adam Cianciarulo riding for Kawasaki. Cooper Webb and Aaron Plessinger are set for KTM, Justin Barcia on GasGas, plus the trio of Zach Osborne, Dean Wilson, and Malcolm Stewart riding for Husqvarna. The Suzuki riders have not been settled, but don’t be surprised to see Justin Bogle, Brandon Hartranft, and Adam Enticknap on the RM-Z450.
The series is broken into three four-race chunks, with a two-week break between High Point and Redbud, and a three-week summer siesta between Washougal and Unadilla.
2022 Pro Motocross Championship Series Schedule
May 28: Fox Raceway National I, Pala, CA
June 4: Hangtown Motocross Classic, Sacramento, CA
Jun 11: Thunder Valley National, Lakewood, CO
June 18: High Point National, Mt. Morris, PA
July 2: Redbud National, Buchanan, MI
July 9: Southwick National, Southwick, MA
July 16: Spring Creek National, Millville, MN
July 23: Washougal National, Washougal, WA
August: 13: Unadilla Nationals, New Berlin, NY
August 20: Budds Creed National, Mechanicsville, MD
August 27: Ironman National, Crawfordsville, IN
September 3: Fox Raceway National II, Pala, CA
2021 AMA 450MX Motocross National Championship Final Standings
Dylan Ferrandis, 531 points (8 moto wins)
Eli Tomac, 458 (6 moto wins)
Ken Roczen, 446 (7 moto wins)
Cooper Webb, 358
Chase Sexton, 342 (1 moto win)
Christian Craig, 292
Marvin Musquin, 240
Joey Savatgy, 240
Justin Barcia, 239 (1 moto win)
Aaron Plessinger, 232
Max Anstie, 208
Brandon Hartranft, 188
Justin Bogle, 181
Coty Schock, 174
Adam Cianciarulo, 147 (1 moto win)
Dean Wilson, 146
Justin Rodbell, 105
Ryan Surratt, 98
Fredrik Norén, 87
Ben LaMay, 69
Chris Canning, 48
Kyle Chisholm, 41
Jacob Runkles, 36
Scott Meshey, 36
Jeremy Hand, 34
Zach Osborne, 33
Robbie Wageman, 33
Jason Anderson, 29
Tyler Stepek, 27
Kevin Moranz, 26
Jace Kessler, 22
Bryson Gardner, 15
William Clason, 13
Grant Harlan, 12
RJ Wageman, 12
Jake Mohnike, 11
Phil Nicoletti, 9
Alessandro Lupino, 8
Ryan Sipes, 8
Jeremy Smith, 8
Hunter Schlosser, 8
Matthew Hubert, 6
Tyler Medaglia, 6
Curren Thurman, 4
Zach Williams, 4
Alex Ray, 4
Cody Groves, 4
Carson Brown, 3
Mitchell Falk, 3
Robert Piazza, 3
Bryce Backaus, 3
Clayton Tucker, 2
Layton Smail, 2
Jacob Hayes, 2
Bryce Hansen, 1
2021 AMA 250MX Motocross National Championship Final Standings
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This week, in the first segment Editor Don Williams talks to us about the new Kawasaki Versys 650 LT. It’s the middleweight ADV style machine that uses the same 650 parallel twin motor as the Ninja 650, so it’s an excellent performer in a user-friendly, good looking package.
In the second segment, I chat with one of my dearest industry friends—now retired Honda PR executive, Jon Seidel. Jon’s fascinating career spans some 30 years with Big Red, and gave him some great experiences with some incredible machines. I was fortunate enough to be invited on many of the press launches that he organized. His new project is documenting and saving many of the old archives from years gone by—and incidentally, if you have anything that may be of value to the project, please contact us by email at producer@ultimatemotorcycling.com and we’ll pass it all on to Jon.
So on that note, from all of us here at Ultimate Motorcycling, we hope you enjoy this episode!