Aaron Hansel

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Hampshire: "I Just Took the Stitches Out After I Landed on Thursday Night"

1 week ago | racerxonline.com | Aaron Hansel

Pala, CA Fox Raceway (Pala)AMA Pro Motocross Championship RJ Hampshire made his Pro Motocross debut in the 450 Class at the season opener at Fox Raceway in Pala, California, over the weekend and he was great, going 6-12 for ninth overall. Even more impressive, he had wrist surgery less than two weeks go. We caught up with him afterward to get his take on his fantastic ride. Racer X: RJ, first national on the 450.
Nielsen: "You Want to Win the First Race, and I Just Raced My Little Heart Out Those Laps"

1 week ago | racerxonline.com | Aaron Hansel

Pala, CA Fox Raceway (Pala)AMA Pro Motocross Championship The first round of the 2025 Women’s Motocross (WMX) Championship season kicked off on Friday at Fox Raceway in Pala, California, and this is definitely the fastest generation of girls we’ve seen! Mikayla Nielsen would rise to the top with 2-1 moto scores, and was joined on the podium by LaLa Turner and Jordan Jarvis. Afterward we made sure to find her in the pits to get her take on a successful season opener.
Dominance on Display at the 2025 AMA Pro Motocross Season Opener

1 week ago | racerxonline.com | Aaron Hansel

Pala, CA Fox Raceway (Pala)AMA Pro Motocross Championship The first race of the 2025 AMA Pro Motocross Championship kicked off over the weekend at the Pala Casino Fox Raceway National, and the fans were treated with some great racing in both classes. Let's jump right into Saturday Night Live for a look at what went down at the season opener.
Live Written Updates and Results From the Pala Casino Fox Raceway National

2 weeks ago | racerxonline.com | Aaron Hansel

Pala, CA Fox Raceway (Pala)AMA Pro Motocross Championship Welcome to the Race Day Feed, coming to you from Fox Raceway in Pala, California. From practice reports to the blow-by-blow from today's program, you’ll find it all right here on the Racer X Race Day Feed. Updates are posted in chronological order, so be sure to scroll down for the latest info. For even more updates be sure to follow us on X: @Racerxonline. Sat May 24 Fox Raceway's Pro Motocross Press Day and WMX
Mikayla Nielsen, Lala Turner, Exchange Moto Wins at WMX Season Opener

2 weeks ago | racerxonline.com | Aaron Hansel

Pala, CA Fox Raceway (Pala)AMA Pro Motocross Championship The first round of the 2025 WMX season kicked off on May 23 at Fox Raceway in Pala, California, and the fans in attendance were treated to some very good racing. If the rest of the women’s pro season can deliver the kind of unpredictable results and action we saw in Pala, we’re in for a great WMX season.
10 Storylines to Follow at 2025 Fox Raceway National

2 weeks ago | racerxonline.com | Aaron Hansel |Sarah E. Whitmore

Pala, CA Fox Raceway (Pala)AMA Pro Motocross Championship Sure, the idea of watching Jorge Prado compete in supercross was fun, but whoops and rhythm lanes aren’t his specialty—motocross is! After winning the last two FIM Motocross World Championship MXGP titles, Prado vacated his MXGP throne to see how he might fare in the AMA Pro Motocross Championship, and we’re about to get our first glimpse of how that might look.
Anderson, Barcia, Lawrences, Prado and Tomac All Back for 2025 Pro Motocross Opener

2 weeks ago | racerxonline.com | Aaron Hansel

Pala, CA Fox Raceway (Pala)AMA Pro Motocross Championship The opening round of the 2025 AMA Pro Motocross Championship will take place this Saturday at Fox Raceway in Pala, California. Check out the list below for a look at who’ll be missing the race due to injury. Anderson missed the last leg of Monster Energy AMA Supercross with an undisclosed health issue but will return for the opening round of the AMA Pro Motocross Championship.
Hampshire Apologizes to Payton And Hammaker After Supercross Finale Move

3 weeks ago | racerxonline.com | Aaron Hansel

Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake CityMonster Energy AMA Supercross Championship In case you haven’t heard, RJ Hampshire had a pretty eventful weekend at the Monster Energy AMA Supercross finale in Salt Lake City. After getting a bad start he worked his way forward and found himself on the rear wheel of title rival Seth Hammaker (it's worth noting that Hammaker was embroiled in a battle with Tom Vialle and Julien Beaumer which slowed him down).
Chance Hymas is Looking Forward to 2025 Pro Motocross

3 weeks ago | racerxonline.com | Aaron Hansel

Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake CityMonster Energy AMA Supercross Championship By his own admission, Chance Hymas has put more focus into motocross than he has supercross in 2025. But even so, after winning in Foxborough Hymas found himself in the 250SX East Division championship contention. Unfortunately for the Honda HRC Progressive rider, it didn’t stick.
Michael Mosiman Says He Nearly Died in a Crash, Continues Comeback

3 weeks ago | racerxonline.com | Aaron Hansel

Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake CityMonster Energy AMA Supercross Championship After racing just two races in 2024, and just six supercross races in the last two years, Michael Mosiman now has another complete season under his belt. It went pretty well too—the Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing rider was on the podium in Arlington, avoided injury, and finished strong with a fifth place in the Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Showdown in Salt Lake City.