On January 10, 2026, dirt bike racing fans’ long suffering will end as the SuperMotocross World Championship kicks off with the Monster Energy Supercross series’ lid lifter. When the gate drops in Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, it will have been 112 days (three months, three weeks) since the boys last competed.
Defending champion Cooper Webb returns to his Yamaha Star Racing team in an effort to defend the title, second-place finisher Chase Sexton moves to a new team in hopes of improving by one position, and third-place finisher Justin Cooper intends to make his second full-time season better than the first.
The first race of the season is typically filled with healthy riders who all have their eyes set on three championships. Unfortunately, Jett Lawrence is already out of the picture after suffering an ankle and foot injury in a practice crash during the off-season. He missed most of last year’s Supercross schedule and will not have an opportunity to prove he is just as dominant in the stadium series as he is in the outdoors. So far, Jett has won every championship in which he’s competed the entire season, but he has only one Supercross title from 2024…