2023 RED BUD NATIONAL PRE-RACE REPORT: INJURED LIST, TV SCHEDULE & MORE

The 2023 Pro Motocross championship has made its way to Red Bud for the fifth round of the 2023 season. Jett Lawrence has dominated every moto so far this season, but we’re excited to see Jason Anderson rejoin the ranks and make a charge for that top step on the podium. Meanwhile, the 250 class has been the exact opposite, with plenty of riders sending it for the podium. Scroll down below to find out everything you need to know about the upcoming round in Buchanan, Michigan.

2023 RED BUD NATIONAL // FULL COVERAGE

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MXA FANTASY LEAGUE REDBUD NATIONAL! WIN AN FMF MUFFLER OR TWO-STROKE FULL EXHAUST

MXA is partnering with Fantasizr to do an 11-round Pro Motocross Fantasy League where the fan with the most points at the end of the season will win a 2024 Beta 300 two-stroke with a bolt-on FMF pipe and silencer! Each player will get a budget of $50,000 to pick 6 riders (three 250 and three 450) each round. To add to that, we will be giving out prizes each round to the fan who scores the most points! We have prizes from Nue Tech, O’Neal, Maxxis, Wiseco, MotoMuck, Boxo Tools, Ride Engineering, Acerbis, Viral Goggles, FMF, Guts, Blud, Phoenix Handlebars, and Funnel Web Filter. As an added bonus just for creating a team, we will send you a 25% discount code to BLUD lubricants. Click HERE to sign up now.

Round 5 is sponsored by FMF. The winner of this round will get either a muffler for their four-stroke of choice or a pipe and silencer for their two-stroke of choice!

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THE WINNER FROM ROUND 4 AT HIGH POINT WAS MIKE HILLION

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COOPER WEBB SUFFERED A MID WEEK PRACTCIE CRASH AND IS OUT OF RED BUD

Cooper Webb (2) will not be at Red Bud.  That’s a shame because he is running third in the 450 points standings and with the return of Chase Sexton and Jason Anderson there was hope of some real battles up front,

CHASE SEXTON RETURNS FOR RED BUD

Chase Sexton is looking to make his return to Red Bud this weekend, a hometown race for the Illinois native. After suffering a concussion as well as being diagnosed with Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) following the Fox Raceway National, Chase has spent the past few weeks recovering, and luckily, the outdoor series took a one-week break. Will Chase be able to run the pace of Jett Lawrence after his brief hiatus?

PIERCE BROWN RETURNS FOR RED BUD

Pierce Brown will make his return at round five of the Motocross National series at the 2023 Red Bud National. He missed the start of the season due to a broken hand he had suffered during the Supercross Season.

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TV SCHEDULE: RED BUD NATIONAL

The Peacock premium streaming service costs $4.99 per month and it provides Race Day Live coverage of the daytime qualifying sessions at each round and live coverage of each motocross race. International motocross fans can now watch LIVE using the SuperMotocross Video Pass streaming service (SuperMotocross.tv) which costs $129.95 for a one-year subscription.

New for 2023, Race Day Live will expand in 2023 to cover all 31 SuperMotocross World Championship series races. The program will feature 2.5 hours of coverage for each motocross event, 1 hour for each Pro Motocross event, and 2.5 hours for both SuperMotocross Playoff events and the SuperMotocross World Championship Final.

Red Bud National Race Day Live – 7:00 am (pacific), 10:00 am (Eastern) – Peacock

Red Bud National Gate Drop – 10:00 am (pacific), 1:00 pm (Eastern) – Peacock

Red Bud National (re-air) – *Sunday, July 2nd, 11:00 pm (pacific), Monday 2:00 am (Eastern) – CNBC Channel

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2023 AMA NATIONAL TV SCHEDULE: ALL PEACOCK ALL THE TIME

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KEN ROCZEN IS OUT FOR RED BUD

Ken Roczen is not returning to the motocross series this week as he heads to the World Supercross British GP held in Birmingham. Ken is favored to win the WSX event and is coming off a lot of confidence after a great ride at High Point.

Grant Harlan will also step away from the motocross series this week and head to the WSX event. Grant came off of some of his best results in the first four rounds of the motocross championship and looks to keep that momentum moving forward into WSX.

Max Miller will be headed to the WSX series, as he posted on Instagram, ” Super excited to be racing Round 1 is July 1st in Birmingham, England!  I will be missing a Redbud and Southwick of the Pro Motocross series, but I’ll be racing the rest of the Outdoors!”

Kyle Chisholm is also going to be Joining the WSX series and stepping away from motocross. We are excited to see how he does and look forward to his return to the motocross series.

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RIDERS RETURNING FROM INJURY

Jason Anderson plans to return this weekend for the Red Bud National. We have seen Jason recently putting in the laps at Glen Helen and other tracks in Southern California. We are excited about his return as he seems strong and confident on the bike. This is following a neck fracture in the Nashville Supercross, it seems Jason has put in the proper steps to heal from his injury.

Seth Hammaker, who broke his arm before the start of the Supercross season, also plans to make his return at the Red Bud National. Unfortunately, due to injury, we have yet to see the full potential of the number 35. But we did see him testing and developing the past couple of weeks, and he is looking good to make a strong return to the series. Definitely not someone to count out.

Jett Reynolds got hurt at Thunder Valley and sat out at High Point. He will be returning for the Red Bud National.

Carson Mumford’s status for this weekend is still in question, although we have seen him practicing this week in Southern California, and we expect that means he’ll be racing.

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THIS WEEK IN MXA: RED BUD PREVIEW

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RED BUD RACE DAY SCHEDULE

SATURDAY
6:00am	Gates Open
7:00am – 2:00pm	Rider Services / Will Call Opens
7:15am – 7:30am	Riders Meeting at AMA Semi
7:30am – 7:45am	Chapel Service at AMA Semi
8:00am – 8:15am	250 Class Practice Grp B- 15 minutes (1 Lap Free)
8:20am – 8:35am	250 Class Practice Grp A- 15 minutes (1 Lap Free)
8:35am – 8:50am	Track Maintenance
8:50am – 9:05am	450 Class Practice Grp A- 15 minutes (1 Lap Free)
9:10am – 9:25am	450 Class Practice Grp B- 15 minutes (1 Lap Free)
9:30am – 9:40am	Track Maintenance
9:40am- 9:45am	250 Class Grp B Start Practice (Off Gate) 5 minutes
9:45am – 10:00am	250 Class Practice Grp B- 15 minutes – Timed
10:05am – 10:10am	250 Class Grp A Start Practice (Off Gate) 5 minutes
10:10am – 10:25am	250 Class Practice Grp A- 15 minutes – Timed
10:30am -10:35am	450 Class Grp A Start Practice (Off Gate) 5 minutes
10:35am – 10:50am	450 Class Practice Grp A- 15 minutes – Timed
10:55am -11:00am	450 Class Grp B Start Practice (Off Gate) 5 minutes
11:00am – 11:15am	450 Class Practice Grp B- 15 minutes – Timed
11:15am – 11:45am	Track Maintenance
11:45am – 11:55am	250 Consolation Race
12:00pm – 12:10pm	450 Consolation Race
12:30pm – 1:00pm	OPENING CEREMONIES
1:00pm – 1:08pm	250 Class Sight Lap
1:15pm – 1:50pm	250 Class Moto #1
1:50pm – 2:00pm	Podium Interviews
2:00pm – 2:08pm	450 Class Sight Lap
2:15pm – 2:50pm	450 Class Moto #1
2:50pm -3:00pm	Podium Interviews
3:00pm – 3:30pm	Halftime
3:30pm – 3:38pm	250 Class Sight Lap
3:45pm – 4:20pm	250 Class Moto #2
4:20pm – 4:30pm	250 Winners Circle
4:30pm – 4:38pm	450 Class Sight Lap
4:45pm – 5:20pm	450 Class Moto #2
5:30pm – 5:40pm	450 Winners Circle

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BE SURE TO CALCULATE THE ADDED 30-MINUTE HALF-TIME BREAK INTO YOUR TV WATCHING PLANS

New for this year, Pro Motocross has added a 30-minute halftime in between motos, allowing the riders and teams to get an extra 30-minute break in between the races.

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INJURY REPORT (IT WOULD BE EASIER TO LIST WHO ISN’T ON IT)

COOPER WEBB – BANGED UP

Cooper had a practice crash leading up to the 2023 Red Bud National. KTM stated he was feeling pretty banged up and will sit out this round.  We are uncertain of his return. 

CHANCE HYMAS – KNEE

Chance suffered a knee injury during midweek testing; he underwent surgery to repair it and will miss the remainder of the season.

JORDON SMITH – THUMB,WRIST

Jordon suffered a thumb and wrist injury during midweek testing. He will sit out the Red Bud National, but we expect him to be back on the track in a few weeks. 

ELI TOMAC – ACHILLES TENDON 

Eli Tomac hyper-extended his ankle while leading the 450 Main Event at Denver and ruptured his Achilles tendon, putting him out for the entire season. As of now, Eli doesn’t know if he will retire or come back to the races in 2024. We hope to see him back on the track again next year. 

JUSTIN BARCIA – COLLARBONE, SHOULDER, RIBS

It seemed like everything was coming together for Justin Barcia after winning the East Rutherford mudder. Unfortunately, the dragon’s back struck back as Justin went over the bars and slammed into the ground at Nashville. He broke his collarbone, shoulder blade, and two ribs. 

NATE THRASHER – HIP, COLLARBONE, ACL

Nate Thrasher is out for the season. He sustained a cracked collarbone and dislocated hip during his crash at the Atlanta Supercross. Nate underwent successful surgery on the hip and another surgery on his knee to repair a torn ACL. 

CHRISTIAN CRAIG – DISLOCATED HIP AND BROKEN/DISLOCATED ELBOW

Christian went down in the first practice session at Glendale through the whoops section dislocating both his hip and elbow. Christian won’t be back this season.

CAMERON MCADOO – DISLOCATED SHOULDER/TORN LABRUM

Cameron McAdoo sustained a dislocated shoulder while practicing before Glendale and he underwent surgery immediately to get it fixed. He will be out for most likely the rest of the season.

NICK ROMANO – KNEE

Nick Romano will miss the entire 2023 season, both Supercross and motocross. Nick tore his ACL and meniscus in his knee and had surgery.

MALCOLM STEWART – KNEE

Malcolm Stewart crashed while practicing after the San Diego Supercross, and he tore his ACL. Malcolm had surgery and is out for the foreseeable future, but Husqvarna renewed his contract for 2024-’25.

AUSTIN FORKNER – KNEE

Austin Forkner injured his knee at the start of the 250 Main Event at Anaheim 1. He missed all of Supercross, and, like Seth Hammaker, he recently started riding again. We are unsure when Austin will return to racing. 

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250 MX NATIONAL POINT STANDINGS (AFTER ROUND 4 of 11)

POS.	#	NAME	Total
1	96	Hunter Lawrence	175
2	238	Haiden Deegan	147
3	24	RJ Hampshire	133
4	30	Jo Shimoda	129
5	24	Justin Cooper	121
6	43	Levi Kitchen	115
7	34	Maximus Vohland	107
8	128	Tom Vialle	100
9	832	Chance Hymas	92
10	75	Ryder DiFrancesco	92
11	58	Jordon Smith	75
12	38	Jalek  Swoll	73
13	88	Guillem Farres	57
14	243	Caden Braswell	49
15	52	Carson Mumford	41
16	85	Dilan Schwartz	40
17	339	Talon Hawkins	40
18	71	Preston Kilroy	25
19	41	Derek Kelley	24
20	31	Michael Mosiman	20
21	124	Jett Reynolds	18
22	6	Jeremy Martin	15
23	36	Garrett Marchbanks	15
24	361	Chase Yentzer	15
25	337	Slade Smith	12
26	81	Ty Masterpool	7
27	99	Hardy Munoz	6
28	42	Joshua Varize	4
29	992	Joel Rizzi	3
30	435	Marcus Phelps	2
31	310	Kai Aiello	2

450 MX NATIONAL POINT STANDINGS (AFTER ROUND 4 of 11)

POS.	#	NAME	Total
1	18	Jett Lawrence	200
2	14	Dylan Ferrandis	151
3	2	Cooper Webb	147
4	7	Aaron Plessinger	138
5	9	Adam Cianciarulo	134
6	81	Ty Masterpool	92
7	103	Lorenzo Locurcio	85
8	47	Frederik Noren	81
9	53	Derek  Drake	79
10	78	Grant Harlan	78
11	36	Garrett Marchbanks	63
12	444	Romain Pape	57
13	93	Jerry Robin	53
14	107	Jose Butron	50
15	23	Chase Sexton	44
16	11	Kyle Chisholm	41
17	94	Ken Roczen	36
18	77	Ryan Surratt	33
19	50	Marshal Weltin	32
20	91	Jeremy Hand	20
21	89	Kaeden Amerine	18
22	388	Brandon Ray	18
23	995	Luca Maralisi	17
24	563	Dante Olivera	15
25	604	Max Miller	13
26	995	Christopher Prebula	12
27	177	Tyler Stepek	11
28	69	Philip Nicoletti	9
29	511	Jace Kessler	9
30	350	Chandler  Baker	7
31	126	Rj Wageman	5
32	746	Trevor Schmidt	4
33	227	Jacob Runkles	4
34	928	Bryce Hammond	3
35	315	Cody Groves	3
36	411	Scott Meshey	2

37	841	Jefferey Walker	1
38	434	Bryce Shelly	1
39	483	Bryton Carroll	1

2023 RED BUD NATIONAL // FULL COVERAGE