Best debut might be Mayla Herrick!

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Edited Date/Time 6/19/2026 12:33pm

Beating Lala and Lotte in her first pro moto ever is something special!  Will it continue?  

Hot take: she’s instantly the best WMX rider on the planet!

Discuss!

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-MAVERICK- wrote:
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Dang, top 3 girls rippin!

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crazy how much faster the top 3 were. Also, Van Dunnen a huuuge step up compared to last week. Guess she is feeling much better now after her crash in Germany
@OP After one race a bit early to tell if shes the best female rider on the planet 😃Seems like Lala was still the fastest on track. But for sure extremely impressive. 

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-MAVERICK- wrote:

Good stuff Mav.  All 3 were cookin.  Lala fast lap was insane.

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matze wrote:
crazy how much faster the top 3 were. Also, Van Dunnen a huuuge step up compared to last week. Guess she is feeling much better now...

crazy how much faster the top 3 were. Also, Van Dunnen a huuuge step up compared to last week. Guess she is feeling much better now after her crash in Germany
@OP After one race a bit early to tell if shes the best female rider on the planet 😃Seems like Lala was still the fastest on track. But for sure extremely impressive. 

Yes, just a “hot take”…. Not meant to be serious, but still making a point.

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6/19/2026 1:15pm

Her brother is fast too

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Gotta love the feeling of grabbing the holeshot, then being the only one to double that first jump. Instant comfy lead. 

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On her 17th birthday too, that's a great birthday gift to herself!

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is that the Quad racers daughter ?

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with that header pipe. all the torques yo. she really skied it out off that ski jump

 

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neysbo wrote:

is that the Quad racers daughter ?

I believe you're thinking of Joel Hetrick. 

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neysbo wrote:

is that the Quad racers daughter ?

Was that a Loretta Lynn song? 🤔

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neysbo wrote:

is that the Quad racers daughter ?

Was that a Loretta Lynn song? 🤔

🤦🤦🤦

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Top 3 look like another level compared to everyone else 


do they just let any girl race that shows up? Last place is 40 seconds a lap off the pace 

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matze wrote:
crazy how much faster the top 3 were. Also, Van Dunnen a huuuge step up compared to last week. Guess she is feeling much better now...

crazy how much faster the top 3 were. Also, Van Dunnen a huuuge step up compared to last week. Guess she is feeling much better now after her crash in Germany
@OP After one race a bit early to tell if shes the best female rider on the planet 😃Seems like Lala was still the fastest on track. But for sure extremely impressive. 

Having a stock bike as well wouldn’t of helped.

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oceantrav wrote:
Top 3 look like another level compared to everyone else do they just let any girl race that shows up? Last place is 40 seconds a lap...

Top 3 look like another level compared to everyone else 


do they just let any girl race that shows up? Last place is 40 seconds a lap off the pace 

Kinda like 20th and back in 250 and 450 pro class

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oceantrav wrote:
Top 3 look like another level compared to everyone else do they just let any girl race that shows up? Last place is 40 seconds a lap...

Top 3 look like another level compared to everyone else 


do they just let any girl race that shows up? Last place is 40 seconds a lap off the pace 

yak651 wrote:

Kinda like 20th and back in 250 and 450 pro class

No where close like you said 


Moto 2 of 250 last weekend. Fasted lap time of guy in 30th place was 2:14 a lap, leader best lap was 7 seconds faster only at 2:07.

Girls race today, last places fastest lap time was 40 seconds slower than leaders. 7 seconds a lap is way different than 40


I get it, not much depth. Was just curious if anyone can race that’s a girl. Assume if your 17 your in.

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Yeah the barrier for entry in the class is pretty low at the moment. Not unexpected at this point and I think more and more quality riders will continue to pop up, filling out the field a little bit better. Cool to see such high level of competition at the top. Excited to watch moto 2 tomorrow

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Good for this young lady to come out and win. 
Just listened to her podium interview, she doesn’t lack any confidence. 😃😎

Will be flirting with podiums all year and possibly steal a couple OA’ s from La La and the veterans.  

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oceantrav wrote:
Top 3 look like another level compared to everyone else do they just let any girl race that shows up? Last place is 40 seconds a lap...

Top 3 look like another level compared to everyone else 


do they just let any girl race that shows up? Last place is 40 seconds a lap off the pace 

Last place so happens to be Carson Browns Ex Wife. I think. So not someone who doesn't know their way around a track. 

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I watched Matty b’s video and thought same thing he said about the RC double. I remember sitting in the stands there and seeing RC do that tunnel double was unbelievable, now even 17 year old wmx racers hitting it.

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johnk408 wrote:
I watched Matty b’s video and thought same thing he said about the RC double. I remember sitting in the stands there and seeing RC do...

I watched Matty b’s video and thought same thing he said about the RC double. I remember sitting in the stands there and seeing RC do that tunnel double was unbelievable, now even 17 year old wmx racers hitting it.

“Even”

Bro have you tried giving them some credit? I think what you meant to say was only badass racers can hit that double 

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oceantrav wrote:
Top 3 look like another level compared to everyone else do they just let any girl race that shows up? Last place is 40 seconds a lap...

Top 3 look like another level compared to everyone else 


do they just let any girl race that shows up? Last place is 40 seconds a lap off the pace 

Marty1028 wrote:

Last place so happens to be Carson Browns Ex Wife. I think. So not someone who doesn't know their way around a track. 

Girl sounds pretty impressive. Besides racing WMX she has gotten a commercial pilots license and co-pilots for Horizon Air

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Pretty impressive. Way to go, Mayla! 👍

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The girls race hard, at all ages. 

Always worth watching , either side of the pond. 

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What I find to be so entertaining is that I don’t really know who these girls are, and I feel like we’re watching stars be born. 

Fiolek was a badass, her generation of racers could’ve kept developing but I think her absolute dominance was almost detrimental to WMX. Now, we have so many athletes with such interesting storylines and I don’t know it already so I’m loving it. Plus I know of some girls in the pipeline that are only going to make it more entertaining. 

I’m curious if we will see one of these ladies make the jump into SX. Golden still has the bar for female success in SX, and eventually it will be broken. The biggest hurdle will be upper body strength for whoops, I think some of these women have the aggression part figured out. I’m excited to see it happen. 

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