2027 Silly Season

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AEO POWERSPORTS HUSQVARNA RACING25 MUMFORD 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MXCLUBMX YAMAHA40 VOHLAND 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX41 YODER 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX48 ANSTIE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿     250WSX/450MX50 SIMONSON...

AEO POWERSPORTS HUSQVARNA RACING
25 MUMFORD 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX

CLUBMX YAMAHA
40 VOHLAND 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX
41 YODER 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
48 ANSTIE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿     250WSX/450MX
50 SIMONSON 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
52 SCHOCK 🇺🇲     250WSX/450MX
431 MALINOVSKI 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
507 TURNER 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX

GIZMO YAMAHA RACING
62 GUILLOD 🇨🇭     250ESX/450MX
84 MYERS 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX
137 SHIVE 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
434 SHELLY 🇺🇲     250WSX/450MX
775 BENARD 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX

HONDA HRC PROGRESSIVE
16 HYMAS 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX
18 J.LAWRENCE 🇦🇺     450SX/450MX
30 SHIMODA 🇯🇵     250ESX/250MX
96 H.LAWRENCE 🇦🇺     450SX/450MX

ISRT MX4CHRIST KAWASAKI
60 TOENDEL 🇳🇴     450SX/450MX
65 FRIESE 🇺🇲     450SX/450MX
74 FINEIS 🇺🇲     450MX
943 VINEY 🇨🇦     250WSX

LIQUI MOLY BETA RACING TEAM
12 MCELRATH 🇺🇲     450SX
54 BLOSS 🇺🇲     450SX
59 KELLEY 🇺🇲     250WSX
84 OLDENBURG 🇺🇲     250ESX

MONSTER ENERGY KAWASAKI
4 SEXTON 🇺🇲     450SX/450MX
27 STEWART 🇺🇲     450SX/450MX
36 MARCHBANKS 🇺🇲     450SX/450MX

MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA STAR RACING
5 DAVIES 🇳🇿     250ESX/250MX
20 MINEAR 🇦🇺     250WSX/250MX
32 COOPER 🇺🇲     450SX/450MX
35 DUDNEY 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
38 DEEGAN 🇺🇲     450SX/450MX
42 L.GORDON 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX
49 COCHRAN 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
55 BROWN 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX
87 WOOD 🇺🇸     250MX

MONSTER ENERGY PRO CIRCUIT KAWASAKI
22 THRASHER 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
23 HAMMAKER 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX
37 ADAMS 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX
44 ROMANO 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
47 KITCHEN 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX

MX6 RACING KAWASAKI
81 PARK 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
90 TEMMERMAN 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
124 REYNOLDS 🇺🇸     250WSX/250MX

PARTZILLA BLASTER PRMX KAWASAKI
43 HARRISON 🇺🇲     450SX/450MX
68 TOWERS 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
76 PETERS 🇺🇲     250WSX
77 CLOUT 🇦🇺     250ESX/250MX
93 BOURDON 🇫🇷     250WSX
188 HUDSON 🇺🇲     450SX/450MX
192 CHAMBERS 🇺🇲     450SX/450MX
832 OEHLHOF 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX

PHOENIX RACING HONDA
53 LONG 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
98 SWOLL 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX

PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE SUZUKI
94 ROCZEN 🇩🇪     450SX

QUADLOCK HONDA RACING
17 SAVATGY 🇺🇲     450SX/450MX
28 CRAIG 🇺🇸     450SX/450MX
29 MOSIMAN 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
63 MCADOO 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
82 CONNOLLY 🇳🇿     250ESX/250MX

RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING
10 DIFRANCESCO 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX
19 BEAUMER 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX
26 BENNICK 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX
61 PRADO 🇪🇸     450SX/450MX
64 S.COENEN 🇧🇪     250ESX/250MX
79 L.COENEN 🇧🇪     450SX/450MX

RIDES UNLIMITED RACING KTM
123 RODRIGUEZ 🇻🇪     450SX/450MX

SLR HONDA
75 RODBELL 🇺🇲     250ESX/450MX
95 JORGENSEN 🇩🇰     250ESX/450MX

TEAM SOLITAIRE YAMAHA
83 WAGEMAN 🇺🇲     250WSX
92 THOMPSON 🇨🇦     450SX

TEAM TEDDER HUSQVARNA
2 WEBB 🇺🇲     450SX
46 HILL 🇺🇲     450SX

THE DIRT BIKE DEPOT WMR KTM RACING
105 PHELPS 🇿🇦     250ESX/450MX
143 DRISKELL 🇺🇲     250ESX

TILUBE HONDA RACING
296 FLOYD 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX

TOYOTA REDLANDS BARX HUSQVARNA
34 L.TURNER 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX
39 SCHWARTZ 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX
57 ROSS 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX
227 WEY 🇺🇸     250WSX/250MX

TRIUMPH FACTORY RACING TEAM
7 PLESSINGER 🇺🇲     450SX/450MX
31 J.SMITH 🇺🇲     450SX/450MX
70 DENNO 🇺🇲     250WSX/250MX
88 GIBSON 🇺🇲     250ESX/250MX

TROY LEE DESIGNS RED BULL DUCATI
14 FERRANDIS 🇫🇷     450SX/450MX
24 HAMPSHIRE 🇺🇲     450SX/450MX

TWISTED TEA SUZUKI
21 ANDERSON 🇺🇲     450SX
51 BARCIA 🇺🇲     450SX/450MX 

What am i missing?

ML512 wrote:

Got a few wrong, but not bad. I'll have our list updated by tomorrow.

Logan114 wrote:

On a new thread?

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9/19/2026 6:26am

Hmmm....

No direct mention of WSX in that press release...

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9/19/2026 12:01pm

Chase said he has a new trainer in north Florida. Is that Swanny or maybe wil Hahn?

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Money wrote:

Chase said he has a new trainer in north Florida. Is that Swanny or maybe wil Hahn?

stew. for sure. 

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Bow977 wrote:

Lots of teams running into that problem. No one wants to work 6-7 days a week for 40k

Jabe wrote:

Only 40k??? Crazy. Talk about an incentive for making sure the bike is in tip top shape and not costing a championship 

Ya idk about mechanics but some riders will hook up certain guys if they win a title. I was told Webb promised $100k to Ricki Gilmour if he won the SX title and was told he delivered on that promise.

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9/20/2026 3:53pm Edited Date/Time 9/20/2026 5:13pm
ohh_454 wrote:

Cliff notes?

Jason mentioned PRMX on Yamaha.  But nothing concrete, only that they would like to have a rider like Sexton. (Edited)

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9/20/2026 4:03pm

Interesting speculation although not particularly ground breaking. It is also the perspective of someone who made pretty adamant statements about the level of certainty that Chase would be leaving Kawasaki. It sounds he's balancing the statements he's made with the fact that he might be wrong and is acting on an awareness that the things he says contribute directly to his credibility in the world of SMX media.

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ohh_454 wrote:

Cliff notes?

Jason mentioned PRMX on Yamaha.  But nothing concrete, only that they would like to have a rider like Sexton. (Edited)

Chase will stay with kawi imo, nowhere else really for him to go. Hondas set, KTM wouldn’t take him back, STAR has Deegz and Davies in their lineup, Suzuki has Kenny, Chase has to make the best with what’s he’s got. Like i said before, I think he comes out firing for 2027. 

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ohh_454 wrote:

Cliff notes?

Jason mentioned PRMX on Yamaha.  But nothing concrete, only that they would like to have a rider like Sexton. (Edited)

Brother did you listen? I did not hear anything about the trt yamaha privateer team 😂 I heard them talk about PRMX which is switching to Yamaha & he already rides with them but I do not think he’s going to do that. 

back in the day all the factory teams had more than 2 riders. I bet he ends up factory somewhere, they’ll just make room. Wasn’t KTM looking for an American rider who can win? Well. He’s your best shot. Bobby Regan? He’s all for doing something like this. Honda? Probably not HRC but could he go to quad lock with factory Honda support? Maybe? Suzuki looks fairly proven lately with Ken & Anderson, rumors are Barcia is going there buttttt he said Friday that he has not signed yet. Feel like they’d all at least entertain the idea to have Chase.

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ohh_454 wrote:

Cliff notes?

Jason mentioned PRMX on Yamaha.  But nothing concrete, only that they would like to have a rider like Sexton. (Edited)

NicNak wrote:
Brother did you listen? I did not hear anything about the trt yamaha privateer team 😂 I heard them talk about PRMX which is switching to...

Brother did you listen? I did not hear anything about the trt yamaha privateer team 😂 I heard them talk about PRMX which is switching to Yamaha & he already rides with them but I do not think he’s going to do that. 

back in the day all the factory teams had more than 2 riders. I bet he ends up factory somewhere, they’ll just make room. Wasn’t KTM looking for an American rider who can win? Well. He’s your best shot. Bobby Regan? He’s all for doing something like this. Honda? Probably not HRC but could he go to quad lock with factory Honda support? Maybe? Suzuki looks fairly proven lately with Ken & Anderson, rumors are Barcia is going there buttttt he said Friday that he has not signed yet. Feel like they’d all at least entertain the idea to have Chase.

I agree with this. Add tedder to the list. If they're going all in and money doesn't seem to be limiting factor, why not the factory husky? The issue isn't whether he could find a ride, it's whether he can get out of his current contract. If he can, I'm sure he'd have a couple bonus heavy factory contracts to choose from. 

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9/20/2026 5:05pm

Jason mentioned PRMX on Yamaha.  But nothing concrete, only that they would like to have a rider like Sexton. (Edited)

NicNak wrote:
Brother did you listen? I did not hear anything about the trt yamaha privateer team 😂 I heard them talk about PRMX which is switching to...

Brother did you listen? I did not hear anything about the trt yamaha privateer team 😂 I heard them talk about PRMX which is switching to Yamaha & he already rides with them but I do not think he’s going to do that. 

back in the day all the factory teams had more than 2 riders. I bet he ends up factory somewhere, they’ll just make room. Wasn’t KTM looking for an American rider who can win? Well. He’s your best shot. Bobby Regan? He’s all for doing something like this. Honda? Probably not HRC but could he go to quad lock with factory Honda support? Maybe? Suzuki looks fairly proven lately with Ken & Anderson, rumors are Barcia is going there buttttt he said Friday that he has not signed yet. Feel like they’d all at least entertain the idea to have Chase.

truck wrote:
I agree with this. Add tedder to the list. If they're going all in and money doesn't seem to be limiting factor, why not the factory...

I agree with this. Add tedder to the list. If they're going all in and money doesn't seem to be limiting factor, why not the factory husky? The issue isn't whether he could find a ride, it's whether he can get out of his current contract. If he can, I'm sure he'd have a couple bonus heavy factory contracts to choose from. 

Money could very well be a limiting factor. Bobby let Tomac go because there wasn't money for 3 riders. 

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NicNak wrote:
Brother did you listen? I did not hear anything about the trt yamaha privateer team 😂 I heard them talk about PRMX which is switching to...

Brother did you listen? I did not hear anything about the trt yamaha privateer team 😂 I heard them talk about PRMX which is switching to Yamaha & he already rides with them but I do not think he’s going to do that. 

back in the day all the factory teams had more than 2 riders. I bet he ends up factory somewhere, they’ll just make room. Wasn’t KTM looking for an American rider who can win? Well. He’s your best shot. Bobby Regan? He’s all for doing something like this. Honda? Probably not HRC but could he go to quad lock with factory Honda support? Maybe? Suzuki looks fairly proven lately with Ken & Anderson, rumors are Barcia is going there buttttt he said Friday that he has not signed yet. Feel like they’d all at least entertain the idea to have Chase.

truck wrote:
I agree with this. Add tedder to the list. If they're going all in and money doesn't seem to be limiting factor, why not the factory...

I agree with this. Add tedder to the list. If they're going all in and money doesn't seem to be limiting factor, why not the factory husky? The issue isn't whether he could find a ride, it's whether he can get out of his current contract. If he can, I'm sure he'd have a couple bonus heavy factory contracts to choose from. 

Money could very well be a limiting factor. Bobby let Tomac go because there wasn't money for 3 riders. 

Money isn’t an issue with the Tedders lol

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Random question, at A1 there's going to be 8 guys lining up with big bike championship if you count prado mxgp title, has there ever been that many? 

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Jason Thomas's recent company line diatribes supporting their poor decisions at all costs has ruined his credibility for me. I understand he has a dream job he has always wanted and is willing to do ANYTHING to keep it, including bullshitting fans. He seems like a decent guy, but bottom line is he is simply a mouthpiece for FELD, NBC, MXSports, and FLY or whoever else writes him a check. No different relationship than many of us with our bosses.

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Gizmo? Freddie?

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On Pulp an announcement by Triumph at the end of the month was discussed. Any guess?

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ML512 wrote:

https://www.vitalmx.com/features/silly-season-2027-big-overhaul

Gave Linville joins Beta alongside Kelley for the 250 program. 

Ferrandis retires.

Few other staff updates.

Perfect landing spot for Colt 45 if he hasn’t already inked something with PRMX. 

Why would anyone sign Colt 45?

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PRM31 wrote:

On Pulp an announcement by Triumph at the end of the month was discussed. Any guess?

Probably just AP. I mean everybody knows but has not been formally announced.

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PRM31 wrote:

On Pulp an announcement by Triumph at the end of the month was discussed. Any guess?

NicNak wrote:

Probably just AP. I mean everybody knows but has not been formally announced.

Ah, gotcha. I thought that had been announced.

9/22/2026 1:50pm Edited Date/Time 9/22/2026 1:51pm
-MAVERICK- wrote:
From Chase Curtis over at Swap Moto Live.-Rockstar Energy the brand. Sounds like they're leaving MX/SX altogether.-Rumors: After years of teasing the new sound enforcement...

From Chase Curtis over at Swap Moto Live.

-Rockstar Energy the brand. Sounds like they're leaving MX/SX altogether.

-Rumors: After years of teasing the new sound enforcement and restrictions, we've heard the AMA recently discussed pulling back the changes for 2027... As you can imagine, team managers did NOT take those propositions lightly or well. Think about the millions of dollars teams and OEMs have invested to produce quieter race bikes and exhaust systems.

Star Racing:

Cooper Webb going to Team Tedder and bringing his mechanic with him. It's believe that he'll also be bringing 3-4 other crew members along with him.

450 Team manager Rich Simmons is leaving Star Racing after SMX. Most likely heading over to Team Tedder 

QuadLock Honda:

Rumor of Michael Mosiman signing an extension with Star Racing Yamaha, but he believes he'll be riding for QuadLock Honda next year. 

Kevin Windham has been hired to help develop a Honda supported amateur program.

Phoenix Honda:

Steve Westfall left Triumph and is the new Teams Manager at Phoenix Honda. 

Team will have 3 new riders with Avery Long being one of them. 

Money wrote:

Seems like star racing turns over staffing more than any team in the paddock. 

Toxic work environments have a way of doing that. 

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