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

The 2023 Pro Motocross championship has made its way to Southwick for the sixth round of the season. Jett Lawrence has still dominated every moto so far this season. Chase Sexton feeling some frustration after a late moto crash at Red Bud and is looking for some redemption coming into Southwick. Meanwhile, the 250 class had a first-time overall winner after a massive shake-up in the second moto. Haiden Deegan was able to put together an overall, while Hunter Lawrence was left down at the start. Scroll down below to find out everything you need to know about the upcoming round at Southwick.

2023 SOUTHWICK NATIONAL // FULL COVERAGE

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MXA FANTASY LEAGUE SOUTHWICK NATIONAL // SPONSORED BY RIDE ENGINEERING

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 six 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 six is sponsored by Ride Engineering. The winner of this round will get a NEW Ride Engineering suspension link. 

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HUNTER LAWRENCE BACK AFTER A SCARY CRASH IN MOTO TWO AT RED BUD

Hunter Lawrence (96) at Thunder Valley. Lawrence still holds an 11-point lead following his crash at Red Bud and he’ll be back on the gate this weekend at Southwick.

RETURN OF THE RIPPA: JIMMY DECOTIS

Jimmy Decotis has been out of racing for quite some time due to a battle with Lyme disease. With great news, Jimmy is feeling strong and ready to get back to racing. He will make his first appearance at the Southwick National.

HAIDEN DEEGAN CONTINUES WITH FORWARD MOMENTUM

Haiden Deegan coming off of a win at Red Bud, is looking forward to the deeper East coast tracks like Southwick. He has been known to strive in these tough conditions through amateurs. Will he continue his forward momentum and make a push for the points lead? Read our recent interview with Haiden here. 

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TV SCHEDULE: SOUTHWICK NATIONAL

NBC will show the first 250 and 450 motos from Southwick LIVE this weekend, a first for this series. NBC has being hosting Supercross for a few races a season for the last few years, but this is the first time that Pro Motocross will be on NBC. However, if viewers want to see the second motos, they’ll need to buy Peacock premium, or wait until the re-air on Sunday night.  

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.

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

Southwick National Gate Drop – 10:00 am (pacific), 1:00 pm (Eastern) – Peacock (both classes, both motos)

First Motos on NBC – Southwick National – 10:00 am (pacific), 1:00 pm (Eastern) – NBC (250/450 first motos only)

Southwick National (re-air) – *Sunday, July 9th, 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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JETT LAWRENCE, TEN FOR TEN 

Jett Lawrence continues to dominate the field, winning 10 out of 10 motos this year—an amazing start to the season for the young rookie from Australia. Heading into Southwick, can Jett continue with this consistency?  Although he has overcome crashes and adversity this season, Southwick has been known to be a different animal. Nothing is too challenging for the number 18 and we’re excited to see if he can keep up this streak.

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RIDERS RETURNING FROM INJURY

Seth Hammaker had a great showing in the first race of his season at Red Bud.  

Jason Anderson made his return at the Red Bud National. He showed speed and consistency with his result of 5-7 for 5th overall. Jason looks to continue gaining momentum coming into the Southwick National.

Seth Hammaker made a solid comeback at the Red Bud National. Coming into the east coast Southwick National, the Pennsylvania native is looking to increase results as the tracks are more to his style and liking.

Jett Reynolds got hurt at Thunder Valley and sat out at High Point. He will be returned at the Red Bud National, where, unfortunately, he went down again at the start of the second moto. We expect to see Jett at Southwick at the end of this week.

Carson Mumford is still undetermined headed into Southwick, although he has been seen testing at Fox Raceway on a 450 earlier this week.

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CHECK OUT WHAT’S GOING ON THIS WEEK

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SOUTHWICK 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 – LEAVING KTM

Cooper had a practice crash leading up to the 2023 Red Bud National. KTM stated he was feeling pretty banged up and he sat out that round and then, on Thursday before Southwick, KTM and Cooper Webb announced that they have parted ways, effective immediately, and Cooper Webb will not race anymore Outdoors this summer. 

DEREK DRAKE – SORE BACK

Derek Drake will miss this weekend at Southwick with a nagging back injury. 

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 Southwick 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 5 of 11)

POS.	#	NAME	Total
1	96	Hunter Lawrence	200
2	238	Haiden Deegan	189
3	24	RJ Hampshire	167
4	30	Jo Shimoda	158
5	43	Levi Kitchen	154
6	32	Justin Cooper	152
7	34	Maximus Vohland	137
8	128	Tom Vialle	134
9	75	Ryder DiFrancesco	106
10	832	Chance Hymas	92
11	38	Jalek Swoll	86
12	58	Jordon Smith	73
13	243	Caden Braswell	58
14	88	Guillem Farres	57
15	85	Dilan Schwartz	56
16	339	Talon Hawkins	52
17	52	Carson Mumford	41
18	124	Jett Reynolds	29
19	41	Derek Kelley	28
20	35	Seth Hammaker	27
21	71	Preston Kilroy	25
22	241	Daxton Bennick	23
23	31	Michael Mosiman	20
24	84	Mitchell Harrison	19
25	337	Slade Smith	17
26	6	Jeremy Martin	15
27	36	Garrett Marchbanks	15
28	361	Chase Yentzer	15
29	159	Tyson Johnson	10
30	81	Ty Masterpool	7
31	99	Hardy Munoz	6

450 MX NATIONAL POINT STANDINGS (AFTER ROUND 5 of 11)

POS.	#	NAME	Total
1	18	Jett Lawrence	250
2	14	Dylan Ferrandis	193
3	7	Aaron Plessinger	174
4	9	Adam Cianciarulo	149
5	9	Cooper Webb	147
6	47	Fredrik Noren	108
7	81	Ty Materpool	107
8	103	Lorenzo Locurcio	98
9	36	Garrett Marchbanks	91
10	23	Chase Sexton	86
11	53	Derek Drake	84
12	78	Grant Harlan	78
13	107	Jose Butron	71
14	444	Romain Pape	57
15	93	Jerry Robin	53
16	11	Kyle Chisholm	41
17	94	Ken Roczen	36
18	91	Jeremy Hand	34
19	77	Ryan Surratt	33
20	69	Philip Nicoletti	32
21	50	Marshal Weltin	32
22	174	Luca Maralisi	31
23	21	Jason Anderson	30
24	511	Jace Kessler	24
25	388	Brandon Ray	23
26	995	Kaeden Amerine	18
27	177	Bryce Shelly	11
28	563	Dante Olivera	16
29	350	Chandler Baker	15
30	604	Max Miller	15
31	995	Chris Prebula	13
32	177	Tyler Stapek	12
33	787	Lars Van Berkel	11
34	410	Brandon Scharer	10
35	126	Rj Wageman	7
36	746	Trevor Schmidt	5

37	227	Jacob Runkles	4.
38	928	Bryce Hammond	3
39	76	Domingue Thury	3

2023 SOUTHWICK NATIONAL // FULL COVERAGE