• SuperMotocross Reveals 2024 Playoff Track Locations With Vegas Hosting The Finals

The SuperMotocross Final is coming to Sin City.

During tonight’s Round 8 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship and SuperMotocross World Championship from Daytona, the broadcast team revealed the 2024 SuperMotocross World Championship Playoff Rounds and Final locations.

Broadcast analysts Ricky Carmichael and James Stewart revealed that zMAX Dragway at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway, and The Strip at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host the races this year. The Final will mark the return to Las Vegas where the Supercross has historically hosted their Finals in the past.

“Last year, we created a completely new off-road motorcycle racing playoff series that combined both disciplines of indoor stadium racing (Supercross) and outdoor motocross racing (Pro Motocross) that was fully embraced by the teams, athletes, industry and fans,” said Dave Prater, Vice President of Supercross, Feld Motor Sports, Inc. “Collectively, more than 110,000 fans from all over the world made their way here to attend the inaugural three round SMX World Championship Playoffs and Final and for the first time in the sport’s history witnessed the crowning of a true World Champion. The SuperMotocross World Championship is where the world comes to race.”

The 2023 season marked the first time Lucas Oil Pro Motocross and the Monster Energy Supercross series partnered to create the SuperMotocross World Championship where leveraging the two created the playoff series that combines elements of the wide-open outdoor series with the more compact elements of Supercross which is largely in stadiums. Last year’s Final was hosted at the LA Coliseum as a nod to the earliest Supercross events. Feld informs that moving to new locations each year is by design to add excitement to the playoffs.

zMAX Dragway next to the Charlotte Motor Speedway hosted last year’s part of last year’s SMX World Championship Playoff. The location created a unique track designed never seen before. The track was built on the famous four-lane dragstrip with dueling grandstands on each side putting fans right on top of the action.

“Last year, we transformed a four-lane drag strip into the ultimate off-road playground and fans were treated to a full day of action-packed racing at the opening round of the inaugural SMX World Championships,” said Greg Walter, executive vice president and general manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway. “Building on that experience, we’re excited to once again partner with Feld Motor Sports to bring together the top Supercross and Motocross riders from around the world at zMAX Dragway to put on a high-flying, white-knuckled show for the fans.”

Feld Motor Sports informs that renderings of the track layouts will be forthcoming in April.

On top of the 110,000 fans that attended the SuperMotocross playoffs in Concord, North Carolina, for SMX Playoff 1, Joliet, Illinois, for SMX Playoff 2, and in Los Angeles for the SMX World Championship Final, an additional 192,000 attended the 11 rounds of the Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing during that summer.

Domestically, NBC Sports’ coverage of the 2023 SuperMotocross World Championship season surpassed 23 million hours of viewership consumption across NBC, USA Network, and Peacock, up 111% versus the comparable programming in 2022. Powered by Peacock, over 17 million digital hours of viewership were consumed – up 307% compared to last year.

Supercross is seeing a strong start to the 2024 season.

The Daytona event this weekend makes four consecutive markets setting record high attendance, highlighted by Arlington and AT&T Stadium last weekend doing over 67,000 fans. The San Francisco Supercross event on Jan. 13 registered as the most-watched SMX race on Peacock to date, surpassing Anaheim 1 this year which set the previous high. Round 5 in Detroit aired live on NBC at 3pm and averaged over 700,000 viewers, making it the highest performing live broadcast ever on the network for Supercross or Motocross.

Feld Motor Sports, Inc. and MX Sports Pro Racing schedule for the SuperMotocross Playoffs and Final locations this fall:

• ·         Playoff 1: zMAX Dragway at Charlotte Motor Speedway | Saturday, September 7
• ·         Playoff 2: Texas Motor Speedway | Saturday, September 14
• ·         SMX Final: The Strip at The Las Vegas Motor Speedway | Saturday, September 21