Neuquen, Argentina MXGP of Patagonia-ArgentinaFIM Motocross World Championship
The following is a news release from Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing:
A two-week shakedown in Southern California training at RD Field was all it took for MXGP World Champion Jorge Prado to decide to attempt his hand at AMA Supercross. He is set to make a remarkable cameo look throughout the opening 3 rounds of the 2024 season.
- MXGP World Champion to make AMA Supercross Championship launching in 2024
- Partnering with the Troy Lee Designs/Red Bull/GASGAS Factory Racing Team
- Preparation to line up in 450SX Class at Anaheim 1, San Francisco and San Diego
That’s right, our Spanish sensation remains in for Anaheim 1, San Francisco and San Diego this coming January. He is geared up with the GASGAS MC 450F in what will be his first-ever American Supercross start– directly into the premier 450SX ranks on launch. And we’re stired to see it!
Fresh from clinching the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship in the MXGP classification, which was a turning point achievement for both himself and GASGAS with the Davide De Carli-managed team, Jorge had actually revealed his long-lasting imagine tasting the sport of Supercross– and possibly making a 450SX start!– in the United States.
From there, accompanied by a blitz of limelights throughout his short off-season expedition, the abilities of the gifted 22-year-old appeared from the start while using his craft within the tighter boundaries of training on a full-blown supercross track design.
Together in between Jorge, his routine Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing Team and the Troy Lee Designs/Red Bull/GASGAS Factory Racing Team, it was chosen that he will go on to object to the opening 3 rounds of the 2024 AMA Supercross Championship in a bid to gain experience through a series of gate-drops and race mileage in the U.S. throughout what will still be the Grand Prix off-season.
Prado has actually been checking Supercross in the USA periodically because the Motocross of Nations. GasGas
Jorge Prado: “Since I began riding my dream has actually constantly been to one day race in the U.S., particularly to race Supercross. I have actually enjoyed it my entire life on tv and constantly believed it should be fantastic to race under lights with a big crowd and environment! And more particularly, it needs to be excellent to race at a renowned arena like Angel Stadium. I was fortunate enough in 2015, while going to and training in the U.S., to go to Anaheim 1– it was a terrific experience and made me wish to attempt it much more. Offered I won the MXGP title this year and am completely healthy and looking for a brand-new difficulty, I believed it was the best time in my profession to come and train in USA correctly to prepare for a couple of Supercross races. I do not wish to squander another entire year questioning if I might or should,
