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Breakthrough 2025
Women’s Motocross
Championship
Set to Culminate at Budds
Creek Motocross Park
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Trio of Motos Await Five
Title Combatants in Southern
Maryland,
with Final Moto Streamed
Live on Peacock &
SuperMotocross Video Pass
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va.
(August 21, 2025) –
After five
highly competitive
rounds of action, the
2025 Women’s
Motocross Championship (WMX),
an AMA National
Championship, will
culminate this weekend
in Southern Maryland, in
the shadow of Washington
D.C., with a trio of
motos at Budds Creek
Motocross Park. The
sixth and final round of
the summer campaign will
take place over two days
at the Yamaha Budds
Creek National Finals,
with a pair of motos on
Friday, August 22, and a
final, title-deciding
moto alongside the stars
of the Pro Motocross
Championship on
Saturday, August 23,
which will be showcased
live, exclusively on
Peacock and the
SuperMotocross Video
Pass.
With a total of 75
points up for grabs
across the final three
motos, five riders
remain mathematically
eligible entering the
Budds Creek finale, led
by Altus Motorsports BLU
CRU Yamaha’s Lachlan
Turner. The 18-year-old
reigning series champion
has set the standard
throughout the summer,
claiming four straight
victories after narrowly
missing out on a win at
the opening round.
Thanks to first place
finishes in all but two
of the nine motos run
thus far, Turner brings
a 24-point lead into
Budds Creek. Giving
chase is Quad Lock
Honda’s Charli Cannon,
the 20-year-old
multi-time Australian
champion who has
impressed in her first
season competing in the
U.S. The budding rivalry
between Turner and
Cannon has been
captivating and was on
full display at the
previous round from
Unadilla when the duo
went head-to-head for
the Moto 1 victory, from
which Cannon emerged
with her first moto win
in American after a
thrilling last-lap pass.
It’s hard not to wonder
what could have been had
Cannon not been forced
to fight through a
surgically repaired
broken finger at the
outset of the
championship, but
nevertheless, a final
showdown awaits.
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The summer-long rivalry
between La La Turner and
Charli Cannon will reach
its conclusion with
championship coronation
at Budds Creek Motocross
Park.
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Turner, the reigning
WMX Champion, will bring
the momentum of
a four-round win streak
and 24-point lead into
the finale.
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Confidence is high
for Cannon, who broke
through for her first
U.S. moto win at
Unadilla.
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Sitting an additional 11
points behind the top two is
SLR Honda’s Mikayla Nielsen,
the season’s only other
overall winner. The
20-year-old from California
got off to a hot start but
has had to battle through
adversity on multiple
occasions. Despite some of
her misfortune, Nielsen has
remained a consistent
presence in the podium
fight, finishing inside the
top three in all but two
motos. Her resiliency is a
significant part of why her
title hopes are still alive
heading into the final
round, coming off a
much-needed return to the
overall podium at Unadilla.
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With an overall win
to her credit this
season, Mikayla Nielsen
will look to add to
the excitement
surrounding the final
round.
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While Turner, Cannon, and
Nielsen have been a
consistent presence on the
overall podium this season,
combining for 12 appearances
on the box and two rounds in
which they finished 1-2-3, a
total of five different
riders have landed inside
the top three. That extended
parity includes Monster
Energy Kawasaki Team Green’s
Kyleigh Stallings and ROTE
Racing Yamaha’s Jordan
Jarvis, the remaining two
racers still mathematically
in the running for the
championship.
There hasn’t been a better
rider off the start this
summer than Stallings, with
the 19-year-old Oklahoman
consistently putting her
Kawasaki at the head of the
pack after seemingly every
gate drop. While those
exceptional starts haven’t
always netted the results
last year’s championship
runner-up has been looking
for, Stallings has been in
the mix more often than not
and was able to take her
place on the overall podium
at Ironman. She faces a
64-point deficit to Turner
coming into Budds Creek.
For Jarvis, the most
experienced and decorated
competitor in the WMX field,
it’s been a summer of ups
and downs. The 24-year-old
from Florida is a former
titleholder and has multiple
Pro Motocross starts to her
credit, all of which has
paid huge dividends in her
ability to fight through the
season’s challenges. A
podium at the opening round
was followed by a scary
crash at Hangtown that left
her battered and bruised
with a broken finger, but
she bounced back to earn a
second podium at Thunder
Valley. She’s been knocking
on the door of another
podium ever since and will
look to cap the season off
on a high note, sitting 66
points behind Turner.
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Kyleigh Stallings
(21) will look to put
herself in the mix at
the final round by
continuing to be the
best starter in the WMX
Championship.
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Jordan Jarvis has
taken full advantage of
her wealth of experience
during a summer season
filled with highs and
lows.
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On-track action for the
sixth and final round of the
WMX Championship will begin
on Friday, August 22, at
Budds Creek with practice,
qualifying, and a pair of
motos at 12:30 p.m. ET and
2:30 p.m. ET. The final,
championship-deciding moto
will take place during
halftime of the Yamaha Budds
Creek National on Saturday,
August 23, at approximately
3:15 p.m. ET and will be
streamed live domestically
on Peacock and
internationally via the
SuperMotocross Video Pass.
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For more information on the
WMX series, visit the
official website at
www.racewmx.com or call
(304) 284-0101. Join the
conversation on the series Facebook page,
follow us on
Instagram, and be sure
to always hashtag
#RaceWMX.
About Women’s
Motocross Championship
The Women’s Motocross
Championship (WMX), an AMA
National Championship,
features the world’s fastest
female outdoor motocross
racers. The 6-round series
begins with Fox Raceway
National in May and
concludes at Budds Creek
National in August. It
includes stops at premier
facilities across America,
with events in California,
Colorado, Indiana, New York
and Maryland. These female
racers compete in a two-moto
format on machines ranging
from 125cc to 250cc. The WMX
series is managed by MX
Sports Pro Racing, a West
Virginia-based company and
industry leader in power
sports event production. For
more information, please
visit www.racewmx.com or
call (304) 284-0101.
About the American
Motorcyclist Association
Founded in 1924, the AMA is
a not-for-profit
member-based association
whose mission is to promote
the motorcycle lifestyle and
protect the future of
motorcycling. As the world's
largest motorcycling rights
and event sanctioning
organization, the AMA
advocates for riders'
interests at all levels of
government and sanctions
thousands of competition and
recreational events every
year. The AMA also provides
money-saving discounts on
products and services for
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members. Through the AMA
Motorcycle Hall of Fame in
Pickerington, Ohio, the AMA
honors the heroes and
heritage of motorcycling.
For more information, visit www.americanmotorcyclist.com.
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Media Contact:
Kayla Bolton
(304) 284-0101
media@mxsports.com
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