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2023 Fox Raceway MX National | Kickstart

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Last weekend, the 2023 Monster Energy Motocross National Championship Series got underway at Fox Raceway in Pala, California, under partially cloudy skies. After months of Supercross, getting back to action in the great outdoors was a nice change of pace, but from the moment the gate dropped on the first moto of the weekend, we were all reminded of what a brutally tough sport motocross racing is. The track at Fox Raceway challenged racers from start to finish, and when the dust settled on the last moto of the day, the Lawrence brothers stood atop both podiums, with Hunter topping the 250s and younger brother Jett making a winning debut in his first-ever 450 National. The Honda HRC team looks to have an interesting summer ahead, as recently crowned Supercross Champion Chase Sexton finished second in the 450 division and set the tone for a series-long rivalry.

With Jett Lawrence moving up to the big-bike class and defending 450 MX Champion Eli Tomac sidelined for the summer with a burst Achilles tendon, there were no defending champions and red numberplates in either class, but that didn’t mean that there wasn’t great racing in all four motos. Here’s what we learned, saw, and heard at the first MX National of the season/ Welcome to Kickstart, presented by KTM.

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Donn Maeda

Donn Maeda is a 30-year veteran in moto-journalism, having worked at Cycle News and Dirt Rider before launching MXracer Magazine and TransWorld Motocross Magazine. Maeda is the Editor-In-Chief at Swapmoto Live and you can catch him on a dirt bike or in the saddle of a mountain bike on most days.

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  1. Josh May 31, 2023

    That isn’t a pro circuit wheel swap! DirtStar rims and kite hub? C’mon man…