After winning the motocross world title, Jorge Prado is taking on a new challenge in 2024. The Red Bull GasGas rider will compete in the first three rounds of the AMA Supercross in Anaheim, San Francisco, and San Diego in the 450SX class.
The Spanish rider had the desire to compete in the famous American championship, a sport very different from motocross, with races held on temporary tracks inside stadiums. By participating in these first three rounds of the season, Prado will gain competitive pace before the MXGP season.
In a press release, the Madrid-born rider explained why this was the chosen time to fulfill a dream he has had for several years: ‘Since I started riding my dream has always been to one day race in the US, specifically to race Supercross. I have watched it my whole life on television and always thought it must be great to race under lights with a huge crowd and atmosphere! And more specifically, it must be great to race at an iconic stadium like Angel Stadium. I was lucky enough in 2015, while visiting and training in the US, to go to Anaheim 1 – it was a great experience and made me want to try it even more. So given I won the MXGP title this year and am totally healthy and looking for a new challenge, I thought it was the perfect time in my career to come and train in USA properly to prepare for a few Supercross races. I don’t want to waste another whole year wondering if I could or should, so I am here and I am going to try it out’.
Prado added: ‘I’m really looking forward to it and am lucky enough to have the full support of my Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing Team back home with Claudio and Davide de Carli, and the Troy Lee Designs/Red Bull/GASGAS Factory Racing Team here in the USA behind me’.