Cycle News Staff | December 17, 2020
Feld Entertainment updated and announced its now-complete schedule for the 2021 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship. A number of changes were made to the previous schedule (which was announced in October), which had four TBAs. Those are now filled with three consecutive rounds in Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway and an added round at Salt Lake City, Utah. The Arizona rounds have been removed from the schedule, while Orlando, Florida, has been added.
Feld made another update on December 17, 2020, that affects the 250SX classes. Changes have been made as to which rounds are East and West. Since the previous schedule update on December 15, the East and West rounds have basically flopped. The East Championship will now go first for the first six rounds. The West Championship will begin at round eight in Orlando, Florida, Saturday, February 20, and run through round 15 at Atlanta. The final stand-alone East round will take place at round 16 on April 24 at Salt Lake City. Both classes will compete at the final round at Salt Lake City, Saturday, May 1.
2021 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Schedule
(Updated on December 17, 2020)
Round 1 |
Houston, Texas (East) |
NRG Stadium |
Saturday, January 16 |
Round 2 |
Houston, Texas (East) |
NRG Stadium |
Tuesday, January 19 |
Round 3 |
Houston, Texas (East) |
NRG Stadium |
Saturday, January 23 |
Round 4 |
Indianapolis, Indiana (East) |
Lucas Oil Stadium |
Saturday, January 30 |
Round 5 |
Indianapolis, Indiana (East) |
Lucas Oil Stadium |
Tuesday, February 2 |
Round 6 |
Indianapolis, Indiana (East) |
Lucas Oil Stadium |
Saturday, February 6 |
Round 7 |
Orlando, Florida (East) |
Camping World Stadium |
Saturday, February 13 |
Round 8 |
Orlando, Florida (West) |
Camping World Stadium |
Saturday, February 20 |
Round 9 |
Daytona Beach, Florida (West) |
Daytona Int. Speedway |
Saturday, March 6 |
Round 10 |
Arlington, Texas (West) |
AT&T Stadium |
Saturday, March 13 |
Round 11 |
Arlington, Texas (West) |
AT&T Stadium |
Tuesday, March 16 |
Round 12 |
Arlington, Texas (West) |
AT&T Stadium |
Saturday, March 20 |
Round 13 |
Atlanta, Georgia (West) |
Atlanta Motor Speedway |
Saturday, April 10 |
Round 14 |
Atlanta, Georgia (West) |
Atlanta Motor Speedway |
Tuesday, April 13 |
Round 15 |
Atlanta, Georgia (West) |
Atlanta Motor Speedway |
Saturday, April 17 |
Round 16 |
Salt Lake City, Utah (East) |
Rice-Eccles Stadium |
Saturday, April 24 |
Round 17 |
Salt Lake City, Utah (W/E) |
Rice-Eccles Stadium |
Saturday, May 1 |
Feld Entertainment release:
Feld Entertainment, Inc., today announced the complete schedule for the upcoming 2021 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season. The three rounds originally scheduled for Glendale, Ariz. were removed from the schedule and the series will now split those races between Orlando, Fla., and Salt Lake City.
State Farm Stadium in Glendale is a tremendous partner and the Arizona fans have strongly supported Supercross since 1999 but current attendance restrictions and local health mandates have created a difficult environment in which to plan this far in advance. We hope to return to Glendale in 2022.
After the trio of races in Indianapolis, Ind., the series will venture to Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla. for two races on Saturday, February 13 and Saturday, February 20, followed by the annual visit to the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. on Saturday, March 6.
The Arlington, Texas dates remain the same – Saturday, March 13, Tuesday, March 16 and Saturday, March 20 at AT&T Stadium.
The three previously unannounced events will now take place in Atlanta, Ga. at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday, April 10, Tuesday, April 13 and Saturday, April 17. The final two races of the season will take place at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 24 and Saturday, May 1.
Orlando is no stranger to Supercross as the Florida Citrus Bowl, now named Camping World Stadium hosted 13 450SX Class races and 11 250SX Class races from 1983 through 2007. Coincidentally, that last race, on March 17, 2007 was also the final race of 5-time Supercross Champion and NBC Sports Broadcaster Ricky Carmichael’s historic career.
The Atlanta Motor Speedway now joins a small list of venues in Atlanta to host Supercross dating back to 1977 at Fulton County Stadium. When the Atlanta Motor Speedway opened its doors in 1960 it became the seventh superspeedway in the country and now joins just Darlington, Charlotte, and Daytona as one of the original seven still in operation. The April triple-header will be a first for the speedway and a first for the Atlanta market.
The first seven races will now feature the Western Regional 250SX Class and the Eastern Regional 250SX Class will now debut in Orlando on Saturday, February 20. Both championships will race a total of nine races in their season including the one and only 250SX Class East/West Showdown in Salt Lake City on Saturday, May 1.
All 17 rounds of the Monster Energy Supercross season will feature a standard race format as Triple Crown events will be put on hold until the 2022 season.
Tickets are currently on sale for the first six rounds in Houston and Indianapolis. Additional on-sale ticket information will be forthcoming and fans can stay up to date by visiting SupercrossLIVE.com.
FanFest is currently scheduled to take place in Houston, Orlando, Arlington, Atlanta and Salt Lake City as these venues provide adequate space to feature the race team rigs, Monster Energy exhibitions, photo opportunity set ups, food and beverages, plus authentic Supercross and racer merchandise sold via contactless shopping. Ticketed patrons will be allowed to move between the FanFest perimeter and the stadium to watch qualifying at designated times.
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