Cycle News Staff | September 7, 2023
The SuperMotocross (SMX) League has confirmed a field of talented amateur youth racers that will comprise the 65cc World All-Stars at the first round of the SMX Playoffs. These 65cc stars will line up for their Main Event on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. PT / 4 p.m. ET with an eight-minute plus one-lap moto.
65cc racers will take the track at this weekend’s SMX Playoff. Photo: Align Media.
This 22-racer field, ranging from ages 8 to 12, will share the spotlight with the 60 professional racers that make up the 450cc and 250cc divisions in the SMX Playoffs with a special showcase race between the first and second set of motos on Saturday, September 9.
10-year-old California racer Jaydin Smart won the 65cc (7-9) Limited championship at Loretta Lynn’s in August. Photo: MX Sports
Headlining the field of 65cc All-Stars are a trio of AMA National Champions from the 2023 Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship this past August from Tennessee’s famed Loretta Lynn’s Ranch. The youngest of this group, 10-year-old Jaydin Smart, from Berry Creek, California, captured the 65cc (7-9) Limited division championship aboard a Cobra, while 12-year-olds Easton Graves, from Walker, Louisiana, and Jackson Vick, from Highland Village, Texas, both rode KTMs to the 65cc (10-11) and 65cc (10-11) Limited titles, respectively.
12-year-old Easton Graves, from Louisiana, earned the 65cc (10-11) title at Loretta’s and also earned an individual runner-up finish at the FIM Junior Motocross World Championship. Photo: MX Sports.
“We are excited to see the fastest youth racers in the world take on the racetrack at zMAX Dragway,” said MX Sports’ Tim Cotter, Director of the Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship. “While several of these riders were crowned national champions this past August at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch for the AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, the rest of the field is also very competitive. That means it’s anyone’s game in Concord.”
The track at Z-Max Dragway is taking shape.
65cc Amateur All-Stars Entry List
#3 Beckham Smith // Canyon, Texas // KTM
#4 Jaydin Smart // Berry Creek, California // Cobra
#14 Landon Lee // Midland, Texas // KTM
#16 Gavin McCoy // Clever, Missouri // Cobra
#23 Austin Keller // Orlando, Florida // KTM
#24 Eidan Steinbrecher // Fair Oaks, California // GASGAS
#28 Seth Kemnitz // Corona, California // GASGAS
#29 Brayton Kreglow // Panama City Beach, Florida // Yamaha
#30 Brody Bircher // Montverde, Florida // KTM
#31 Easton Graves // Walker, Louisiana // KTM
#41 Camden Scoggin // Lebanon, Tennessee // KTM
#70 Jackson Vick // Highland Village, Texas // KTM
#80 Easton Kerby // Spencer, West Virginia // KTM
#81 Brycen DeJonge // Lakeway, Texas // KTM
#83 Kylan Stewart // Belton, South Carolina // KTM
#89 Whalyn Ballenger // Naples, Florida // GASGAS
#127 Joseph Vicari // Oxford, Michigan // KTM
#132 Gavyn Welzien // Orlando, Florida // Cobra
#234 Colt Whitaker // Greensburg, Indiana // GASGAS
#260 Abshur Hall // Morganton, North Carolina // Cobra
#674 Anderson Waldele // Lizella, Georgia // KTM
#698 Carter Gray // Saint Clairsville, Ohio // Cobra
