Breakthrough Women’s Motocross Championship Set to Culminate at Budds Creek Motocross Park with Three Motos

The following press release is from MX Sports:

Breakthrough2025 Women’s Motocross Championship Set to Culminate at Budds Creek Motocross Park
Trio of Motos Await Five Title Combatants in Southern Maryland, with Final Moto Streamed Live on Peacock & SuperMotocross Video Pass

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – 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.

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.

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.

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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