Now that fans, teams, and riders are truly experiencing the
SMX playoffs firsthand, Jason Weigandt circles back to the story of
how this all started, with a quick meeting between Feld Motor
Sports and MX Sports Pro Racing at Daytona of 2020, then COVID soon
after, then cooperation on a much higher level. Weigandt runs
through how the two series worked together to form one uniform
television package for the first time, where the idea of a unified
championship with both series working together came from, how the
race teams finally felt a sense of cooperation, and how the FIM
ended up no longer involved in American racing (which led the FIM
to take bids for a new promotional partner for a new supercross
championship, which we now know as WSX. Believe it or not, the
seeds of SMX led to WSX being created, which is the opposite of
what you probably think). This is a rare look way inside the inner
workings of racing behind the scenes.
The Racer X Exhaust Podcast is presented by Yoshimura, Leatt
and the Steel City Men's Clinic.
About the Podcast
A podcast from Jason Weigandt and the editorial staff of Racer X Illustrated and Racer X Online covering motocross, supercross, and dirt bike culture.