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Bobby Hewitt will lead Triumph into Supercross & Motocross in 2024 starting with a 250 team. They will expand with a 450 team in 2025.
Triumph Motorcycles will enter the SuperMotocross World Championship at the start of the 2024 season, with the single-minded ambition and commitment to develop a championship winning team.
Triumph consulted Global Off-Road Ambassador Ricky Carmichael to achieve the vision. With the input from the greatest Supercross & Motocross racer of all time, Triumph has assembled a veteran team of managers with championship winning experience to helm the all-new United States based Triumph factory race team. The US motocross program, operating under the all-new global Triumph Racing banner, will be led by Team Principal Bobby Hewitt and Team Manager Stephen ‘Scuba’ Westfall. The team will be located at a dedicated new state-of-the-art private race facility in the USA.
The new Triumph Racing Factory Team will field its all-new Triumph 250cc 4-stroke MX bikes in the 2024 SuperMotocross World Championship, which is comprised of the Monster Energy Supercross World Championship and the Pro Motocross Championship, with three season-ending SuperMotocross rounds. For the 2025 season Triumph will additionally field its new 450cc bike in the SuperMotocross World Championship.
They have been super tight-lipped about the bike and even though they have great folks involved {RC and Bobby Hewitt}, I’m super skeptical about this. I wondered if the bike would be a KTM frame and engine with different plastic and livery? It would make the most sense. Look at what Fantic is doing with Yamaha’s YZ platform. I just can’t see how a start-up jumps into racing at this level and competes right away. Should be interesting to watch. Thoughts??
They have been super tight-lipped about the bike and even though they have great folks involved {RC and Bobby Hewitt}, I’m super skeptical about this. I wondered if the bike would be a KTM frame and engine with different plastic and livery? It would make the most sense. Look at what Fantic is doing with Yamaha’s YZ platform. I just can’t see how a start-up jumps into racing at this level and competes right away. Should be interesting to watch. Thoughts??
I am curious as well. Would be quite a task to develop a bike from the ground up. I’ve heard a few rumors of a steel framed bike with KYB suspension but who knows how true that is.
Good people involved but that’s a lot of words and promises without actual info and facts. Leaves me a bit skeptical as well without a location of this state of the art hq or even a sketch of a prototype machine.
I’d love to be wrong though. More teams are always better.
Good people involved but that’s a lot of words and promises without actual info and facts. Leaves me a bit skeptical as well without a location of this state of the art hq or even a sketch of a prototype machine.
I’d love to be wrong though. More teams are always better.
It sounds like we will be getting more information in January.
They said it will be like nothing we have ever seen. I’m pumped, the more manufacturers the better. They if nothing else have assembled a strong team. I mean, getting Dave Arnold for chassis development! He is one smart cookie!
Can’t see T putting out another “KTM” variant. Not to mention they are in direct competition in a few other categories. Really excited to see what they bring forth.
FWIW – Love my Tiger 900 Rally Pro….it’s a hell of a fantastic scooter.
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