Details Of Jorge Prado’s Three Supercross Races
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We are a month away from the start of the 2024 Monster Energy Supercross Championship, and anticipation reached a new level now that GASGAS Factory Racing has confirmed Jorge Prado will compete in the first three rounds as part of the 450 Class. This part-time appearance, which will put Prado on the starting line at Anaheim One, San Francisco, and San Diego, is a reward for his winning effort in the 2023 MXGP world championship and is a test for a potential move to America in 2025.
A dominant run on this year’s international tour was capped off by two weeks of post-season practice on the Supercross track at R.D. Field, the test facility near KTM’s U.S. H.Q. The Spaniard has long been open about wanting to race in America, especially after he spent a portion of 2015 riding at practice tracks in Southern California.
In recent interviews, he stated that he would be open to a new challenge after winning the most important titles in FIM-sanctioned motocross at a young age. Prado’s press release quote summarizes the situation well, as he restated the lifelong desire to race in a stadium, the experience of seeing Anaheim One as a teenage fan, and how the opportunity lines up with his career trajectory.
“Since I started riding, my dream has always been to one day race in the U.S., specifically to race Supercross. I have watched it my whole life on television and always thought it must be great to race under lights with a huge crowd and atmosphere. And more specifically, it must be great to race at an iconic stadium like Angel Stadium,” he stated. “I was lucky enough in 2015, while visiting and training in the U.S., to go to Anaheim 1 – it was a great experience and made me want to try it even more.
“So, given I won the MXGP title this year and am totally healthy and looking for a new challenge, I thought it was the perfect time in my career to come and train in the USA properly to prepare for a few Supercross races. I don’t want to waste another whole year wondering if I could or should, so I am here, and I am going to try it out.”
The coordinated effort by GASGAS, the De Carli-run and Red Bull-sponsored Factory Racing team, and Troy Lee Designs/Red Bull/GASGAS Factory Racing means Prado will pit with the TLD squad during the three-race visit and be aboard the team’s spec MC 450F, but will remain in gear from personal sponsors THOR/Airoh/SiDi/SCOTT.
