2014 AMA Supercross Calendar Announced

Ryne Swanberg

Feld Motor Sports has announced that the 2014 Monster Energy AMA Supercross series will feature 17 races inside North America’s most renowned football and baseball stadiums. For the first time ever the checkered flags will drop inside the greater New York Metropolitan area’s MetLife Stadium. In addition, Detroit’s Ford Field will be returning to the schedule.

“Monster Energy Supercross is in the midst of the most competitive eras of racing we’ve ever seen,” said Charlie Mancuso, President of Feld Motor Sports. “With 40 incredible seasons behind us, we look ahead to continue bringing the best racing on the planet to new markets and new audiences across North America. The sport is at an all-time high in terms of attendance, popularity, and media exposure, so it’s only natural that we continue to expand to the largest media market in the world – New York.”

The state-of-the-art MetLife Stadium, in the greater New York Metropolitan area, is not only one of the newest venues in the country, but it sits on one of the most iconic pieces of land in the history of major sports competition. For over 30 years, The Meadowlands, which was torn down a few years ago and replaced with the beautiful MetLife Stadium, has been the site of some of the biggest events in sports and entertainment, including a five-year period with Monster Energy Supercross in the late ’80s and early ’90s. MetLife Stadium will play host to the penultimate stop of the 2014 season on April 26.

“I’m looking forward to the new stops during the 2014 Monster Energy Supercross season,” said newly crowned three-time defending champion Ryan Villopoto. “I think it’ll be good to race in some new stadiums. There’s a big racing community in the Northeast, which should draw a big crowd. Just like in Seattle, being that far north in the winter, the weather will likely play a part in the dirt and temperature. It’ll be cool to go somewhere new with no expectations. Every stop we go to is unique, but I’d say the racing tends to get better on the East Coast because the dirt allows us to push a little harder.”

The ‘Motor City’ has not hosted a Monster Energy Supercross race since the 2008 season. The stadium will once again serve as the host site of the Detroit stop for the fourth time, as the 11th race of the season on March 15. Monster Energy Supercross has raced in the Detroit area for 32 years, dating back to 1976. The first 29 years were hosted in nearby Pontiac, inside the legendary Silverdome.

Continuing from a timeline that spans across four decades, Anaheim’s Angel Stadium will once again host three races, including the season opener on January 4. The proverbial home of Monster Energy Supercross has hosted a total of 60 races in the 40-year history of the sport and will extend its legacy as the most visited venue of all time.

“As it has in 2013 with the thrilling on-track battles between Ryan Villopoto, Ryan Dungey, Davi Millsaps, Justin Barcia and others, each year Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, delivers amazingly competitive and entertaining racing,” said AMA President and CEO, Rob Dingman. “Our AMA amateur racers strive to make it to this level and achieve worldwide recognition. The quest for the coveted AMA No.1 plate begins in Anaheim in January 2014 and we are extremely pleased to be working once again with Feld Motor Sports to produce another world-class season of championship racing.”

At the conclusion of the 450SX Class and 250SX Class Western and Eastern Regional Championships, a total of three champions will be crowned, with each title winner overcoming the deepest and most talented field of competitors ever assembled.

Tickets for the general public will go on sale May 10.

2014 AMA Supercross Calendar:

Round 1: January 4, Angel Stadium, Anaheim, Calif.
Round 2: January 11, Chase Field, Phoenix
Round 3: January 18, Angel Stadium, Anaheim, Calif.
Round 4: January 25, O.Co Coliseum, Oakland, Calif.
Round 5: February 1, Angel Stadium, Anaheim, Calif.
Round 6: February 8, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
Round 7: February 15, Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas
Round 8: February 22, Georgia Dome, Atlanta
Round 9: March 1, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis
Round 10: March 8, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Round 11: March 15, Ford Field, Detroit
Round 12: March 22, Rogers Centre, Toronto
Round 13: March 29, Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis
Round 14: April 5, Reliant Stadium, Houston
Round 15: April 12, CenturyLink Field, Seattle
Round 16: April 26, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.
Round 17: May 3, Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas