https://gatedrop.com Get the jump on Motocross news Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:15:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://gatedrop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-Simple-Professional-Name-Introduction-LinkedIn-Profile-Picture-32x32.png https://gatedrop.com 32 32 https://gatedrop.com/official-max-anstie-signs-with-clubmx-yamaha/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:15:07 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=205728 ClubMX Racing is proud to announce that current FIM World SX2 Supercross Champion Max Anstie has chosen ClubMX Racing to write the next chapter of his professional career, signing a multi-year 250 agreement that will see him join the team for the remainder of the 2026 season, including the SMX World Championship Playoffs, before continuing...]]> https://gatedrop.com/official-star-yamaha-and-max-anstie-part-ways/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:11:00 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=205014 Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing and Max Anstie have officially parted ways by mutual agreement, bringing the British rider’s two-year spell with the powerhouse American team to an end. The decision allows Anstie to fully commit to the FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX), where he is expected to line up for the 2026 series. During...]]> https://gatedrop.com/ken-roczen-and-max-anstie-on-winning-wsx-opener-in-argentina/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:32:39 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=193935 The action began with a fierce Superpole session, where the top contenders set the tone for the night ahead. In SX1, Ken Roczen clocked a blistering 53.384 seconds, securing Superpole ahead of Justin Cooper (53.842s). In SX2, Max Anstie led the charge with a 54.472 second lap, edging out Michael Hicks (54.760s) and Cole Thompson...]]> https://gatedrop.com/levi-kitchen-im-not-happy-winning-that-way-anstie/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:52:45 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=177497 Even Levi Kitchen, despite a great hustle to pass Max Anstie after the controversial restart to take an unlikely win in Detroit, says he doesn’t like taking the win in that way! A respectful Kitchen, who Anstie pulled away from in the main event to the tune of six second until the red flag said:...]]> https://gatedrop.com/should-the-ama-get-rid-of-their-updated-staggered-start-rule-now/ Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:58:58 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=177405 In an ironic bid to get rid of a “grey area,” the AMA have created a bigger grey area with the new (not that anyone knew) rule on the staggered start. In a very good article by Lewis Phillips that you can read here, the AMA ended the 90% rule for a staggered start, last...]]> https://gatedrop.com/max-anstie-on-his-bobby-regan-podium-comments/ Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:32:59 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=177377 A ticked off Max Anstie, after effectively being robbed of a win thanks to a red flag and a new rule, that forced a staggered start that previously would have meant the end of race, led to Kitchen passing Anstie on the restart and Anstie calling out his boss on the podium! Anstie said on...]]> https://gatedrop.com/video-anstie-thrasher-brown-bennick-prepare-for-east-coast-supercross/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:49:41 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=175145 The Star Yamaha team will have four riders to contest the East Coast Supercross 250SX class – Max Anstie, Pierce Brown, Nate Thrasher and Daxton Bennick.  All four riders have been at the Millsaps Training Facility to prepare for the upcoming season that gets underway at Tampa on the 9th of February. ]]> https://gatedrop.com/max-anstie-offers-update-on-wsx-hoping-to-return-for-full-series/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 18:13:31 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=168866 Reigning FIM World Supercross Championship SX2 champion, Max Anstie, has expressed his desire to compete in the remainder of the series’ 2024 season after making a Wildcard appearance at the WSX Canadian GP last weekend. Anstie, who has been a dominant force in WSX’s SX2 250cc class in recent seasons, was previously set to miss...]]> https://gatedrop.com/max-anstie-to-contest-wsx-canadian-gp-as-a-wildcard/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:39:18 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=166925 Reigning FIM World Supercross Championship SX2 title winner, Max Anstie, will return to the series in 2024 as a Wildcard entry for the upcoming WSX Canadian GP in Vancouver. Taking place on 26 October, the WSX Canadian GP marks the first race of the 2024 season and will see top-flight Supercross action return to the...]]> https://gatedrop.com/excl-mark-chamberlain-provides-more-detail-on-securing-max-anstie-for-this-years-mxon/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 08:19:27 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=164734 We recently sat down with team GB MXoN team manager, Mark Chamberlain and he provided an update on securing Max Anstie for the event this year – even if it was looking unlikely at one stage. “Financially we had to put up the money at decision time and took a risk, we have had private...]]>