With the formation of the previously announced SuperMotocross World Championship comes a new form of playoffs for the 2023 dirt bike racing season.
Through three races following the conclusion of the pair of historical tours – which largely kept its dates through the season – riders will compete in a playoff format to be the first SMX world champion.
The top 20 riders in combined points will earn playoff spots as well as any winner of a Supercross or Motocross A-Main.
LA Coliseum will play host to the championship race and the winner of the series title will take home $1 million in prize money.
The track map for the 2023 SuperMotocross World Championship finale event at the LA Coliseum: pic.twitter.com/xE5pKTymMS
— Always Race Day (@AlwaysRaceDay) October 4, 2022
Other playoff races will be held on September 9 and September 23, but the locations of each of them are yet to be announced.
TV selections for races will be announced at a later date as well, but through a five-year extension of an existing deal with NBC, Peacock will stream each of the 31 races live on its platform.
The full 2023 schedule can be seen below:
2023 SuperMotocross World Championship Schedule
Jan. 7 | Anaheim 1 (Angel Stadium)
Jan. 14 | Oakland (RingCentral Coliseum)
Jan. 21 | San Diego (Snapdragon Stadium)
Jan. 28 | Anaheim 2 (Angel Stadium)
Feb. 4 | Houston (NRG Stadium)
Feb. 11 | Tampa (Raymond James Stadium)
Feb. 25 | Arlington (AT&T Stadium)
Mar. 4 | Daytona International Speedway
Mar. 11 | Indianapolis (Lucas Oil Stadium)
Mar. 18 | Detroit (Ford Field)
Mar. 25 | Seattle (Lumen Field)
Apr. 8 | Glendale (State Farm Stadium)
Apr. 15 | Atlanta Motor Speedway
Apr. 22 | East Rutherford (MetLife Stadium)
Apr. 29 | Nashville (Nissan Stadium)
May 6 | Denver (Empower Field at Mile High)
May 13 | SX championship at Salt Lake (Rice-Eccles Stadium)
May 27 | MX opener at Pala, Calif. (Fox Raceway)
June 3 | Hangtown Motocross Classic (Rancho Cordova, Calif.)
June 10 | Thunder Valley (Lakewood, Colo.)
June 17 | High Point Raceway (Mt. Morris, Penn.)
July 1 | RedBud (Buchanan, Mich.)
July 8 | Southwick (Southwick, Mass.)
July 15 | Spring Creek (Millville, Minn.)
July 22 | Washougal (Washougal, Wash.)
Aug. 12 | Unadilla (New Berlin, New York)
Aug. 19 | Budds Creek (Mechanicsville, Maryland)
Aug. 26 | Ironman National (Crawfordsville, Ind.)
Sep. 9 | SMX Playoff Race 1 (Location TBA)
Sep. 23 | SMX Playoff Race 2 (Location TBA)
Oct. 14 | SMX World Championship (LA Coliseum)
