SX Global announces FIM Supercross World Championship Series

SX Global announced plans for the FIM Supercross World Championship Series, a new international motorcycle racing series with a proposed start date of September, 2022.

The inaugural championship has been designated a ‘pilot’ season of five races running from September through November.

Future plans call for the Supercross World Championship Series to run in late summer and fall after the Monster Energy Supercross Series has ended. Many current supercross riders transition to the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross outdoor championship at the conclusion of the stadium season, when the World Championship is scheduled to compete, while others specialize in supercross only.

SX Global will utilize a different model with independent teams competing, rather than the largely factory-based system currently in place in the United States. To that end, they will issue 10 team licenses and provide financial support. Concurrent with the announcement of the series, SX Global announced an investment from Mubadala Capital, an Abu Dhabi-based wealth management fund, with more than $50 million earmarked for team and rider support over the next five years.

Mubadala Capital manages assets of more than $240 billion, with investments in other sporting and entertainment entities including EMI Music Publishing, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network.

“There is a massive fanbase and untapped demand for supercross outside the United States and backed by the financial support and significant resource of Mubadala Capital, we intend to feed that, bringing the sport to new regions through the most exciting and lucrative World Championship series in the history of the sport,” said Tony Cochrane, president of SX Global