The final SMX Next – Motocross was held on August 8, the day before the Ironman National Motocross, featuring 25 of the sport’s top amateur prospects. Taking place just a week after the annual Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch, the Nicky Hayden AMA Motocross Horizon Award winner, Enzo Temmerman, secured the Ironman overall victory.
Temmerman, however, didn’t get a moto win, but the Kawasaki Team Green rider’s 2-2 result was more than enough to clinch the overall victory.
Yamaha-mounted Caden Dudney of Texas won the first moto, but a bad start in the second moto left him mired in the pack, and he was unable to get to the front, eventually finishing sixth in the moto.
Husqvarna rider Landon Gibson of Georgia won the second moto but a sixth in the first moto essentially ruled out any chance he had of winning the overall. Gibson did, however, turn a lot of heads in the second moto by how he passed Temmerman for the lead and pulled away to an 11-second margin of victory over the Californian, Temmerman, who didn’t need the moto win to take the championship.
Gibson’s 6-1 was good enough for second overall, while Pennsylvanian Luke Fauser (KTM) got on the podium with a 5-4.
Texan Deacon Denno (KTM) was fourth overall with a 4-5, and Dudney rounded out the top five with his 1-8.
What lies ahead for the SMX Next program is the SMX World Championship Playoffs, where the top-finishing talent from both SMX Next – Supercross and SMX Next – Motocross will compete in their own postseason competition with SMX Next World All-Stars. Two races are scheduled at SMX Playoff 1 at zMax Dragway at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, on September 6, followed by SMX Playoff 2 at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis on September 13.CN
2025 SMX Next – Motocross Final Results
OVERALL (Top 5)
- Enzo Temmerman (Kaw) 2-2
- Landon Gibson (Hus) 6-1
- Luke Fauser (KTM) 5-4
- Deacon Denno (KTM) 4-5
- Caden Dudney (Yam) 1-8
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