SMX - A riders dream

There is no doubt, this weekend Monster Energy Supermotocross Riders Cup will produce something special. It isn’t often in an International event in Europe that you have a rider list like the one presented at the Veltins Arena on Saturday night.

Names like Ryan Dungey, Jeffrey Herlings, Tim Gajser, Marvin Musquin, Romain Febvre and so many others are the big stars of the world of motocross, and on one night only these men will battle for the biggest prize for indoor motocross in the world.

Team KTM are the big favorites for this event and one of their riders Jeffrey Herlings has been seen this week doing a lot of testing and practice for the event. He doesn’t just want to ride around for fun.

“I am looking forward to it,” Herlings said last month. “I think it will be a fun event and I know KTM are very serious about it. We don’t get to race inside such big stadiums in Europe and I think everyone is looking forward to see how it turns out.”

Not only the flying Dutchman is excited, but also riders like Romain Febvre, who has ridden indoors throughout his career. The Team Yamaha rider knows that he will need to be a little careful, but is looking forward to having fun on the weekend.

“I will ride it the SMX, but indoors is tough. They say it’s not supercross, but it’s inside a stadium so it could be small, we will see, but it’s not like I need to be prepared like I do for a GP. I’ll just have some good time on the bike and enjoy the event.”

Team Kawasaki rider Tommy Searle has a lot of experience indoors and knows that he will need to be on his game to be competitive against the likes of Dungey, Musquin and the other indoor specialists.

“I think the SMX will be good. I am not sure what to expect. David Luongo mentioned it won’t be full supercross, which is nice, because I didn’t want to get there and find it to be supercross and think to myself, what am I doing here? He said it will be motocross inside and hopefully we will have fun. I think it’s a race we all want to enjoy, it’s not for the championship, so it would be nice to enjoy it. Obviously do well at the same time.

So with so many great riders involved, you can be sure that the large crowd will be entertained and the riders will really experience something they have never experienced before.