CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (October 2, 2025) – It’s time for the big one! The 2025 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations is set to take place this weekend, for the first time ever at the incredible Ironman Raceway in Crawfordsville, Indiana, in the USA!

This will be only the sixth time that the United States has hosted the “Olympics of Motocross”, and Ironman will be the fifth venue to welcome the biggest Motocross event on the planet through its gates. Unadilla hosted the first American Nations event in 1987, and since then it has visited Budd’s Creek, Thunder Valley, and then twice at Red Bud in 2018 and 2022.  The home nation has won all but one of these contests, as Team France broke the perfect record with overall victory in 2018.  However, Team USA set the record straight with the “W” in 2022, although that still stands as their only win since the last of their seven-year streak in 2011.

The Ironman Raceway facility started out in 1995 as a venue for Grand National Cross Country racing, which proved so popular that a Motocross track was built and opened in 2014, and has held a round of the AMA Pro Motocross Championship every year since, mostly at the end of the season, meaning that many Champions have been crowned at Ironman!

Team Australia come into this year’s event as defending Champions, and both Jett Lawrence and his elder brother Hunter Lawrence have good records at Ironman, with Hunter winning the 450cc class event here in August, as well as sealing his 250cc title with a win in 2023.  That was the same day as when Jett completed his perfect season in the 450 class that year, and between the brothers they have racked up five overall victories around the Indiana valley.

The Aussies have the exact same team as last year, with Kyle Webster again taking on the MX2 class duties after his 11-19 results were just about enough to see them to victory at Matterley Basin.  Jett has so far always competed in the Open category for his country, but he is entered as riding with the #1 plate in the MXGP class this season.  After Open class wins in 2022 & 2024, and one race win in each of his three appearances so far, watch for the talented younger brother to go all-out for a double win.

The home squad, however, will for sure be strong, and even more certain is how much support they will get from what looks like being a massive valley full of patriotic fans! Eli Tomac lines up for his sixth Nations appearance, at a track where he has won three times overall and clinched his first two outdoor 450 crowns in 2017 & ‘18.  He has only one Nations Gold Medal to his name, however, and just one race win at the event as well, both in 2022.  His MX2 teammate from that event, Justin Cooper, has been drafted in to race the 250cc machine again this year, after injury forced a late withdrawal from AMA Champion Haiden Deegan.  Cooper won the MX2 class that year at Red Bud, so he is certainly an able substitute for “Dangerboy”.

Completing the line-up for the host nation is RJ Hampshire, making his second MXoN appearance after his debut two years ago at Ernée. He will be looking to improve on his 16-10 results from that weekend, and prosper against European opposition like he did when he won the MX2 GP at WW Ranch in 2017.