VOLUME 63 ISSUE 1 JANUARY 6, 2026 P59
Eli Tomac joins
the Red Bull KTM
Factory Racing
effort for 2026.
Malcolm Stewart won his first career main event in the premier
class last year. Can he win number two in 2026?
SX-F, Tomac looked impressive
during the off-season WSX races
and is always a rider to watch at
A1. He's joined by Aaron Pless-
inger (7), who won a main event
in the mud
at Foxborough last
season. This marks Plessinger's
fifth straight year racing for the
KTM Group. Jorge Prado (26)
also joins the Orange Brigade
after leaving his previous Monster
Energy Kawasaki contract. 2025
was Prado's first season in the
States, but it was cut short due to
a shoulder injury he sustained at
Anaheim 2. The Spanish stand
-
out seems much happier after
reuniting with the same
brand that
helped him earn two MXGP World
Championships.
ROCKSTAR
ENERGY
HUSQVARNA
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna
sees the same two faces under
its tent: Malcolm Stewart (27)
and RJ Hampshire (24). Stew
-
art claimed his first career
main-event
win in the premier
class in front of his hometown
crowd last year in Tampa and
raced nearly every round of
the full SMX Championship.
Notably, he also beat Webb
and the Lawrences during this
year's Paris Supercross. Hamp
-
shire joins Stewart in 2026 for
his
first full-time season in the
450SX division after racing
the Pro Motocross and SMX
Playoffs aboard the larger
Husqvarna FC450.
