Ken Roczen debuted his new Factory Honda at the 2016 Monster Energy Cup going 1-DNF-1. Photo by: Hoppenworld
The 2017 “Silly Season” has seen quite a few riders changing teams, and quite a few riders still hoping to find a home before Anaheim 1. With a lot of the top-tier riders at the end of their contracts and a number of teams folding, we are still not 100% on a lot of what we think we know.
The biggest signing of the 2017 “Silly Season” has been Ken Roczen to HRC / Factory Honda. The biggest unsigned riders at this point are James Stewart, Malcolm Stewart, Dean Wilson and that is just the tip of the iceberg.
Below, you can check out our list of what we think we know about who will be where when the music stops at Anaheim 1. Some of what’s below has not been announced yet so expect some changes.
We will update list as we know more, and if you know think you know something we don’t, feel free to post in the comments below.
Red Bull / Factory KTM
#5 (#1 SX) Ryan Dungey – 450
#25 Marvin Musquin – 450
#41 Trey Canard – 450
Rocky Mountain ATV / BBRMX / KTM / WPS
#4 – Blake Baggett – 450
#18 – Davi Millsaps – 450
#34 – Benny Bloss 250SX / 450MX
Yamaha / Monster Energy / Factory Yamaha
#2 – Cooper Webb – 450
#22 – Chad Reed – 450 – SX Only
#15 – Dean Wilson? – This is the latest rumor attached to Deano.
Monster Energy / Factory Kawasaki
#3 – Eli Tomac – 450
#33 – Josh Grant – 450
HRC / Factory Honda
#14 Cole Seely – 450
#94 (#1 MX) Ken Roczen – 450
RCH / Yoshimura / Factory Suzuki
#19 – Justin Bogle
#20 Broc Tickle – 450
Toyota / Monster Energy / JGRMX / Suzuki
#32 – Weston Peick – 450
#51 Justin Barcia – 450
#37 Phil Nicoletti – 250SX – 450MX
#43 – Matt Bisceglia 250SX
Smartop / MotoConcepts Racing Team
#10 – Justin Brayton-450
#61 – Vince Friese – 450
#800 – Mike Alessi – 450
#11 – Kyle Chisholm – 250SX West
#? – Cameron Macadoo – 250SX East
Rockstar Energy Racing / Factory Husqvarna
#16 – Zach Osborne – 250
#30 – Martin Davalos – 250
#21 – Jason Anderson – 450
#377 – Christophe Pourcel – 450
GEICO / Honda
#6 – Jeremy Martin – 250
#31 – RJ Hampshire – 250
#48 – Christian Craig – 250
#? – Chase Sexton – 250
#57 – Jimmy Decotis (SX only)
Yamalube / Star Racing / Yamaha
#23 – Aaron Plessinger – 250
#39 – Colt Nichols – 250 – Broken Femur
#45 – Mitchell Harrison – 250
#? – Dylan Ferrandis – 250
#? – Dan Reardon – 250 – Filling in for Nichols
Monster Energy / Pro Circuit / Kawasaki
#17 -Joey Savatgy – 250
#24 – Austin Forkner – 250
#36 – Adam Cianciarulo – 250
#46 – Justin Hill – 250
Troy Lee Designs / Red Bull / Lucas Oil / KTM
#26 – Alex Martin – 250
#28 – Mitchell Oldenburg – 250
#38 – Shane McElrath – 250
#44 – Jordon Smith – 250
#55 – Jessy Nelson – Not racing due to serious injury, but TLD is keeping him employed for the unforseen future.
#? – Sean Cantrell – 250 motocross
CycleTrader / Rock River / Yamaha
#85 – Tommy Hahn – 450
#74 – Bradley Taft – 250
#? – Lorenzo Locurcio – 250
Team MicroBilt / PRBC.com
Ronnie Stewart – 450
Traders Racing *Possibility that a top unemployed 450 rider could land here as well
#50 – Luke Renzland – 250
#78 – Nick Gaines -250
Barn Pros Racing / Yamaha
#58 – Chris Alldredge – 250
#76 – Scott Champion – 250
BUD Racing Kawasaki – Bud has five rider team, but will contest 250SX West with only Charboneau
#60 – Tristan Charboneau – 250SX West
Former Rocky Mountain ATV team – Looking for new title
#? – Braken Hall – 250
51Fifty Energy Drink / Yamaha
#51 – Tyler Bowers – 250
#64 – Hayden Mellross – 250
Stewart Racing? – Nothing done, but James and Malcolm have both been spotted riding Yamaha’s
#7 – James Stewart – 450
#47 – Malcolm Stewart – 450
Jimmy Albertson Racing – Privateer Effort
#67 – Jimmy Albertson – 450
Munn Racing / Husqvarana
#42 – Kyle Cunningham – 250
Slaton Racing / KTM
#71 – Justin Starling – 250
Team K1 Speed / BWR Engines / SSi Decals
#80 – Cade Clason – 450
#291 – Kyle White – 450
Rockwell Watches / PHNX Racing Co / Kawasaki
#86 – Trevor Reis – 250
Zac Commans – 250
National numbers without a confirmed spot
#7 – James Stewart – The biggest mystery of the off season
#12 – Jake Weimer – Possibly Team Tedder again? Possibly a reserve type ride for RCH?
#15 – Dean Wilson – Dean has been seen on Suzuki’s and Yamaha’s and some rumors have Factory Yamaha signing him as 3rd rider
#35 – Arnaud Tonus – Signed with Wilvo Yamaha back in Europe
#47 – Malcolm Stewart – Something has to happen here. He is a 2016 250SX Champ.
#49 – Anthony Rodriguez – Let go by Traders Racing. Looking at going privateer in ’17
#53 – Cole Martinez
#54 – Gannon Audette
#56 – Kyle Peters – Signed with Wilson Coolair Motul Factory Suzuki in Australia
#62 – Jesse Wentland
#63 -Alex Frye – Hearing Alex is calling it a career after a serious injury
#65 – Paul Coates
#66 – Michael Leib
#68 – Heath Harrison
#69 – Wil Hahn – Wil announced his retirement
#70 – Dakota Alix
#72 – Cole Thompson
#73 – Marshal Weltin
#75 – Nick Schmidt
#79 – Darryn Durham
#81 – Henry Miller
#82 – Luke Clout
#83 – Jackson Richardson
#84 – Daniel Herrlein
#87 – Chris Howell
#88 – John Short
#89 – Austin Howell
#90 – Dillan Epstein
#91 – Jacob Williamson
#92 – Jason Brooks
#93 – Josh Cartwright
#95 – AJ Catanzaro
#96 – Vann Martin
#97 – Ryan Sipes
#98 – Matthew Babbitt
#99 – Chase Marquier
