Ryan Dungey to KTM was one of the biggest moves of the 2012 silly season. Photo: Hoppenworld

Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki
Team Manager: Mitch Payton
#12 Blake Baggett – Lites/250
#15 Dean Wilson – Lites/250
#35 Darryn Durham – Lites/250
#25 Broc Tickle – 450
#28 Tyla Rattray – Lites SX/450 MX

GEICO Powersports/Honda
Team Manager: Mike LaRocco
#14 Kevin Windham – 450
#17 Eli Tomac – Lites/250
#20 Justin Barcia – Lites/250
#49 Justin Bogle – Lites/250
#58 Wil Hahn – Lites/250
#69 Jimmy Decotis – Lites/250
* #Zach Bell Expected t0 join team after Loretta’s – 250

DNA Shred Stix / Star Racing /Valli Motorsports/Rockstar/Yamaha
Team Manager: Doug Schopinsky
#19 Kyle Cunningham – Lites/250
#23 Gareth Swanepoel – Lites/250
#53 Ryan Sipes – Lites/250
#96 Kyle Peters – Lites/250
#65 Ryan Morais – 450
#50 Nico Izzi – Lites/250
#56 Austin Stroupe – 450

Austin Stroupe
The Star Racing Yamaha team and Valli Motorsports Yamaha team have joined forces for their 2012 effort. Austin Stroupe will be on their team aboard the YZF 450 and could be the surprise of 2012 if he puts all the pieces of the puzzle together. Photo: Nicolas Cade

JDR Motorsports/JStar/KTM
Team Manager: Nathan Ramsey
#37 Malcolm Stewart – Lites/250
#927 PJ Larsen – Lites/250
#105 Matt Moss – Lites/250
#112 Ryan Marmont – Lites/250

Privateer Honda/Sponsors announced later
#32 Tommy Hahn – 450

Rockstar Energy/Suzuki
#31 Martin Davalos – Lites/250
#44 Jason Anderson – Lites/250
# ? Hunter Hewitt – Lites/250
# ? Blake Wharton – Lites/250

Troy Lee Designs/Lucas Oil/Honda
Team Manager Tyler Keefe
#34 Cole Seely – Lites/250
#51 Travis Baker – Lites/250
#43 Christian Craig – Lites/250

Team Ohlins USA
Team Manager Grant Langston
#46 Les Smith – Lites/250
#86 Taylor Futrell – Lites/250
# ? A.J. Cantenzaro – Lites/250

Team Tedder-Monster Energy Racing
#133 Myles Tedder
#165 Dakota Tedder

Munn Racing KTM/Moto Innovations
#55 Lance Vincent – Lites/250
#99 Sean Hackley Jr – Lites/250

Eleven-10 Mods/Renegade Fuels
Team Manager Allen Picard
#30 Alex Martin – Lites(East)/250
#170 Michael Leib – Lites/250

Alex Martin - Budds Creek National - 2011 - Lucas oil motocross championship
Alex Martin will be back with the Eleven 10 Mods team in 2012. Alex impressed in 2011 and earned the national number 30 for the upcoming 2012 season. Photo: Hoppenworld

Team Sakai Racing
#140 Johnny Moore – Lites/250

Honda of Troy/Killbarger Racing
Levi Kilbarger – Lites(East)/250

Experts-Exchange Racing
Team Manager: Randy Redberg
# ? Topher Ingalls – Lites(West)/250

C4MX Racing Honda
# ? Austin Politelli Lites/250

Dragon Racing Fuels/AG Motorsports/Cernics KTM
#40 Gannon Audette

Marty Smith Racing
#45 Nick Paluzzi

HHR/Naveen Honda
#95 Chris Plouffe

Rockwell/FirePoliceMX
# ? Drew Gosselaar – Lites/250
#175 Bruce Rutherford – Lites/250

Gariboldi Honda (European Team)
#119 Max Anstie (West SX Only

Factory KTM/Red Bull
Team Manager Roger DeCoster
#70 Ken Roczen – Lites/250
#38 Marvin Musquin – Lites/250
#5 Ryan Dungey – 450

Team KTM has upped their presence in the U.S. with an incredible lineup of talent on the line. Ken Roczen, Marvin Musquin and Ryan Dungey are all capable of winning championships in both Supercross and motocross in 2012. Photo: Hoppenworld

Hart and Huntington
Team Manager: Kenny Watson
#9 Ivan Tedesco – 450
#75 Josh Hill – 450
#83 Kyle Partridge – 450
#100 Josh Hansen – 450

Muscle Milk / American Honda Racing
Team Manager: Erik Kehoe
#10 Justin Brayton – 450
#41 Trey Canard – 450
#1 Ashley Fiolek – WMA

Factory Suzuki/Yoshimura
#24 Brett Metcalfe

Two-Two Motorsports/Bel-Ray/Honda
#22 Chad Reed – 450

BTOSports.com/BBMX/Palmetto Suzuki
Team Manager: Karsten & Forrest Butler
#26 Michael Byrne – 450
#66 Jason Thomas – 450
#48 Jimmy Albertson – 450

McGrath/Brooks/San Manuel/Honda
Team Manager: Larry Brooks
#29 Andrew Short – 450
* There was early speculation that they would have two riders and Kyle Regal and Tommy Hahn were mentioned as possible candidates. Late word is that the team has not yet found funding for that second rider.

Rock River Powersports
Team Manager: Christina Denney
#72 Jarred Browne – 450
#335 Seth Caldwell
#535 Joey Peters
#707 Alex Millican
# ? Grant Ransdel
# ? Drew Yenerich
# ? Amanda Maheu

Ti-Lube/Foremost Insurance/Mafia M/C
#27 Nick Wey – 450
#47 Chris Blose – 450

MotoConcepts
Team MotoConcepts has completely changed their cast of riders, their machinery and their look for the upcoming 2012 SX and MX season. Photo: Nicolas Cade

Motoconcepts
#57 Jake Canada – 250W Honda – 450E & 450 MX
#59 Vince Friese – 450
#78 Tommy Weeck – Lites/250
#800 Mike Alessi – 450 Suzuki
#801 Jeff Alessi – 450 Suzuki & Possibly 250E on Honda

* Fabien Izoird will possible be another addition to the team, but nothing has been signed yet.

RF Motorsports

# ? Collin Jurin
# ? Chris Howell

HRT
#60 Matt Lemoine – Lites/250
# ? Nick Meyers – Lites/250

Toyota/JGRMX
Team Manager:Jeremy Albrecht
#7 James Stewart – 450
#18 Davi Millsaps – 450

James Stewart's move to Joe Gibbs racing was one of the biggest surprises of the 2012 Silly Season. Can James and JGRMX put it all together in 2012? Photo: Garth Milan

L&M/Wardy Racing Kawasaki
#33 Josh Grant – 450
#11 Kyle Chisholm – 450

 

2012 Top 100 and Career National Numbers for Supercross and Motocross

*Career Numbers
**New Career Numbers for 2012

1 (SX/450MX): Ryan Villopoto
1 (250 MX): Dean Wilson
1 (SX Lites West): Broc Tickle
1 (SX Lites East): Justin Barcia

2*: Ryan Villopoto
3*: Mike Brown
5*: Ryan Dungey
7*: James Stewart
9*: Ivan Tedesco
10*: Justin Brayton
11*: Kyle Chisholm
12**: Blake Baggett
14*: Kevin Windham
15*: Dean Wilson
16*: John Dowd
17: Eli Tomac
18*: David Millsaps
19: Kyle Cunningham
20: Justin Barcia
21: Jake Weimer
22*: Chad Reed
23: Gareth Swanepoel
24*: Brett Mecalfe
25: Broc Tickle
26*: Michael Byrne
27*: Nicholas Wey
28*: Tyla Rattray
29*: Andrew Short
30: Alex Martin
31: Martin Davalos
32: Tommy Hahn
33*: Joshua Grant
34: Cole Seely
35: Darryn Durham
36: Kyle Regal
37: Malcom Stewart
38: Marvin Musquin
39: Tye Simmonds
40: Gannon Audette
41*: Trey Canard
42: Ricky Dietrich
43: Christian Craig
44: Jason Anderson
45: Nick Paluzzi
46: Les Smith
47: Chris Blose
48: Jimmy Albertson
49: Justin Bogle
50: Nico Izzi
51: Travis Baker
52: Ben Lamay
53: Ryan Sipes
54: Weston Peick
55: Lance Vincent
56: Austin Stroupe
57: Jake Canada
58: Will Hahn
59: Vince Friese
60: Matthew Lemoine
61: Austin Howell
62: Travis Sewell
63: Colton Facciotti
64: Matt Boni
65: Ryan Morais
66: Jason Thomas
67: Scott Champion
68: Shane Sewell
69: Jimmy DeCotis
70: Ken Roczen
71: Kevin Rookstool
72: Jarred Jet Browne
73: Joshua Clark
74: Tyler Bowers
75*: Josh Hill
76: Calle Aspergren
77: Lowell Spangler
78: Tommy Weeck
79: Tyler Medaglia
80: Kyle Keylon
81: Robert Kiniry
82: Justin Sipes
83: Kyle Partridge
84: Killian Rusk
85: Robert Marshall
86: Taylor Futrell
87: Matt Goerke
88: Ben Evans
89: Tyler Bright
90: Bryce Vallee
91: Dalton Carlson
92: Hunter Clements
93: AJ Catanzaro
94: Cole Siebler
95: Chris Plouffe
96: Kyle Peters
97: Jeremy Medaglia
98: Tye Hames
99: Sean Hackley Jr
377*: Christophe Pourcel
800*: Mike Alessi

Author

Dan Lamb is a 12+ year journalist and the owner of MotoXAddicts.