May 21, 2025—At Round 17 of the AMA Supercross Championship held in Salt Lake City on Saturday, May 11, Cooper Webb, riding a YZ450F for the Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing team, took a 4th place finish in the 450SX class to win the 2025 AMA Supercross title, his third in the class. It was Yamaha’s first 450SX title win in three years, since Eli Tomac lifted the trophy in 2022.
Webb won the 2
September 6, 2021 – On September 4, 2021, Dylan Ferrandis of the Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing 450 Team finished 2nd overall to win his first championship in the premier 450MX class on his YZ450F at the Fox Raceway II National, the 11th round of the AMA Motocross Championship. This marks Yamaha’s first title in in the class in 14 years, since Grant Langston won in 2007.
In 2020, Ferrandis w
December 27, 2019 – Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. (YMUS) is happy to announce the 2020 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing Team with Justin Barcia and Aaron Plessinger as its returning riders. The pair are prepared to battle for the crown aboard the Yamaha YZ450F in the premier 450 class of both the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship and the AMA Pro Motocross Championship series.
December 28, 2018 – The opening round of the 2019 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship is set for Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. Contesting the premier 450cc class will be the Monster Energy/Yamaha Factory Racing Team run by Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A (YMUS).
The team’s lineup will feature #51 Justin Barcia and #7 Aaron Plessinger, both riding
October 9, 2018 ― MXGP World Championship contender Jeremy Seewer will race the YZ450F for the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team in the premier IA1 class at Round 9 (MFJGP) of the All Japan Motocross Championship, set to be held at Sportsland SUGO in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on October 28, 2018. By supporting his entry in the final round of the season, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. aims to bring