2023 Team Honda HRC Supercross and Motocross Riders Announced

Team Honda HRC has confirmed its rider roster ahead of the 2023 Monster Energy AMA Supercross series, 2023 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship, and 2023 SuperMotocross (SMX) World Championship. Competing in the premier class for the red riders aboard factory Honda CRF450RWEs will be Chase Sexton and Colt Nichols.

Sexton earned two AMA Supercross 250SX East Region titles with the Geico Honda team prior to entering the 450 class in 2021. Now in his third year with Team Honda HRC, the Illinois native is looking to build off a successful 2022 season, which included a runner-up finish in the AMA Pro Motocross Championship standings and being a part of the winning Team USA effort at the Motocross of Nations (MXoN) this past summer.

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A new addition to Team Honda HRC’s 450 roster is Colt Nichols, who joins the organization on a supercross-only contract. “First and foremost, I’m just thankful and blessed for this opportunity to come about,” Nichols said. “It seemed like a long shot at first, and now for it to actually be real, I couldn’t be happier to be joining such a prestigious team and be on a factory Honda. I’ve always wanted to ride for this team, and they carry a very large and awesome legacy. I hope I can contribute to that, get some good results, and help the team in any way I can. Moving to the 450 class and racing the best guys in the world will be fun and very challenging, but I’ve got a great teammate to learn from. I’m really excited to get to work and get this thing going.”

Leading factory Honda’s 250 effort is Jett Lawrence. After clinching the AMA Supercross 250SX East Region crown and successfully defending his AMA Motocross 250MX title last year, the 19-year-old Australian is switching coasts indoors, so he’ll race the 2023 AMA Supercross 250SX West Region Championship aboard a CRF250R and then switch to the CRF450RWE in preparation for a summer in the 2023 AMA Motocross 450MX class.

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Hunter Lawrence returns to Team Honda HRC for the third year in a row. After a runner-up finish in the AMA Supercross 250SX West Region series and third place in the AMA Pro Motocross 250MX standings last year, the older Lawrence brother looks to move to the top step of the podium on the opposite coast indoors and in the quarter-liter division outdoors as well.

Rounding out Team Honda HRC’s rider lineup is Chance Hymas, who enters his second year on red. The Idaho native will advance from the amateur ranks to join Hunter in select rounds of the 2023 AMA Supercross 250SX East Region Championship, which kicks off on February 4 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.