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SMX League officials are evaluating an international expansion for the Monster Energy SMX World Championship within the next five years, with the post-season providing a newfound opportunity to take the series outside of the United States.

Launched as SuperMotocross for 2023 and effectively merging Monster Energy Supercross with Pro Motocross as part of a broader playoff-style format inclusive of a three-race post-season, SMX has proven to be a success over the past three seasons.

“Potentially,” Dave Prater, the vice president of Supercross at Feld Motor Sports, stated when questioned regarding the possibility of racing overseas in the future. “Like I said, the sky is the limit – let’s continue to push and make it as big as we can.”

Asked to elaborate, Prater indicated that the Monster Energy SMX World Championship’s intent is to race internationally sooner, rather than later. There is more leverage to host the unique, playoff-type format of SMX abroad, in comparison to Supercross that is historically contested within the US over 17 rounds between January and May.

“I think everything is possible,” he added. “I’ll be extremely disappointed if in the next five years we don’t race internationally. It’s difficult to race internationally within the regular season of Supercross and Pro Motocross, but the playoffs – it lends itself to that.

“And we’ve got a little more time on the back-end of the playoffs if we were to do it. I don’t think we should put a limit on anything… As the SMX World Championship, I think we should look at all possibilities. One of those possibilities is international races, for sure.”

With SMX first introduced in 2023 and further refined through 2024 and 2025 as a proper hybrid platform in association with Pro Motocross promoter MX Sports, Prater has been content with the progression made to date, without being completely satisfied.

“It’s been really good,” he added. “I’m never going to be satisfied – I don’t think any of us are ever going to be – which is a strength that we all have. I think it has been really good and I think it has delivered in what we said it was going to do. It’s grown – it’s raised the entire sport.

“I think the playoffs and this partnership with MX Sports have lifted both the Supercross and the Pro Motocross Championship, but we can always make it better. And we will, the more we learn. You know, like you said, we’re going into year four of the playoffs… We’ve had three years of Playoffs.

“I don’t want us to get into a position where we’re like, ‘that’s what the playoffs are.’ I want to always be thinking like, ‘Hey, maybe we could change up the format. Maybe we could change up this. Maybe we change up that to make it better.’ Because I don’t think we’ll ever be satisfied with this being is what it is.

“And I don’t want to get stuck there, I want to keep it fresh. I think we all want to keep it fresh. We all want to continue to evolve, so I guess that’s my answer to that is, I’m satisfied with the three years and where we are, but none of us are satisfied that this is the best it can be. We’re always going to push it and grow it.”