Max Anstie was a dominant force this year’s FIM World Supercross Championship, as the 32-year-old Englishman ran roughshod over the SX2 class on his Team GSM powered by Star Racing Yamaha YZ250F. He plans to use it as a springboard to the 2026 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship.
“It’s not official, I’m told that it’ll be me and [Haiden] Deegan doing the West Region Supercross Championship in 2026,” said Anstie, who won the opening round of the 2025 250SX East Region Supercross Championship in Tampa, Fla. “I’m hoping that it stays that way, but you know how it is with these teams… It can change right up to the last minute. I’d rather not wait, I’d rather keep going and keep rising.”
Anstie explained why he felt the his World Supercross Championship season came together so well.
“Coming off last year’s supercross season in the U.S. where I won a race and ran strong at the beginning of the season, I obviously knew that I had a good base,
Anstie ‘getting to my best self’ in supercross
