Pierce Brown (motorcyclist)
| Pierce Brown | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born | 3 June 2002 Sandy, Utah |
| Current team | Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing |
| Bike number | 20 |
Pierce Brown (born 3 June 2002)[1] is an American professional motocross and Supercross racer. Brown took his first professional race win at the final of the 2024 SuperMotocross World Championship.
After his full-time professional debut in the 2020 season, Brown competed until the end of the 2024 season with the Troy Lee Designs team.
His best results have typically come in supercross, where he has scored several podiums and finished third in the 250SX East class of the 2022 AMA Supercross Championship.
Career
[edit]Junior career
[edit]Brown worked his way through the ranks of the American amateur system. He quickly achieved success at a national-level, when still at a young age, by winning the 65 (7–9) Stock at the 2012 AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship. This title went down in the record books as being the first for the American Cobra brand at the event.[2] After competing on a Yamaha 2013, Brown began his long association with KTM the following season. This saw him pick up a title in the Mini Sr 2 (12–14) as well as three second-place finishes whilst on a 250 in 2017 and 2018.[3]
During the 2017 season, Brown finished second in the All-Stars class at the Monster Energy Cup supercross event.[4]
250 Career
[edit]After being part of the Troy Lee Designs Red Bull KTM amateur team for a few years, Brown made his professional debut for the team at the Florida round of the 2019 AMA National Motocross Championship.[5] After finishing twelfth overall, which included a tenth place in the second race, Brown made his full-time debut with the team during the COVID-19 pandemic-impacted 2020 season. He missed the opening two rounds of the 250SX East class of the 2020 AMA Supercross Championship due to injuring a nerve underneath his shoulder blade.[6] After making his supercross debut at the third round in Atlanta, Brown was able to record four top-six finishes, with a best of fourth place at two events to finish ninth in the final standings. At the fifth round of the 2020 AMA National Motocross Championship, Brown sustained a knee injury which left him ending his first full season on the side-lines.
For the 2021 season, Brown's Troy Lee Designs team became the official Gas Gas team in American racing.[7] Switching to the 250SX West class, Brown secured his first professional podium by finishing third at the second round of the 2021 AMA Supercross Championship at Daytona.[8] He missed the next three rounds due to a broken hand and eventually finished twelfth in the final standings. Brown's best result in the 2021 AMA National Motocross Championship was fifth overall at the seventh round at Washougal. At the following round he broke his collarbone and suffered concussion which ended his race season.[9] The 2022 AMA Supercross Championship would see Brown visit the podium three times in the 250SX East class and finish the season in third in the final standings. As part of this, he led a professional supercross race for the first time when he was at the head of the field at the Foxborough round for fourteen laps.[10] He stayed injury free and completed a full season of the AMA Motocross Championship in 2022, scoring four top-ten overall results to finish tenth in the final standings.
Brown missed the last two rounds of the 2023 AMA Supercross Championship due to a hand injury and finished the 250SX West class eighth in the final standings.[11] Due to this, he missed all but the last five rounds of the 2023 AMA National Motocross Championship, where he had two tenth overall finished on his return. Brown was consistent in the 250SX East class of the 2024 AMA Supercross Championship, finishing in the top five in each of the first six rounds. He would eventually finish the season in fourth, one point away from third in the final standings. Brown was also consistent throughout the 2024 AMA National Motocross Championship, with three top-six overall finishes resulting in eighth in the final standings of the 250 class. At the season ending 2024 SuperMotocross World Championship final rounds, Brown was able to take his first professional victory at the last event in Las Vegas. This victory was enough for him to finish third in the final standings of the 250SMX class.[12]
At the end of the 2024 season, it was announced that Brown would be leaving the Troy Lee Designs team for the first time in his professional career and joining the Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing team for 2025.[13]
Honours
[edit]SuperMotocross World Championship
- 250SMX: 2024
- 250SX East: 2022
- Amateur All-Stars: 2017
AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship
- 250 B: 2018
- Schoolboy 2 (12–17) B/C: 2017 & 2018
- Schoolboy 1 (12–16) B/C: 2016
- Mini Sr 2 (12–14): 2015
- 85 (9–11) Limited: 2014
- 65 (7–9) Stock: 2012
- 51 (7–8) AMA 2 Stock: 2011
Career statistics
[edit]AMA Supercross Championship
[edit]By season
[edit]| Season | Class | Number | Motorcycle | Team | Overall Wins | Overall Podium | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 250SX East | 163 | KTM | Troy Lee Designs Red Bull KTM | 0 | 0 | 92 | 9th |
| 2021 | 250SX West | 45 | Gas Gas | Troy Lee Designs Red Bull Gas Gas | 0 | 1 | 75 | 12th |
| 2022 | 250SX East | 44 | Gas Gas | Troy Lee Designs Red Bull Gas Gas | 0 | 3 | 149 | 3rd |
| 2023 | 250SX West | 33 | Gas Gas | Troy Lee Designs Red Bull Gas Gas | 0 | 0 | 98 | 8th |
| 2024 | 250SX East | 39 | Gas Gas | Troy Lee Designs Red Bull Gas Gas | 0 | 0 | 131 | 4th |
| Total | 0 | 4 | 545 |
AMA National Motocross Championship
[edit]By season
[edit]| Season | Class | Number | Motorcycle | Team | Races | Race Wins | Overall Wins | Race Top-3 | Overall Podium | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 250 | 363 | KTM | Troy Lee Designs Red Bull KTM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 31st |
| 2020 | 250 | 163 | KTM | Troy Lee Designs Red Bull KTM | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 22nd |
| 2021 | 250 | 45 | Gas Gas | Troy Lee Designs Red Bull Gas Gas | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 18th |
| 2022 | 250 | 44 | Gas Gas | Troy Lee Designs Red Bull Gas Gas | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 10th |
| 2023 | 250 | 33 | Gas Gas | Troy Lee Designs Red Bull Gas Gas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 19th |
| 2024 | 250 | 39 | Gas Gas | Troy Lee Designs Red Bull Gas Gas | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 8th |
| Total | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 723 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Pierce Brown Bio". racerxonline.com. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Cobra Moto Interview: 2012 Loretta's 65cc 7-9 Stock class champ Pierce Brown". DR Staff. dirtrider.com. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Pierce Brown Loretta Lynn's Results". llvault.racerxonline.com. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Results From the 2017 Monster Energy Cup". mxpmag.com. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "2019 Florida Motocross - Pierce Brown Pro Debut With TLD KTM". Michael Antonovich. swapmotolive.com. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Hunter Lawrence, Pierce Brown Out for Tampa Supercross". Jason Weigandt. racerxonline.com. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "TROY LEE DESIGNS/RED BULL/GASGAS FACTORY RACING TEAM ANNOUNCES ITS THREE-RIDER ROSTER FOR 2021". gasgas.com. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "250 MAIN EVENT RESULTS - 2021 DAYTONA SUPERCROSS". motocrossactionmag.com. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Pierce Brown, Alex Martin join the list of recent Motocross injured, Aaron Plessinger still in". Dan Beaver. nbcsports.com. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Pierce Brown "stoked" to lead "a lot of laps" at Foxborough Supercross". Alex Whitworth. visordown.com. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "GasGas offer Justin Barcia and Pierce Brown injury updates". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Pierce Brown Earns Maiden Win at 250SMX Finale Las Vegas". Zach Newberry. motocross.com. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Official: Pierce Brown Joins Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing for 2025 SuperMotocross". racerxonline.com. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.