The ClubMX Muc-Off Yamaha rider and his team decided to step up to the 450 class for the remaining rounds of the AMA Pro Motocross series, starting this weekend at Thunder Valley.
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Marchbanks -and also his team- are not having the season they expected. Marchbanks was sidelined from the AMA Supercross due to a broken wrist. His comeback at the first two rounds of the AMA Pro Motocross in the 250MX class went really bad for him and for the as well, as Jeremy Martin ended up injured.
Now the ClubMX Muc-Off Yamaha and Marchabanks want to revert the situation from now. They decided to move into the 450 class for the remaining nine rounds. As we all know, this year the premier class has been a great opportunity to shine for privateers riders, and Marchbanks is not a stranger in the category. His best result on a big bike was a ninth overall last year in High Point.
Here is the full statement by the team:
Even though Garrett has lost weight and turns leader-speed lap times, he cannot seem to get the starts off the grates to be up front. Sooooo, starting at Thunder Valley, he will be our first racer to enter an event on the new 2023 Yamaha YZ450F platform. You are reading that correctly. Garrett Marchbanks makes the move to the 450 class this weekend. He also got caught up in the first turn crash at Hangtown causing him to score only a few points on the weekend. Having missed Supercross to an injury, we need him to score points to make it into the SMX rounds at the end of the season. With nine events to go, he stands a better chance to do that in the main class. Having extra time to develop the new bike for competition has been beneficial and we are confident in the settings we have. How? is likely a better question. Starting Sunday night, we built and tested his race bike. Comfortable with the build, we disassembled the bike, rented an SUV, stuffed it in the back and sent the mechanics across the country to meet up with our transporter in Denver. They should arrive on Thursday to reassemble the bike and treat it like any other race weekend. The life of a ClubMX mechanic now includes road trips. I am not making any predictions for Garrett this weekend, just hoping for the best.
