{"id":863595,"date":"2026-08-21T20:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/863595\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T20:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:58:08","slug":"2026-womens-motocross-invitational-at-pastranaland-recap-and-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/863595\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Women\u2019s Motocross Invitational at Pastranaland Recap and Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Okay. So, Hannah Hodges<\/a>, we have not seen you race WMX, since, I think, it was the first round in 2024 when it first came back. You came out, won Daytona Supercross. Was that right after your wedding?
Hannah Hodges<\/a>: I literally flew home, got my van loaded up, and went to Daytona the following day.<\/p>\n

From your wedding?
From my honeymoon.<\/p>\n

So, I think I might have a little idea why we didn’t see you from then until now. I mean, obviously, you’re older than a lot of the girls, but you also had a baby last year.
Yeah, that definitely played a role in it. We own a construction company, so that takes a lot of my time. But luckily, I’m able to do a lot of that from a computer. So, on the way up to Unadilla, had the Starlink going and was working on the drive. But, yeah, a baby definitely will put a little change in things. So, he was born January 2025, so that’s where I went for a little bit.<\/p>\n

So, you pretty much got pregnant not too long after you won that race in Daytona?
I think it was right after the regional. I think I actually did the regional that year for Loretta’s and then got pregnant with Eli and took a little bit of time off. And I actually raced Daytona again four weeks after I had him.<\/p>\n

Four weeks?
Yeah. I didn’t even have my appointment yet to get released.<\/p>\n

How much racing did you do last year after having your son?
Not much. I didn’t do Loretta’s last year, so I did Daytona four weeks after. Day in the dirt the following weekend, and then I did Mini O\u2019s, just supercross.<\/p>\n

Have you found that balance between, the work life balance of is one thing, but then to be working and a mom and trying to ride.
Yeah. That’s definitely been challenging. I pretty much just have to make sure that all his stuff’s, like, prepped the night before, you know, because, obviously, he needs food, snacks. So much stuff. You gotta pack a lot and plan a lot for them. So as long as I have his stuff preplanned for the day and he loves being at the track. He has no problem going to the track with us. He runs around, plays, watches, and, yeah, work. I just if I have to stay up late and work. It just you make that fit where it fits. Put the baby to bed and then definitely a lot of late nights working out at 10:00 at night and catching up on work emails at 10:00 at night, but it’s doable. Just a challenge.<\/p>\n

So how do you feel like the competition just in the last two years from when you raced in 2024, that one round. I don’t think Lala was there that weekend and but from then to now?
I definitely think the sport is growing as a whole. Women’s motocross has stepped up tremendously, I think, since they have a better platform for them to race on and showcase. There’s you know, a lot of fast girls coming up, and there’s a lot of fast girls that are racing right now. And I think that because they’re starting to get some good exposure, we’re even getting people that are traveling here to race. So, I think that it’s good.<\/p>\n

Yeah. And so, what are your plans for the future? Coming back?
We’ll see. I definitely need to ride better the next two rounds to get the approval from my husband.<\/p>\n

Man, husbands are as bad as dads, aren’t they?
I think. At training, they called him the moto dad every day because he’s over there freaking he’s like, \u201cI’ll sell this van. I’ll sell the bike.\u201d I’m like, \u201cOkay.\u201d [Laughs]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Okay. So, Hannah Hodges, we have not seen you race WMX, since, I think, it was the first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[432699,64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-863595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-2026-wmxpastranaland-racer-x-motocross-magazine-supercross-dirt-bike-mx-racerx-illustrated-dirtbike-motorcycle-racing-freestyle-video-news","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}