Headlining the lineup of athletes for the WMX Invitational is reigning back-to-back-to-back WMX Champion Lachlan \u201cLala\u201d Turner. The Altus Motorsports bLUcRU Yamaha rider has enjoyed a banner year that saw her capture a third straight WMX crown, the Australian ProMX MXW Championship, and make her FIM Women\u2019s Motocross World Championship debut. Now, she has an opportunity to bookend the season with a win in the first WMX race held during the SMX World Championship.<\/p>\n
Turner will be flanked by her WMX rival in Australian Charli Cannon<\/a>, who boasts a multitude of Australian titles of her own and has finished runner-up in the WMX for back-to-back seasons. The Quad Lock Honda rider enjoyed a breakout season this summer with her first victories on U.S. soil and has an opportunity to put a memorable finishing touch on her best campaign yet.<\/p>\n Additional champions include Lotte Van Drunen<\/a> of the Netherlands, a two-time FIM WMX Champion in MXGP who contested a pair of WMX rounds this summer\u00a0and American Jamie Astudillo<\/a>, who captured her first Canadian WMX National Championship just last month. Van Drunen will join the Gizmo Racing Yamaha effort for the Invitational, while Astudillo will compete with the Canadian-based Priority MX GASGAS squad.<\/p>\n Not to be outdone, SLR Honda\u2019s Mikayla Nielsen<\/a>, who finished third in the WMX Championship for the second straight season, will undoubtedly factor into the fight at the Invitational, while Dusty Rocks Yamaha\u2019s Jordan Jarvis<\/a> is the most experienced rider in the field and one of the most decorated. Additionally, SLR Honda\u2019s Mayla Herrick<\/a>, is the most promising young talent in the sport, just over a month removed from earning the Women\u2019s AMA National Championship at the Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship from Loretta Lynn\u2019s Ranch.<\/p>\n All told, the WMX Invitational field will feature athletes from four different countries \u2013 USA, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands. The Invitational will consist of a single 10 Minute + 1 Lap Main Event on Saturday, taking place in between the first and second motos of the 250SMX and 450SMX classes.<\/p>\n WMX Invitational Powered by Synchrony Lineup: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n #7\u00a0\u00a0Charli Cannon<\/a> \/ Maroochy River, QLD, Australia \/ Honda The WMX Invitational Powered by Synchrony will be part of comprehensive live broadcast coverage of the Monster Energy SMX World Championship Final exclusively on Peacock, beginning at 1 p.m. ET with Race Day Live, followed by a Pre-Race Show at 6:30 p.m. ET and Gate Drop at 7 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Headlining the lineup of athletes for the WMX Invitational is reigning back-to-back-to-back WMX Champion Lachlan \u201cLala\u201d Turner. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[472828,64,63,806,805,803,804,85,472829],"class_list":["post-904628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-2026-supermotocross-world-championship-2026-wmx-2026-wmx-invitational-2026-wmx-invitational-at-smx-finale-christina-denney-christina-denney","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports","tag-wmx-director-lachlan-turner-2026-wmx-title-wmx-invitational-racer-x-motocross-magazine-supercross-dirt-bike-mx-racerx-illustrated-dirtbike-motorcycle-racing-freestyle-video-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904628","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=904628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
#10\u00a0\u00a0Taylah McCutcheon<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\/ Cornubia, QLD, Australia \/ Kawasaki
#23\u00a0\u00a0Mayla Herrick<\/a> \/ Thornton, Colorado \/ Honda
#51\u00a0\u00a0Mikayla Nielsen<\/a> \/ Riverside, California \/ Honda
#76\u00a0\u00a0Lilly-Ann Pettus<\/a> \/ Hanceville, Alabama \/ Triumph
#99\u00a0\u00a0Lachlan Turner<\/a> \/ Gardnerville, Nevada \/ Yamaha
#167\u00a0\u00a0Piper Bell<\/a> \/ Sault Saint Marie, Michigan \/ KTM
#172\u00a0\u00a0Hannah Hodges<\/a> \/ Pierson, Florida \/ Triumph
#301\u00a0\u00a0Jordan Jarvis<\/a> \/ Clayton, North Carolina \/ Yamaha
#401\u00a0\u00a0Lotte Van Drunen<\/a> \/ Gorinchem, Netherlands \/ Yamaha
#469\u00a0\u00a0Jamie Astudillo<\/a> \/ Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania \/ GASGAS
#713\u00a0\u00a0Tayla Jones<\/a> \/ Yass, NSW, Australia \/ Honda
#912\u00a0\u00a0Kaylie Kayer<\/a> \/ Savona, BC, Canada \/ Yamaha<\/p>\n