{"id":170585,"date":"2026-02-19T00:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/170585\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T00:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:55:11","slug":"dudney-to-make-pro-debut-at-arlington-supercross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/170585\/","title":{"rendered":"Dudney To Make Pro Debut at Arlington Supercross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n            \t\tRyan Nitzen | February 18, 2026            \t<\/p>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Caden Dudney is set to make his pro professional debut in Monster Energy AMA Supercross this Saturday, February 21, at AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing rider is a Texas native and has seen recent success in the recent SMX Next rounds with a second at Anaheim 2 and a win in Houston. He also raced the final two rounds of the 2025 Pro Motocross Championship, earning an impressive 11th-place overall finish in his pro debut at Unadilla. Dudney now makes the jump to the pro ranks and joins teammates Nate Thrasher, Cole Davies, and Pierce Brown for the 250SX East season opener.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dud1.jpg\" alt=\"caden-dudney-set-for-pro-debut-2026-cycle-news\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"\/>Caden Dudney is set to make his pro debut this weekend at the Arlington Supercross. Photos: Octopi Media<\/p>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u201cRacing pro Supercross is something I have dreamt about since I was little,\u201d Dudney said. \u201cI feel confident in my abilities and am ready to begin this new chapter. I\u2019m pumped my first race will be in Arlington!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dud5.jpg\" alt=\"caden-dudney-set-for-pro-debut-2026-cycle-news\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"\/>Dudney won the Houston round of SMX Next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really excited to see Caden make his debut this weekend and to see where he stacks up,\u201d said Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing 250 Team General Manager Wil Hahn. \u201cHe has put in all the work and is ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dud2.jpg\" alt=\"caden-dudney-set-for-pro-debut-2026-cycle-news\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"\/>\u201cI feel confident in my abilities and am ready to begin this new chapter,\u201d Dudney said.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclenews.com\/supercross-motocross\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for more Supercross racing news.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Nitzen | February 18, 2026 Caden Dudney is set to make his pro professional debut in Monster&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":{"0":"post-170585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arlington","8":"tag-arlington","9":"tag-arlington-headlines","10":"tag-arlington-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}