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Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki

Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki is Mitch Payton's Corona-based 250-class operation — one of American racing's most successful development teams and Kawasaki's factory effort in the smaller class.

Kawasaki250 program

Behind the team

Team story

Pro Circuit Products was founded in 1978 by former desert racer Mitch Payton. The race team he built developed a long record of regional Supercross and national motocross titles, with alumni including Ricky Carmichael and Ryan Villopoto. The company's history and the race team's history are related, but 1978 is the company's founding date.

Pro Circuit competes in the 250 class across AMA Supercross, Pro Motocross and the SMX Playoffs. It is a separate organization from Kawasaki's premier-class factory team. Its 2027 announcement describes a five-rider program built around returning race winners and developing talent.

Team management

Owner and team principal: Mitch Payton.

Achievements & milestones

Levi Kitchen delivered the 2026 250SMX World Championship. Pro Circuit's own historical archive records multiple regional Supercross and national motocross championships across successive generations of riders.

The riders

2027 rider roster

Season lineups

Kawasaki announced the 2027 lineup on October 19: Levi Kitchen, Seth Hammaker, Drew Adams and Nick Romano return, with Nate Thrasher joining from Star Racing Yamaha. Cameron McAdoo has moved to Quad Lock Honda. The five riders are confirmed; East and West assignments remain unannounced.

Confirmed signings are shown by class. Open positions remain unconfirmed. Portraits may show earlier team colours.

250

Confirmed roster

Five-rider 250 program confirmed. East/West assignments have not been announced.

Signing sources

Kawasaki press release, republished by Racer X

Verified October 20, 2026

The record stays with the season

Historical rosters

Verified affiliations from the archive; this is a partial historical roster.

From the race archive

Team racing results

All results

Selected official main-event finishes, matched to the team recorded at that race. These are individual race results.

May 9, 2026 · 250SX East / West

Salt Lake City

Main Event

  1. 2
    Levi KitchenMonster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki
  2. 15
    Nicholas RomanoMonster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki
  3. 21
    Cameron McadooMonster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki
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May 2, 2026 · 250SX West

Denver

Main Event

  1. 2
    Levi KitchenMonster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki
  2. 13
    Cameron McadooMonster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki
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In the paddock

Latest team news

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Official information

Team information

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Sources & media credits

Roster evidence last reviewed . Each program includes its own announcement sources and qualifications.

Organization / program source

Identity artwork: Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki · Artwork source. Used for editorial identification.

Rider portraits come from their canonical Supercross.com profiles and may predate the current affiliation. No season-specific number is inferred from a portrait.

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