# Seth Hammaker

Seth Hammaker (born 29 September 2000) is an American professional Motocross and Supercross racer. Hammaker is a two-time main event winner in the AMA Supercross Championship.
Hammaker has been racing professionally in the AMA Supercross Championship and AMA Motocross Championship. For his entire career to date, he has competed for the Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki team in the 250 classes.
Hammaker took his first professional supercross win at Arlington in the 2021 season, in what was only his third race since debuting. After facing several stints on the side lines due to injury, he would not win again until the 2025 season.

## Career
### Amateur career

Hammaker worked his way up through the ranks of the American amateur system, achieving his first notable results in the 2016 AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, where he won the Super Mini 1 title and finished second in the Super Mini 2 class. A top-ten finish at the Monster Energy Cup later that year saw Hammaker join the Team Green Kawasaki amateur programme.
After picking up a second in the 250 B class at the Amateur Nationals in 2017, Hammaker returned to the Monster Energy Cup, where he was able to win the Amateur All-Stars class. He achieved another second place at the Amateur Nationals in 2018, this time in the Open Pro Sport class. Returning to defend his title at the Monster Energy Cup, Hammaker finished in fourth overall in the Amateur All-Stars class.

### 250 career

Hammaker's final year as an amateur was cut short due to illness and following the COVID-19 pandemic, he made his professional debut for the Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki team in the 2021 AMA Supercross Championship. Riding in the 250SX West class, Hammaker finished sixth on his debut in Orlando, before taking his first professional supercross win in Arlington. After winning in only his third professional start, Hammaker would go on to secure two third places as his best results over the remaining rounds, to end the championship in fourth overall. These results would see Hammaker named the AMA Supercross Rookie of the Year for the 2021 season. Following this, he was only able to compete at three rounds in his first professional motocross season, missing the remaining rounds with a return of his previous illnesses being a factor.
Hammaker continued his supercross success into the start of the 2022 AMA Supercross Championship, finishing second and third at the opening two rounds of the 250SX West class. Following the opening two rounds, he had a practice crash that ended his supercross season due to injuries that included a spleen laceration and compression fractures in two vertebrae. Hammaker was able to return for the 2022 AMA National Motocross Championship, where he was able to record eight top-ten overall finishes and end the championship in seventh in the final standings. After originally being slated to ride in the 250SX East class of the 2023 AMA Supercross Championship, Hammaker picked up a wrist injury pre-season that saw him ruled out for the entire supercross season. He was able to return for the second half of the 2023 AMA National Motocross Championship, securing five top-ten overall finishes across the seven rounds he raced.
After not finishing the opening round of the 2024 AMA Supercross Championship, Hammaker was able to finish third in the Daytona and Birmingham rounds. Eventually finishing tenth in the 250SX East class, he would miss the entire 2024 AMA National Motocross Championship due to a shoulder injury obtained prior to the start of the championship. Making his comeback in the 250SX East class of the 2025 AMA Supercross Championship, Hammaker was able to finish third at Daytona for the second year running, before taking his second professional supercross win in Indianapolis the following weekend.

## Honours

AMA Supercross Championship
* AMA Supercross Rookie of the Year: 2021
AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship
* Open Pro Sport: 2018
* 250 B: 2017
* Super Mini 1 (12-15): 2016
* Super Mini 2 (13-16): 2016
Monster Energy Cup
* All-Stars: 2017

## Career Statistics
### AMA Supercross Championship
#### By season

| Season | Class | Number | Motorcycle | Team | Overall Wins | Overall Podium | Pts | Plcd |
| 2021 | 250SX West | 150 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 1 | 3 | 160 | 4th |
| 2022 | 250SX West | 47 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 0 | 2 | 44 | 18th |
| 2024 | 250SX East | 43 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 0 | 2 | 95 | 10th |
| Total | | | | | 1 | 7 | 299 | |

### AMA National Motocross Championship
#### By season

| Season | Class | Number | Motorcycle | Team | Races | Race Wins | Overall Wins | Race Top-3 | Overall Podium | Pts | Plcd |
| 2021 | 250 | 150 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26th |
| 2022 | 250 | 47 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 256 | 7th |
| 2023 | 250 | 35 | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 11th |
| Total | | | | | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 439 | |