Ryder McNabb to Miss Remainder of AMA Pro Motocross

Ryder McNabb will sit out the remainder of the 2024 AMA Pro Motocross Championship season to recover from pericarditis.

By Billy Rainford

AEO Powersports KTM announced that Canadian #107 Ryder McNabb from Minnedosa, Manitoba, will sit out the remainder of the 2024 AMA Pro Motocross Championship season due to an illness. Here’s the post from them:

I spoke with Ryder after the last round at Southwick when he told me about the pericarditis he was diagnosed with after he went to the hospital at the end of the day. We didn’t mention it in the post because he wanted to get some more information about it and what it meant before saying anything publicly.

Pericarditis will take Ryder McNabb out of action for the rest of the summer. | Brown Dog Wilson photo

I just got off the phone with him and he is back at home in Manitoba where he’ll recover from this condition. The viral infection can be a pretty minor setback and treated easily with antibiotics or it can linger. In fact, Ryder was told that if he doesn’t take the time to let it heal completely that it would likely come back and that there are cases where it can become a permanent problem, so they are going to take the necessary time to let it get 100% better.

He was sick before the season began and they figure it was then that it started, so it was simply a matter of time before it got serious enough to send him to emergency, which it finally did in Massachusetts.

He is on medication and they will continue to monitor the enzyme levels in his blood to make sure everything is back to normal before he can get back to his regular level of activity, meaning his racing season is over at this point.

Ryder is under contract for another year so he’s looking forward to coming back at full strength to be ready for 2025 AMA Supercross, AMA Pro Motocross, and SMX.

Take care, Ryder, and we’ll see you back on the gate soon.