Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha confirmed Australian rider Kayden Minear will make his pro AMA Supercross debut at Round 16 in Denver, Colorado. Minear appears on the official Denver entry list, and the team said the move is part of broader roster adjustments and marks his return to Supercross competition.

Minear arrives in the U.S. 250SX class after a mix of domestic and international results. He won the 2025 SMX Next championship and posted an early-season result at Anaheim 2 that included a win in the Anaheim 2 SMX Next qualifying race. At the Philadelphia SMX Next Championship he qualified third, crashed on the first turn of the main and recovered to finish seventh in a muddy finale. He missed the Houston qualifier with an injury, ran two rounds of 2025 AMA Pro Motocross at Thunder Valley and High Point and scored 23 points before a summer injury sidelined him. Internationally, he finished fourth in the 2024 Australian Supercross SX2 standings. He will race with the national number 99.

Minear is the ninth different Star Racing Yamaha rider to contest 250SX in 2026. The team has four riders entered in 250SX West and five in 250SX East, with Carson Wood the lone amateur among the entries. His debut follows recent pro-level elevations of teammates Caden Dudney and Landen Gordon.