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Muc-Off FXR ClubMX Yamaha has ended their relationship with Garrett Marchbanks, the team announced. The decision comes with immediate effect as Marchbanks will no longer race with the program for the rest of the 2024 season.

Marchbanks was just coming off a difficult round at Spring Creek where some early crashes set his overall result way back. After a strong P6 in 250SX West this year, expectations were high as Marchbanks moved back to a 450 for the team in AMA Pro Motocross, but he suffered an injury on press day at the opening round that caused him to miss the first four races.

He came back strong right away at Southwick, but only was able to run three races with the program before this news came down. With the ending of his contract, Marchbanks’ four years with the program is now over.

“In the fall of 2020, we took a chance on Garrett being the first rider to earn a salary on what was then a very low budget race team,” said team owner Brandon Haas. “Likewise, Garrett took a chance on us, coming to a team with little experience, just hoping what I was selling him was accurate. Collectively, we both put our money where our mouth was and put our YZ250F on the box right out of the gate at the opening round of East Coast Supercross in Orlando 2021 as our first ever race together.

“Since then, we have had multiple supercross podiums over the four years, heat race wins, multiple 250 motocross Top 5’s and a 450-motocross race podium. We are grateful for this opportunity, as it has helped us grow our program to where it is now. We are also grateful that Garrett took advantage of this opportunity and became one of the most sought-after riders for the 2025 season.”

Rumors are circling that Marchbanks will return to Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki starting in 2025 as he already looked to move on from ClubMX at season’s end. No update from Marchbanks on his next steps for the end of the 2024 season have been made available at this time.