America Calls, Daniela Guillen Answers: From the Top of the Women's World Championship Toward New Challenges

Daniela Guillen will compete with a wild card in AMA WMX at the final round of 2026, just before the World Championship grand finale.

Riding the momentum of reclaiming the red plate, Daniela Guillen is gearing up for a stars-and-stripes challenge. A return to the United States, but a debut in AMA WMX: on August 29, just a few days away, the Spanish motocrosser will line up for the season finale at Ironman Raceway in Crawfordsville, Indiana. After Lotte van Drunen, who was the undisputed queen of last weekend’s World Championship stop in Arnhem and has already notched two wild cards in US women’s motocross (including a podium), this year brings another major WMX World Championship contender looking to leave her mark across the ocean, ahead of the world title showdown on September 20 in Darwin, Australia.

The return of the WMX points leader to the United States recalls one of the first international chapters of her career. In November 2017, at just 11 years old, Guillen raced her first events on American soil at Gatorback Cycle Park in Alachua, Florida, competing in both MX and SX, in women’s and men’s classes. Time has passed, but now it’s time to return for an exciting new chapter. Still with GASGAS, which has partnered with the reinstated WMX World Championship leader since 2023: her AMA WMX debut as a wild card will be on an MC 250 with the Wildcat Race Team.

Daniela Guillen will leave for the United States tomorrow together with Paco Rico, coach of the Spanish national motocross team under the RFME banner. An interesting detail is that Guillen, in a way, already knows the track: in October 2025 she was there with the national team for the Motocross of Nations and, although she hasn’t actually raced it yet, she was able to walk the course, explore the venue, and get a feel for the environment. It’s a new challenge that, for the rider, means not only “learning as much as possible and showing what I’m capable of,” but also “stepping out of our comfort zone and quickly adapting to a different race format and style,” highlighting the just-finished World Championship round and the looming US trip.

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