450 Storylines:

CHASE SEXTON: Fifth win of the season propelled him to within nine points of the red plate, marking his 14th career victory in the 450SX Class and tying him with Jason Anderson for 18th on the all-time list. This triumph also represented his 48th win in his SMX League career, placing him just two victories shy of becoming the 13th athlete in history to achieve 50. Additionally, KTM celebrated their 70th 450SX Class victory, following Sexton’s milestone 50th 450 Pro Motocross win at the Ironman Pro Motocross finale last summer.

COOPER WEBB: Runnerup finish in East Rutherford secured his red plate, marking his 11th podium of the season and 74th career 450SX Class podium. This achievement places him just one podium away from tying legends Kevin Windham and James Stewart for eighth on the all-time list, while also tying Rick Johnson for 13th on the all-time SMX League podiums list.

AARON PLESSINGER: After a slow start to his 2025 season, Aaron Plessinger has ignited his performance with five podium finishes in the last
seven rounds, surpassing his previous record of three podiums in a single 450SX Class season. He now boasts 12 podiums in 91 starts in the 450SX Class and 57 podiums in 232 starts in his SMX League career, tying Hunter Lawrence for 43rd on the alltime list.

NOTES: Justin Cooper (4th): Made his 150th SMX League start and secured his 91st SMX League top five finish. Also made his 35th career 450SX Class start nailing his eighth top five finish, six of which have came in the last 10 rounds. Dylan Ferrandis (5th): Nails second top five finish of his season and 12th of his 450SX Class career in 55 starts. Dean Wilson (9th): Scores first top-10 finish on his HRC Honda, the 71st in his 450SX Class career, good for 35th all-time. His 129th 450SX Class start ties David Vuillemin for 21st all-time. Justin Hill (10th): 75th 450SX Class start and 33rd top-10.

450 Venue Notes:

  • HISTORY LESSON: The first Supercross round held in Pittsburgh was on May 13, 1978, in the famous Three Rivers Stadium. Bob Hannah (Yamaha) stole the show for his fifth straight victory to tie Marty Tripes (Honda), who finished second place, in the Championship point standings. Hannah won the next round in New Orleans and finished second in the last two, while Marty Tripes didn’t score a single Main Event point in the final two rounds and finished 52 points behind Hannah in the final tally after leading the point standings for most of the season. A weekend of rain had shrunk the expected capacity crowd to 26,780 eager fans inside the open top stadium.
  • THREE RIVERS PT. 2: 25,000 fans were in attendance for the July 9, 1983 edition of Three Rivers Supercross competition. 1978 Pitt victor Hannah was a last minute scratch due to a lingering wrist injury. Broc Glover (Yamaha) stole the show and scored the win while Championship leader Mark Barnett (Suzuki) finished sixth, giving away valuable points to David Bailey (Honda) who finished second. Barnett famously suffered a DNF in the following Foxborough penultimate round, ceding the title to Bailey.
  • END OF AN ERA: Supercross did not return to Three Rivers Stadium before its demolishment in 2000. Acrisure Stadium (originally and colloquially named Heinz Field) was built as a replacement and opened in August 2001. Three Rivers Stadium was the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB). Acrisure Stadium is the home of the Steelers while a new baseball stadium, PNC Park, was built for the Pirates.
  • RETURN TO PITT AND 250SX DEBUT: Nearly 24 years after Acrisure Stadium opened and 42 years since the last Pittsburgh Supercross, action returns to the Steel City. Acrisure Stadium will be the 66th different Supercross venue and will mark the first time 250SX Class racing has appeared in the city, as the previous two Pittsburgh Supercross rounds were held pre-250SX Class era.

250 Storylines:

SETH HAMMAKER: Claimed sole possession of the red plate for the first time in his SMX League career, after sharing it for the previous two rounds. This milestone coincided with his third 250SX Class win and second of the season, achieved during his 50th career SMX League start, which also marked his 27th 250SX Class start.

RJ HAMPSHIRE: Runner-up finish dropped him to three points of the red plate, while also earning him several accolades. His 74th start ties him with Kyle Peters for eighth on the all-time 250SX Class starts list. Additionally, his 26th 250SX Class podium ties him with Shane McElrath for second on the list, and he also ties Jordon Smith for second on the 250SX Class top fives list with 44.

TOM VIALLE: Earned his fourth podium of the season and 11th of his 250SX Class career while remaining squarely in the title hunt, albeit seven points off from the red hot Hammaker and Hampshire. He was making his 55th SMX League start, 27 of which have been of the 250SX Class variety.

NOTES: Cullin Park (4th): Continues his breakout season with his second career top five 250SX Class and SMX League finish while also capturing fourth in the 250SX Class Eastern Divisional Championship standings. Nate Thrasher (5th): In a tight battle with Park for fourth in points after his 65th SMX League start, 42nd 250SX Class start, and 18th 250SX Class top five finish. Max Vohland (6th): 40th SMX League top-10 finish (17th in 21 250SX Class starts) and looking to make his 60th SMX League start in Pittsburgh. Henry Miller (8th): 40th career 250SX Class start. Devin Simonson (9th): First 250SX Class start of season and nails his third career SMX League top-10 finish. Justin Rodbell (15th): 60th SMX League start.

250 Venue Notes:

  • HISTORY LESSON: The first SMX Next SX (formerly SX Futures) round was in Anaheim’s Angel Stadium on January 21, 2018, and Carson Mumford (Honda) won. Mumford also won the Glendale 2020 SMX Next SX round before embarking on a professional career resulting in 67 SMX League starts with 28 top-10 finishes and career best fifth place finishes in San Francisco and Seattle’s 2024 250SX Class Western Divisional rounds. Jo Shimoda (Honda) won the second SMX Next SX round in 2018 Glendale and has since won seven SMX League rounds across an impressive 111 SMX League starts since turning pro in 2019. Carter Biese (Husqvarna) became the first two-time SMX Next SX winner, scoring the final two 2018 SMX Next rounds in Tampa and Atlanta. While Biese has not seen success in the Pro ranks as Mumford and Shimoda, he remains a quality contender in Pro Motocross with starts in Unadilla, Spring Creek, Ironman, and High Point just last season.
  • COMPETITION HEATS UP: Ryder DiFrancesco (Kawasaki) scored the first four SMX Next SX wins in 2022 (Oakland, Anaheim, Glendale, & Arlington) while Chance Hymas (Honda) won the last three (Atlanta, Foxborough, & Salt Lake City), including the SMX Next Championship in Salt Lake City. In 2023 even more current starts appeared, with winners including Casey Cochran (Husqvarna, two wins including the SMX Next Championship in Salt Lake City), Daxton Bennick (Yamaha), and Julien Beaumer (KTM, two wins). Talon Hawkins, Mark Fineis, Preston Boespflug, Gage Linville, Evan Ferry, Trevor Colip, and Lux Turner also appeared in the 2023 SMX Next SX results. Most famously, Haiden Deegan scored fifth place in the Anaheim SMX Next round, before moving up to the 250SX Class Eastern Divisional later in the season.
  • BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION: 2019 expanded to nine SMX Next SX rounds including a winner take all Championship in the Monster Energy Cup in October of that year. Jett Lawrence foreshadowed an incredible upcoming professional career with a 1-1 overall to score the first ever SMX Next Championship (250 Futures then). Athletes such has Pierce Brown (two wins), Seth Hammaker (runner-up in Glendale), Shimoda, Mumford, Jalek Swoll, Coty Schock (two podiums), Grant Harlan (five top-10s), and Derek Kelley, among others, made appearances in the 2019 SMX Next season. While the 2020 SMX Next season was cut shy of a Championship due to Covid, more current professional athletes made up the impressive fields, including two-time 2020 winner Hardy Munoz (42 SMX League starts to date), Anaheim winner Dilan Schwartz (59 SMX League starts including a top five finish), Anaheim runner-up Stilez Robertson (four SMX League podiums). While there were no SMX Next rounds in 2021, there were qualifiers held later in the year across the country to create a strong 2022 SMX Next field.
  • 2024/2025: Cole Davies (Yamaha) and Drew Adams (Kawasaki) split the five SMX Next SX rounds in 2024 with Davies scoring the Championship in Salt Lake City. This season we have seen some incredible races with Landen Gordon (Kawasaki, two wins), Enzo Temmerman (Kawasaki, one win), and Kade Johnson (Yamaha, one win) taking the first four rounds. Luke Fauser, Landon Hartz, and Tiger Wood have each scored podiums this season, with a multitude of future stars projected to take the Supercross world by storm over the next decade. Foxborough was the 40th SMX Next SX round and Pittsburgh will be the 41st and final one in 2025.