To say Chase Sexton made a statement in Round 14 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, would be a huge understatement. Sexton earned the holeshot with Cooper Webb slotting quickly into second, but that was practically the last time Webb saw Sexton.
By the midway point, Sexton built a more-than 10-second lead over Webb and never looked back. Last week in Philadelphia, Sexton told NBC Sports that he will win the championship if he wins out. Two races down; three to go.
“I felt good all day,” Sexton told NBC Sports’ Will Christien. “The two whoop sections helped me out a lot. I really feel like I made up a lot of time there.”
He was not wrong. Sexton was six-tenths of a second faster than Webb in those sections of the track. Sexton built a 20-second lead with a handful of laps remaining and then backed off his pace when another rider crashed in front of him in the whoops. He ultimately won by 14.645 seconds.
“I had such a good flow in that moto,” Sexton continued. “It really just felt like it was effortless to me, which is what we want.”
This is Sexton’s fifth victory of the season. Webb has four and held the win total advantage for most of the year.
Webb has work to do as he has seen his points gap disintegrate during the past two rounds. But he knows what he needs to work on and dual whoops are rarely seen on a Supercross track.
“It’s tough; he was on it, right?” Webb told Jason Thomas. “He was killing me in those two sets of whoops, and it’s something we’ve tried to fix this year, but these were gnarly. They had ruts all the way down. I’m pretty mind-blown on how he was able to do it.”
Aaron Plessinger took advantage of a crash by Justin Barcia near the end to take the final podium position.
“I was ready for this track to be over since second practice,” Plessinger said. “It was gnarly but it was just steep. I’ve been riding outdoors a little more than Supercross, but I got on this track and it was just ‘whoa.’ ”
Fourth-place Justin Cooper and Dylan Ferrandis rounded out the top five.
Malcolm Stewart (sixth) and Ken Roczen (seventh) were the only other two riders on the lead lap.
With the crash, Barcia fell back to 18th.
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In the 250 division, Seth Hammaker became the first East rider to win multiple races. He joined Haiden Deegan and Cole Davies in the West.
“I got sick on Tuesday night into Wednesday and just put another thing coming into the weekend,” Hammaker said after the race. “It did creep into my mind a little bit [in the closing laps], but thankfully I was able to put in clean, consistent laps.
“It feels good to get another win and have the red plate solo, now,” Hammaker said.
RJ Hampshire entered the round tied for the points lead, but gave up three points after finishing second.
“It was important to get the start and Seth had me off the gate,” Hampshire said. “Rode in third for a bit and then Nate [Thrasher] made a mistake. I got around him and tried to make a push, closed in some, and then I made a mistake or something. I was better this week than I was last. [I’ll] be better next weekend, knock off another win and have the confidence going into Salt Lake in a few weeks.”
Tom Vialle took the final podium position as the three likeliest points challengers finished one-two-three in New Jersey.
“My start wasn’t the best, and I had to pass a few guys,” Vialle said. “Seth was first, and he had a pretty good gap.”
Fourth-place Nate Thrasher and Austin Forkner rounded out the top-five.
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The Monster Energy Supercross series hosted its second consecutive day race at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with Cooper Webb and Chase Sexton renewing their hotly contested battle for the 2025 450 title. Both riders controlled their fates entering, and with a 12-point differential between them, Sexton needed to make up three points on average and win more races than Webb to ensure his place in history.
In the 250 East division, three riders, RJ Hampshire, Seth Hammaker, and Tom Vialle, were separated by only two points, which kept the spotlight on them throughout the round.
Two sets of whoops in back-to-back lanes make this a challenging track.
Chase Sexton earned the holeshot. Cooper Webb slotted into second on the start.
Shane McElrath was a distant third on Lap 2, and the most recent winner in New Jersey, Justin Barcia, was fourth.
Barcia rode McElrath wide on Lap 3. He brought Aaron Plessinger with him. McElrath fell to seventh.
Sexton built the gap over Webb to more than four seconds on Lap 5.
It is Sexton’s race to lose at the Lap 9 mark. Sexton had an eight-second advantage. Sexton was making up six-tenths of a second in the whoops, and there were two of those sections on today’s track.
Sexton lapped up to 11th with five minutes on the clock.
Barcia endoed on Lap 19 and gave up a podium position. Plessinger moved up to third.
Sexton backed off his pace once he accumulated an 18-second lead.
Sexton wound up 14.645 seconds ahead of Webb and shaved another three points off the championship gap.
Plessinger took the final spot on the podium.
Fourth-place Justin Cooper and Dylan Ferrandis rounded out the top five.
Malcolm Stewart (sixth) and Ken Roczen (seventh) were the only other riders on the lead lap.
Seth Hammaker gets the early lead with RJ Hampshire third and Tom Vialle fourth. These are the top three in points.
Chance Hymas crashed hard on Lap 1 after high-siding on a jump. He was shaken and lost a lap, but he remounted, rode back to the mechanics area, and retired.
On Lap 6, Hampshire and Vialle got around Nate Thrasher after he crashed. The top three were all up front on Lap 6.
Thrasher fell back to fourth with Austin Forkner rounding out the top five.
There was not a lot of movement among the top five in the race’s first half. The margins stretched between the riders, with Hampshire four seconds behind Hammaker and Vialle two seconds back in third.
Hammaker became the first 250 East rider to win multiple races, joining Haiden Deegan and Cole Davies in the West.
Hampshire gave up three points to finish second.
Vialle took the final podium position.
Fourth-place Thrasher and Forkner rounded out the top-five.
Mitchell Harrison got the jump and led Lap 1.
Tristan Lane and Jeremy Hand had a fierce battle early, but Lane broke away after a couple of laps and settled into second.
Harrison won the LCQ by 1.4 seconds over Lane.
Hand settled into third with Grant Harlan taking the final transfer spot.
Izaih Clark had a collision in his heat. He got a strong start and led Lap 1.
Henry Miller had a more significant obstacle to overcome. He was off course in his heat after hitting a post. He took the lead away from Clark on Lap 2.
Henry Miller won the 250 LCQ by more than three seconds over Clark.
Lane Shaw in third, and Bryce Shelly also advanced.
Justin Cooper showed his qualification speed was not a fluke. He led Lap 1. Cooper said he found something in the morning sessions.
There was a fierce battle for second. Cooper Webb grabbed it with Aaron Plessinger third at the end of Lap 2.
Webb did not cut his teammate any slack on Lap 6. He took the top spot as the crowd cheered on the local hero, Cooper.
Webb matches Sexton and wins his heat.
Cooper led much of the race before settling for second.
Plessinger took the final podium position.
Fourth-place Malcolm Stewart and Joey Savatgy (coming off last week’s Philadelphia top-five) rounded out the top five.
Dean Wilson (sixth), Dylan Ferrandis (seventh), Christian Craig (who overcame a Lap 1 off-course excursion), and Fredrik Noren (ninth) also advanced directly into the main.
Chase Sexton had to battle Shane McElrath in the first two turns, but he emerged with the lead.
Ken Roczen also got around McElrath for second.
Roczen finally got a chance to practice midweek after getting an MRI earlier.
Mitchell Oldenburg, who renewed his contract with Beta Motorcycles this week, was sixth on Lap 6.
Barcia got around McElrath for third on that same lap.
Sexton got his sixth heat win. No one has more.
Roczen was 6.2 seconds back in second with Barcia taking the final podium position.
Fourth-place McElrath and Justin Hill rounded out the top five.
Oldenburg (sixth), Colt Nichols (seventh), Kyle Chisholm (eighth), and Benny Bloss (ninth) also advanced.
Nate Thrasher got a strong start and led the first lap with Seth Hammaker on his back wheel.
Points contender Tom Vialle is also in the mix in third.
Jack Chambers slotted into fourth early but was passed by Maximus Vohland.
Several riders crashed on Lap 4, including local rider Bryton Carroll and Henry Miller, who clipped the downed bike and jumped off course into a post holding up the catch fence webbing.
Up front, Thrasher leads Hammaker by 1.279 seconds. Vialle is another nine seconds back.
Thrasher wins.
Hammaker was 1.083 seconds back in second, with Vialle a distant third.
Fourth-place Vohland and Chambers rounded out the top five.
Michael Hicks (sixth), Justin Rodbell (seventh), Trevor Colip (eighth, and Chandler Baker (ninth) also advanced.
RJ Hampshire has already won this season. Austin Forkner wants to add his name to the list of new winners. They were in this heat.
Chance Hymas got the holeshot, but it was nearly catastrophic for Hampshire when Lane Shaw stalled in front of him. Hampshire ran into him.
Hampshire survived and ran second at the end of Lap 2.
Forkner has had a disappointing start to his season. He moved into third around Devin Simonson on Lap 4. Almost immediately, Forkner jumped wide and crashed out of the podium position, but got two spots back quickly when a pair of riders got together in front of him.
Forkner passed Mark Fineis for fourth on Lap 7.
Hampshire caught Hymas during the final two laps and pressured the youngster, but Hymas held on for the win.
Simonson took the final podium position.
Fourth-place Forkner and Cullin Park rounded out the top five.
Fineis (sixth), Luke Neese (seventh), Lance Kobusch (eighth), and Jack Rogers (ninth) also advanced.
Cooper Webb jumped to the top of the board early with Chase Sexton second.
During Sexton’s second heater, Webb may have veered into his line slightly, spurring speculation that Webb might have been trying to get in his head.
On his final fast lap, Sexton overtook Webb on the chart, but Justin Cooper immediately pushed both of those riders back a position.
Cooper (51.442) ended up on top with Sexton (51.553), and Webb (51.593) 0.040 seconds back in third.
Fourth-place Roczen (51.937) and Malcolm Stewart (52.013) completed the top five.
After three laps of Qualification 2, Seth Hammaker (first, 51.988), RJ Hampshire (second, 52.595), and Tom Vialle (fourth, 53.695) slotted in the top five.
The three champion contenders remained up top at the end of the session, with Hammaker (51.520) first, Hampshire (52.595) second, and Vialle (52.655) third.
Hammaker was a second faster than Hampshire on his best lap, but incredibly, he was also half a second better on his second-fastest lap.
Austin Forkner (52.691) and Nate Thrasher (52.810) rounded out the top five.
Near the end of the session, Forkner tucked the front wheel exiting the whoops and crashed. He was quick to rise.
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Devin Simonson (54.514) put in a heater and jumped to second on the overall chart during Group B qualification. Izaih Clark (54.934) slotted into seventh before Group A hit the track for their second session.
As times dropped in Q2, Simonson wound up 12th on the chart with Clark 14th.
Midway through the session, Cooper Webb and Chase Sexton were first and second on the board with a 0.008-second advantage to “Coop.”
Jerry Robin crashed and brought out the red flag in this session. There was a red flag in 250 Group A as well.
Webb created greater separation on the field immediately after the session returned to green. His lap of 53.083 was .236 seconds faster than teammate Justin Cooper (53.319), who jumped to second.
Sexton (53.374) landed third on the chart.
Fourth-place Malcolm Stewart (54.140) and Ken Roczen (54.329) rounded out the top five.
Click here for completed 450 Group A Qualification 1 results
The 250 division has been plagued with red flags all season, and one waved over Group A’s first qualification session. Seth Hammaker (54.557) was at the top of the board when it waved with 4:26 remaining on the clock.
Hammaker improved his time to 54.434 and remained on top of the board.
Austin Forkner (54.566) was 0.132 seconds behind the red plate holder in second. Forkner has struggled in the opening rounds.
Chance Hymas (54.903) was third despite bailing off his bike on the final jump.
Fourth-place Nate Thrasher (54.926) and Maximus Vohland (54.932) rounded out the top five.
Tom Vialle (sixth, 55.017) and RJ Hampshire (seventh, 55.351) remain outside the top five.
Chase Sexton (54.491) looked to keep his momentum alive by topping Group A’s Free Practice session.
Joey Savatgy (55.089) scored his first top-five of the season last week in Philadelphia and held onto that speed.
Aaron Plessinger (55.334) was third fastest.
Fourth-place Justin Cooper (55.345) and Malcolm Stewart (55.479) rounded out the top five.
Cooper Webb (55.666) was well down the order in seventh, but that is not uncommon for him.
In the 250 division, Chance Hymas woke up refreshed and topped the leaderboard early with a lap of 54.555 seconds.
Seth Hammaker (54.680) has been tied at the top of the points for the last two weekends. He wants sole possession after this week, and he was second on the chart.
Nate Thrasher (54.998) posted the third-best time.
Fourth-place Austin Forkner (56.259) and Maximus Vohland (56.336) rounded out the top five.
The other two riders within three points of the lead, RJ Hampshire (56.789) and Tom Vialle (56.879), were just outside the top five in sixth and seventh.
Qualification
8:00 a.m.: 250 Group C Free Practice
8:10 a.m.: 250 Group B Free Practice
8:20 a.m.: 250 Group A Free Practice
8:30 a.m.: 450 Group A Free Practice
8:40 a.m.: 450 Group B Free Practice
8:50 a.m.: 450 Group C Free Practice
9:05 a.m.: 250 Group C Qualifying 1
9:20 a.m.: 250 Group B Qualifying 1
Race Day Live at 8:30 a.m.
9:35 a.m.: 250 Group A Qualifying 1
9:50 a.m.: 450 Group A Qualifying 1
10:05 a.m.: 450 Group B Qualifying 1
10:20 a.m.: 450 Group C Qualifying 1
11:20 a.m.: 250 Group C Qualifying 2
11:35 a.m.: 250 Group B Qualifying 2
11:50 a.m.: 250 Group A Qualifying 2
12:05 p.m.: 450 Group A Qualifying 2
12:20 p.m.: 450 Group B Qualifying 2
12:35 p.m.: 450 Group C Qualifying 2
Afternoon Program
2:30 p.m.: Opening Ceremonies
Live on NBC from 3:00 p.m. through 6:00 p.m. ET
3:06 p.m.: 250 Heat #1 – 6 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 20 riders (1 – 9 to Main)
3:20 p.m.: 250 Heat #2 – 6 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 20 riders (1 – 9 to Main)
3:34 p.m.: 450 Heat #1 – 6 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 20 riders (1 – 9 to Main)
3:48 p.m.: 450 Heat #2 – 6 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 20 riders (1 – 9 to Main)
4:22 p.m.: 250 Last Chance Qualifier – 5 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 22 riders (1 – 4 to Main)
4:34 p.m.: 450 Last Chance Qualifier – 5 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 22 riders (1 – 4 to Main)
4:53 p.m.: 250 Main Event – 15 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 22 riders
5:27 p.m.: 450 Main Event – 20 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 22 riders
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