ARLINGTON, Texas: Pierce Brown took the lead from Jo Shimoda early in the 250 East feature at AT&T Stadium and held on for the victory. This was Brown’s first Supercross victory, but the rider will have to wait until the morning to learn if he will be penalized for potentially jumping on a red cross flag.
“I don’t even know where to start,” Brown told Peacock’s Jason Thomas. “There were so many nights, I didn’t think this was possible. Missing a year, especially with the injury I had. That’s a scary thing to come back from.”
In the post-race media scrum, Brown indicated he would have been happy with a podium finish.
Brown’s first Supercross victory came on the same night as Hunter Lawrence’s first stadium win in the 450 class.
Brown beat Shimoda to the checkers by 2.415 seconds as the SuperMotocross World Champion finished second.
“The red light came on for some reason,” Shimoda explained his hiccup to Will Christien. “So I brake-checked since you’re not supposed to jump. I’m not sure what happened there. We will review it, but overall it was a good night for me.”
Before the race, Shimoda and team manager said they would be happy with a solid top-10, given the severity of Shimoda’s accident in an off-season practice crash. No matter what happens with their appeal, Honda HRC over-performed.
Daxton Bennick settled into third early and maintained that position for the remainder of the race.
“I mean now I feel like today, I struggled pretty bad all day and I was horrendous, so I turned it around in the main event, when it counted,” Bennick said. “I feel like I’ve always had a really good strong off season into the first round and then I’ve had some trouble after that. So hopefully we can just keep the ball rolling and stay healthy.”
Fourth-place Seth Hammaker and Cole Davies rounded out the top five.
Davies had to overcome a Turn 1 crash that mired him deep in the field before he made the dramatic comeback.
Hammaker was also slowed in the incident, but managed to keep his bike upright.
In-Race Notes
There was a big Pileup in Turn 1, but everyone got up and remounted.
Coty Schock, Davies, Caden Dudney, and Nate Thrasher were all involved.
Marshall Weltin was unable to continue.
Shimoda and Brown survived Turn 1 in first and second.
Bennick slotted into third.
Jalek Swoll went down on Lap 3 and was slow to rise. He dealt with injury in 2025. He retired after the crash.
Brown took the lead on Lap 5 after Shimoda seemed to stall. Shimoda has a three second lead at the time.
The top five settle into a rhythm through the next four laps. Drew Adams was fifth.
Shimoda challenged midway through, but Brown rallied and developed a one-second gap on Lap 11.
Davies recovered from his Turn 1 crash to settle into sixth with four minutes on the clock.
Davies moved into fifth on Lap 14, pushing Adams back to sixth.
Cullin Park crashed at the end of the whoops while racing for sixth. He dropped to ninth.
