We have had four different premier class winners in the first four rounds, which has happened a handful of times in the first 50 years of AMA Supercross, but we have never had a season start with five different winners in the first five rounds. A tight championship battle is underway as the top five riders are separated only by ten points. So, will 2024 continue the parity, or will this weekend bring us our first repeat 450SX winner? Give us your main event winner in the comments below.

One thing to note: in the last six events raced here inside Ford Field, Tomac has won four times (2022, 2019, 2017, and 2015). Jason Anderson (2016) won a race here, as did Chase Sexton (2023), who capitalized on a mistake from Aaron Plessinger here last March. Now, this could mean nothing in terms of who takes the win tonight, but figured it was worth noting. Maybe tonight is the night Tomac returns to the center of the podium. Maybe not. Now you have a fun fact to point out when bench racing with friends today.

Speaking of Plessinger, he comes into the day with the points lead. Will AP7 keep the momentum rolling or will another rider stop the Ohio native?

As for the 250SX East Region Championship, a fresh field of all-new 250cc riders are set to make their season debuts. Tons of rookies are making their AMA Supercross debuts (Nick Romano, Daxton Bennick, Preston Boespflug, Jett Reynolds, Evan Ferry, Guillem Farres, Trevor Colip, and Tyler Stepek to name a few) and we will also see the debut of the all-new Triumph TF 250-X with Jalek Swoll and Evan Ferry. For these riders and bikes, we really do not know what to expect until we see them in action. You could list Haiden Deegan, Daxton Bennick, Austin Forkner, Cameron McAdoo, Max Anstie, Seth Hammaker, and Pierce Brown as championship favorites, but, again, we will not know until the gates drop.

In terms of 250SX previous winners here at this venue, only Austin Forkner (2019) has a win amongst the active field racing today. In 2019, Forkner claimed all three race wins as he recorded the only Triple Crown sweep in the 250SX Class to date. Again, this could mean nothing, but now you know another fun fact stump a friend with today.

Conditions wise, we expect a high of about 39 degrees Fahrenheit today, and although Ford Field’s dome will have us covered today, it can be chilly inside the stadium at times.

Bikes will be on track starting with the first 450SX group C qualifying session starting at 8 a.m. Eastern/5 a.m. Pacific.

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A few notes on today’s track:

-90-degree left-hand first turn.
-Nine whoops instead of the 13 originally planned on the track map.
-Five tight 180-degree turns (not counting riders coming back onto the starting straight)
-A sand turn before the finish line that might make last-turn passes more interesting. Getting a closer look at it yesterday, the sand seemed very fine, almost like a saw dust type of sand.

Free Practice 

450SX

Mitchell Harrison tops the first session on track today, the 450SX group C session, with a 44.205. Harrison and Devin Simonson traded the top spot and Harrison had a spill in the middle of the session in the first rhythm section but got going again and reclaimed P1. These times do not count for overall qualifying.

Jerry Robin's 45.024 tops the first 450SX group B free practice.

Malcolm Stewart's 43.078 tops the 450SX group A free practice session after he and Jason Anderson both traded spots a few times into P1. Eli Tomac and Jett Lawrence each had a separate tip over in the sand turn.

250SX

When the 250SX East Region group A session got the green flag, it was Pierce Brown who led the field around for the first time. His 47.704 was the first fast lap. Seth Hammaker had a big crash after the finish line section that sent his bike cart wheeling. He remained on his knees for a minute before getting up under his own power and walking to a Tuff Block, where he sat down and chatted with a member of the Alpinestars medical crew. He remounted and rode straight to pick up his mechanic before they rode off into the tunnel. Tough way to start the year for the Pennsylvania native, who missed all of 2023 supercross with an arm injury. Out front, Cameron McAdoo, Haiden Deegan, and Max Anstie traded top times. Eventually, Deegan's 44.622 topped the session. In the 250SX group B session, Nick Romano (46.488) topped the board. Remember, these times do not count for overall qualifying.

First Qualifying Session

450SX

The 450SX group took to the track for the first qualifying session and it was Chase Sexton leading the field around. He had the first fast lap, a 47.109 before lap three brought in a 44.703 from Jett Lawrence and a 44.187 from Cooper Webb. Jettson put in a 44.182 then Sexton put down a 43.653, but then Ken Roczen dropped a 43.350. A few laps later, a heater from Jett Lawrence (43.190) put his #18 machine at the top of the board, which took P1 at the checkered flag as Sexton, Webb, Roczen, and Eli Tomac rounded out the top five. Jerry Robin (450SX group B) and Mitchell Harrison (450SX group C) topped their respective qualifying sessions.

250SX

When the green flag waved on the first 250SX East Region group A qualifying session, it was Pierce Brown once again leading the field but a 47.566 from Chance Hymas was the top name on the scoring tower after one full lap. Brown moved into the top spot, as did Haiden Deegan, Tom Vialle, Max Anstie, and Austin Forkner. Late in the session Brown busted out a 44.116, sneaking ahead of Anstie’s 44.492. Forkner’s 44.571 was the only other sub-45 second time as fourth place Vialle finished with a 45.058.

Seth Hammaker, who had a big crash in free practice, lined up and took a few laps to get going before eventually putting down a 45.149 to finish fifth as the clock hit zero.

In the 250SX group B session, SX rookie Trevor Colip (46.699) topped the board over fellow rookie Nick Romano (47.463). Muc-Off/FXR/ClubMX Yamaha rookie Jett Reynolds did not start the first 250SX group B qualifying session after a crash in free practice. Ryder Floyd topped the 250SX group C first qualifying session.

Random bench racing info and fun facts:

Injury Update: Jett Reynolds

Reynolds suffered a crash in the 250SX group B free practice session earlier this morning and walked off track through the tunnel. He did not return for the first qualifying session. PulpMX's Steve Matthes reported Reynolds has suffered a broken collarbone and is out for the rest of the day. 

Second Qualifying Session

450SX

Cooper Webb grabbed the fake holeshot off the start of the second 450SX group A qualifying session. The #2 got rolling out front, picking up immediately where he left off in the first session, putting in a 43.688. Ken Roczen moved into P1 with a 43.473. Webb topped the board with a 43.199, but Jett Lawrence's 43.190 from the first session stands as the top 450SX time today. The #18 becomes the first repeat fastest qualifier in 450SX.

250SX

The gates dropped on the fake 250SX group A start and it was Tom Vialle leading the field. Haiden Deegan clipped the rear wheel of another rider and went down in the first turn but got up quickly and got going. Chance Hymas had P1 early with a 46.445 until Deegan put a 46.274 in, followed by a 45.199 by Austin Forkner and a 46.324 from Seth Hammaker. Forkner’s 45.121 tops the second 250SX group A session, but Pierce Brown's 44.116 from the first session tops the 250SX overall qualifying for the day. Trevor Colip again topped the 250SX group B session.

Triumph qualifies 11th (Jalek Swoll) and 25th (Evan Ferry) in the all-new motocross TF 250-X racing debut. We will see how their results go tonight.

Remember, the night show tonight will start at 2:30 p.m. Eastern, followed by the 450SX heat races, then the 250SX heat races.

Heat Races

450SX

First Heat

The gates dropped for the first time here in Detroit in the night show and it was Cooper Webb out front early on, leading his teammate Justin Cooper. Webb clipped off the first three laps and was rolling until a tip over on the inside line in the sand turn. Aaron Plessinger had just made a pass on Cooper to take over second in the whoops section and Webb's mistake handed the race lead over to the #7! Plessinger lead the last seven laps and took the heat race win, tossing a big whip as the crowd cheered. Here is Webb's tip over.

Second Heat

The second heat race got going and it was Jett Lawrence exiting turn one first, but Jason Anderson jumped into the race lead before the second turn! Anderson led the first few laps, going back and forth with the #18 a few times in several of the 180-degree turns. Jett eventually made a pass stick and pulled away. Anderson was taking heat from Ken Roczen and eventually Chase Sexton. Roczen made a last-lap pass on Anderson to take over second at the checkered flag.

250SX 

First Heat

The gates dropped on the first 250SX East Region race and it was Chance Hymas out front as Marshal Weltin and Max Anstie got tangled in a pileup in the second turn. Anstie got going quickly as Weltin's YZ250F took a while to get going, putting him a full lap down before he took off. Out front, Hymas was rolling, as he, Cameron McAdoo, Haiden Deegan, and Tom Vialle started to pull away from Jeremy Martin and Coty Schock. Anstie made his way up to eighth and into a transfer spot as McAdoo went for the race lead! McAdoo moved into first as Deegan and Vialle both quickly got around Hymas. Still a great start to the night for the Honda HRC rider. McAdoo took the race win over Deegan by about 0.64 seconds. Unfortunately, Jeremy Martin had a big crash in the whoops on the last lap and remained down. The Aplinestars medical crew tended to the two-time 250cc AMA Motocross Champion, who was put in a neck brace and carted off the track on a backboard. Bummer deal for the #6 machine and the whole ClubMX squad. He did wave to the applauding crowd as they drove off.

Second Heat

When the second heat race started, it was Austin Forkner out front from the get-go. The Kawasaki rider had a comfortable lead over second-place Daxton Bennick. Triumph's Jalek Swoll was in a comfortable transfer spot until Pierce Brown ran into the inside of the left 180-degree turn on Swoll and send the #33 off the track!

Evan Ferry ran into his own troubles, crashing off the track in the sand turn before the finish line and looked like tweaking his bars pretty bad. Seth Hammaker, who had a big crash in free practice earlier today, made his way into fourth. Brown made a late pass to take over third as Henry Miller claimed a solid fifth. Swoll came through ninth and qualified for the main event, as Ferry finished 18th.

LCQs

450SX

Cheyenne Harmon got the holeshot but Mitchell Harrison took over the lead. Justin Hill got to the lead as Cade Clason crashed out while running second. On the final lap, while in the fourth and final transfer spot, Jerry Robin stalled in the sand turn, handing the final transfer spot over to Fredrik Noren. Justin Hill, Harrison, Tristan Lane, and Noren will transfer to the main event. Robin finished eighth. Classon is credited with 22nd place.

250SX

Evan Ferry holeshot and lead wire-to-wire to take the checkered flag in the race to put both Triumphs in the 250SX main event in the brand's debut in AMA Supercross. Behind Ferry, Preston Boespflug battled with Marshal Weltin before finishing second and third, respectively. In the fourth and final transfer spot, somehow Cullin Park took the position after being back in the field early.

Main Events

250SX

The first 250SX East Region Championship points-paying moto had quite a wild start as about eighth different riders went down in turn one, including Haiden Deegan, Jalek Swoll, Seth Hammaker, Cameron McAdoo, Evan Ferry, Bryton Carroll, Tom Vialle, and more. Hammaker and Ferry’s nights were done before they made it out of the first turn. Out front, Austin Forkner lead Chance Hymas, Max Anstie, and Daxton Bennick. Forkner checked out, taking the race win by going holeshot to checkers as he led all 21 laps. Anstie made a pass on Hymas and eventually claimed second. Hymas had a crash in the whoops that cost him a ton of time and positions (eventually finishing tenth). Bennick made a pass on Coty Schock to claim the final spot on the podium as Schock brought home a career-best fourth place finish. Forkner’s win was the 13th of his 250SX career (active 250SX wins leader).

450SX

After a wild 250SX main event, everyone was on the edge of their seat for the 450SX main event. The gates dropped and the field went through the first turn—this time everyone made it through the first turn. It was Jett Lawrence with the holeshot and right behind Jett Lawrence off the start were Eli Tomac and Chase Sexton. It looked like this could be the first true Jett Lawrence vs Eli Tomac battle of the season, but unfortunately for his competition that was the last they would see of the #18. Lawrence would start to pull away on Sexton as Tomac went backwards. First, Ken Roczen got by, then Cooper Webb and Jason Anderson, then Aaron Plessinger, Dylan Ferrandis, Hunter Lawrence, and Justin Cooper. By the checkered flag, Tomac came through 10th. No crashes, no off-track mistakes, or anything, Tomac simply went backwards. Jett Lawrence would click off 28 total laps en route to the race win, becoming the first repeat 450SX winner of the season. Sexton came through second, within five seconds back of Lawrence as Ken Roczen rounded out the podium. Webb buried off the start so it was a good charge for last week's winner. Championship leader entering the day Aaron Plessinger finished sixth. Malcolm Stewart, who had a crash while in about sixth or seventh early on, went all the way back to 21st then charged back to finish only three seconds behind Tomac. Sexton will take over the points lead leaving today.