As mentioned, this is the first of three times we will see both the 250SX East and West Divisions racing together in the 17-round SX Championship. Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing's Max Anstie (East) and Haiden Deegan (West) come in with the points lead—as does their 450SX teammate Cooper Webb—and those two have been solid so far but remember to the 2024 Nashville SX showdown and anything can happen. KTM's Tom Vialle (East) and Julien Beaumer (West) sit second and look to score points on their Yamaha competitors. Watch for a shuffling of factory riders from one division and privateers from the other. These showdowns make for extra stressful heat races and LCQ races, too, with such stacked fields. 

In the 450SX Class, Cooper Webb leads Chase Sexton and Ken Roczen. Roczen is the only one of the three with at least one win at Lucas Oil Stadium, and he has won here four times. But, Roczen has not had back-to-back wins since the trio he won here in late January into early February in 2021. Can Roczen break that trend and get his second straight victory? While Webb score a big win and extend his championship lead? Will Sexton rebound from his struggles the last month and continue to prove he will take this fight down to the wire? Throw in a fast group of riders like Justin Cooper, Malcolm Stewart, Aaron Plessinger, Jason Anderson, Justin Barcia, and more, maybe some of these other guys step up and steal away a podium spot or two from the top three championship guys.

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Free Practice

250SX

Bryce Shelly topped the 250SX overflow session, Haiden Deegan topped the 250SX West Division session, and RJ Hampshire topped 250SX East Division session. These times do not count for overall qualifying.

450SX

Malcolm Stewart topped 450SX A session, going three-on-three-on-off in the second section, which was fast. Guys were also jumping the wall jump out of the following turn and landing in the whoops and then jumping through them. Jeremy Hand topped the 450SX B session and Thomas Welch topped the 450SX C session. Again, these times do not count for overall qualifying.

First Qualifying Sessions

250SX

250SX Overflow

Slade Varola leads the overflow session. Varola had a crash in the first rhythm section and then had a crash a few laps later in the whoops. The #805 machine had another crash in the whoops and a tip over in a turn before the end of the session. Marcus Phelps had a crash but got going again. Blake Gardner was leading the session but Bryce Shelly—who topped the free practice session earlier this morning—took over late in the session.

250SX East Division

Carson Mumford, Max Anstie, and Hymas are leading the 250SX East Division first qualifying session. Preston Boespflug went down hard, and the session has been red flagged, which will allow the Alpinestars medical crew to tend to the #73. Mumford led the session on the timing page, but RJ Hampshire led the field around when the session got the green flag and restarted. Seth Hammaker jumped to the top of the session with a 50.822 but then Chance Hymas jumped to P1 with a 50.332! Hymas jumped over the wall out of the sand turn, which was fast. The #10 is trending upwards coming off his best 250SX race so far in his young career (fourth at Daytona). Hymas goes P1 in the 250SX East Division first qualifying session with a 50.332, followed by Austin Forkner with a 50.439.

250SX West Division

The 250SX West Division gets the green flag so their first qualifying session is underway! Yamaha teammates Michael Mosiman, Cole Davies, and Haiden Deegan lead the field. Haiden picked up on Hymas’ jumping over the wall jump out of the sand turn. His fast lap was a 50.177 as he wasted no time getting to his lines. Deegan was rolling the wall into the whoops and then blitzing through the section. His next heater was a 49.530! Davies went on a hot lap but tucked the front end on the sand turn. The track has been tough so far. Whoops, the rhythms, the sand turn. It’s a tricky track, that’s for sure! Deegan's 49.530 is the top qualifying time so far in the 250SX divisions.

450SX

Justin Barcia, Shane McElrath, and Malcolm Stewart lead the 450SX group A field as they get the green flag. Chase Sexton went out last. Stewart led Ken Roczen, Sexton, Cooper Webb, Dylan Ferrandis, and Barcia. Stewart's 49.760 is the top time so far this session. The #27 was rolling here! Roczen went 39.234 but Stewart went 48.767 right after to retake P1. Sexton went on a heater but then bobbled early on the lap and backed out of it by the time he got to the sand turn. Malcolm Stewart topped the 450SX A first qualifying session with a 48.767. Grant Harlan (450SX B) and Alexander Nagy (450SX C) topped their respective sessions.

Second Qualifying Sessions

250SX

250SX Overflow

Bryce Shelly topped the second 250SX Overflow qualifying session.

250SX West

Cole Davies, Michael Mosiman, and Haiden Deegan were all out front off the fake start. Davies went down in the sand early on but then started putting in his hot laps. Deegan topped the board once again, with Davies in second. Deegan has the track locked in as his second time was also super-fast as well.

250SX East

Seth Hammaker went down off the qualifying session practice start. However, he got up and started gelling with the track. Tom Vialle, Hammaker, and Max Anstie were putting down fast laps and trading spots at the top of the board. Trevor Colip had a big crash but got up and going again, which was a good sign. Anstie came to life after a slow start to the morning and was P2 by the end of the session, behind Hammaker.

450SX

Cooper Webb led Shane McElrath, Ken Roczen, Justin Cooper, Chase Sexton, and Jason Anderson when the 450SX A second session got underway. Webb had a hard crash in the whoops near the middle of the session. Jumping through the whoops, he got sent left and his front end picked into the ground and caused an endo. Luckily, Webb got away from his bike without it hitting him as he went to the ground floor. He got up and got back on his bike, but he went to get his bike worked on by his mechanic (his bars were tweaked). Webb would go on a heater lap after the crash but however he would not finish the session as it looked his bars were still tweaked. He only did five laps. Roczen, Sexton, Stewart, and Plessinger all went on heater laps, and it was Roczen’s who 48.72 moved into P1 in the session and overall. Watch Webb's crash below.

Night Show

Heat Races

250SX West Division

The first heat race got out of the gates, and it was Haiden Deegan, Michael Mosiman, and Cole Davies. Deegan started to check out and Davies made his way around his teammate to take over second. Julien Beaumer was tenth early on. Jo Shimoda and Garrett Marchbanks settled into fourth and fifth, respectively, but Marchbanks made a pass into fourth late in the race. Deegan was gone, taking the race win. On the final lap, Jett Reynolds went in on Hunter Yoder in the turn before the whoops section (two turns before the finish line). Reynolds took an aggressive angle but they both went down! Reynolds got up first but TJ Albright was all over him as they gunned it through the whoops to the finish line! Reynolds barely hung on to take ninth and take the final transfer spot! 

250SX East Division

Max Anstie holeshot the second race as Jack Chambers went down in the first turn. Chance Hymas went down in the second turn and was 19th (out of 20th riders). Hymas charged into a transfer spot. RJ Hampshire was all over Anstie and momentarily had the lead through the whoops, twice, but Anstie fought back both times to retake the race lead. Austin Forkner was running eighth and in a transfer spot until he had a crash in the whoops. He got up, finished one lap but realized his bars were tweaked too badly. So, Forkner pulled into the mechanics' area, picked up his mechanic and they rode up the pits to go get ready for the upcoming LCQ. Anstie hung on after Hampshire made a bobble on the last lap, giving the #31 breathing room to take the checkered flag. That's two heat races for Star Yamaha to start the night! Both Deegan (West) and Anstie (East) points leaders take their heat race wins.

450SX Heat Race One

The first 450SX heat race of the night got out of the gates and it was Justin Hill with the holeshot, but Cooper Webb quickly jumped into the race lead. Webb led Hill, Joey Savatgy, Malcolm Stewart, Justin Barcia, Justin Cooper, and Fredrik Noren. Webb went down in the sand, handing the lead to Hill. Stewart passed into second and then got around Hill when the two got side-by-side and Stewart was on the left, having the inside line in the following 180-degree turn. Stewart checked out as Barcia moved into second.

450SX Heat Race Two

The second 450SX heat race began and it was Aaron Plessinger with the holeshot over his KTM teammate Chase Sexton. Dylan Ferrandis, Ken Roczen, and Jason Anderson were next in line behind the KTM duo. Sexton quickly made a pass for the lead, and at the same time, Roczen passed Ferrandis to take over third. Then, Roczen got around Plessinger to take over second. Sexton was gone out front and he took the race win with ease. Ferrandis held off Plessinger at the checkered flag.

LCQs

250SX LCQ

Hunter Yoder blasted out to the LCQ lead as Austin Forkner was able to get from about eighth off the start to fourth. Yoder led Lux Turner, Cullin Park, Parker Ross, and Forkner. Forkner was under pressure from Henry Miller and then a mistake from Ross dropped him out of a transfer spot. Forkner and Miller went back and forth and at one point it was a four-way battle for second between Turner, Park, Forkner, and Miller! Yoder too the race win as Forkner held off Miller at the checkered flag. Forkner had that crash in his heat race, so you have to wonder if he got banged up some in that crash. 

450SX LCQ

Fredrik Noren got the holeshot in the 450SX LCQ as Grant Harlan clipped a Tuff Block and went flying wide into the turn. Harlan got up and onto his bike but rode straight to his mechanic and off through the tunnel. Jeremy Hand got into second ahead of Justin Starling, Scott Meshey, and Jerry Robin. Meshey went down in the sand turn, ending his chances of transferring. Kyle Chisholm took over fourth and then got up to second. Starling bumped Jerry Robin wide and stayed to remain in fourth. But then Starling went down in the sand too! Noren took the race win over Chisholm as Hand and Robin rounded out the transfer spots. Tristan Lane (fifth) and Jared Lesher (sixth) came up short of transferring.

Main Events

250SX East/West Showdown Main Event

The first 250SX East/West Showdown main event gates dropped, and it was Seth Hammaker with the holeshot! Austin Forkner went down in the first turn and was dead last. RJ Hampshire was buried off the start, outside the top 15. Hammaker led Tom Vialle, Julien Beaumer, Jo Shimoda, Cole Davies, Haiden Deegan. Davies went down in the sand but eventually charged back inside the top five. Deegan and Shimoda battled but Deegan bettered the Honda HRC Progressive rider. Hampshire charged his way forward, too. Coty Schock and Carson Mumford collided in the sand and Schock’s bike was stuck in Mumford’s bike, which cost them a lot of time. Hampshire got by Max Anstie and kept charging. Deegan went off track and over the 180-degree berm before the tunnel jump. He stayed up but got stuck momentarily, which cost him a lot of time. Luckily, it was not worse. Out front, Hammaker was rolling, but Vialle was keeping him honest. However, Hammaker was able to take the race win—his second career 250SX main event win, almost four years after his first win (March 13, 2025). Vialle and Deegan rounded out the podium. Hampshire and Davies rounded out the top five. Late in the race, Chance Hymas (who crashed in the whoops on the opening lap) had a huge crash over the tunnel jump. Hymas was able to crawl off the track before getting hit as he crashed in a horribly blind spot.

Main Events

450SX Main Event

The 450SX main event finale was up next to end the night off. Justin Barcia got the holeshot over Cooper Webb, but Webb quickly got into the race lead as they took the green flag from Grand Marshal Kenny Moore II. Jason Anderson went down in the first turn and stopped up Ken Roczen by doing so. By the end of the second lap, Roczen was already up to 11th. Malcolm Stewart was ninth followed by Roczen as the two (both fast in qualifying and their heat races) tried to continue to move forward. Despite the issues earlier in the day, Webb was ready when it was crunch time and he executed the main event to perfection. Chase Sexton got into second but went down in the sand and lost a few positions. Eventually, he charged to a third-place finish. Justin Cooper and Justin Barcia had a Justin battle, which eventually went to Cooper. Joey Savatgy had a hard crash in the first rhythm section, ending his race early. After a few minutes of talking with the Alpinestars medical crew, he was helped to his feet and walked off under his own power, although with guidance from the medics. Aaron Plessinger and Barcia got into a battle that saw Plessinger do momentarily after he caught the rear tire of Barcia in the 180-degree left-hand turn. Webb took the race win, becoming the first rider to earn three wins on the 2025 season. Cooper scored second, his first podium finish of the season and second of his 450SX career. Sexton charged back to third place. Barcia and Plessinger rounded out the top five, respectively. Stewart came through sixth, Roczen came through seventh in a strong charge, and Dylan Ferrandis, who was up with the front group early, eventually finished eighth. Anderson, who had two crashes, came through 12th.