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Morning Report

Good morning race fans. Welcome to Angel Stadium, once again, for round three of 2026 Monster Energy AMA Supercross. After some rain this week, we should be setup for good weather for today's race. Expect a cloudy day with a high in the mid-60s. 

Eli Tomac heads into today on a two-race win streak to start the season. Ken Roczen and Hunter Lawrence sit second and third, respectively, after the awesome battle down in southern California at San Diego last weekend. Chase Sexton sits fourth after a great charge from last after hitting the grate, then Yamaha Justin Cooper (moving forward both main events so far) and Cooper Webb sit sixth and seventh, respectively. Can one of these guys, or someone else in the field, top Tomac today or will ET3 start the season with three straight wins?

In the 250SX West Division, Haiden Deegan enters today with the points lead after taking the win last weekend with some controversy with a move that left his teammate, Anaheim 1 SX winner Max Anstie, on the ground. Anstie enters today second in the standings with his 1-5 finishes as Chance Hymas, Michael Mosiman, and Ryder DiFrancesco round out the top five. Levi Kitchen sits sixth after crashes in the first turn of both main events. He has started the season with finishes of sixth and fourth. If Kitchen can get good starts, a podium/win will be his as he clearly showed he has the speed cutting through the field. While Deegan’s move on Anstie was questioned, his raw speed was not. Could this be the start of a run for Deegan? Or will we have three different 250SX West Division winners in the first three rounds?

Give us your winners for tonight in the comments section below!

Read the full injury report for today.

If you missed it, check out our press day video recap below.

Bikes will be on track at 9:17 a.m. local time (Pacific)/12:17 p.m. Eastern. Check out today's full schedule.

First Qualifying Sessions

250SX

A 1:10.587 from Ronnie Orres (Honda) topped the first 250SX group C qualifying session over a 1:10.767 from Reven Gordon (Kawasaki).

A 1:06.767 from Nico Koch (KTM) topped the first 250SX group B qualifying session as a 1:07.207 from Justin Rodbell (Honda) and a 1:07.804 from Nique Thury (Yamaha) round out the second and third fastest times.

The 250SX group A field took to the track for the first time. Early on, Michael Mosiman was the first rider to triple into the rhythm section immediately following the whoops. Moments later, his teammate, championship leader Haiden Deegan, went triple-triple out of the whoops, being the first rider to do so. That is a big line for the 250F bikes and if they can hit it, it is easily faster. Doing it is one thing, and doing it consistently is another. Going to be tough to hit tonight come the main program. Deegan’s 1:02.745 was the fastest lap, followed by a 1:03.962 from Levi Kitchen, the two riders to top the four qualifying sessions so far through two rounds. Maximus Vohland sat third with a 1:04.488 coming off his heat race win one week ago in San Diego. Then Chance Hymas put down a 1:04.395 to bump Vohland back one spot as Mosiman’s 1:04.646 snuck into the top five. Max Anstie’s 1:05.473 sat tenth after his fastest lap was late in the session (lap eight). At the checkered flag, Deegan’s 1:02.745 topped the board. Kitchen’s 1:02.962 was the second-fastest, as they were the only two riders under the 1:04 mark.

450SX

The 450SX group A field got underway, and it was championship leader Eli Tomac pacing the group around the track. Tomac’s 1:04.120 was the early fast lap. Hunter Lawrence put in a fast 1:04.547 early on, then guys started to get in a groove and really start hitting fast laps. The triple-triple line out of the whoops was not easy for these guys, either. Tomac's 104.120 was the first fast lap but then Ken Roczen (1:03.911) and Justin Cooper (1:03.353) topped the #3…for about half a minute until Tomac fired right back with a 1:02.904. Then, Chase Sexton went to the top of the board with a 1:02.252! And Sexton was not done yet, as he put in the first sub-1:02: a blistering 1:01.970! That topped the board as Tomac’s 1:02.902 was second fastest. Then, Sexton said afterwards on the mic that he was not fully happy with that lap and there is “more speed in the tank.” Well, all righty then! His raw speed is still there but we will see if he can figure out the track when it comes to the night show main program when the track is more beat up and lines are constantly changing.

After missing round two due to a concussion, Garrett Marchbanks put down a 1:04.307 to top the 450SX group B first session. He is looking to put in a strong race tonight after a DNQ-DNR to start the season.

SMX Next - SX

The first SMX Next - Supercross qualifying session got underway. Early, it was Caden Dudney at the top of the board. Fellow Yamaha riders Ryder Malinoski and Kayden Minear with a brief run in, which looked accidental from Minear. But three turns later, Malinoski returned the favor, cutting under and put Minear on the ground! Minear's posture when he got up showed he was not happy with the move. Minear had a couple mistakes after his run in with Malinoski, including a near loop out! He pulled off the track but is back going again. Landen Gordon got a reminder of just how powerful these Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing YZ250F machines are as his #180 got away from him in that turn after a mistake. He was up and going again quickly, but without his helmet visor. On the timing page, it was Dudney, Gordon, and Kade Johnson at the top. When the checkered flag waived, Caden Dudney topped the field with a 1:05.940 and a HUGE whip at the finish line. His whoops need some work still, but he had a solid flow going around the track to go P1. Gordon and Johnson remained second and third, as Minear and Malinoski rounded out the top five, respectively.

Second Qualifying Sessions

250SX

In the second 250SX group A qualifying session, Haiden Deegan got the fake holeshot and led the field around the track. Then, Deegan and Levi Kitchen were going back and forth for the top time. The two traded spots back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. First, it was Kitchen with a 1:02.089. After a few back-and-forth heater laps, eventually Deegan's 1:00.591 was the top 250SX time for the day. It was really fun to watch them go back and forth finding the tiniest advantage over one another. ClubMX Yamaha teammates Hunter Yoder (who was briefly P1 in this session) and Max Vohland got into the top five early on. Max Anstie was much better this session. After finishing P10 in the first qualifier, Anstie was third in this session. Ryder DiFrancesco finished fourth, followed by Yoder.  

450SX

The 450SX group A session got back on track, and it was Ken Roczen leading after the practice start. Roczen and Cooper Webb were out front early. Webb put in a good lap on the first full lap, pushing his bike down. He jumped the whoops but nailed the rhythms and timing, putting down a 1:01.134. Then, Roczen and fellow Suzuki rider Jason Anderson went 1:00.847 and 1:00.946, respectively, to move into P1 and P2. Chase Sexton turned it on as he laid down a 1:00.880 and moved into second behind Roczen. Eli Tomac went for a heater but made a slight bobble in the long rhythm section. His fast lap—a 1:01.922—sat ninth. Then, Sexton busted out a 59.951 to take over P1. Justin Cooper, RJ Hampshire, and Jorge Prado all snuck into the top five on the results page as the riders all saw their times decreasing. Late in the session, Sexton had a crash in the whoops. He immediately got up and went for his bike, which was a good sign. He rode over to the mechanics’ area, already with the top 450SX qualifying spot for the day. Right as the clock was hitting zero, Sexton rode off through the tunnel back to the pits.

Watch Sexton’s crash in our Instagram video below and in the embedded Supercross Live post as well. He clearly still has the speed when it comes to qualifying, but will that transfer over to a podium tonight in the main event?

SMX Next - Supercross

Caden Dudney backed up his fast qualifier from the first SMX Next - SX session with a P1 again in the second session. We saw a few different names in the top five this go round, with Ryder Malinoski in second, then Vicent Wey, followed by Kayden Minear and Deacon Denno.

Heat 1

250

It was the first gate drop of the night, and it was Chance Hymas with the holeshot with Levi Kitchen right behind him while Max Vohland and Ryder DiFrancesco fought over third. Kitchen was able to close in on Chance multiple laps in a row but kept missing the second triple of the triple/triple after the whoops. The race tightened up even more after the red cross flag came out for Brandon Ray. Soon after, Chance Hymas came up short on a triple and behind him Kitchen endo-ed into the third jump and completed a full front flip on his bike! He somehow jumped right back up to rejoin the race in fourth. Meanwhile Ty Freehill and Hunter Schlosser were fighting over the final transfer position when Freehill went down after making contact in a turn.  At the end Hymas was able to come away with the win.

Heat 2

250

In the second 250SX heat race Cameron McAdoo was able to sneak up the inside into the lead in the first turn, but then Max Anstie snuck to the inside of him in the next turn, taking him high, allowing his teammates Haiden Deegan and Michael Mosiman to also get by. McAdoo was able to rebound quickly and apply pressure to Mosiman for third but was unable to make a pass. Up front Deegan started to apply pressure to Anstie and everyone was probably thinking the same thing, “How will this go?” However, Deegan went around the outside and made a clean, fast pass for the lead. Further back Avery Long and Anthony Bourdon were in a full out duel for the last transfer position. In the end it was the three Monster Energy Yamaha Star riders Deegan, Anstie and Mosiman. And Long was able to finish in ninth to avoid the LCQ.

Heat 1

450

In the first 450 heat race, no surprise it was Jorge Prado with another holeshot, with Hunter Lawrence and Aaron Plessinger behind him. AP proving how good he rides in ruts as he quickly moved passed Lawrence. Meanwhile Ken Roczen was not good off the start but quickly made his way into fourth, closing in on Lawrence, while AP closed in on Prado in the lead. Further back it was Austin Forkner, who got banged up and sat out of the night show last weekend in San Diego, in the final transfer position. Up front AP kept applying pressure on Prado, as the two kept yo-yoing, each faster in different sections of the track. Prado was able to come away with the win after AP went down hard on the big double before the finish, luckily AP was able to remount and cross the finish in eighth place right behind Forkner. After the finish AP rode off with the Alpinestars medic crew presumably to go get checked out after that gnarly crash. 

Heat 2

450

In the second 450 heat it was 450 rookie RJ Hampshire with the holeshot, though he quickly lost the lead to reigning champ Cooper Webb. Chase Sexton then went flying by Hampshire in the whoops and about a half of a lap later went around Webb to take the lead. Chase was already opening up a lead when he went down in the sand. Next it was Eli Tomac’s turn to apply pressure to Webb for the lead. With about 1:51 left on the clock Tomac was able to make a pass for the lead. Further back Malcolm Stewart got around his teammate Hampshire for fourth and Sexton was able to get around Joey Savatgy and Hampshire for fifth. Chase then caught Stewart for fourth, as he was on the move. All this time Jason Anderson was riding around by himself in third. In the end it was Tomac with the win, and Justin Hill was able to take the final transfer position.

SMX Next Main Event

In the SMX Next race it was Caden Dudney with the start with his teammate Kayden Minear right behind him. Then unfortunately there was a big crash involving Max Shane and Ryder Malinoski, who was second in qualifying, that led to a red flag.

For the restart it was Minear with the start with Vincent Wey in second. Dudney was not as lucky off the second start, starting about sixth and hard to work his way up. Kade Johnson was looking fast in third when he went for a wild ride in the whoops, going down and giving third place to Dudney. Soon Dudney was applying pressure on Wey for second, while the duo both started to close in on Minear in the lead. Then it was Landon Gordon in fourth, Deacon Denno in fifth and Jesson Turner in sixth. With two laps to go, all eyes were on the lead duo as Kayden and Caden ran under a second of each other, while Gordon pressured Wey for third. In the end it was an all-blue podium with Minear, Dudney, Gordon with Wey in fourth and Denno in fifth.

LCQ

250

It was a typical 250 LCQ wild start with Crockett Myers who got the start with Preston Masciangelo quickly taking the lead. Lane Shaw in third messed up the first rhythm, almost crashed, almost got landed on, and somehow kept everything together and kept going. Then there were so many passes in such a short time it was almost hard to keep track, Shive made his way into second and then Dominique Thury went on a fury passing up to second. Masciangelo who was leading on the first lap suddenly found himself in the final transfer position. Thury did not want to settle for second, made his way into the lead around Myers, only to go off the track and lose another position, which he quickly got back. In the very last corner Matti Jorgensen put a block pass on Masciangelo to steal the final transfer spot away.

LCQ

450

In the 450 LCQ it was Shane McElrath with the start, but Ryan Breece did not want to make it easy on him quickly stealing away the lead. McElrath had to make several pass attempts before he could make it stick. Further back it was Max Miller and Vince Friese battling when Miller went down big, allowing Mitchell Harrison to slide into a transfer position. Harrison closed in on Friese but knowing he was in transfer position he did not push the issue. Out front it was McElrath with a big lead to win the LCQ followed by Breece, Friese and Harrison. 

Main Event

250

In the 250 main it was Michael Mosiman with the start, while Chance Hymas went down in a pileup in the first turn and Levi Kitchen went down again in the first rhythm. Hymas and Kitchen both pulled out of the race. Out front it was still Mosiman, Max Vohalnd in second, Cameron McAdoo in third, but Haiden Deegan flew by both McAdoo and Vohland to get into second. Next it was McAdoo’s turn to pressure Vohland, but Max was not giving up so easily. The other Max, Max Anstie was also having a rough night, starting about ninth, working his way up and then went back to tenth and had to start all over again to make up ground.

McAdoo was finally able to make his way into third about the halfway point and Ryder DiFrancesco was able to make his way around Vohland as well. Ryder D then started to apply the pressure on McAdoo while Deegan started to close in on Mosiman out front. With three minutes to go Deegan finally made a pass stick on Mosiman. While Ryder D hoping he could do the same to McAdoo in third. Finally, with less than a minute on the clock he makes it stick when McAdoo made a mistake. Further back Anstie was able to get around Hunter Yoder for sixth, though after winning the opener this had to be disappointing.

In the end it was Deegan, Mosiman, DiFrancesco, McAdoo, and Vohland.

Main Event

450

In the 450 main event it was Jason Anderson sneaking to the inside off of the start and Chase Sexton coming up quick behind him. But Hunter Lawrence decided to take his shot at Sexton, moving into second, with Eli Tomac in fourth. Bad news for Ken Roczen who was on the podium at the first two rounds as he went down and was all the way back near last position. Back up front and Chase was able to make his way back around Hunter, while Anderson still rode out front. Eventually Chase reeled Anderson in and was able to make a pass before the whoops, but Anderson got him back, only briefly though. Tomac put on a charge of his own, passing Hunter and setting his sights on Anderson.

Behind this lead group was Webb and then Plessinger who had that big crash in the heat and Malcolm Stewart who is riding injured from his crash at A1. While trying to get Anderson, Eli lost time to Hunter and got shuffled back to fourth. All of this back and forth slowly allows Sexton to inch away. Finally, Hunter was able to get around Anderson, and all the while Webb has been lurking in fifth. Tomac finally done with following Anderson made the pass, helping Anderson off the track in the process.

With about six minutes to go AP grabbed his mechanic and left the racetrack. Then Webb, who was finally riding in the lead group for the first time this season, went down allowing Anderson back by. Ken Roczen, who crashed early was able to work his way up to eighth behind Jorge Prado in seventh.

But out front it was Chase Sexton who took home his first win of 2026, followed by Lawrence, and Tomac.