450 Storylines: Round 6 Detroit Recap
COOPER WEBB: Captured his 26th career 450SX Class victory and knots up the point standings with Chase Sexton after a .8-second victory over Ken Roczen, the sixth less-than-a-second victory in their storied rivalry. His 128th 450SX Class start ties him with Mike Alessi for 21st all-time while he passes Jeff Ward for 10th in podiums with his 67th. He is only one top-5 finish away from tying Ward for 10th in that category with 90. Webb was making his 250th career SMX League start in Detroit.
KEN ROCZEN: Finishes runner-up by less than a second for the eighth time in his 450SX career. It was his 10th time being involved in such a finish, with two wins (one being over Webb in Indy 3 of 2021). Roczen nailed down his 73rd career 450SX Class podium, sitting just ahead of Webb in ninth all-time. His 160th SMX League podium tied him with Mike LaRocco for seventh all-time.
CHASE SEXTON: Sexton’s run from dead last to third secured a tie with Webb in the point standings and earned him 450SX Class podium #36, tying him with Ron Lechien for 23rd all-time. He looks to make his 46th straight 450SX Class start, which is the active record and only athlete with a streak extending into 2022 (Shane McElrath is second with 39).
NOTES: Malcolm Stewart (4th) 23rd 450SX Class top-5 finish, 50th SMX League top-5, and 130th SMX League top-10 finish with 70 being in 450SX Class racing (34th all-time). Justin Cooper (5th) also nailed his 130th SMX League top-10 finish in 142 starts (92%). He now has five 450SX Class top-5’s and two in a row for the first time in his 450SX Class career. Justin Barcia (7th) 171st start ties him with Jeff Ward for 10th all-time in 450SX Class history. Kyle Chisholm (17th) 172nd 450SX Class start pushes him into ninth all-time ahead of Jeff Ward.
450 Class: DFW Metroplex Facts
HISTORY LESSON: The first Supercross in the DFW Metroplex was held February 28 – March 1, 1975, in Irving’s Texas Stadium. It was the Opener of the second 450SX Class season. The round was held across two days holding two motos each. Jimmy Ellis (Can-am) scored the overall victory with 1-1-1-2 results. Ellis repeated his Texas Stadium heroics in 1976 with a less dominant 3-4-1-4 weekend but fell short to Jimmy Weinert in the final Championship tally.
THREE DIFFERENT VENUES: After a five-year hiatus, the series returned to the DFW Metroplex from 1983-1985 and 1990 at Dallas’ Cotton Bowl. Texas Stadium would host the series again from 1986-1989 and 1991-2008 before it was demolished after 25 Supercross rounds. AT&T Stadium was built in Arlington and hosted the Supercross every season since 2010 including three in 2021. That makes the 2025 Arlington Supercross the 47th race held in the DFW Metroplex and 18th in AT&T Stadium.
THE TEXAS THREE: Arlington hosted their first Triple Crown in 2020, and Eli Tomac won the overall. Arlington hosted three rounds during the COVID-altered 2021 season, and it was a clean sweep by eventual Champion Cooper Webb. Arlington hosted Triple Crowns again in 2022-2023 with Tomac and Webb winning the two overalls. In 2024, Arlington reverted back to one appearance with a regular format but will once again host a Triple Crown in 2025. This will be the first time in the Triple Crown era where a 250SX Class division will host back-to-back Triple Crowns (West- Glendale and Arlington).
CHAMPIONSHIP %: In 22/46 (48%) rounds, the winner of the 450SX Class in DFW also won the title. The number jumps to 11/17 (65%) when talking about AT&T Stadium. Webb won last season in Arlington but failed to win the title, while eventual Champion Jett Lawrence finished fourth.
250 Storylines: Glendale Recap
JORDON SMITH: Earned Triumph’s first ever SMX League win with a 2-3-1 performance in the Glendale Triple Crown. They are the eighth different brand to score a 250SX Class win and 12th to score a win across all seasons. Smith now has five 250SX Class victories and 27 podiums. His 27th podium places him alone in second all-time, only behind Nathan Ramsey’s 30. Smith’s 72nd start tied him with Alex Martin for eighth on the 250SX Class starts list. Additionally, Smith moves only two top-5’s away from tying Martin Davalos for the all-time record. Smith sits only two points off the red-plated Julien Beaumer.
HAIDEN DEEGAN: Nailed a runner-up finish with a 3-2-4 night in the Glendale Triple Crown. Deegan is only one point behind Smith and three behind Beaumer coming out of the break. He has 11 podiums in 23 250SX Class starts and 32 podiums in 53 SMX League starts. Impressively, Deegan is already 76th all-time in SMX League podiums among the 359 all-time box finishers in the sport’s history.
COLE DAVIES: Became only the second athlete to win the first two motos of a Triple Crown but not win the overall (Jett Lawrence, 2022 St. Louis). His eighth in the third moto was good enough to keep him on the podium and 15 points off the red plate. He has nailed two podiums in his first four 250SX Class starts, which are also his first four SMX League starts.
WEST RETURNS: Beaumer (KTM) was able to hold onto the red plate with a fourth in Glendale, but only by a slim margin over Smith (Triumph) and Deegan (Yamaha). Deegan’s teammates Davies (4th) and Mosiman (8th) give Star Yamaha three athletes in the top-10. BarX Yamaha’s Anthony Bourdon (7th) and ClubMX Yamaha’s Coty Schock (6th) give the brand five in the top-10. Jo Shimoda, after a victorious Opener round, is fighting broken fingers but is holding down fifth for the injury-plagued HRC Honda squad. Garrett Marchbanks (9th) is holding down Pro-Circuits’ only top-10 position after tough luck hit Mitch Payton’s Western squad early and often.
250 Class: DFW Metroplex Facts
HISTORY LESSON: The first 250SX Class round held in the DFW Metroplex was on May 4, 1985, in Dallas’ Cotton Bowl. Bobby Moore won the East/West combined Main Event on a Suzuki and clinched the Western Divisional Championship a few months later in the Rose Bowl. The series moved back to Texas Stadium in 1986, hosting their first 250SX Class round, once again as a combined Main Event. Keith Turpin’s victory clinched the Eastern Divisional Championship for him.
RICH HISTORY: Irving’s Texas Stadium hosted a 250SX Class round from 1986-1989 and 1991-2008 before it was demolished. The Cotton Bowl held two rounds, 1985 and 1990. AT&T Stadium has hosted since 2010, including three in 2021. That makes the 2025 250SX Class Arlington Supercross the 42nd 250SX Class round in the DFW Metroplex and 18th in AT&T Stadium.
GOING COASTAL: Arlington was an Eastern round in ’22-‘24 since the three Western rounds were held in 2021, but 2025 reverts to Western racing. Including 2025 AT&T Stadium, there has been an Eastern round 12 times and Western round six times. Texas Stadium was an East/West Shootout race from 1985-1996 and then a Western Divisional from 1997-2004. Overall, including ’25, the DFW Metroplex owns 12 Shootouts, 15 Western, and 15 Eastern.
CHAMPION’S PARADISE?: The winner of the DFW Metroplex 250SX Class round has won the Championship in 23/39 (59%) seasons, including six of the last 10. Haiden Deegan was unable to win the title after his Arlington victory, the first 250SX Class win of his career, while eventual Champion Tom Vialle scored a third.
