Chase Sexton won the first two races of the Triple Crown format at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama and finished second in the final race to score his third round victory of the season. With the win, he cut Cooper Webb’s point advantage in half, from 15 on entry to eight.
“Triple Crowns are tough because even if you win the first two events - just what happened to RJ (Hampshire in the 250 division), something can go wrong in the first turn (of Race 3),” Sexton told NBC’s Will Christien on Peacock. “Thank God my starts were good tonight. ... I’m happy to get that monkey off my back, get another win, and get this season going in the right direction.”
Sexton lost points to Webb in five consecutive races entering Birmingham.
Riding with a sore hip from a qualification crash, Malcolm Stewart showed no sign of distress during the races with results of third, second, and third to finish second overall.
“You know, it’s one of those things that just happens,” Stewart said, referencing his qualification crash. “I made a mistake in practice and caught Justin Hill’s front wheel and hit my hip pretty good. The good news is I have a solid team, and they said just go out there and give it everything you’ve got.”
Aaron Plessinger finished third overall with third, second, and fifth results.
Webb minimized the points damage with a fourth place overall after finishing seventh, fourth, and first in the three races. This snapped a five-race podium streak for Webb.
“You just can’t make that mistake like I did in the first one,” Webb told Jason Thomas. “That pretty much dictates your night. I had luck in Dallas, and tonight, you can’t put yourself in that position.”
The Triple Crown format race in Round 7 in Arlington, Texas, was on everyone’s mind. Sexton had the advantage entering the final race that weekend and would have earned the overall win if he had been willing to follow the leader Webb. Sexton tried to wedge his bike in between Webb and a lapped rider before crashing.
Ken Roczen rounded out the top five with a 4-6-4.
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In the 250 division, Nate Thrasher became the fifth winner in five rounds of 250 East competition. Notably, he won the overall without winning any of the three features. Thrasher finished third in the first two races and second in the finale, which tied him in points with RJ Hampshire.
“I really felt, coming into this season, this would be my year,” Thrasher said. “Tampa went okay; I ended up crashing on the first lap but then we just kept fighting every round.”
Hampshire lost the overall via the tiebreaker as Thrasher finished ahead of him in the final race. Hampshire won the first race and finished second in Race 2, but he got hung up behind a pair of fallen riders in Race 3 before finishing fifth.
“You could tell, even (in) the first two, I just didn’t have the spark,” Hampshire said. “I felt good in practice but then was just flat. I don’t know if it’s that things are catching up to me or what.”
Tom Vialle extended his points lead when Max Anstie exited the round with a broken leg. Vialle finished third overall with results of second, fifth, and third.
Despite being winless on the season, Vialle now has a 10-point lead over Hampshire.
“Happy to survive the Triple Crown,” Vialle said. “It was a pretty sketchy race.”
Seth Hammaker crashed on the opening lap of Race 1 and recovered to finish ninth. He won the final two races, but had to settle for fourth with his early mistake.
Daxton Bennick rounded out the top five after finishing eighth, seventh, and fourth.
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Pre-Race Notes
Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, hosts a Monster Energy Supercross round for only the second time, and the Triple Crown format ensures no one has an advantage until the final race. This was the final TC race of the season.
Cooper Webb entered the weekend with a 15-point advantage over Chase Sexton, which was beginning to pressure the challenger.
Chase Sexton got the holeshot as he hoped to sweep the night.
Cooper Webb finally got a strong start in second but needed Sexton to make a mistake to win the overall.
Ken Roczen was third on Lap 2.
One lap later, Webb chased down Sexton and took the lead. As they ran, Sexton had a five-position lead over Stewart and eight over Webb.
Stewart passed Roczen for third on Lap 8.
Webb won the race, but his poor performance in Race 1 kept him from scoring the overall victory.
Sexton kept his bike upright and finished second.
Malcolm Stewart injured his hip in qualification but swept the podium. He finished third in Race 3
Fourth-place Roczen and Aaron Plessinger rounded out the top five.
Tom Vialle got a strong start, but Seth Hammaker went to the inside and earned the holeshot.
Nate Thrasher also got around the championship leader.
RJ Hampshire got hung up behind two other riders and dropped to eighth on the opening lap.
Carson Mumford exited the race on Lap 2 with an apparent leg injury, spoiling one of the best runs of his career.
Hampshire moved up to fifth on Lap 5 and tied with Thrasher in points. He needs one more position to score the overall since Thrasher has the tiebreaker. Daxton Bennick in fourth is six seconds ahead of Hampshire.
On Lap 8, Bennick made contact with Vialle and went off course. Bennick was forced to cut the course; a penalty could be in the offing.
Hammaker held on for the win over Thrasher, who took the overall win unless Bennick is penalized a position.
Vialle finished third, with Bennick fourth and Hampshire a distant fifth.
Chase Sexton won the first 450 Triple Crown race to take the early lead over Cooper Webb, who was seventh.
Plessinger got another holeshot as Sexton tiptoed around Jason Anderson. Those two riders had contact in Race 1.
Malcolm Stewart circled the track in fourth on Lap 2 behind Anderson with Webb settling into fifth.
Sexton passed for the lead on Lap 2, pushing Plessinger back to second.
Dylan Ferrandis headed to the pits on Lap 4.
Anderson hit the ground again after getting pushed wide by Webb. That was the battle for fourth. Anderson dropped to eighth.
Stewart took second from Plessinger on Lap 6.
Sexton posted qualification-like laps in the 57-second range during the race’s second half but still had only a 4.3-second lead over Stewart.
Sexton will take a three-point lead into the final race after winning Race 2; Stewart was second.
Plessinger held onto third, with Webb fourth and Justin Barcia climbing to fifth.
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Sexton enters the third and final race with three points on Stewart and Plessinger.
Webb was in a deep hole, nine points behind Sexton.
Seth Hammaker got a strong start and, this time, kept his bike upright; he led early.
RJ Hampshire lost ground when he snagged his bike on a rut but he settled into second.
Carson Mumford backed up a strong Race 1 with a strong start in Race 2. He was third on Lap 6.
Vialle moved around Maximus Vohland for fifth on Lap 9.
Mumford bogged down in the sand and was overtaken by Thrasher for third.
Hammaker beat Hampshire to the line by more than six seconds. This was Hammaker’s first Triple Crown win.
Thrasher remained third ahead of Mumford and Vialle rounded out the top five.
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Hampshire’s win in Race 1 and second-place finish in Race 2 gave him a three-point advantage over Thrasher.
Ken Roczen started Race 1 with an AC separation in his shoulder, suffered in a practice crash ahead of Birmingham.
The crowd erupted when Aaron Plessinger earned the holeshot. Plessinger has never won a Triple Crown race.
Cooper Webb tipped over on Lap 1 but got up quickly. Still, he dropped to 14th with the mistake.
At the completion of Lap 1, Plessinger led Jason Anderson and Chase Sexton.
Webb moved into 10 on Lap 3.
Sexton executed the pass for second on Lap 5 and hit the front wheel of Anderson, who hit the dirt.
Malcolm Stewart moved into third around Roczen on Lap 8; Webb was up to eighth.
Sexton took the lead on Lap 11 from teammate Plessinger; Webb was up to seventh.
Sexton held on for the victory by 5.521 seconds over Plessinger.
“It was a little bit of a mindset switch for me,” Sexton said. “It was nice battling with my teammate Aaron. We always ride together during the week, so it felt like a moto back home.”
Stewart was third, Roczen fourth, and Anderson overcame his crash to finish fifth.
Webb could not climb higher than seventh.
RJ Hampshire earned the holeshot.
Second-place rider Seth Hammaker crashed on Lap 1 and collected more than half the field.
Tom Vialle was another rider who benefitted from the massive pileup. He jumped over Hammaker’s bike and stayed upright.
Hammaker did not make up much ground in the first four laps; he was riding 14th.
Hampshire and Vialle led Nate Thrasher, Maximus Vohland, and Chance Hymas at the halfway mark.
Carson Mumford moved up to fifth on Lap 9, around Hymas.
Hampshire held on and scored the opening race win by 1.573 seconds over Vialle.
“I just keep getting stronger,” Hampshire said from the top of the podium. “I feel like I still have a little bit to go, but that’s a great way to start the night.”
Thrasher remained third.
Fourth-place Vohland and Mumford rounded out the top five.
Hammaker battled back to ninth and will have to overcome a big deficit if he wants to win two in a row.
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Fredrik Noren was riding third when Tristan Lane clipped him in a pass attempt. He fell out of the transfer position.
Lane survived the incident with Noren and then moved around Kevin Moranz for second.
Mitchell Harrison won the LCQ by 1.482 seconds over Lane.
Moranz held on to third and qualified for his first Triple Crown race of 2025.
Justin Starling was the fourth rider to advance.
Jeremy Hand made a dramatic move on the final turn and crashed while attempting to pass Starling for the final transfer position.
Marcus Phelps led early before crashing on the opening lap.
Two laps later, Thomas Welch also crashed out of the lead.
Those two falls elevated Hamden Hudson into the top four; this is his first 250 Supercross race. Crockett Myers pressured Hudson throughout the race.
Lorenzo Locurcio won the Last Chance Qualifier by three seconds over Luke Neese.
Third-place Lane Shaw and Hudson also advance.
Chase Sexton believed he would be better after the off-week. He was correct. His lap of 57.228 was the fastest in qualification.
Justin Cooper (57.972) was 0.745 seconds behind in second, with Jason Anderson (58.120) third in this session.
Cooper Webb was slightly faster in the first qualification session with a lap of 58.113.
A big crash on Lap 1 of the second 450 qualification session claimed Malcolm Stewart when Justin Hill crashed directly in front of him.
Stewart limped to his bike and went out to post the fourth-best time of 58.497 halfway through the session. Hill also continued in the session, albeit missing his number plate.
Stewart ended the session in fourth while Webb (58.778) rounded out the top five in this session.
Christian Craig was 14th overall in qualification and made his season debut.
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The top 18 riders qualify directly into the features:
1. Chase Sexton
2. Justin Cooper
3. Cooper Webb
4. Jason Anderson
5. Malcolm Stewart
6. Mitchell Oldenburg
7. Justin Hill
8. Aaron Plessinger
9. Shane McElrath
10. Ken Roczen
11. Benny Bloss
12. Dylan Ferrandis
13. Justin Barcia
14. Christian Craig
15. Colt Nichols
16. Jerry Robin
17. Kyle Chisholm
18. Grant Harlan
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Indianapolis winner Seth Hammaker (58.618) posted the fastest time of the day in the second qualification session for the 250 East riders.
Hammaker was 0.166 seconds faster than RJ Hampshire as both riders look to become the first East rider to win multiple rounds.
Carson Mumford (58.949) landed third on the chart.
Fourth-place Nate Thrasher (59.249) and Daxton Bennick (59.499) rounded out the top five.
Points leader Tom Vialle (59.941) was just outside of the top five in sixth.
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These 18 riders advance directly into the feature program:
1. Seth Hammaker
2. RJ Hampshire
3. Carson Mumford
4. Nate Thrasher
5. Daxton Bennick
6. Tom Vialle
7. Maximus Vohland
8. Chance Hymas
9. Cullin Park
10. Michael Hicks
11. Austin Forkner
12. Max Anstie (broken leg; will not race)
13. Henry Miller
14. Trevor Colip
15. Gage Linville
16. Nicholas Romano
17. Lance Kobusch
18. Hardy Munoz
Chase Sexton (57.784) was the first rider to crack the 58-second barrier on his seventh lap, but Justin Cooper (57.961) followed immediately.
Cooper Webb (58.113) settled into third with enough speed to make him one of the favorites heading into the three features.
Fourth-place Malcolm Stewart (58.797) and Mitchell Oldenburg (59.092) rounded out the top five.
Ken Roczen (59.339) landed outside the top five in eighth.
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Christian Craig (1:00.057) was relegated to Group B after returning to action for his first 2025 race. That would have put him 14th among the Group A riders. Craig was more than two seconds faster in this session than second-place Justin Rodbell (1:02.538).
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With three minutes remaining on the clock, running seventh at the time, Max Anstie bounced off his bike and landed awkwardly, favoring his left leg.
Anstie required assistance to get to the medical cart. In the incident, Anstie also hit the front tire with his head. He was seventh at the time.
Anstie entered the round one point behind championship leader Tom Vialle after losing positions to that rider in the last two rounds. It was uncertain if Anstie would return as he headed to the Alpinestars Medical hauler.
Later in the Race Day Live program, it was announced that Anstie suffered a broken leg.
Late in the session, RJ Hampshire jumped to the top of the chart with a lap of 59:315, which was 0.042 seconds ahead of second-place Seth Hammaker (59.656). Hammaker won last week’s East / West Showdown in Indianapolis.
Carson Mumford (59.472) took the third spot.
Fourth-place Daxton Bennick (59.521) and Tom Vialle (59.924) rounded out the top five.
The points battle took a major turn when Max Anstie crashed with a little more than three minutes on the clock.
Austin Forkner (1:01.231) continued to struggle on his new Triumph and landed 12th on the chart.
Justin Cooper set out to prove last week’s podium was not a fluke. He had the fastest lap at 58.655 seconds.
Meanwhile, the contest for the red plate appeared close: Cooper Webb (58.974) was merely 0.392 seconds faster than third-place Chase Sexton (59.366).
Fourth-place Malcolm Stewart (59.420) and Jason Anderson (59.731) rounded out the top five.
Ken Roczen (1:01.365) was well off the pace in 13th.
Shane McElrath (1:00.877) earned the mock hole shot and then settled into 11th on the chart.
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In the 250 division, Daxton Bennick posted the fastest lap early at 59.647, but championship challenger RJ Hampshire was not far behind. His lap of 59.699 was only 0.053 seconds off the pace.
The third-fastest rider, Max Anstie (59.705), lost the points lead last week to Tom Vialle, so he needs to make up some ground.
Fourth-place Nate Thrasher (59.872) and Seth Hammaker (59.985) rounded out the top five.
Vialle (1:00.289) was just outside that mark in sixth.
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