PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania: Cooper Webb earned the holeshot at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, led wire-to-wire, and recouped three points on Chase Sexton.
“A little [relief a little exhaustion],” Webb told Peacock’s Will Christien. “It’s been a tough two weeks and it was much needed tonight. It was an incredible main event. We were going for it and I knew if I made one little mistake, he was going to get me.”
But it was Sexton that made the little mistake that may wind up having big consequences.
Midway through the race, Sexton was forced to jump through the whoops and went off course. Sexton closed rapidly and then lost some of his momentum after taking the slower lane in the split section. The 26 laps resembled a rubber band. Webb would stretch his advantage to two seconds only to seen Sexton bring it back down to one.
After losing three points in each of the last two rounds, Webb was rapidly losing momentum despite finishing second at Philadelphia and New Jersey. The lead shrunk to nine points during Sexton’s two win streak and Webb was in risk of losing the championship if he continued to finish behind Sexton.
“it was hard; I knew I could blitz the whoops for a while, but I was using a lot of energy doing that,” Sexton said. “They were so far apart. I wasn’t getting too much drive and Cooper wasn’t losing too much time. ... Every time I pushed too hard, I lost ground.”
With his Pittsburgh victory, Webb extended his lead to 12 points with two rounds remaining.
Sexton is no longer in control of his fate. He not only needs to finish ahead of the leader, he needs Webb to finish worse than second in one, if not both, races.
Justin Cooper scored his elusive podium in third. He finished second in Indianapolis but scored only one top-five in the next five races. That was a fourth-place finish last week in East Rutherford and it was the fourth time he finished one spot off the podium.
Fourth-place Aaron Plessinger and Malcolm Stewart rounded out the top five.
In the 250 division, the championship lead swapped position multiple times during the Main at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with Tom Vialle ending up on top for his first win of 2025.
With the points’ differential among the top five, Vialle left the track with the lead heading into the season finale in Salt Lake City after entering with a seven-point deficit.
“Coming into this round, I pretty much had to win and I did it tonight,” Vialle said after the race. “That feels good. I had a pretty big crash in practice and hit my head pretty bad, but we bounced back.”
Seth Hammaker set up the dramatic scenario after getting mired in the field on the opening lap. He was well outside the top 10 in the first minutes of the race but battled back to finish fifth.
“It was going to come down to that last one regardless and now it’s winner take all for sure,” Hammaker said. “I spun off the gate there, off the grate, had a sketchy first two laps and we salvaged all we could. Fifth-place was all we had after that start.”
RJ Hampshire finished fourth in the race, which sets up a winner take all situation for the finale. The top three riders are separated by three points with Vialle sporting a one-point lead over Hammaker. Hampshire is two back after crashing late in the race and giving up the podium.
“It took me a little while to get going and there was a lapper in the line and I jumped left,” Hampshire said. “It’s tough. I put myself in a good position tonight and then I threw it away.”
If any of them wins in Salt Lake City, they will take the title. Of course, all of that is contingent on what the 250 West riders do in the East / West Showdown.
Nate Thrasher finished second.
Maximus Vohland got his first career podium in third.
Rain overnight has created a heavy track at Acrisure Stadium, much like the Monster Energy Supercross series witnessed in Philadelphia. Chase Sexton won that event and began closing the distance on Cooper Webb. He will try to keep that momentum alive.
The field will roll off without Northeast native Justin Barcia in the field after he aggravated a knee injury last week in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Hometown fans will have Seth Hammaker to cheer this week, however, as he strives to retain the red plate.
Pittsburgh waited more than 40 years for Supercross to return and they filled the stands.
Cooper Webb got the holeshot with Chase Sexton on his back wheel.
It is equally important for both of these riders to win.
Aaron Plessinger settled into third on the opening lap.
Ken Roczen picked the better line in the split lane and took third from Plessinger.
Sexton was not letting Webb get away. He followed by 1.2 seconds on Lap 4. And then Webb took the wrong line in the split in back-to-back laps and Sexton closed to 0.6 seconds.
Justin Cooper moved into fourth on Lap 6 with Dylan Ferrandis in tow.
Cooper got around Roczen for third on Lap 10. He was tired of finishing fourth.
Sexton jumped off course in the whoops and Webb takes a sizeable lead. It was 2.7 seconds on Lap 12.
Sexton was faster on the next couple of laps and closes the gap to less than two seconds on Lap 14.
The gap is 1.3 second on Lap 16.
Two laps later, it was under a second (0.79).
Cooper, Roczen, and Plessinger are next in line.
Sexton attempts the outside line in the split lane again and loses a second to Webb with four minutes remaining.
Webb led by 2.678 second on the white flag lap.
Webb won and recouped points on Sexton.
Cooper earned his elusive podium.
Nate Thrasher got the holeshot and the early lead.
Seth Hammaker had huge problems on the first lap and is mired int he field. This could be the end of his championship hopes. He’s well outside the top 10.
His principle challengers Tom Vialle and RJ Hampshire run second and fourth.
Maximus Vohland is in third.
Hammaker composes himself and cracks the top 10 on Lap 3; he’s ninth.
Chance Hymas rounded out the top five on Lap 6.
Hammaker up to seventh on Lap 6. As they ran, there is a three-way tie for the lead.
Hammaker got past Cullen Park on the next lap. That one point could make a huge difference.
Of course, things also change if Vialle can catch Thrasher for the lead. He was 1.7 seconds back on Lap 10.
Hampshire passed Vohland on Lap 10 for the final podium position. With that position, Hampshire had a one-point lead over Hammaker for the championship. Vialle was two back in third.
Hammaker around Hymas for fifth on Lap 13. Vohland is 12 seconds ahead of Hammaker.
Salt Lake City is going to be extremely tight.
Vohland took a position and point away from Hampshire on Lap 15 when Hampshire crashed.
Vialle took the lead on Lap 17. Now Vialle has the points’ lead.
Vialle picked the right time to win; he took the points lead heading into the final round.
Thrasher finished second with Vohland getting his first career podium.
Fourth-place Hampshire and Hammaker rounded out the top five.
Fredrik Noren got the holeshot as the field filed into a single lane behind him.
Kevin Moranz was second on Lap 1.
Jeremy Hand took second from Moranz on Lap 4.
Scott Meshey was in contention for a transfer position until he crashed in the split lane.
Noren won his third LCQ of 2025 over Hand
Moranz and Grant Harlan also advanced to the Main.
Huge crash on Lap 1 involving Ryder Floyd, Lane Shaw and Gerhard Matamoros.
Vinny Luhovey survives and took the lead.
Ayden Shive and Crockett Myers line up behind him.
Shive took the lead on Lap 4.
Shive won the LCQ over Luhovey
Bryce Shelly (third) and Justin Rodbell (fourth) also advance.
Chase Sexton is cautious on the start and slots into fourth. His teammate, Aaron Plessinger did not have any issues and took the early lead.
Patience paid off as Sexton gets into second on Lap 2. He passed Cooper Webb’s teammate Justin Cooper.
Joey Savatgy is just outside in fourth.
On Lap 4, Cooper pushed Sexton back a position into third.
It didn’t take long for Cooper top catch Plessinger and he took the lead on Lap 6.
Both of Cooper’s passes came out of the split lane when he took the outside line and the bowl turn.
Cooper won by three seconds over Plessinger.
Sexton finished third and will have a slightly worse gate pick than Webb
Fourth-place Malcolm Stewart and Joey Savatgy rounded out the top five.
Shane McElrath (sixth), Benny Bloss (seventh) and Cade Clason (eighth), and Mitchell Harrison (ninth) also head directly to the Main.
Harrison elbowed Grant Harlan out of the final transfer on the last lap.
Ken Roczen rockets out of the gate and takes the lead over Mitchell Oldenburg.
Cooper Webb gets into second within a lap. He needs a flawless heat to give him confidence to beat Chase Sexton for the first time in three rounds.
Dylan Ferrandis showed moxie in qualification and he moves up the third on Lap 3.
Webb pressured Roczen on Lap 4.
With time running off the clock, Roczen refused to fade.
Roczen won by 1.7 seconds over Webb
Ferrandis took the final podium position.
Fourth-place Dean Wilson and Mitchell Oldenburg rounded out the top five
Justin Hill (sixth), Christian Craig (seventh) Colt Nichols (eighth), and Kyle Chisholm (ninth) also advanced directly to the Main.
RJ Hampshire gets the holeshot, but Maximus Vohland will not let him get away.
Vohland took the top spot away on Lap 2.
Austin Forkner moved into third on Lap 4 after getting around Lance Kobusch.
Hampshire wanted the lead back and took it from Vohland when he stumbled in the whoops.
Hampshire had to fight harder than Hammaker, but he matched his rival’s Heat 1 result.
Vohland finished second with Forkner rounding out the podium.
Fourth-place Kobusch and Devin Simonson complete the top five.
Hardy Munoz (sixth), Henry Miller (seventh), Jack Chambers (eighth) and Izaih Clark (ninth) also advanced directly to the Main.
Seth Hammaker and Tom Vialle square off in this heat.
Hammaker was not the first rider out of the gate, but he surged down the frontstretch and grabbed the holeshot.
Chance Hymas challenged briefly, but dropped back a half-straight by Lap 2.
Vialle was third before losing the position to Nate Thrasher on Lap 4.
Hammaker entered the heat with a lot of confidence and winning the race only adds to it. This is Hammaker’s second heat win of 2025.
Hymas held off a determined charge by Thrasher.
Vialle had to settle for fourth and Cullin Park passed Luke Neese on the final lap for fifth.
Trevor Colip (seventh), Jack Rogers (eighth), and Matti Jorgenson (ninth) also advanced directly to the Main.
Cooper Webb needed to make a statement and headed to the top of the chart midway through the session.
Chase Sexton was only 0.031 seconds back in second, however. One lap later, Sexton takes the top spot on his seventh lap.
Webb was on a flyer on his final lap but he was slowed by more determined Dylan Ferrandis.
Sexton won the session with a time of 42.276 to Webb’s 47.710.
Malcolm Stewart (47.726) landed third.
Fourth-place Ken Roczen (47.925) and Justin Cooper (48.071) rounded out the top five.
Seth Hammaker and RJ Hampshire were racing in the opening laps like this was the race.
Tom Vialle went down hard in a rhythm section. He was slow to get up but remounted and headed to the mechanics area. The mechanics straightened his handlebars and Vialle got out for another couple of laps. (In post-race, Vialle also revealed he hit his head pretty hard.)
Hampshire (48.507) got the top spot in this session on his last lap over Hammaker (49.013).
Maximus Vohland (49.499) landed third.
Fourth-place Austin Forkner (49.701) and Nate Thrasher rounded out the top five (50.542).
Vialle needed to rely on his first lap for his heat seeding as most riders went fastest in Q2.
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Qualification 2 results were the best overall with Vialle slotting into fourth.
Chase Sexton ran into a Tuff Blox on his lap and then got tagged by Dylan Ferrandis after coming to an abrupt stop.
On his sixth lap, Cooper Webb was not pretty, but he jumped to the top of the board.
Webb stayed on top of the chart with a lap of 48.640 to Sexton’s 48.663. Neither rider wants to be the first to blink.
Aaron Plessinger (49.018) landed third on the chart.
Fourth-place Malcolm Stewart (49.319) and Christian Craig (49.991) rounded out the top five.
Canceling Free Practice for Round 15 gave the Dirt Works crew time to groom the track and get rid of some moisture that fell overnight.
Two riders in Group C went long off the Finish Line jump and penetrated the net. It was still quite muddy on the backside of a couple of the bowl turns.
There were highs and lows for Seth Hammaker, who set a fastest lap early and then went down in the split lane while on another heater. On that same lap, Tom Vialle overtook him for the top time.
Hammaker answered Vialle on his last lap and put down a time of 49.240 over Vialle’s 49.575.
RJ Hampshire (50.096) was third to give the title defenders the top spots.
Fourth-place Nate Thrasher (50.275) and Maximus Vohland (50.603) round out the top five.
Qualification
2:13 p.m.: 250 Group C Qualifying 1 (was 1:05)
2:26 p.m.: 250 Group B Qualifying 1 (was 1:20)
2:39 p.m.: 250 Group A Qualifying 1 (was 1:35)
2:52 p.m.: 450 Group A Qualifying 1 (was 1:50)
3:05 p.m.: 450 Group B Qualifying 1 (was 2:05)
3:18 p.m.: 450 Group C Qualifying 1 (was 2:20)
3:47 p.m.: 250 Group C Qualifying 2 (was 3:20)
4:00 p.m.: 250 Group B Qualifying 2 (was 3:35)
4:13 p.m.: 250 Group A Qualifying 2 (was 3:50)
4:26 p.m.: 450 Group A Qualifying 2 (was 4:05)
4:39 p.m.: 450 Group B Qualifying 2 (was 4:20)
Evening Program
6:30 p.m.: Opening Ceremonies
7:04 p.m.: 250 Heat #1 – 6 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 20 riders (1 – 9 to Main)
7:18 p.m.: 250 Heat #2 – 6 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 20 riders (1 – 9 to Main)
7:33 p.m.: 450 Heat #1 – 6 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 20 riders (1 – 9 to Main)
7:47 p.m.: 450 Heat #2 – 6 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 20 riders (1 – 9 to Main)
8:23 p.m.: 250 Last Chance Qualifier – 5 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 22 riders (1 – 4 to Main)
8:34 p.m.: 450 Last Chance Qualifier – 5 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 22 riders (1 – 4 to Main)
8:55 p.m.: 250 Main Event – 15 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 22 riders
9:28 p.m.: 450 Main Event – 20 Minutes/Plus 1 lap – 22 riders
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