It’s Daytona Supercross week folks and one thing is on our minds as we head into Round 8 of the 2025 Monster Energy Supercross Championship for the 450’s and Round 3 for the 250’s on the East Coast and that is can Max Anstie rebound from his Red flag disappointment in Detroit and smash it in Daytona??
Based on his two performances so far, and on the bigger, more MX-like Daytona circuit, you would like to think so, but Levi Kitchen, RJ Hampshire, Tom Vialle, Cameron McCadoo, Chance Hymas, Austin Forkner, and more will be looking to have something to say about it.
The 450 battle is still raging between Red Plate holder Cooper Webb and second-placed Chase Sexton, with Sexton rueing costly mistakes last weekend in Arlington. Sexton is going to need to iron those out if he is to take the title in 2025. As we know all too well, when it comes to the grit and the grind and mind games, Webb is the master. Don’t count out Ken Roczen for a late charge either, as he sits in third, 19 points down on series leader Webb.
Now lets delve into the Supercross Live stats and facts ahead of this weekends action…
450 Storylines:
COOPER WEBB: (6-1-1) Earns the overall and steals the red plate for his 27th career 450SX Class win, tying him with Supercross legend Bob “Hurricane” Hannah for ninth on the all-time list. His 46th SMX League win ties him with Kevin Windham for 13th all-time. His 129th 450SX Class start ties him with David Vuillemin for 20th on the all-time list. Webb also scored his milestone 90th 450SX Class top-five finish, officially moving him into the top-10 all-time tied with Jeff Ward. Webb’s fifth Triple Crown win is second all-time to Eli Tomac. He has a record seven 450SX Class wins in the DFW/Arlington.
KEN ROCZEN: (1-5-3) Scores his 74th 450SX Class podium to stay in the hunt for the title. His 161st SMX League podium ties him with Kevin Windham for sixth all-time. Roczen’s Race 1 win was his seventh Triple Crown race win, good for fourth all-time in the Premier Class ranks.
CHASE SEXTON: (3-2-5) Crashes away the overall victory and red plate on the last lap of the last Triple Crown Race, but secured a podium finish and is only five points behind Webb in the standings. His 37th 450SX Class podium ties him with Vuillemin and Damon Bradshaw for 21st all-time, only one podium behind Jean-Michel Bayle inside the top-20.
NOTES: Justin Cooper (4th, 2-3-6): Keeps making strides towards his first 450SX Class win, including a runner-up in Race 1. It was his fifth career 450SX Class top-five finish and 88th SMX League top-five. Justin Hill (5th, 4-4-8): Strong ride results in best finish of the season and fifth 450SX Class top-five finish. He was making his milestone 175th SMX League start. Benny Bloss (17th, 17-22-14): Made his 75th 450SX Class start and 140th SMX League start. Kyle Chisholm (20th, 16-21-21): Ties Jeremy McGrath for eighth with his 173rd 450SX Class start. The idle Eli Tomac is next on the list with 184, but there are only 10 more Supercross rounds in the 2025 season.
450 Venue Notes:
HISTORY LESSON: On March 9, 1974, at Daytona International Speedway, 40 athletes competed in the first points-paying 450SX Class round. It was formatted like modern-day Triple Crown rounds. Holland’s Pierre Karsmakers (Yamaha) scored the overall (2-1-1) and clinched the Championship the following weekend. Buck Murphy (Penton) nailed a runner-up (8-3-3) and finished third in the final points. Jim Pomeroy (1-40-28) was the fastest bike on track, winning the first ever Supercross moto but struggled with mechanicals and wrecks that resulted in 40-28 finishes in the second and third motos.
TRADITION CONTINUES: Daytona International Speedway has appeared in every season of Supercross. The 2025 Daytona Supercross will be the 52nd running of the historic event, which is second all-time in 450SX Class races held. Including the 1971-1973 Daytona Pro Motocross rounds, 2025 is the 55th consecutive season of racing at the historic Speedway. D.I.S. has been holding motorsport events since it opened in 1959.
CHANGING OF THE GUARD: In 2006 Ricky Carmichael won his fifth 450SX Class Daytona Supercross, replacing Jeff Stanton for most wins at the Speedway. Carmichael held that record for 15 seasons before Eli Tomac broke it in 2022. Tomac created separation with his seventh win and fifth in a row in Daytona in 2023. With Tomac and last season’s Daytona victor Jett Lawrence out, there are zero former Daytona 450SX Class winners lining up for only the fourth time in history (’75, ’96, & ’04). Justin Barcia is the only active 450SX Class athlete with even a 250SX Class victory in the Speedway (2012).
CHAMPION %: The winner of the Daytona Supercross has won the 450SX Class title in 25/51 (49%) seasons and only five of the last 11, including last season.
450 Standings
250 Storylines:
LEVI KITCHEN: Captured his fifth career 250SX Class win and eighth SMX League win with his staggered start aided comeback. His fifth win ties him for 47th all-time, which is also his race number. It was only the fourth staggered start 250SX Class Main Event finish in history, and just so happens to come in back-to-back weeks. There had not been a staggered start 250SX Class Main Event finish since Arlington 2015 before the back-to-back occurrence.
MAX ANSTIE: Was cruising to his fourth 250SX Class victory before the red flag and eventually was passed by Kitchen. Anstie holds the red plate going into Daytona for the second straight season and is looking for that elusive fourth win. The runner-up finish was his eighth 250SX Class podium in 37 class starts.
RJ HAMPSHIRE: Rebounded from his Eastern Divisional Opener 18th place with a podium in Detroit. His 22nd career 250SX Class podium ties him with Barcia, Adam Cianciarulo, Tim Ferry, and Hunter Lawrence for 11th all-time. Hampshire has never podiumed in Daytona but averages sixth in four starts there, not including a shocking 450SX Class Heat Race win and top-10 finish in his single Premier Class start in 2023 Daytona.
NOTES: Tom Vialle (4th) Consistent fifth and fourth place finishes have him sitting -12 and third overall in the standings going into Daytona. Last year he was 11th in the points and -14 going into Rd. 3 Daytona. East Returns: Honda’s Chance Hymas and Yamaha’s Nate Thrasher fill out the top five in points after Anstie, Kitchen, and Vialle through two rounds. Honda satellite athletes Cullin Park (Phoenix) and Carson Mumford (Quadlock) are sixth and seventh with Hampshire in eighth. Cameron McAdoo (11th in points) suffered a DNF in Detroit but looks to fight back in the point standings after a podium in the Tampa Opener.
250 Venue Notes:
HISTORY LESSON: The first 250SX Class round held in Daytona was on March 6, 1985. It was the sixth 250SX Class round ever and second Eastern Divisional round ever. Eddie Warren (Kawasaki) won for his second of three wins in his Eastern Divisional title run.
40 LARGE: Daytona has held a 250SX Class round ever since the inaugural season in 1985. 2024 was the 40th 250SX Class round held at the Speedway. In 2023 the Daytona Supercross was the 600th 250SX Class round. Daytona also hosted the 500th round of 250SX Class racing in 2017. This year it is #633.
MUST SEE TV: Tom Vialle is looking to become the fourth back-to-back 250SX Class Daytona winner. Brian Swink (’91-’92), Travis Pastrana (’00-’01), & Christophe Pourcel (’09-’10) are the others. Swink and Pourcel won both Championships in their victorious Daytona seasons, and Vialle is looking to join them in that elite category.
CHAMPIONSHIP %: The winner of the 250SX Class in Daytona has won the Championship in 25/40 (63%) seasons. Vialle completed this feat last season and became the sixth athlete to win his first 250SX Class round in Daytona. He also became the second athlete to earn their first win at Daytona and then score the Championship in the same season (Todd DeHoop, 1988).
250 East Standings
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