Supercross Championship Battle Tightens as Chase Sexton and Cole Davies Claim Philly Wins

Round 13 of the 2025 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship brought plenty of action from the opening lap to the final flag, with both title fights tightening up as the series charged into its final four rounds.

Chase Sexton rebounded in a big way to claw back crucial championship points in the 450SX class, while New Zealand’s Cole Davies made it two wins in a row with a composed ride in the East-West 250SX Showdown. The night had everything—high-speed crashes, last-lap charges, and red flag restarts—all in front of a packed crowd at Lincoln Financial Field.

Despite some rain early in the day, the track shaped up well for the night program, and with just four rounds to go in the championship, every point and every pass carried added weight. The 450SX and 250SX title fights both tightened up heading into the final stretch.

450SX

Chase Sexton made his intentions clear early, topping 450SX qualifying with a blistering 48.491 lap—less than two-tenths ahead of red plate holder Cooper Webb. Justin Cooper, Malcolm Stewart, and Joey Savatgy rounded out the top five, with just a second separating the top ten.

Heat race action was tight in both 450 classes. In Heat 1, it was Justin Barcia fired up early with his trademark aggression, holding off Malcolm Stewart to take the win. Barcia looked comfortable and fast, but there was chaos behind as several riders—including Adam Cianciarulo and Justin Hill—were forced to fight through traffic.

Heat 2 saw championship leader Webb come out swinging, grabbing the holeshot and never looking back. Chase Sexton had a slow start and was buried in the pack, but methodically worked his way into second, eventually closing to within a second of Webb by the finish. The ever-present Ken Roczen finished a solid third, showing good speed despite still nursing a separated shoulder and bruised ankle.

The main event brought immediate carnage as Aaron Plessinger and Shane McElrath came together in the first turn and went down hard. Sexton and Webb were caught behind the crash and forced to remount from outside the top ten. Up front, Barcia rocketed into the lead but moments later overcooked a berm and launched straight off the track, handing the position to Roczen.

Roczen held firm out front for over half the race, but Sexton and Webb were charging hard. The pair moved through the field almost in tandem until Sexton made a decisive move on Roczen with just over eight minutes to go. Webb followed shortly after but couldn’t make a dent in Sexton’s five-second advantage. The defending champ cruised home for his fourth win of the season, trimming Webb’s points lead to just 12.

“It’s time to make or break. I felt great all day, and that’s how you do it: one, one, one, one,” Sexton said. “I’m looking forward to the next race, but today was awesome. Good, dry track, not like last weekend, and I’m feeling good on the bike. It’s been fun and today was a good step in the right direction.”

Webb settled for second, still holding the red plate but clearly frustrated.

“It was a barn burner. We battled back the whole time. We both got [caught] up in that first turn crash. He got going in front of me, and we were coming through the pack together,” Webb reflected. “He was able to charge through, I was coming with and just hoping I could pass guys just as fast as he did. And I did until we got to Kenny. He got around Kenny and put in two or three sprint laps and kinda dictated the race. I had a bad line [in one corner] and it was killing me. I should have caught up on that first, should’ve started jumping that quad sooner; woulda-shoulda-coulda on a lot of things. But he rode great. We’ll come back next weekend and kick his ass, though.”

Roczen toughed out third with a gutsy ride, finishing 24 seconds back but still well clear of Stewart in fourth. Savatgy logged his best result of the year in fifth.

“When the race time comes, I always seem to buckle up and do what I do,” Roczen said. “Obviously, I’m not riding the best in general just because I haven’t ridden during the week, really since after Indy. It’s been really tough; I’m pretty banged up with the shoulder and the ankle. I know its monotonous to talk about but that’s really what’s holding me back. Especially this track, because we had five right-hand turns to two left-hand turns, and it’s my right ankle. So, I’m losing a lot of time in the turn just trying not to put my foot down, because it’s not very fun. So I haven’t been in the best spot lately but I’m really trying to keep my head in there. I have a great support team behind me that kinda keeps me out here, because sometimes I do want to quit. But we always come back.”

250SX Shootout

Qualifying saw a West Coast sweep at the top as Julien Beaumer set the benchmark in combined times with a 49.205. Garrett Marchbanks was second at 49.865, with Cole Davies close behind at 50.193. Haiden Deegan was fourth despite a crash late in the final session, and Seth Hammaker was the fastest East rider in fifth, just edging out Tom Vialle.

In the 250SX West heat, it was Davies who grabbed the early lead ahead of Beaumer and Deegan. Deegan was flying—he passed Beaumer, then tracked down Davies and made a slick move to the inside across the start straight to take over the lead. Deegan claimed the win, with Davies second, Beaumer third, Marchbanks fourth, and Jo Shimoda rounding out the top five. Michael Mosiman, Gavin Towers, and Avery Long all hit the deck in separate incidents and were sent to the LCQ.

In the East heat, Hammaker nailed the holeshot ahead of Vialle, RJ Hampshire, and Chance Hymas. But Vialle’s night turned ugly when he got cross-rutted and landed on a Tuff Block alongside the track, slamming hard into the ground. He remounted but went the wrong way alongside the track and retired from the race. Hammaker capitalised and cruised to victory in front of his home crowd, followed by Hampshire and Hymas. Vialle bounced back to take second behind Towers in the LCQ and secure a spot in the main.

The 250SX Showdown main event saw Hammaker take the lead on the original start, but a crash in the whoops brought out the red flag and triggered a complete restart. On the second go, Hampshire jumped into the lead ahead of Hammaker and Deegan, with Davies running fourth.

Davies didn’t wait long. The young Kiwi methodically picked off the leaders one by one, using better lines in the rutted corners to move past Hammaker, Hampshire, and finally Deegan to take the lead. Deegan mounted a strong late charge and closed to within 1.5 seconds in the final minutes, but couldn’t break Davies’ rhythm. The 17-year-old took his second win in a row and his first in a combined East-West Showdown.

“I literally grew up watching all the guys that I’m racing right now. It’s a big stage out here, a lot of people watching, but I just focus on myself. Two in a row, I’m stoked, Davies enthused.” “It’s been a long journey to get where I am. To Will – you get to keep your hair, mate. That’s two. So he gets to keep his hair, doesn’t get shaved, so he’s safe. I’m stoked, big thanks to the whole Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha team and my mechanic Lach [Lachlan Mills]. We’ve been putting in the work… The whole group around me is just very, very good and striving to be the best they can. So I’m just stoked for everyone around me.”

“It took me a little bit to find my flow, and right in that middle portion of the race is where I really found my flow. It was like the best I’ve felt in a long time,” Deegan reflected. “I really just locked in perfect laps and didn’t make any mistakes after I got around Hammaker and Hampshire. I was flowing, slowly reeling in Cole. He ended up getting the Dub [win], I got second. That just felt good… That first part of that race I was a little too slow. I think I didn’t sprint hard enough, and I’ve just got to work on stuff like that. I don’t know whether it’s in my mind, like ‘championship mode,’ where I just try to be smart and not go down during those first few laps that’s hindering me. I mean, it’s working [for the points lead], so I don’t want to change it too much. Yeah, I definitely need to pick it up those first few laps.”

Hampshire crossed the line in third and now shares the 250SX East red plate with Hammaker, who finished fourth. Shimoda made a late move on Vialle for fifth, while the Frenchman settled for sixth and now sits third in the East standings, just two points back.

“I feel like I couldn’t get out of my own way in the Main Event, honestly,” reflected Hampshire. “I had to focus a lot on hitting my marks. Both Haiden [Deegan] and Cole [Davies] got me, and I was pretty content still because I knew the guys I needed to beat. This was literally the toughest Main Event I’ve had to do, both mentally and physically. I had to stay in check and it worked out, so we’re excited for the next few rounds now.”

Davies jumps to second in the West standings, 17 points behind Deegan, with momentum clearly on his side as the series heads toward its final two rounds.

450 Main Event Results
Pos	No	Rider	Nat	Bike	Gap
1	4	Chase Sexton	USA	KTM	—
2	2	Cooper Webb	USA	Yamaha	+2.654
3	94	Ken Roczen	Germany	Suzuki	+24.040
4	27	Malcolm Stewart	USA	Husqvarna	+35.420
5	17	Joey Savatgy	USA	Honda	+37.803
6	32	Justin Cooper	USA	Yamaha	+41.670
7	14	Dylan Ferrandis	France	Honda	+42.917
8	7	Aaron Plessinger	USA	KTM	+48.523
9	57	Benny Bloss	USA	Beta	1 Lap
10	46	Justin Hill	USA	Tedder KTM	1 Lap
11	49	Mitchell Oldenburg	USA	Beta	1 Lap
12	12	Shane McElrath	USA	Honda	1 Lap
13	45	Colt Nichols	USA	Suzuki	1 Lap
14	51	Justin Barcia	USA	GASGAS	1 Lap
15	28	Christian Craig	USA	Yamaha	1 Lap
16	86	Mitchell Harrison	USA	Kawasaki	1 Lap
17	15	Dean Wilson	Scotland	Honda	1 Lap
18	11	Kyle Chisholm	USA	Suzuki	2 Laps
19	146	Kevin Moranz	USA	KTM	2 Laps
20	43	Grant Harlan	USA	Yamaha	2 Laps
21	33	Freddie Noren	Sweden	Kawasaki	2 Laps
22	68	Jeremy Hand	USA	Yamaha	2 Laps

450 Championship Standings
Pos	Nr	Rider Name	Points
1	2	Cooper Webb	278 points
2	4	Chase Sexton	266 points
3	94	Ken Roczen	240 points
4	27	Malcolm Stewart	204 points
5	32	Justin Cooper	203 points
6	7	Aaron Plessinger	184 points
7	51	Justin Barcia	181 points
8	21	Jason Anderson	151 points
9	46	Justin Hill	149 points
10	12	Shane McElrath	136 points
11	14	Dylan Ferrandis	135 points
12	49	Mitchell Oldenburg	103 points
13	57	Benny Bloss	101 points
14	17	Joey Savatgy	97 points
15	45	Colt Nichols	93 points
16	3	Eli Tomac	80 points
17	1	Jett Lawrence	71 points
18	96	Hunter Lawrence	62 points
19	11	Kyle Chisholm	52 points
20	86	Mitchell Harrison	47 points
21	77	Jerry Robin	39 points
22	146	Kevin Moranz	30 points
23	28	Christian Craig	29 points
24	122	Justin Starling	19 points
25	70	Jorge Prado	18 points

250 Main Event Results
Pos	No	Rider	Nat	Bike	Gap
1	100	Cole Davies	New Zealand	Yamaha	—
2	38	Haiden Deegan	USA	Yamaha	+1.211
3	24	RJ Hampshire	USA	Husqvarna	+6.289
4	56	Seth Hammaker	USA	Kawasaki	+6.829
5	30	Jo Shimoda	Japan	Honda	+11.853
6	1	Tom Vialle	France	KTM	+12.401
7	36	Garrett Marchbanks	USA	Kawasaki	+28.029
8	92	Maximus Vohland	USA	Yamaha	+30.652
9	19	Jordon Smith	USA	Triumph	+33.433
10	10	Chance Hymas	USA	Honda	+36.007
11	37	Coty Schock	USA	Yamaha	+37.966
12	23	Julien Beaumer	USA	KTM	+39.455
13	166	Enzo Lopes	Brazil	Yamaha	+42.973
14	41	Nate Thrasher	USA	Yamaha	+44.461
15	59	Cullin Park	USA	Honda	+47.179
16	83	Austin Forkner	USA	Triumph	+52.829
17	55	Henry Miller	USA	Honda	1 Lap
18	93	Michael Mosiman	USA	Yamaha	1 Lap
19	63	Hunter Yoder	USA	Kawasaki	2 Laps
20	115	Gavin Towers	USA	Honda	9 Laps
21	87	Hardy Munoz	Chile	Yamaha	17 Laps
22	34	Daxton Bennick	USA	Yamaha	DNS

250 East Points Standings
Pos	Nr	Rider Name	Points
1	24	R.J. Hampshire	117 points
2	56	Seth Hammaker	117 points
3	1	Tom Vialle	115 points
4	10	Chance Hymas	103 points
5	59	Cullin Park	91 points
6	41	Nate Thrasher	89 points
7	31	Max Anstie	78 points
8	34	Daxton Bennick	77 points
9	92	Maximus Vohland	74 points
10	55	Henry Miller	57 points
11	83	Austin Forkner	53 points
12	60	Carson Mumford	51 points
13	87	Hardy Munoz	45 points
14	75	Gage Linville	42 points
15	47	Levi Kitchen	39 points
16	192	Jack Chambers	34 points
17	89	Trevor Colip	32 points
18	195	Lance Kobusch	31 points
19	50	Cameron Mcadoo	20 points
20	148	Justin Rodbell	18 points
21	62	Mark Fineis	18 points
22	74	Lorenzo Locurcio	14 points
23	125	Luke Neese	13 points
24	996	Preston Taylor	12 points
25	468	Michael Hicks	12 points

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250 West Points Standings
Pos	Nr	Rider Name	Points
1	38	Haiden Deegan	171 points
2	100	Cole Davies	154 points
3	23	Julien Beaumer	145 points
4	30	Jo Shimoda	136 points
5	37	Coty Schock	115 points
6	36	Garrett Marchbanks	110 points
7	19	Jordon Smith	108 points
8	93	Michael Mosiman	99 points
9	63	Hunter Yoder	68 points
10	65	Lux Turner	63 points
11	52	Anthony Bourdon	54 points
12	302	Parker Ross	51 points
13	61	Cole Thompson	47 points
14	166	Enzo Lopes	43 points
15	91	Tj Albright	36 points
16	25	Ryder Difrancesco	35 points
17	115	Gavin Towers	35 points
18	54	Jett Reynolds	34 points
19	101	Dylan Walsh	31 points
20	134	Avery Long	20 points
21	98	Drew Adams	14 points
22	67	Joshua Varize	14 points
23	334	Brad West	13 points
24	964	Dominique Thury	12 points
25	58	Derek Kelley	10 points