2025 Foxborough Supercross | Kickstart News and Photo Gallery

Timing: The tarps were pulled off the track at 1:30pm local time after free practice and qualifying 1 were cancelled in order to help keep the track dry as long as possible. Almost right on cue, rain started falling as soon as the tarps came off and essentially never stopped for the rest of the day. The Supercross gods deemed this one would be a mud race no matter what.

Scare: Ken Roczen did about three laps of qualifying, enough to earn his spot in the night show, before he tweaked his ankle in the mud. It was questionable that he would race at all in the night show, but he simply elected to skip opening ceremonies in order to keep off the ankle and it worked as he was great all night long!

Die-hards: Kudos are in order for the New England fans who sat in the rain all day long and even kept the pits relatively active throughout the day as well. Rightfully so, many chose to stay home, but the few that came out were loud and boisterous.

Keep It Going: The standard opening ceremonies brought about the fireball launching into the air as always. Perhaps we could keep it on for just a bit longer? Warm the fans up, maybe dry the track. Jokes aside, it was cool of Feld to still put a show on in opening ceremonies.

Constant Work: Dirt Wurx was on the track all day long making changes from a track that started as a true Supercross track and ended with rolled out doubles, no whoops, and a knocked down raised corner. Riders post-race were very appreciative of Dirt Wurx efforts to make the racetrack somewhat doable, but in the end, there was only so much they could do.

Unsung Heroes: The mechanics are the people who really went through it with the riders this weekend but won't get the credit they deserve. Ken Roczen's mechanic Billy Hartle blasts himself with mud here as he gets underneath Roczen's RM-Z450 to get all the mud off after the heat race.

Leave It: Interesting decision for the Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing crew to leave the vented front number plates on when behind them plenty of foam was covering the radiator and intakes so the bikes wouldn't suck water in. Instead of going back to regular plates, the vented plates stayed.

Hello TikTok: To some, Dayton Briggs might be the most out of nowhere story of Foxborough as he made his 250SX debut, finished second in his heat race, holeshot the main and led two laps before crashing back to 17th place. But if you frequent the moto side of TikTok, Briggs is an insanely popular personality and he could be seen shooting his vlog all night long.

Staying Dry: Malcolm Stewart's mechanic Jared Warrick holds the umbrella ahead of both of them as Stewart speeds towards the tunnel.

Goggles: Clear vision was a premium this weekend and most riders went with roll-offs. But Justin Cooper elected to run tear-offs only all day on his Oakleys. Perhaps he felt his holeshot skills would keep him out front, and they did in the main event, but he was left P11 at the end of the night after getting shuffled back.

Red Cross Flag: Somehow in a race that barely anyone could do the jumps, jumping on a red cross flag still became the key talking point post-race. Chase Sexton was docked two positions after his heat race win for jumping on a red cross flag. And in the main event, Cooper Webb jumped on a red cross flag and even said post-race he saw it too late. But after HEP Suzuki and Red Bull KTM both levied protests against Webb post-race, Star Racing was able to prove that the lights came on as Webb was going up the face of a double, and he was not penalized.

Missed Out: The biggest name in 450SX not to make the main event was Team Tedder's Justin Hill who ended up P7 in the Last Chance Qualifier. Hill never looked particularly comfortable in the conditions all day and will look to improve those skills in Philadelphia.

All Smiles: Justin Barcia was stoked on the mud all weekend long. He had high energy on Friday and carried the good spirits with him throughout Saturday. He was in contention for a podium all night long but settled for P5.

SMX Next: Texas native Kade Johnson battles Luke Fauser for the lead in a wild SMX Next main event.

First Time: Kade Johnson would survive a late charge from Landen Gordon after Gordon fell on the last lap giving Johnson the win in SMX Next, the first of his career.

Dejection: Landen Gordon debriefs with trainer Wil Hahn after losing the win on the final lap. Gordon crashed in the first corner and came all the way back to the lead before crashing. He would end up P2.

That's Two: Max Vohland led the opening heat race of the night wire to wire with a big holeshot from an outside gate. The win was the second of his career and he hoped to replicate that start in the main event. Post-race he lamented that he spun up badly on the grate and was left down the order. After getting stuck in the rhythm section for almost two laps, he would end up P18.

Sugar Shane: Shane McElrath's previous best 450SX result came in the mudder at San Francisco last year and he immediately backed that up with a heat race victory in the second 450SX heat. As it turned out, that was only an appetizer.

Sequence: RJ Hampshire had the holeshot lined up flying into turn one before he suddenly lost the front end from beneath him and slid across the front of the entire field.

Aftermath: Hampshire brought Seth Hammaker (right) with him which could have been a disaster for both of them, but it ultimately didn't turn out too bad in the end thanks to Tom Vialle's struggles we'll touch on in a moment.

Hero to Zero: As mentioned, Dayton Briggs holeshot the 250SX main event and led the first two laps in one of the most shocking moments of the night. He then crashed right at the start of the third lap, picked it up in about fifth, and then crashed the very next turn and got stuck. P17 on paper stings after how well it started.

Showed Up: Mark Fineis mutually departed from Muc-Off FXR ClubMX Yamaha only a few weeks ago and suddenly appeared in the pits on Friday at Foxborough underneath the Partzilla Blaster Power PRMX Racing tent. Turns out he's in with the team for the rest of the year and awarded them right away with P1 in qualifying from the B group. Then he rode to a season best P8 in the main event.

Confounding: Nate Thrasher ended up in the LCQ and got stuck a few times in the main event. For some reason, timing and scoring placed him P11 after the race and everything was updated with him only 10 points back. Apparently after manually scoring post-race, he actually finished another lap down in 19th and instead is 18 points back in the championship and still nobody really knows how timing and scoring originally had him 11th.

Quiet Day: A lot of riders were invisible because of the mud but Daxton Bennick was invisible because he was steady and ended up P5 on the night. He tossed the goggles halfway and just stayed up to pick up a solid result.

We're Tied: Seth Hammaker crashed in the first corner with RJ Hampshire but charged back to P9 which after all the mud settled, put him tied with Tom Vialle for the championship lead. Interestingly, Hammaker and Vialle actually battled for the heat race win with Vialle taking Hammaker out to get it done. Hammaker post-race didn't seem too pleased with the pass attempt and suggested he didn't think it was necessary. Now they're tied and we're all rubbing our hands together.

Breakthrough: Cullin Park has been frustrated that he hasn't been able to start with the top guys and show he might have their speed if he ran out front. Well the great equalizer gave him the opportunity of a lifetime as he battled for the win in Foxborough and eventually ended up P2. Post-race, Park was ecstatic.

What the French: Tom Vialle was two laps away from probably putting a shiny bow on this title in some capacity as he ran P4 and was gaining loads of points on his nearest competitors. Then he tipped over in the final rhythm section, did a huge U-turn on a jump, ended up going backwards, then across two lanes to get some momentum before ending up on the plywood alongside the track. He had gathered a ton of mud in his front wheel during the process and his Red Bull KTM simply would not move. After two laps of getting it all out, he rode through that same section he fell and ghost rode his bike over the finish to end up P22 and score no points. His championship lead is now zero, but he still has share of the red plate.

Celebrate with Friends: Chance Hymas grabbed his first career 250SX race victory in Foxborough and was hugged immediately post-race by training partner Ayden Shive who finished two laps down in 21st. Shive kindly pulled a tear-off for Hymas to help him see who was hugging him and the two embraced.

Survived and Conquered: Interestingly enough about Hymas' first career victory, he was about two minutes from not even being on the gate. In qualifying thanks to changing conditions and a fresher track for the B and C groups, Hymas was 42nd in qualifying until two minutes to go. He ran a lap that boosted him to P21, but if he hadn't done so, he would have missed the night show entirely.

Firsts: Hymas first win as a racer was also mechanic Tommy Harris' first Supercross win as a mechanic.

Back In It: Hymas told us on Friday that given his placing in the championship, he had basically already switched his focus to outdoor testing believing he wasn't going to contend for this title any longer. Well, change of plans, he's only eight points down and we have another mudder coming up.

Taking It In: Gage Linville crashed in the first turn with RJ Hampshire, picked his bike up and just rode as hard as he could. He said he never once knew what position he was in and said after he crossed the finish, he was actually bummed because he felt if he didn't crash on the start he could have finished much higher. He simply didn't believe it when his team told him as he pulled in that he actually finished in third place for his first career 250SX podium. He did a mud angel on the start straight to celebrate and then took it all in on the podium.

Celebration: Cullin Park shows some emotion as he fist pumps while the crowd cheers for his first career podium.

Celebration: Gage Linville douses Dirt Bike Depot marketing guru Jack Noel as the team broke through for a huge first ever podium for the program.

Starts: Everyone talks about starts in dry races like they are the gospel but in mud races, they really are the gospel. The 450SX main fires into the first corner and right about here is the last moment everyone believes it will be them leading into the first corner, but only one rider could do it and that would be the #32 machine of Justin Cooper down the inside.

Chaos: The 450SX LCQ knocked some big players out for the night including Freddie Noren, Mitchell Harrison, and Joey Savatgy who you see here.

Clean Air: Justin Cooper was the man who had nothing on him in the main event for about a lap and then he slipped behind Aaron Plessinger by the end of the first full lap.

Hanging It Out: Chase Sexton was riding very well early in the 450SX main event before he got stuck on the finish line jump and packed a bunch of mud on the bike. The rest of the race was a struggle as he slipped back to P6 by the end.

Whoops: Malcolm Stewart fell on the second lap while in seventh and fell out of the top 15. He spent the entire rest of the race trying to get back tot he top 10 but would end up P13.

Whoops x2: Cooper Webb was fast on the first two laps but then crashed on the third lap and got a bunch of mud packed on the bikes. However, he had a strategy to fix that we'll get to in a moment.

Four Turns Away: Ken Roczen passed Justin Barcia for third on the sixth lap of the race and was in line for a podium until the very last lap of the race when he stalled his Suzuki exiting what used to be the whoops section on the final lap. He kicked it back to life in about five kicks, but Cooper Webb was already by once he got going.

Head Down: Check out the length on that Fox V3 visor extender worn here by Christian Craig.

Season Best: Colt Nichols collected his first "single digit" of the season as he put it post-race with a P8 finish in Foxborough. He crashed right at the start of the heat race but then never crashed again the rest of the night and rode pretty well to a solid top 10.

Frustration: Kyle Chisholm's bike let go right at the end of the main event in Foxborough and he wasn't too happy post-race. But he did believe he knows where the problem came from and is eyeing a fix for next week.

Powering Through: Chase Sexton holds it wide down the start straight to stay on top of the puddles heading towards the off-camber corner.

Threw the Goggles: Justin Barcia was one of a handful of riders that tossed the goggles late in the main trying to suffer through the possibility of getting mud in his eyes in place of trying to go after Ken Roczen for P3.

Insane Charge: The last three laps of Cooper Webb's main event might be what wins him this 2025 title. He jumped over his teammate Justin Cooper for sixth and almost landed on him but took off from there. He was the only rider still getting the finish line double, the double after that, and the double two turns later by the end of the main event. He used those to pass Chase Sexton, Justin Barcia, and Ken Roczen all on the final lap of the race to end up on the podium. He went from losing a point to Chase Sexton to actually gaining four points and getting right back to that 15 point championship lead he had three rounds ago.

Take a Bow: Ever the showman, Aaron Plessinger won his second career 450SX main event and immediately pulled to the side of the track, tossed a Tuff Block aside and launched a belly flop into a puddle. The crowd roared and AP leapt back to his feet with his arms held high. Are you not entertained?

Celebration: Aaron Plessinger embraces Shane McElrath who stayed relatively close to Plessinger the entire race and earned a career best P2 finish on the night. Plessinger was almost more excited for McElrath than McElrath was, but Shane has definitely proved now he's a force to be reckoned with in the mud.

Yeehaw: Either Aaron Plessinger is telling Cooper Webb he can't believe he was still jumping the finish or that Webb should check the weather in Philly. If it's the latter, you all should too because the weather doesn't look any better as we head five hours south for Round 13.