2025 Indianapolis Supercross | Kickstart News and Photo Gallery

Track: The soil in Indianapolis is always some of the softest on the schedule and this year was no different. However, the Dirt Wurx crew this year did a good job constantly fixing jump faces throughout the day to help keep the rhythm lanes possible to create separation.

Lawrences: Even with both Jett and Hunter Lawrence currently out with injury, the Lawrence VIP experience keeps chugging along week after week and this weekend both Jett and Hunter were in attendance. Jett called some racing in the night show and said his knee is healing well as he plans to head to California this week for some more intensive physical therapy as he tries to make it back for the start of AMA Pro Motocross.

St. Jude: Several teams participated with custom decals for the St. Jude Love Moto Stop Cancer race this weekend and here you see Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki machines which had drawings made by kids placed on their shrouds.

St. Jude: More drawings on the front fender of the PC Kawasaki machines.

St. Jude: All of these specialty plastics off the bike were collected post race and will be auctioned off to raise money for St. Jude's cancer cure research.

St. Jude: Renthal got involved with this vibrant bar pad design.

St. Jude: Honda HRC Progressive change the entire look of their bikes for the weekend.

St. Jude: The shroud of Jo Shimoda's machine was adorned with a colorful design as well while the whole Honda team ran white plastics to make the designs pop.

St. Jude: Chance Hymas' machine.

St. Jude: The design carried through all the way on the HRC bikes as even the top of the number plates had splotches of color.

St. Jude: Quad-Lock Honda did something very unique where they made comic strips that featured their team and team members and then put them all in a collage across the whole bike.

St. Jude: Here's the Quad-Lock Honda shroud that the design carries through on the top and bottom.

St. Jude: AEO Powersports KTM went with a Lego block theme with some unique colors.

St. Jude: A side view of Lux Turner's AEO KTM.

St. Jude: This little Lego character on the front fender of the AEO bike appeared in several places on the graphics.

St. Jude: The rear fender tied all the blocks and colors together nicely.

St. Jude: Another look at the shroud of the AEO KTM where you can see the little circles throughout the decal to make it pop like a Lego block.

St. Jude: The Austrian bikes features a bunch of kids drawings as well.

St. Jude: A side view of Malcolm Stewart's machine.

St. Jude: The powerful message of "This Race Matters" was seen in a lot of places this weekend.

St. Jude: The other side of Malcolm Stewart's bike.

St. Jude: The Rockstar Energy GasGas team even incorporated some designs on the shrouds.

St. Jude: Some similar designs between Husqvarna and GasGas can be seen.

St. Jude: The Progressive Ecstar Suzuki team went with a Sesame Street aesthetic and even played into the Indianapolis history as they included IndyCars on a track in cartoon form throughout the bike.

St. Jude: The shroud of Ken Roczen's bike also includes a cool finish line decal to separate the sponsor section for Progressive to the bottom of the shroud.

St. Jude: A lot of teams also ran the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital logo on the front fender.

St. Jude: Just like their sister Progressive Ecstar Suzuki team next door, Twisted Tea Suzuki also ran the St. Jude logo on the front fender.

St. Jude: The Twisted Tea Suzuki team also featured some bright blue and pink clouds all throughout the bike with a cartoon airplane next to the numbers.

St. Jude: Another view of Colt Nichols bike.

St. Jude: The Muc-Off FXR ClubMX Yamaha team switched from their usual blue and white to blue and black and featured some pink and purple on the bike with the St. Jude logo.

St. Jude: Interesting note about Muc-Off FXR ClubMX graphics for the weekend is that the graphics did not arrive on Thursday and the team manager was able to find out they were at a FedEx in Charlotte. Mark Fineis was not racing this weekend so his mechanic went to retrieve the graphics on Thursday night and then got a late flight out and got to Indianapolis where the team stayed late at the track on Thursday to install the graphics. They turned out really good!

St. Jude: The Rock River team also went with all white graphics and tons of kids drawings on the bike.

St. Jude: A side view of TJ Albright's Rock River Yamaha.

St. Jude: The Partzilla Blaster PRMX team also went with a mostly white look and some blue and pink decals.

St. Jude: Another look at the Partzilla Blaster PRMX shroud.

St. Jude: Not often you see a sponsor like Blaster Power be okay with their logo colors being changed but Partzilla and Blaster both teamed up to complete the look for PRMX.

St. Jude: The Phoenix Racing Hondas also had some painted designs with a purple starred background.

Showdown: It was a full house under the Star Racing rig this weekend as they displayed Daxton Bennick, Nate Thrasher, and Max Anstie's helmets on one side of the tent while Haiden Deegan, Cole Davies, and Michael Mosiman's helmets were on the other side of the tent.

Seeing Red: The three series leaders heading into Indianapolis were all under the Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing tent. Just like KTM earlier this year, the aesthetic creates some cool photos.

Kick Off: The usual pyrotechnics show kicked off the evening in Indianapolis.

Teammates: "Hey Cole, you see that gnarly three in three onto the table over there? Bet you $5 I'll hit it before you." - Haiden Deegan, potentially.

Flying: Haiden Deegan was fast all day long topping qualifying and winning his heat race. However, an early mistake in the main left him with work to do and he could only make it back to P3.

Mookie Fever: Malcolm Stewart was also very fast throughout the day and then won his heat race. It seemed like things may be aligning for a Tampa repeat, but Mookie had a bad start in the main event and fell into the pace of the midpack early.

Starts, Starts, Starts: Getting the holeshot is always important but at Indianapolis, it mattered that much more to get clear track and pick out your lines. Seth Hammaker was the man who did that in the Showdown and it turned out to be a huge benefit.

Gotta Go: Max Anstie led the 250SX East points by six entering Indianapolis and left down one point behind new points leader Tom Vialle. Anstie had more struggles throughout the day and rode better in the main event, but still has not been the same level we saw at Tampa and Detroit.

Steady: Daxton Bennick had a quiet 11th on the night but did show some flashes in qualifying. While the result doesn't look amazing on paper, he was the sixth highest finishing 250SX East rider as he continues to build back from his concussion the week of Detroit.

Tough Break: Carson Mumford fell in the sand about halfway through the main event and brought Coty Schock with him in the crash. They both went from comfortably in the top 10 to almost last in an instant and Schock would end up 17th. Post-race, Schock was reportedly not happy at all.

Payback: Jett Reynolds cleaned out Hunter Yoder for P9 in their heat race and even though they both went down, Reynolds got up and held onto the spot. Yoder then qualified in through the LCQ and gave Reynolds a bit of his own medicine in the main event.

Down and Out: Halfway through the main event, Reynolds then crashed and was seen pushing his bike off the track after that. Fortunately he was okay, but he did get classified last and received no points.

Salvage: RJ Hampshire had a horrible start in the main event and then ripped all the way up to fourth by the end. He's inching his way back into the championship and he said post-race he's happy with the riding, just needs to get off the gate more consistently.

Underrated: If you said Cole Davies would get fifth in a Showdown at the start of the year, it would probably have been a shock! Somehow P5 in Indy felt like a disappointment for Davies, but he ran the third fastest lap of the race after crashing early in the main.

Tough Race: Chance Hymas did not finish the main in Indy and was credited with P21 after landing on the Tuff Blocks of the tunnel and crashing hard. Speaking with team manager Lars Lindstrom post-race, Hymas is okay and just had the wind knocked out of him. He was also getting really sick in the afternoon which is why he was struggling in the main event in the first place.

Top 10: Max Vohland finished P10 after starting almost dead last again like he did in Detroit. Though he wasn't able to go with Hampshire who was right in front of him off the start, he still charged into a top 10 spot and hung with the train running up to a top five the entire race.

Noticeable: Julien Beaumer did not ride at all after Arlington when he dislocated his shoulder in qualifying and then struggled in the Triple Crown during the night show. He said on Friday he made big progress this week, but still had not been on the bike since and P8 was the best he had in Indy.

Victory: It was 1,456 days since Seth Hammaker won a 250SX main event dating back to his maiden victory at the Arlington 1 Supercross in 2021. Through a lot of injuries and struggles, Hammaker continued to return to racing and keep fighting and it finally paid off in Indianapolis.

Relief: Hammaker lets the emotions show after a huge win in the Showdown.

Over the Bars: Joey Savatgy went down hard in the 450 main event and ended up in the hospital. Savatgy himself stated post-race that he cracked a few ribs in the crash. No timetable currently on when he might return.

Big Time: Colt Nichols represented our sport in a big way on Friday as he ended up on the Pat McAfee Show to talk about Supercross. Colt is very well spoken and did a great job on the show, but unfortunately his riding did not match on Saturday.

Charge: Jason Anderson fell twice right at the start of the main event and was so far back of the pack by about the third lap. He put his head down though and got all the way back to P11, only getting lapped with just a lap to go in the race.

Sick: Indy felt like a Justin Hill type of track but unfortunately the Team Tedder rider was sick on the weekend and struggled to bring home P9.

Progress: Dylan Ferrandis was noticeably more comfortable throughout the day as he qualified well and even mixed it up in his heat race. He ran in the top five for a while in the main event as well, but said post-race he's still not 100% with his shoulder and started to get tired around halfway, slipping back to P8.

Blasted: More and more sand sections grace the riders week after week and here Justin Cooper eats a healthy dose of sand as he enters it behind Justin Barcia.

Wrong Place: Ken Roczen did not have a great start in the main event but then he got stuck behind Jason Anderson who tipped over in the first turn. Roczen would only manage P7 in his charge back and with Cooper Webb getting the win, Roczen now falls to over a whole race distance in points back in the championship.

Reset: There's perhaps nobody who needs this upcoming week off more than Chase Sexton as he still has not won a race since Anaheim 1 and now sits 15 points back in the championship. Even though he won a heat race in Indianapolis, he fell in the main event and finish P3.

Webb's World: Indianapolis was one of the most dominating performances of Cooper Webb's career as he was into the lead by the end of the first lap and just slowly pulled away from everyone, including Chase Sexton once Sexton moved into second place at one point. Webb's championship lead is the biggest its been all year.

Records: This was Cooper Webb's 28th career 450SX win which moves him to a tie with Rick Johnson for eighth all time. If you can believe it, he's now just six wins behind Ryan Dungey.

Finally: Justin Cooper had gone 4-5-4-4 the last four races leading into Indianapolis until he broke through this weekend for a P2 finish. Could a win be right around the corner? Only time will tell.