450 Storylines:

Cooper Webb

COOPER WEBB: Retains his red plate after a .7 second victory over Chase Sexton, the 29th of his 450SX Class career and 48th of his SMX League career. It was the 12th closest victory since 2003 (accurate data timeline), with six of them being Webb victories. Last season in Seattle, Webb beat Sexton by .5 seconds, which is seventh all-time. Webb is seeking to be the eighth athlete in 450SX Class history to score 30 wins in the class.

Chase Sexton

CHASE SEXTON: Loses ground on the red plate but nailed his 40th 450SX Class podium, only the 19th athlete to hit this landmark in 450SX Class history. He ties Ezra Lusk and Johnny O’Mara for 17th all-time on the list. He has entered the top-20 in all-time SMX League podiums with 97, only one behind Justin Barcia and Mike Kiedrowski who are tied for 18th.

Aaron Plessinger

AARON PLESSINGER: Sexton’s teammate also earns a milestone podium finish with #10 in his 450SX Class career. Plessinger is the 51st athlete to hit the 10 podium mark in Premier Class racing, tying him with Justin Brayton, Andrew Short, Jeff Matiasevich, Ernesto Fonseca, and Darrell Shultz. He has back-to-back podiums for the first time this season and four straight top-5’s after not being inside the top-6 for the first seven rounds.

Ken Roczen

NOTES: Ken Roczen (4th): Made his 300th SMX League start and secured his 224th SMX League top-5 finish (105th in 450SX Class racing). Dylan Ferrandis (5th): First top-5 finish of the season and 11th in his 450SX Class career. Justin Barcia (8th): Was making his 176th 450SX Class start (9th all-time), and 360th SMX League start. His 135th 450SX Class top-10 finish is good for 10th all-time. Benny Bloss (9th): Back-to-back top-10s for the first time this season for the BETA athlete. He now has nine in 79 450SX Class starts. Kyle Chisholm (13th): rode to another LCQ victory earning his 177th 450SX Class start, right above Barcia for 8th all-time.

450 Foxborough Facts:

  • HISTORY LESSON: The first 450SX Class round held in Foxborough was on July 24, 1983, in Schaefer Stadium. Mark Barnett (Suzuki) waltzed into the penultimate round with an 11 point lead on David Bailey (Honda), but Barnett’s transmission failed in the semi-qualifier disallowing him to compete in the LCQ per antiquated rules. Bailey scored the victory and left with a 10 point advantage in the Championship. It was just enough room to win the title by two points over Barnett in the Rose Bowl finale.
  • SHAEFER STADIUM: Schaefer Stadium hosted Supercross in 1983, 1984, and 1990. Bailey (Honda) repeated in 1984, and Honda made it 3/3 in Foxborough thanks to JM Bayle in 1990. Supercross never returned to Schaefer Stadium before it was demolished in lieu of Gillette Stadium.
  • THE BEST A MAN CAN GET: Supercross returned to Foxborough 25 years later visiting Gillette Stadium in 2016 and Ken Roczen (Suzuki) scored the late season victory. In 2018, Marvin Musquin (KTM) won Gillette and in 2022 Anderson (Kawasaki) claimed the home of the Patriots. Last season, Cooper Webb (Yamaha) not only scored the win but tied rookie phenom Jett Lawrence in the point standings with only four rounds remaining. In all the above Foxborough victories the winning athletes were amid huge title comebacks but fell short each time in the final tally.
  • CHAMPIONSHIP %: 1983 is the only instance of the Foxborough victor scoring the 450SX Class Championship. 1/3 in Schaefer Stadium and 0/4 in Gillette Stadium for 1/7 (14%) overall. 2025 marks the eighth time the 450SX Class visits Foxborough and fifth in Gillette Stadium.

250 Storylines:

Nate Thrasher

NATE THRASHER: (3-3-2) Scores his sixth career 250SX Class win becoming the first athlete across both classes to nail multiple Triple Crown overall victories without winning a race. It was his first win and podium of the season and seeks his 40th career 250SX Class start in Foxborough.

RJ Hampshire

RJ HAMPSHIRE: (1-2-5) Remains in the title hunt with a second overall in Birmingham. Hampshire ties Mike Brown for 10th on the all-time 250SX Class starts list and ties Martin Davalos and Stephane Roncada for fourth on the all-time 250SX Class podiums list with 24. He seeks out his 180th SMX League start in Foxborough.

Tom Vialle

TOM VIALLE: (2-5-3) Retains the red plate with his third consecutive podium but is winless on the season. He now has 10 250SX Class podiums in 24 starts and 21 SMX League podiums in 52 starts. Willie Surratt won the 1987 Western Divisional title without a victory and Tim Ferry won the 1997 Eastern Divisional without a victory, so there is precedence for this occurrence.

Seth Hammaker

NOTES: Seth Hammaker (4th, 9-1-1): A bad first race soured what could have been a sweep for Hammaker, who has the hot hand going into Foxborough and only trails the red plate by 13 points. Hardy Munoz (7-11-8): Career best SMX League finish of ninth in his 41st SMX League start. Hamden Hudson (17th, 18-16-15): First career 250SX Class start and 2nd SMX League start.

250 Foxborough Facts:

  • HISTORY LESSON: The first and only 250SX Class round held in Schaefer Stadium was on June 2, 1990. Denny Stephenson (Suzuki) won his eighth round of the season to clinch the Eastern Divisional Championship one round early. Schaefer Stadium’s 1983-1984 rounds pre-dated the 250SX Class, so its venue history is different than the 450SX Class.
  • VENUE HISTORY: Gillette Stadium has the same history for both classes however, with rounds in ’16, ’18, ’22, & 24. Martin Davalos (Husqvarna) won the first 250SX Class round in Gillette Stadium. It was the first time a Husqvarna and Suzuki won on the same night, something that has only happened three times since (2018 San Diego, 2024 Glendale, and 2025 Daytona). Zach Osborne made Husqvarna 2/2 in Gillette stadium in 2018 during his second title run.
  • THE BEST A MAN CAN GET 22/24: Jett Lawrence clinched the 2022 250SX Class Eastern Divisional title in Gillette Stadium just like Stephenson did in Schaefer Stadium in 1990. Haiden Deegan (Yamaha) won last season to inch closer to Tom Vialle but fell four points shy in the 2024 title chase. Cameron McAdoo (Kawasaki) finished runner-up to retain the red plate but was injured the next weekend in Nashville.
  • CHAMPIONSHIP %: Only 2/5 250SX Class winners in Foxborough won the Eastern Divisional title the same season. 2025 will mark the sixth 250SX Class round in Foxborough and fifth in Gillette Stadium.