Seattle, Washington’s Lumen Field hosts round six of the 2026 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship, the indoor portion of the SuperMotocross World Championship. The SMX Track Crew has done an amazing job with the course and things are looking good as we head into the night show. Check out the action from today.
450 Main Event
Tonight’s 450 Main Event saw the top title contenders go at it once again. Cooper Webb, Eli Tomac, and Ken Roczen dogged it out at the front of the field in the early portion of the race. Webb claimed the holeshot and led the first 13 laps before Tomac used a tricky triple-on line to make his pass for the lead.
Eli Tomac is still the only repeat winner in 2026, winning half of the total gate drops this year. The Red Bull KTM rider finished off the podium entirely during the previous two rounds but looked right up to speed in Seattle. There wasn’t much to separate the top three but Tomac hounded Cooper Webb for the first half of the race before using a tricky triple line onto a tabletop to steal the race lead away. With Tomac out front, the former champion strung together consistent laps while minimizing mistakes in the treacherous ruts. He led the second half of the main event and opened up a gap of more than nine seconds. More importantly, the win puts him back in the thick of the overall points standings. Tomac is now second, just one point out of the championship lead.
“I noticed I was making good time through the whoops,” Tomac said. “And once I did the triple onto the table I knew I could run with him [Webb]. It was a battle of who’s not going to miss a rhythm section or that triple onto the tabletop or who could get through the whoops a little bit cleaner. But Cooper did open up with some good laps there… I saved the best for last of course. I had my best start and my best ride there. I cleaned up some lines, did some different jump combinations. Just typical Seattle. One of the toughest we have all year.”
Cooper Webb continued his podium streak with a second place result. Don’t forget the defending champion won in Seattle the past two years in a row and looked to carry that momentum into the main event as he led the entire first half of the race. Webb looked great in the early laps and held the top spot over both Tomac and Roczen. The number-one looked comfortable in the tricky conditions but lost the lead to Tomac right at the halfway point. From there, Webb looked to be playing it safe as he lost the tow to Tomac and settled in nicely for the number-two spot. This is Webb’s third podium in three weeks and sees him inching his way back into this title fight and gain more valuable points in the championship. He’s now tied for third overall, 11 points down from the leader.
“The track was really gnarly,” Webb said. “It’s always gnarly here, but this [track] with still having to hit the rhythms, they’re pretty big. It was brutal. Obviously, Eli [Tomac] picked up on a good line and kept doing it and got past me. I tightened up for sure with a little arm pump, but it is what it is. At the end of the day, I can’t be hitting whoops like that and expect to win.”
Justin Cooper landed on the box for his first podium of the year in third, making it a Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha two-three. Cooper had a strong pace throughout the main event but circulated inside the top five for most of the race. His big break came when Hunter Lawrence and Ken Roczen crashed in the sand, allowing Cooper to capitalize. He gained two positions in one turn and grabbed his first best result of the year, the sixth podium of his career.. Cooper was the most consistent of anyone on track in terms of lap times and his consistency was certainly rewarded with a podium position.
“With 20 [minutes] plus 1 [lap] out there with these 450s, it gets really demanding,” Cooper said. “I just put together solid laps and got a little gift from [Lawrence and Roczen]. Sometimes you’ve got to stay in it and that’s what we did tonight. Really pumped to get back on the box.”
Hunter Lawrence finished fourth. The points leader upped the pace and was aiming to make a pass on Roczen for third when the two riders came together in the sand. Lawrence jumped to the outside as Roczen cut down and both riders crashed. This dropped Lawrence to fourth and Roczen back to 10th. Lawrence still leads the points by one while Roczen dropped to third, 11 down from the lead and now tied with Cooper Webb.
“It was a bittersweet main event,” Lawrence said. “I feel like my riding was really good, but I spun off the gate. I’m not sure 100% why that happened, but after that I was making my way through the pack. At the 10-minute mark, I figured the track out and really got going; I was able to do a lot of the rhythms deep into the main. Then I made my attempted pass on Kenny [Roczen] for third, and we got together. I certainly didn’t intend on taking him out—it was just a crappy racing incident, but not how I wanted the night to go, especially after how I felt. In my perfect world, I would’ve jumped to the inside, got that lane, and then tried to catch Cooper Webb. Obviously, it’s cool to still have the red plate—we definitely salvaged some points. With a good start, I feel like it could’ve been a completely different night; I had what it takes to get the win.”
Chase Sexton rounded out the top five. “Today was a bit frustrating for me,” Sexton said. “I expect to be at the front right now, but we’re not there yet. This week we worked on starts a lot and it paid off, as we saw today. Right now, I’m headed back to Florida and the team is going to come out and test more with me this week. We’re hopeful to make some positive changes and come into Arlington ready to fight.”
“Overall, we had a pretty dang good day, honestly,” said Roczen. “I got off to a decent start and honestly was putting on a strong charge in the middle of the race and we were all bunched up and riding really well. But the track did deteriorate really, really quickly. I had a couple of bad laps there towards the end, and I made a mistake and couldn’t double before the whoops section. That just really cost me and allowed [Lawrence] to get way too close to me and he pulled a move [that put us both on the ground]. He came over and apologized, and I have no hard feelings towards it at all; I think it was a little bit of a [brief mental lapse]. It’s just unfortunate with situations like that. We pulled the shorter end of the stick until I got going again, and then the main was over. We ended up not with the greatest result, but we’re only 11 points down. Overall, we rode well all day and had a really good main going, so I really can’t be too mad.”
450SMX OVERALL RESULTS (Top 10)
| 1. | Eli Tomac | (KTM) | 24 Laps |
| 2. | Cooper Webb | (Yam) | 9.265 |
| 3. | Justin Cooper | (Yam) | 15.958 |
| 4. | Hunter Lawrence | (Hon) | 20.814 |
| 5. | Chase Sexton | (Kaw) | 30.331 |
| 6. | Malcolm Stewart | (Hus) | 39.897 |
| 7. | Aaron Plessinger | (KTM) | 46.011 |
| 8. | Joey Savatgy | (Hon) | 48.470 |
| 9. | Dylan Ferrandis | (Duc) | 49.239 |
| 10. | Ken Roczen | (Suz) | 1 Lap |
250 Main Event
The 250 Main Event was by far the most exciting race we’ve seen all year from the small bore division. Haiden Deegan still won the race but not without a strong fight from Levi Kitchen. The two duked it out for multiple laps, trading the lead while going back and forth with points of contact. Despite Deegan’s fourth place start, he still found his way to the front and reclaimed the lead from Kitchen with just over a minute left on the race clock. Neither rider seemed too bothered by the contact as they shook hands and smiled after the race. This win marks his fifth in a row as his points lead now grows to 35.
“I made a mistake there in the middle with the red cross flag,” Deegan said. “I was so scared to jump and didn’t know if I was good or not and I was losing time and Levi got me…It was getting a little rowdy but we were going so slow on the track because it was so rutted. Whenever I’d run into him it was so minor because we were going so slow…that was the gnarliest battle I have ever had racing.”
Levi Kitchen held on for second at the line. This is the first time we’ve seen Kitchen up front all season and the first time he’s led laps during a main event in 2026. The start paid off for the Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider as he put himself up front from the get go. He moved around Deegan for the lead and clicked off a few strong laps out front. Both riders exchanged multiple block passes with Deegan eventually reclaiming the position late in the race. This is Kitchen’s third-straight second place finish and moves him to fifth in the 250 point standings.
“I think that’s the race everyone has been waiting for,” Kitchen said. “I’m bummed I couldn’t get it done for the hometown, but I rode my heart out and Deegan did too. That had to be the coolest race of my life. We were going at it the whole time”
Max Anstie finished third for his first podium since winning the season opener in Anaheim. The Star Racing Yamaha rider took the holeshot and led the opening two laps before succumbing to both Deegan and Kitchen. He ran third for the rest of the race and finished 30 seconds behind the leaders.
“That was a tough track, and those boys [Deegan and Kitchen] were obviously riding awesome,” Anstie said. “I’ve been struggling since Anaheim 1. I don’t know what it is, but my throat and my chest have been burning. Last week was bad too. I need to get it checked out because I don’t feel sick, but I can’t breathe right. My chest just burns.”
Ryder DiFrancesco finished fourth after another race-long battle with Cameron McAdoo. “Out of the six rounds, this is probably the one I struggled with the most, so a fourth is a decent result,” DiFrancesco said. “Today was a bit of a struggle, although I am pretty stoked to come away with P4 and be tied for third in points.”
“Ending up fifth on the night was definitely the best that I had,” McAdoo said. “I’m proud I was able to stay up there and get a solid result. I was glad that I was able to limit the damage as much as possible with how I was feeling after the heat race.”
Michael Mosiman finished sixth ahead of Max Vohland, Hunter Yoder, Parker Ross, and Carson Mumford
250SMX OVERALL RESULTS (Top 10)
| 1. | Haiden Deegan | (Yam) | 19 Laps |
| 2. | Levi Kitchen | (Kaw) | 1.500 |
| 3. | Max Anstie | (Yam) | 31.654 |
| 4. | Ryder DiFrancesco | (Hus) | 39.779 |
| 5. | Cameron McAdoo | (Kaw) | 41.087 |
| 6. | Michael Mosiman | (Yam) | 49.549 |
| 7. | Max Vohland | (Yam) | 1:02.175 |
| 8. | Hunter Yoder | (Yam) | 1 Lap |
| 9. | Parker Ross | (Yam) | 1 Lap |
| 10. | Carson Mumford | (KTM) | 1 Lap |
Seattle Notes
- Hunter Lawrence is the new points leader in the 450 division
- Cooper Webb has won in Seattle for the past two years
- Racing inside the Seahawk stadium the weekend after their Super Bowl win
- Cameron Hanes is tonight’s Grand Marshall
- RJ Hampshire is out for tonight’s race with a foot injury
- Ty Masterpool racing under the Gizmo Mods Yamaha team for the rest of 2026
450 QUALIFYING
The track is soft, sticky, and spongey so throttle control is key to laying down a fast lap today. Jorge Prado came out swinging for the second week in a row with the fastest lap time during Q1. Since the track is breaking down so fast, Prado’s time from the first session held up as the best time all day. Prado did hit the deck in the second session and was taken off the track with the medics. No word yet on his condition or if he’ll line up for tonight. Eli Tomac landed a fast lap in Q2 and qualified second overall, four-tenths off Prado’s pace. Tomac’s lap was the fastest in the second qualifying session by two-tenths over anyone else. Cooper Webb has won the last two time’s we’ve raced in Settle and he used that experience to grab the third best lap time. Ken Roczen and points leader Hunter Lawrence rounded out the top five.
450SMX OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS (Top 10)
| 1. | Jorge Prado | (KTM) | 50.600 |
| 2. | Eli Tomac | (KTM) | 51.032 |
| 3. | Cooper Webb | (Yam) | 51.281 |
| 4. | Ken Roczen | (Suz) | 51.443 |
| 5. | Hunter Lawrence | (Hon) | 51.506 |
| 6. | Malcolm Stewart | (Hus) | 51.678 |
| 7. | Chase Sexton | (Kaw) | 51.857 |
| 8. | Justin Cooper | (Yam) | 52.085 |
| 9. | Aaron Plessinger | (KTM) | 52.250 |
| 10. | Jason Anderson | (Suz) | 52.297 |
250 QUALIFYING
No surprises here as points leader Haiden Deegan is once again the fastest qualifier in the 250 class. Deegan was actually the fastest rider of the day and the only rider to get a lap in the 49-second range. His time was more than a half-second quicker than second place Levi Kitchen. Michael Mosiman rounded out the top three overall but was over two seconds behind Deegan’s pace.
250SMX OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS (Top 10)
| 1. | Haiden Deegan | (Yam) | 49.414 |
| 2. | Levi Kitchen | (Kaw) | 50.323 |
| 3. | Michael Mosiman | (Yam) | 51.107 |
| 4. | Max Vohland | (Yam) | 51.605 |
| 5. | Ayden Shive | (KTM) | 51.622 |
| 6. | Cameron McAdoo | (Kaw) | 51.697 |
| 7. | Nico Koch | (KTM) | 51.740 |
| 8. | Ryder DiFrancesco | (Hus) | 51.749 |
| 9. | Lux Turner | (Yam) | 51.880 |
| 10. | Max Anstie | (Yam) | 52.195 |
