2025 Glendale Supercross | Kickstart News and Photo Gallery

Last weekend marked the first Triple Crown Supercross of the year and round four of the Monster Energy Supercross Series. State Farm Stadium hosts the Arizona Cardinals, was built in 2006, and became a regular stop on the Supercross series in 2016. Ken Roczen won the first race in Glendale, but Eli Tomac is the winningest current rider in the Arizona market with five wins, ahead of James Stewart and Ricky Carmichael with four, Ken Roczen with three, and now Chase Sexton with one.

The results are usually the biggest news of the night but in Glendale, Jett Lawrence's scratch at the start of the third 450 main event was the big shocker. Going into the final race, the defending champion held the points lead with 2-2 scores, but he dabbed his right leg in the second corner and immediately pulled off the track and headed to the Alpinestars Mobile Medic Unit. "I hyperextended my leg and felt a pain I had never felt before," he said. Lawrence was evaluated on site by the medical team and also by chiropractor/therapist Dr. H. Rey Gubernick, and his knee was reported to be stable. Lawrence had an MRI on Monday, however, that revealed the worst: a torn ACL and meniscus. Lawrence will undergo surgery at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and is said to have a four-month recovery ahead of him.

Glendale SX Faces: Eli Tomac won the final 450 main event in grand fashion, but it was Chase Sexton who earned the win with consistent 3-3-2 scores. Sexton became the first two-time winner in 2025 and also reclaimed the series points lead and red plate heading into Tampa.

Glendale SX Faces: Jordon Smith earned a spot in the record book by notching the first win for the Triumph factory. Smith's 2-3-1 scores prove that consistency is key, and he grabbed the checkered flag first when it mattered most. Congratulations to everyone at Triumph!

Glendale SX Faces: Cole Davis has been fantastic all year long, earning his first heat race win at his second pro race, finishing on the podium in his third, and then sweeping the first two Triple Crown main event wins at his fourth. The Monster Energy/Star Racing/Yamaha racer didn't holeshot any of the races as we expected him to, but he found his way to the front of the field and won the first two 250 mains in style. A poor start in the final race and a crash when another rider knocked a tuff block in front of him forced him to rejoin the race in last place. He worked up to eighth at the checkered flag and earned third overall. To say he was bitterly disappointed would be an understatement, but Glendale proved that the New Zealander is going to enjoy plenty of time at the top step of the podium.

Glendale SX Faces: Will Hunter Lawrence be the only 450 rider under the Honda HRC Porgressive tent for a while? We hope not. Still, the elder Lawrence brother is steadily finding his pace in his sophomore season in the premier class. 5-9-4 scores earned him fifth overall. Here, Hunter discusses line choice with father Darryl "Dazzy" Lawrence in between practice sessions.

Jason Anderson fan.

Grant Harlan has yet to make a main event in 2025, but he feels that he is riding well and will work his way in soon enough. We believe that the Gizmo Mods/Rock River Yamaha rider suffered a mechanical in the 450 LCQ as we saw him lean his bike against the stadium and walk back to the pits.

Glendale SX Faces: Roger Larsen gained fame as James Stewart's manager in the Bubba's World reality show. Through the years he's been at the head of Seven MX and also cohost on the Bubba's World Podcast, and now he currently manages Malcolm Stewart. It was good to see him in Glendale, even if just for a moment.

Glendale SX Faces: Ryan Villopoto's twin sons have both landed rides with the KTM Jr. Supercross Challenge in 2025. Gage went first last weekend in Glendale, and Brax is slated to race next weekend in Tampa. Both Villopoto boys have raced the electric KTM E5 in the past. "I have been racing a gas 50, but getting back on the electric bike makes it easier," Gage told us. "I can give it more throttle." Gage was fifth in the main event and left with a smile on his face.

Glendale SX Faces: Don't worry, our pal Ryan Villopoto is still bleeds Yamaha BluCru blue... Parents in the KTM Jr. Supercross Challenge are contractually required to wear the associated clothing.

Glendale SX Faces: Jacob Johnson is the videographer/editor behind the excellent Rockstar Energy Husqvarna video series Grit and Grind. He also rips on a motocross bike!

Glendale SX Faces: Kyle Chisholm announced his retirement from full-time racing before the Anaheim One series opener. We chatted with him for a few minutes before riding started in Glendale and asked if he was walking away cold turkey, or if he'd do a few races here and there to keep his permanent number 11. "I don't know," he said. "While I definitely don't want to race full time anymore because I want to spend time with my family, I don't trust myself to say I am done, done..."

Glendale SX Faces: Dan Colvin is the man behind DCMX Tools, which produces excellent pre-built and sorted tool boxes that you can find at dcmxtools.com The boxes are especially equipped with tools for working on motocross bikes and come in multiple sizes with awesome laser-cut tray caddies to keep everything in order. DCMX Tools also produces a great selection of other parts to make bike maintenance easier, like airbox covers, map switch wash covers, threaded funnels, and more.

Glendale SX Faces: Jay Burgess has been a fixture on the pro racing circuit for decades, starting with the factory KTM team on the Grand Prix circuit before he moved stateside in the Grant Langston KTM era. Currently, Burgess wrenches for Aaron Plessinger.

Glendale SX Faces: Aaron Plessinger's 10-7-9 scores earned him ninth overall in the 450s. We spoke with Aaron on media day and asked him if he's starting to get frustrated with his bad luck thus far. Find the Newsbreak video elsewhere on our website for a great chat with the Cowboy.

Glendale SX Faces: Our buddy Dayton Briggs made his SMX Nect debut in Glendale and we were stoked to see him running inside the top three at the start of the main. A bad crash in practice left the Stan Benson Racing rider a little banged up and he fought to eighth in the main in spite of some bad arm pump.

Glendale SX Faces: Our very own ad sales manager Dommer and Jim Driver, the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki truck driver, discussing the amount of food thrown away after each race. "Everything expires, and I can't risk keeping something and making someone on the team sick," he explained. "Better safe than sorry." We cannot confirm or deny rumors of Dommer backing his car up to the PC rig after the race to fill his trunk with lunch meats, fruits, and assorted treats...

Glendale SX Faces: Haiden Deegan's mechanic Brent Duffe is always smiling, isn't he? We asked him about the stress of a Triple Crown and having to prepare two race bikes. he told us that the back up machine is essentially the bike Haiden practiced on during the week while the team was in California through the first three rounds. Identically prepared and set-up, the only difference between the machine was the number of hours on the chassis.

Glendale SX Faces: Justin Barcia's 12-12-6 scores held him to 12th overall. Thus far in 2025, he hasn't run at the front of the pack like we've grown accustomed to, but he says that he's having fun. Barcia and his wife are expecting a second son soon...hear more in the Newsbreak video you can find elsewhere on our web site!

Glendale SX Faces: Grant Hutcheson is the crew chief of the Honda HRC Progressive team and is the guy we always see plugging the bikes into a laptop to either program or acquire data. Hutch is also an avid cyclist and during his days as a mechanic at GEICO Honda, we used to marvel at the fact that he would commute to Corona from Orange County by riding his mountain bike up Blackstar and down Skyline, then repeat the process in reverse to go home at the end of the day.

Glendale SX Faces: It's sure good to have Michael Mosiman back at the races. After missing all of 2024 with injuries, Mosiman is looking to get through the season healthy and build speed along the way. The Monster Energy/Star Racing/Yamaha rider improved with each gate drop and went 6-4-3 in Glendale for fifth overall.

When Christien DuCharme was tasked with a rear shock swap in between qualifying sessions, he got to work tearing the number-one machine apart. Notice how he used a tray to keep all the tools and ...fasteners in one place

If you've been at the races over the past couple of seasons, you've likely seen some of the Honda HRC Progressive team members riding around the pits on what looks like a folding table. The Honda Motocompacto has a range of 12 miles, a top speed of 15 mph, and costs $995. It folds up and can be easily stored in the trunk of a car. And, it looks a lot cooler with team graphics on it!

Yoshimura titanium exhausts come with a small tube of anti-seize that should be applied between the muffler and mid pipe. This prevents the metal from galling together at the juncture and making the two parts hard to separate. Obviously, Christien DuCharme builds Jett Lawrence's bike every week and his muffler came off easily, but watching him remove it still reminded us of some not-so-easy disassemblies we've encountered after months of riding.

It took less than one year of competition for the Triumph Racing team to earn its first victory with the TF. 250X. Last week, we asked Triumph R&D rider Ivan Tedesco how much the race team machines vary from the production bike, as far as unobtainable modifications go, and you'd be surprised by his answers. You can find that in the LOTW Vlog from Anaheim Two, elsewhere on our web site.

We've been seeing a lot of G2 Ergonomics throttles on the race bikes. While the stock cast aluminum throttle on your motorcycle can break from an impact, the billet aluminum G2 throttle is much stronger and also has a much better seal against the elements than a stocker. Different throttle cam ratios are also available.

A new clutch for Bam Bam before the night show. We've always loved the blood-red color of the Gassers, and the 2025 livery makes the best use of it, yet!

More airflow equals more power, and almost all of the Yamaha teams are either modifying their stock airbox covers with added vents, or using an aftermarket cover like this Cycra part on Enzo Lopes' machine.

We had to stop this guy and ask about his McGrath jersey, which was sublimated and obviously larger than the one MC wore back in '95. "I got it on the Internet!" is all he'd tell us. One minute on Google this morning, and we found it. Heck yes we ordered one... haha!

Three spare race bikes, sitting in the far corner of the Monster Energy/Star Racing/Yamaha pit area. As best we know, none of them were used.

The Jo Shimoda....such a dirty dog.

The Monster Energy BMX Triple Crown went down in the pits at the Glendale Supercross. You can find complete coverage of the event from our former co-workers Jeff Z. and Ryan Fudger over at ourbmx.com

Unbelievably, Brazilian hero Enzo Lopes did not qualify for the Triple Crown aboard his Toyota of Redlands/Bar-X Yamaha when he crashed on the first lap of the 250 LCQ. Better days lie ahead for the Gaucho.

Marshal Weltin raced a Yamaha YZ450F at the first three rounds and had plans to contest the Eastern Regional 250 class, but he switched to a 250 in Glendale. He was 13th overall with 17-13-13 scores.

12-18-16 scores earned Josh Varize 16th in the Glendale 250 Triple Crown. Fun fact: When Joshua was an amateur, he lived at Milestone MX Park!

The SLR Honda team had both of its 250 racers in the main event as both Parker Ross and Billy Laninovich qualified for the Triple Crown.

SLR Honda's rookie Parker Ross continues to impress! This weekend, he was the top-finishing Honda rider in the 250 class with ninth overall.

Jett Reynolds started the Triple Crown with a solid 10th in the first race, but a crashes in the next two races held him to 20th and 17th for 18th overall. Still, we are pumped to see the Club MX rider out there, getting races under his belt.

Poor Drew Adams. The 16-year-rookie made his pro debut at Anaheim Two and carded a solid eighth-place finish, and showed up at Glendale eager to improve upon that score. Moments after laying down the fifth-quickest lap time in the qualifying session, he mis-timed a rhythm section and crashed. Drew suffered a broken collarbone and will have surgery this week to have it plated. We hoe to see him back by Arlington.

Adams is said to have broken his collarbone into three pieces. "When I was in the medic mule I looked and saw my name was fifth on the board and I thought, 'I don't care I need to race anyway!'" he joked.

Earlier in the day, we asked Drew Adams about the Little Debbie butt patch he had on his Fox Racing pants. Last week, he had a "Goldfish" patch in honor of the crackers he loves to eat, but Little Debbie? See next photo...

Little Debbie bakery items are a favorite in the snack aisle of many markets, and when Drew was younger he was told that he resembled the red-headed namesake. He went even further and shared this old photo with us...classic! Get well soon, Drew!

We love watching Haiden Deegan during free practice as he's never one to resist some aerial antics.

Okay, how impressive is Cole Davies? The rookie came oh-so-close to winning his first Supercross. Had it not been for an errant tuff block, he very well could have earned the overall in Glendale.

Broken fingers or not, Jo Shimoda is toughing it out and having as much fun as he can.

Monster Energy/Star Racing/Yamaha's Justin Cooper has been fast on the track thus far into 2025, but his Achilles heel seem to be whoop sections that are fastest being skimmed. Cooper is notoriously good in jumpable whoops, but the West Coast tracks have not had any yet. JC had an off night in Arizona and was 13th overall.

Freddie Noren suffered a dislocated shoulder in the second 450 qualifying session and will likely miss a race or two as he rehabilitates the joint. Get well soon, Fast Fred! This week, his Skillz Racing gear shone the spotlight on sponsor Brother's Jerky.

Jason Anderson considers the Glendale SX his home race as it is the stop closest to New Mexico. El Hombre has had some great showings this year with thirds at both Anaheim Supercross stops, but he could only muster seventh in Glendale with a 11-6-8 scorecard.

Is Eli Tomac taunting a competitor? Nah...just checking the closing traffic behind him on a non-hot lap during timed qualifying.

Kenny Powers on the back of Julien Beaumer's helmet paid homage to JuJu's Jet Ski World Championships that he earned before becoming a professional motocross racer.

Last week, we spoke to Andy White of FXR and he told us that the Triumph team loves florescent yellow gear as it is in the brand's livery along with black and white. "This week, we get to run all white!" he told us before practice started in Glendale. After Jordon Smith earned the team's first victory in white, we wonder if we'll see it more?

Speaking of unlikely gear colors, how about the One Industries kit that Julien Beaumer raced in? While Red Bull KTM normally requires orange in its team riders' gear, there are a couple of race allowances for some non-conforming colors. We'd say that JuJu's pink jersey and brown pants qualify as a standout! What do you think of this color combo?

JuJu's gear was actually designed by his One Industries teammate Kelana Humphrey. We are told it will be available later this year.

We noticed that Michael Mosiman elected not to wear his Alpinestars Bionic Neck Brace in the second timed qualifying session; odd because he wore it earlier in the day and also raced with it. Mosiman suffered a broken neck last season and is a big proponent of neck bracing.

Malcolm Stewart was 10th overall in the Triple Crown. Mookie got good starts and showed some speed early in the races, but said he "was just off." Stewart is looking forward to the series heading East as he not only gets to return home to Florida after a four-week stint in SoCal, but onto the softer tracks and conditions that the series heads towards.

Quadlock Honda teammates Joey Savatgy and Shane McElrath seemed to find each other on the track in every main event and flew in close formation en route to 14th (McElrath) and 15th (Savatgy) overall.

This week, we noticed the Insta 360 logo on the knee of Jett Lawrence's Alpinestars for the first time. The POV action camera has signed on as the official camera of Supercross, and apparently of the Lawrences, too.

We like the new Thor gear, Aaron Plessinger.

Colt Nichols had a big crash in timed qualifying and had to earn his way into the Triple Crown through the 450 LCQ.

The Glendale Supercross was sort of like a home race for Eli Tomac as we learned he recently purchased a home in Arizona and has been training for West Coast Supercross nearby.

Julien Beaumer was quick off the line in the first two main events but was a little too trusting in the slick, hard-packed Arizona dirt and went down in both races.

Big props to Justin Hill and the Monster Energy/Tedder Racing/KTM squad. Hill finished seventh overall in Glendale and has been the highest-placing non-factory bike. Hill was the first rider to launch the massive triple jump across the start straight during practice and did so because big brother Josh was in the stands and called the obstacle out as jumpable.

Cole Davies had been asking Alpinestars for blue Tech 10s all season long and joked that they were the secret ingredient.

Eli Tomac wrapped up the weekend in Arizona with a dominant win after struggling with poor starts in the first two mains. Let's hope that ET3 gets back to his speedy starts from here on out.

Mitchell Oldenburg was 17th overall aboard the Liqui Moly Beta. "Any one else feel like they have broken wrists from flat landing all the wall jumps?" he joked on Monday morning on his Instagram account.

Ken Roczen was third overall and surrendered the red plate to winner Chase Sexton, but the veteran is hardly done or discouraged. "I tried to pretend that it wasn't event there,' he told us. "It's too early in the season to be worrying about that stuff. I am just going to do the best I can at every race."

The Twisted Tea Suzuki team ran some special graphics in Glendale that paid homage to team sponsor Dixxon Flannel.

Team graphics sponsor SKDA went with a special metallic vinyl for Ken Roczen's red numberplates. Fancy!

Twisted Development became the first private engine builder to ever hold the 450 Supercross red plate. Jamie Ellis and his crew do amazing work, and it's no wonder the whole HEP Suzuki team relies on them for maximum power.

We always enjoy watching mechanics to their job, especially when it's simple stuff that we can do, too. Anchor Tape grip tape is the most popular and widely used in the pro pits, and Roczen's mechanic Billy Hartle used a heat gun and a small roller to ensure that it got the best application possible. Going to have to raid the wife's pasta-making supplies next time we get a shipment from Anchor...

The KYB forks on the HEP Motorsports Suzuki's are production units off of a RM-Z250. Notice that the lower legs are silver, and do not boast titanium nitride or DLC coatings?

Yamaha's Blu Cru logo was redesigned and incorporated on the Monster Energy/Star Racing/Yamaha graphics, which were all new last weekend. Personally, we like the new logo a lot better than the mixture of upper- and lower-case letters that our teenaged daughters used to text in.

That's a lot of machines! The Triple Crown race format allows teams to run a spare machine for each rider through tech inspection as there is little time between each race for repairs.

The Liqui Moly Betas got a redesign starting at Glendale. Notice the blue front fender? We were told that the original red fender made the bike blend in with all the Hondas...

Garrett Marchbanks returned to action in Glendale following a shoulder injury suffered after San Diego. "It feels a lot better so I'd rather be racing than rehabbing," he said. Marchbanks was sixth overall.

The Club MX Yamahas had a new color scheme in Glendale. While the bikes are mostly white at the first three rounds, this grey color was adopted in Glendale and we love it.

Like the Star Yamahas, the Club MX Yamahas use a GYTR airbox cover that is only available in Europe.

Kite Hubs are made in Italy and available at Dubya USA. Mention Swapmoto Live for a discount!

Look closely and you'll see that Malcolm Stewart's Rockstar Energy Husqvarna is equipped with the suspension telemetry equipment that was on the front of Chase Sexton's bike last week.

Twin Gas Gas bikes...Gas Gas Gas Gas?

Last week, the extent of Ryder DiFrancisco's injuries was made public by his mother, Lisa. In a crash the Thursday before Anaheim Two, DiFrancisco suffered a broken arm and rib, as well as a ruptured appendix and damage to his lower intestine that required surgery. Get well, Ryder D!

It's the little things: look at Haiden Deegan's grip setup: two soft Pro Taper grip flanges and a foam grip donut, with a notch cutout for the clutch lever.

Lots of cool stuff in one photo - from the electric water pump setup to the Europe-only GYTR airbox kit that benefits from the hand-made vented front numberplate.

We're still waiting for FMF Racing to offer the new Yamaha MAGA Bomb header pipe for sale to the public.

Full waffle grips for Eli Tomac. He's a man's man.

Two 2s.

Justin Cooper had a new HJC with a fresh paint job in Glendale.

Look closely at the upper triple clamp on the Pro Circuit bikes and you'll see what we originally thought was a transponder holder. When we noticed that there was one on each side, we asked about them ad were told that instead of the leader LED lights that wrap around the fork tubes, the team runs two smaller straight strips in the holder to avoid extra work in the event that the front end needs to be replaced after a crash.

Notice anything different looking about the Monster Energy Kawasakis?

At Glendale, the team elected to go with a graphics design that was almost chosen as the staple for the season. Yellow pin stripes and a matching seat cover gave the bikes a distinctively different

Jason Anderson is running a slightly taller seat foam in 2025. Not as massive as the one Adam Cianciarulo ran last year, though!

Vintage pickup kit capture.

We attended the WPS Racing National Sales Meeting the Wednesday before the Glendale Supercross and you can find a video highlighting some of the great motocross products carried by Western Powersports elsewhere on our website. Hmmm...we wonder if this guy stepped out of a time machine from the early 2000s!