MALCOLM STEWART: Becomes all-time 450SX Class winner #69 with his hometown victory in Tampa. While it was his first career 450SX Class win, he now has four total SMX League victories (all Supercross 250SX and 450SX). The victory comes in his 109th career 450SX Class start, which is the second most for a first-time winner (Justin Brayton, 131). Stewart captured Husqvarna’s ninth 450SX Class win and first since Zach Osborne in 2020. He is the third 450SX Class winner for Husky and all were first-time winners on the brand as well (Jason Anderson, Osborne, & Stewart).

MORE ON MOOKIE: “Mookie” has joined the ranks as one of the oldest winners in Supercross history. At 32 yrs, 3 months, 12 days he becomes the fifth oldest Supercross winner behind Brayton (33 yrs, 11 months), Mike LaRocco (33 yrs, 1 month), Chad Reed (32 yrs, 11 months), & John Dowd (32, 8 months). He is now the third oldest first-time winner behind Brayton and Dowd, with all of the same ages above. Mookie is the 10th rider in 450SX Class history to score a win as a 30-year-old. Marvin Musquin, Kevin Windham, Justin Barcia, Zach Osborne, & Eli Tomac are the other 30+ year old 450SX Class winners that haven’t been mentioned above.

COOPER WEBB: With his runner-up finish Webb officially moves into the top-10 all-time in 450SX Class podiums with 66 tying Jeff Ward. He is also tied with Dean Wilson for 22nd in all-time 450SX Class starts with 127. Webb only trails points leader Chase Sexton by five points going into Ford Field, a venue he holds two runners-up, but averages a paltry eighth place finish in his five 450SX Class starts there.

NOTES: Jason Anderson (3rd) Three podiums in first five rounds is the second most in his 450SX Class career, only behind his 2018 Championship run. Justin Cooper (4th) Nailed his second-best 450SX Class finish and third top-5. Chase Sexton (5th) 50th 450SX Class top-5 finish, just outside the top-25 all-time. Holds red-plate going into Detroit. Justin Barcia (6th) 170th career 450SX Class start, one outside the all-time top-10. Kyle Chisholm (15th) 171st career 450SX Class start, ties Jeff Ward for ninth all-time. Kevin Moranz (19th) 90th career SMX League start, 32nd 450SX Class start.

HISTORY LESSON: The first 450SX Class round held in the Detroit Market was on March 26-27, 1976, in the Pontiac Silverdome. The 1976 season held five rounds with 18 combined motos; with the three middle rounds of Houston, Irving, and Pontiac hosting two motos each on Friday and Saturday nights. Pierre Karsmakers went 1-2 on Friday and won the first moto on Sunday, giving him the best chance to take the overall going into the weekend’s final moto. The Dutchman was holding a clinching position of third place when his pipe broke in half in the final moments of the race, losing four positions and the overall victory.Marty Smith capitalized and won the final moto on a Honda, giving him the weekend’s overall with 4-1-2-1 finishes. Jimmy Weinert’s (2-4-4-6) third place overall put him in a position to win the title four months later in the L.A. Coliseum finale.

SUPERCROSS TEMPLE DESTROYED: Pontiac hosted Supercross in the historic Silverdome almost every season from 1976-2005, sans 1985. Multiple rounds were held each season from 1977-1993 and 2000, which gives the Silverdome 46 450SX Class rounds. The last remnants of the Silverdome were brought down in 2018, but it stands as holding the third most 450SX Class rounds behind Angel Stadium and Daytona International Speedway.

MOTOR CITY: Ford Field in Detroit was built in 2002 and took over hosting Supercross in 2006, with James Stewart taking the first victory. 2025 will be the 12th time Ford Field hosts a 450SX Class round and the 57th time between the Silverdome and Ford Field. The winner of the Ford Field 450SX Class has only won the title in 4/11 seasons, including each of the past three seasons with Jett Lawrence (’24), Chase Sexton (’23), and Eli Tomac (’22). Before ’22, the Championship % was 1/8 at Ford Field. Pontiac’s 450SX Class winner took home the Championship exactly half of the time (23/46). Combined in the Detroit Market it’s 27/57 (47%).

SILVERDOME BOB: Bob Hannah holds the record for most consecutive 450SX Class wins at any venue, and he earned that record in Pontiac. Hurricane Hannah won six straight Main Events in the Silverdome from 1977-1979 (two per). Hannah earned 1/3rd (9/27) of his 450SX Class wins in Pontiac after tacking on three more later in his esteemed career. Jeremy McGrath tied his record by winning six straight in Minneapolis from 1994-1999 and Tomac fell just short of his sixth straight Daytona win in ‘24.

MAX ANSTIE: Scores fourth career 250SX Class victory and became 35th different athlete to score a 250SX Class win on a Yamaha. Anstie is the 15th athlete in 250SX Class history to score a win on two different brands, and the sixth such athlete to do so on Yamaha and Honda: Nathan Ramsey, Stephane Roncada, Christian Craig, Jeremy Martin, & Brock Sellards. Anstie will hold the red-plate in Detroit, where he has seen mixed results in the last two seasons. Including a runner-up finish last year but dead last in 2023. *This was the first time in Supercross history in which there were two staggered starts in the round. The 250SX Heat 2 and Main Event both featured staggered restarts, and Anstie was victorious both times.

DAXTON BENNICK: Becomes the third athlete in Supercross history to earn his first two podiums in 250SX Class Divisional Openers (Tyson Vohland ’85-’86, Michael Brandes ’98-’99, & Bennick ’24-’25), the second to do so with the first podium being the first start of his 250SX Class career (Vohland & Bennick), and the first ever to do so in Eastern Divisional competition. He has made 26 SMX League starts, over three professional seasons with two podiums, three top-5’s, and 11 top-10’s. Tampa was his 10th 250SX Divisional start.

CAMERON MCADOO: Competing with a torn ACL, McAdoo impressed with his 23rd career 250SX Class podium. He moves into a tie for sixth on the all-time 250SX Class podiums list with Craig, Jett Lawrence, Jeremy McGrath, & Zach Osborne. One more podium will move him into a tie for fourth. He could theoretically break the record (Ramsey, 30) depending on the success of Western Regional athlete Jordon Smith, who is ahead of him with 27. McAdoo was making his 90th career SMX League start and 51st 250SX Divisional start.

NOTES: Seth Hammaker (4th) Scored his 11th top-5 in 20 career 250SX Class starts. Tom Vialle (5th) Defending Champion finishes off the podium, but scores 15th top-5 in 20th career 250SX Class start. RJ Hampshire (18th) The Eastern Divisional defending Champ wrecked early and was unable to climb through the pack, being a full lap down at the red-flag staggered restart. He was making his 175th career SMX League start and 67th 250SX Divisional start.

HISTORY LESSON: The first 250SX Class round held in the Detroit Market was on April 13, 1986, and Ron Tichenor won on a Kawasaki. Honda’s Keith Turpin traded leads with Tichenor a few times in the race, but Tichenor pulled away with a six second victory. The Silverdome hosted a separate round on Sunday and this time Turpin wouldn’t be denied victory.

ALMOST DÉJÀ VU: Tichenor and Turpin returned as the cream of the crop in Eastern Regional 250SX Class racing the next season in 1987. For the second consecutive season the now Suzuki teammates and Championship rivals split the Saturday/Sunday double header. Tichenor’s eighth place on Saturday gave Turpin seven points back in the title hunt, but even with finishing the season out with consecutive victories Turpin fell one-point shy of back-to-back 250SX Eastern Regional titles.

40TH ANNIVERSARY: The double headers continued through the 1993 season and stood as important mid-season point standings battles for the Eastern Regional 250SX Class. The Pontiac Silverdome ended up with 29 250SX Class races from 1986-2005 before Ford Field began hosting the 250SX Class race in the Detroit Market. The 2024 Ford Field 250SX Class round was the 40th in the Detroit Market and 2025 is the 41st, and 12th in Ford Field.

CHAMPIONSHIP %: 250SX Class Detroit Market winners have won the title in 20/40 races (50%), but only 3/11 (27%) in Ford. The Lawrence brothers completed this feat in their respective Eastern Regional title runs in ’22-’23 while Austin Forkner scored the victory last season, unfortunately being injured in the next round ending a potential Championship run.