Round 15, Pittsburgh

450 CLASS: Cooper Webb won the Pittsburgh Supercross from start to finish and barring an injury, mechanical failure or really bad race, Cooper is on the fast track to win his third AMA 450 Supercross crown when the 2025 series ends in Salt Lake City. Coming into Pittsburgh Chase Sexton was 9-points behind Cooper Webb. Chase’s big hope was to win all three of the final races, which would earn him the 9 points he needed if Cooper Webb finished second in all of them (because the 2025 Championship would then be tied on points and the title would go to the rider with the most wins—which would be Chase Sexton. The fly in Chase’s title hopes was that if he lost one of the final three rounds, Cooper Webb would be in the driver’s seat. Webb’s win in Pittsburgh gave him a 12-point lead in the points total—and 12 points would be hard for Chase to make up with only the two remaining races (Denver and Salt Lake City) — not impossible, but a very long shot.

250 EAST CLASS: Four things happened in the 250 Main event; (1) Point leader Seth Hammaker spun his rear wheel at the start and was buried in heavy traffic. He decided to throw caution to the wind and had a wild and wooly ride through the pack, but eventually moved up to finish 5th. (2) R.J. Hampshire jumped off the side of the track while running third, landing on a tough block, but quickly remounting to end up 4th. (3) Nate Thrasher led the 250 East main event from the start and seemed to be in control, but late in the moto he was caught and pass for the lead by a revitalized Tom Vialle. Nate didn’t give up, but there wasn’t enough time left to get back by Tom Vialle, who won his first race of the season and took the 250 East points lead by 1 point ahead of Seth Hammaker, with R.J Hampshire 3 points out of the lead. (4) The 250 East doesn’t doesn’t race again until the East/West Showdown race in Salt Lake City on May 10.