2025 Monster Energy Supercross Recap - Foxborough

We made it through Seattle pretty good weather-wise, but the tax to Mother Nature was apparently that Foxborough would be a washout. Rain was pretty persistent about 30 miles south of Boston for most of the afternoon Saturday, and we saw a ton of riders have trouble navigating things in practice at Gillette Stadium, but to the surprise of no one, Justin Barcia was the best of the bunch in the 450 class, running 1.5 seconds faster than anyone not named Chase Sexton.

The real catch in the daytime program was the 250 qualifying results. Things deteriorated very quickly, meaning a lot of the top 250 East guys ended up far down the proverbial batting order; namely, Tom Vialle qualifying 31st, Austin Forkner 35th, and Chance Hymas 21st, just to name a few. It would end up being Partzilla Kawasaki rookie Mark Fineis topping the charts in what's officially his second career Supercross start. Vialle is obviously no stranger to inclimate weather racing, but this wasn't exactly shaping up to be a walk in the park.

Daytime Program/Injury Notes: 

- Ken Roczen was a legit game-time decision with his AC Joint, and outright missed opening ceremonies.

- Eli Tomac is back on the bike and could be in for the last round of Supercross, but the focus is to be ready for Pala.

- Monster Energy Kawasaki's Jason Anderson is officially done for Supercross.

- 250 Fastest Qualifier: No. 62 Mark Fineis (1:11.762)

- 450 Fastest Qualifier: No. 51 Justin Barcia (1:14.827)

- I don't know the best word to use here, but I guess these were the most captivating heat races all year.

250 Class Recap

1st - No. 10 Chance Hymas (Honda HRC)

Win No. 1 finally came for SuperChunk in one of the gnarliest conditions I've ever seen in a Supercross Main Event. The call to go far outside on the gate paid off in spades, and by avoiding the R.J. pile-up, he had to stay consistent and execute the mission to perfection, doing just that. Only a five-lap race, yes, but control what you can control. Now, thanks to some stuff outside of his control, he's back in this title fight: 15 points out with four rounds to go, two of which are showdowns, which isn't a lot in the grand scheme if you think about it.

2nd - No. 59 Cullin Park (Phoenix Honda)

One of two satellite Honda team runner-ups on Saturday, Park made the most of a great start just outside the top three and paddled his way up a few spots. There's Nothing else to say here; it's just a career night for a guy who was in the Arenacross trenches not even five years ago with Kyle Peters and this Phoenix Honda squad. Now he can say he's a podium guy in stadiums.

3rd - No. 75 Gage Linville (The Dirt Bike Depot KTM)

Linville's podium was another awesome story, and you could clearly tell how much this meant to him by his loss for words, especially compared to Park, who (justifiably, given the circumstances) thanked several dozen people before ending his interview. What really makes this impressive for Linville was that he was scored EIGHTEENTH across the stripe on lap one and managed to pass 14 riders in just five laps in those conditions. Of course, guys were making mistakes in front of him, but that's unbelievable. Also, shoutout to the Dirt Bike Depot Squad for running some Patriots-themed bikes this week.

15th - No. 24 R.J. Hampshire (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing)

Of all of the ways that start could've gone for RJ, that one felt pretty appropriate. Glad he was able to finish things at least, but this is why he should be considered the most exciting guy in this sport, bar none; you never know what may come next.

2nd - No. 1 Tom Vialle (Red Bull KTM)

Does disaster even do enough justice for Vialle's night? He was on track to come home in fourth at the rate he was going, which would've been more than fine on a night like last night, and what was a reported front wheel lockup after a tip-over after the finish jump cost him a clean 18 spots since he went a lap down and technically never completed the final lap, with well over a dozen guys being down a lap with him. The only good news is that he still has a share of the red plate with Seth Hammaker, but his path to going back-to-back has gotten exponentially harder. Vialle doing what he did in Philly last year would be a good place to start picking up the pieces. Also, great jinx, Matthes.

250 East Class Foxborough Top 10 and Points Standings

450 Class Recap

1st - No. 7 Aaron Plessinger (Red Bull KTM)

If Plessinger wasn't the favorite coming in, he was undoubtedly the secondary pick, and he looked right in his element in these gargantuan ruts and bad conditions. He was running about 10th when Justin Cooper took home the holeshot, but he played things smart, hugging the inside of turn one. He was as aggressive as he needed to be in those opening two laps, and that's all you need sometimes. Nice that AP got to the top of the box after the start he had this year. His title chances ended by Week 3, give or take, but he's been one of the best riders in the sport since the beginning of March.

2nd - No. 12 Shane McElrath (QuadLock Honda)

Seeing as McElrath has been putting together great starts for a while now, I probably should've seen this coming ahead of time. He never ran lower than third, and guys were having all sorts of trouble behind him. Despite a slight drop off about midway, McElrath was able to rally and was actually the fastest guy on track on laps six and then eight. Not a bad way to pole vault into 10th in points over Dylan Ferrandis.

3rd - No. 2 Cooper Webb (Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha)

I don't know how this guy keeps this up, man. Webb was comfortably in sixth by the time he took the white flag and somehow passed all three of Chase Sexton, Ken Roczen, and Justin Barcia to get into a podium spot. On the box, he said he turned his brain off, good things happened, and the lap times would agree with that. The three guys he passed on the final lap all had issues, leading to Webb being a bare minimum of 20 seconds (yes, 20 seconds) faster than any of those three, but he was anywhere from four to eight seconds faster on the penultimate lap as well. Remember this night when/if Webb pulls this off; preposterous ride.

6th - No. 4 Chase Sexton (Red Bull KTM)

Once things wrapped up, my initial words were, "What the hell happened to Sexton?". Despite the off-track excursion, which I can't really fault him for despite it not being great timing, he seemed more than poised to get a couple of points on Webb going into Philly, and that completely fell apart on the final lap. He was nearly a full minute slower than he was the lap prior, with sections four and five (What would've been the triple and whoops section) being where he lost the most time.

Of course, we never saw what happened on the broadcast, which, by the way, was BRUTAL in the 450 Main Event (don't mention the broadcast quality much, but that was unacceptable to miss that, on top of some other stuff), and the KTM issued post-race press report esentially tells you nothing about wheter it was a bike problem or he was just physically done after the fall, so...great. With another mudder next week in Philly likely, Sexton does have a shot to redeem himself, but it's, quite frankly, win or bust at this point.

450 Class Foxborough Top 10 and Points Standings

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