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2025 Salt Lake City Supercross Recap

Cooper Webb joined an elite club on Saturday becoming the seventh rider in Supercross history to secure three or more premier class titles.

Webb didn't win Round 17 of the 2025 Monster Energy Supercross season at Rice-Eccles Stadium nor did he need to. But he did lead for a bit before Chase Sexton made the pass after nearly four minutes. Sexton more or less checked out, needing the win and Webb to finish 6th or worse to close the Championship gap.

Not to be. Webb, steady-as-he-goes, dropped to third with about five minutes left when a headlong Malcolm Stewart passed, and about 20 seconds after that, slipped to fourth when Justin Cooper took third. Outside a mechanical or mistake though, he just needed to stick his six second lead over fifth-place Joey Savatgy and 10 second lead on Aaron Plessinger.

And he did.

"It means everything man," said Webb who broke into tears when asked about clinching the Championship. "You don't know how many nights I've waken up just wanting to get this again and I never thought I'd be here again. Never give up on yourself, never cut yourself short. I'm not maybe the best but when you put your mind to something you get it done."

Arguably, Webb lost some key competition when Jett Lawrence and Eli Tomac left the series early because of injury, and Ken Roczen was hampered down the stretch also because of injury and did not race the last two rounds. However, Webb's season perhaps almost derailed in February when he crashed during press day at Arlington and appeared to injure the same hand he had surgery on a year ago. Then he went out and won later that night.

Webb won the 450 class title in 2021 and his first in 2019. He joins Jeremy McGrath, Ricky Carmichael, Ryan Villopoto, Ryan Dungey, Bon Hannah and Jeff Stanton as the only riders with three or more premier class titles since 1974.

Sexton took home more wins this year, seven to Webb's five, and was faster much of the time, sometimes winning by a lot. But his attempt to win the final five rounds and grab the title on a points tie-breaker came up short ultimately losing by two points having won four of the last five rounds, getting second in Pittsburgh when Webb put a stop to Sexton's growing momentum and two-race win streak.

"Little bit too late obviously," Sexton said. "Cooper had an awesome season, can't take anything away from him. I knew tonight was going to be a long shot, nine points, especially going up against a guy like him, it's nearly impossible."

Stewart, who got his first 450 class win in Tampa, ended the season on a high note securing second overall in Salt Lake City but it wasn't enough to step on the 450 class Championship podium as (Justin) Cooper finished third to get a career high third-place for the 2025 Supercross season. Both riders moved past an idle Roczen in the standings.

The 250 East / West Shootout decided the victor for the 250 East class Championship as the 250 West title wrapped up a week earlier in Denver and this one had more pendulum swings than a grandfather clock.

A winner take all scenario pitted defending Champion Tom Villie with a one-point lead over Seth Hammaker and a three point lead over RJ Hampshire. All three looked good for the crown at one point or another during the race.

Vialle and Hammaker started second and third respectively while Hampshire got squeezed into ninth. Two minutes in, Julien Beamer passed Hammaker for third and three minutes in, a charging Hampshire was already in sixth. Beaumer, also on the gas, passed Vialle for second with nine minutes left and that left the three title contenders in third, fourth and fifth, respectively, as Hampshire by then reached the Top 5.

It was on.

Hammaker sidled Vialle in a 90 degree turn and almost sent him off the track, taking third in the process with about eight minutes on the clock. Two minutes later, Hampshire in a leaping jump in the rollers off a tabletop passed Vialle. So now we got Hammaker, Hampshire and Vialle.

To the victor go the spoils unless that victory gets spoiled.

At this point in the race, Hammaker encroached upon Beaumer and passed for second, but Beaumer returned the favor a turn later bumping Hammaker in the process which slowed him down nearly sending him to the dirt. Guess who was now on his fender? Hampshire - the defending 250 West Champion who also needed the LCQ to get into the Main Event showing no signs of exhaustion.

Shortly later, Hammaker again passed Beaumer, this time offering his own bump and run which allowed Hampshire to get around Beaumer. Whoever reached the finish line first takes the title, Vialle now an afterthought. With about two minutes on the clock, Hampshire sent it and took Hammaker high in a corner for the pass swiping Hammaker's front wheel and sending both to the ground. Beaumer passed for second while Vialle took third as Hammaker and Hampshire struggled to untangle their bikes and resume the race.

Vialle took it home, defending his title in perhaps the quietest way possible just as he'd done all year. He only won once, two weeks ago in Pittsburgh, took until Round 3 of the 10 Round regional Championship season to reach the podium, finished last in the Foxborough mud event but pulled six podiums for the year.

"My first five or 6 laps I was doing good, I (thought) this was mine and I started to make a few mistakes and Seth and RJ got me," Vialle said. They got a little gap and my only chance was that if something happened, and that's what happened tonight. I feel like that was all year, the whole championship has been up and down and I could capitalize tonight."

Though Hammaker had two wins in the 250 East, the most of any rider, he lost the title by three points. Still, he called his season a success and said it was a bummer when you get that close but he'll be back. Vialle won't as his title clinch forces him to the 450 class for 2026.

Cole Davies took home 2025 Rookie of the Year honors but a qualifying crash left him with a broken arm and nose leaving him out of the Main Event which dropped him to third in the final 250 West Standings.

Riders taking on the Outdoors get two weeks to rest and recover. Expect full gates as Tomac, Lawrence and Jason Anderson return to line-up in the 450 class. The 2025 Motocross season begins May 24 at Fox Raceway in Pala, CA.