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2026 Seattle Supercross Recap

Riders and fans escaped a mudder as typically rainy Seattle hosted Round 6 of the 2026 Monster Energy Supercross on Saturday at Lumen Field nearly a month earlier than past years.

The weather held up, the track mostly held up and the racing certainly held up. The 450 class featured a battle of contenders and past champions while the 250 West class ushered in one of the best races in recent memory.

(By the way, did anyone hear the sounds-like church bells chiming in the background of the broadcast? That was weird. And annoying. And, a little creepy).

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In the 450 class, Cooper Webb grabbed his first Holeshot of the season proving his slow start to the season was nothing other than a slow start. Just a few weeks ago, the defending champ called the season done (not realizing he wasn't that far down in points) being 24 points from first but no podiums until his Round 4 win in Houston.

He didn't get another win but kept his podium streak alive as a determined Eli Tomac bounced off a tabletop with about eight and a half minutes on the clock to grab the lead. Webb tried to reel Tomac in at what mostly felt like a last gasp effort before the two parted ways. Tomac stayed up right and cruised to his third win of the season and ended a two-race drought off the podium including a 12th the week earlier thanks to a small pileup on the first turn.

"Seattle was the usual," said Tomac who last won the Emerald City in 2023 and endured a so-so Heat race, qualifying fifth. "It's a tough track to get a hold of and get comfortable on. Saved the best for last. Had my best start, had my best ride. Cleaned up some lines, did some different jump combination. Typical Seattle, the toughest we have. Glad to conquer it here. The last couple of weekends a little tough, back at it."

Webb held on for second about nine seconds back of Tomac but behind him Ken Roczen and Hunter Lawrence battled for the final podium spot and neither got it, instead, Justin Cooper gladly accepted his first step on the box this season.

With Roczen fading and Lawrence looking to pass with about a minute on the clock, Lawrence pinned it to win it (or at least pinned it for third-place) by cutting Roczen off in a turn sending both the floor. (The crowd went wild! Actually all I heard was church bells.) Though Lawrence owned his mistake post-race, he resumed quicker and settled on fourth but Roczen, winner in Glendale a week earlier, dropped to 10th.

250 West Class

Well now, the 250 West class concluded its six-round opening stretch on a high note before a four week break gives way to the 250 East class.

The defending champion had his hands full with nearby boy Levi Kitchen. (He's not all that local. Takes about three hours to drive from Washougal to Seattle.) The two lit up the track with aggressive racing and some might say questionable tactics but now the once bitter enemies regularly facetime, signed a BFF contract and attend Wednesday night Bible studies together.

Some of that totally false, as far as I know.

Max Anstie returned from hiding and grabbed the Holeshot. The Anaheim 1 winner was knocked down by his teammate in Round 2 - the questionable tactic guy as noted above - and he hasn't really been heard from since. Kitchen, meanwhile, almost went down again at the start when he got hung up by trackside bumpers borrowed from the video game Space Invaders (or maybe Space Armada from the more Intelligent Television).

Kitchen was somewhere around fourth, I think. I don't remember. Cameron McAdoo was second though the defending champion quickly passed him less than two minutes in and about 30 seconds later, passed Anstie for the lead, this time minus the aggressive move that dumped Anstie to the ground last time and stripped him of the Red Plate. A clean, no contact, underneath pass. Who would have thunk?

But the action was just getting started.

Kitchen powered up and moved towards the front. At times the fastest rider on the track with impressive lap times, Kitchen got to the rear of his rival in about six minutes and took the lead two minutes later.

Let the games begin.

Kitchen thus became the hunted as the defending champion employed some usual and not so usual tactics to regain the lead. Or at least to play with his competition.

In scenes reminiscent of the final round of the 2025 SuperMotocross Championship, Kitchen endured purposeful slowdowns and block maneuvers. The defending champion constantly looking around for his would-be prey. Kitchen avoided one potential collision in a berm that spun his rival around giving much needed room up front. With about two and half minutes on the clock, Kitchen handed the lead over but as the defending champion continued his perhaps now unnecessary cat-and-mouse play, Kitchen managed to get the lead back then avoided a near T-bone collision.

Eventually, the tactics proved their worth as Kitchen got passed and his last lap effort towards the front proved futile. A second-place for the nearby boy. AND! The two stopped for a handshake afterwards both, seemingly, all smiles. (See, I wasn't that far off.)

"I think that's the race everybody's been waiting for," Kitchen said. "I couldn't get it down in front of the hometown (but) I rode my heart out he did too. That had to have been the coolest race of my life so far. We were fricken going at it the whole time. I hope everyone enjoyed it. That was fun."

The defending champion tried making a joke about being the new chef in town (Some circles call Kitchen the Chef - so dumb) but it fell flatter than a dirt bike tire without a mousse insert. Regardless, he called it the gnarliest race of his career.

Wait who finished third? Anstie back on the podium! Totally overshadowed by the goings-on upfront and even Anstie said he wished he could have watch it all unfold. Replays and church bells, son!

Back to Texas for Round 7 and the start of the 250 East season on Saturday in Arlington at AT&T Stadium.