Lumen Field set the stage as the 450SX and 250SX West riders put on a show for the Seattle crowd in another exciting night of racing. We’ve gathered the direct takes from riders for this Reaction feature from round six of the 2026 Monster Energy Supercross Championship.

450SX

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Eli Tomac (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) – First:
Seattle was the usual conditions today, a tough track to really get ahold of and get comfortable on, but I saved the best for last – I got the best start and had my best ride in the main event. I cleaned up some lines, did some different jump combinations, and this was just typical Seattle, and one of the toughest rounds that we have on the schedule. I am glad to come here and get back on top, as the last couple of weekends have been a little tough, so we’re back at it!

Aaron Plessinger (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) – Seventh:
Wrapping up round six in Seattle, it was an alright night for me. I struggled a little in practice, but then got a pretty good start in the heat race and finished third, and then made another good start in the main event. Half of that one was solid, but it just kind of fell apart after that, so I’ve just got to be better. We’re getting back towards consistent riding and not making so many mistakes, and I think heading back to Florida this week will do me good – we’ll get some riding done and work on some things. The positives are that we got two good starts tonight and had some good laps, so we’ll build on that in Arlington!

Hunter Lawrence (Honda HRC Progressive) – Fourth:
It was a bittersweet main event. I feel like my riding was really good, but I spun off the gate. I’m not sure 100 percent why that happened, but after that I was making my way through the pack. At the 10-minute mark, I figured the track out and really got going – I was able to do a lot of the rhythms deep into the main. Then I made my attempted pass on Kenny [Roczen] for third, and we got together. I certainly didn’t intend on taking him out – it was just a crappy racing incident, but not how I wanted the night to go, especially after how I felt. In my perfect world, I would’ve jumped to the inside, got that lane, and then tried to catch Cooper Webb. Obviously, it’s cool to still have the red plate, we definitely salvaged some points. With a good start, I feel like it could’ve been a completely different night – I had what it takes to get the win.

Cooper Webb (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing) – Second:
We’ve just got to keep working at it. Eli got around me and had some good laps. I just tightened up for sure and got a bit of arm pump. At the end of the day, I can’t keep hitting whoops like that and expect to win. We’ll get back to work. I want to give it up to the team. We did a great job all day. We worked on our starts this week, and it showed tonight. I got my first holeshot, which was awesome. Led a bunch of laps, which was the first time this year, so that was nice. We’ll take the positives and keep plugging away. We’re crawling back into the championship, so I’m stoked on that. We’ll keep digging. This is a long championship, and we’ll keep fighting through and hopefully click off some better results next weekend.

Justin Cooper (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing) – Third:
It was a good night, all around. Not the best qualifying, but then the heat race was one of my best of the year. I got a third-place start and then made it to second. I had a good gate pick for the main, and I started around seventh or sixth. I made a few passes and was kind of hovering around fourth and fifth for most of the race. Then I was able to capitalize on some mistakes by other riders, get together with them, and get into the podium spot, and just hit my marks. It feels good to take a podium this early in the season. Fourth last weekend and third this weekend – we’re trending in the right direction and looking forward to more racing. It’s just Seattle, the track was absolutely gnarly. Twenty minutes plus one out there with all the 450s, it gets really demanding. A lot of focus is involved, and I just put together solid laps and got a little gift from those two, but you’ve got to stay in it.

Chase Sexton (Monster Energy Kawasaki) – Fifth:
Today was a bit frustrating for me. I expect to be at the front right now, but we’re not there yet. This week we worked on starts a lot and it paid off, as we saw today. Right now, I’m headed back to Florida and the team is going to come out and test more with me this week. We’re hopeful to make some positive changes and come into Arlington ready to fight.

Garrett Marchbanks (Monster Energy Kawasaki) – 22nd:
I love Seattle. The track was fun, but gnarly all day long. I felt like I started to get my flow and the bike together after second qualifying. We made a slight adjustment going into the heat race and had a good heat race from it. I started to feel better around lap four, we were able to put some good laps together and felt good going into the main event, with a good gate pick. I got off to a decent start and made some good passes in the main event. I was finally able to run up there in that top 10 area and was able to battle the guys I knew I could always be around. I felt like I finally had that flow I’d been searching for, but I hit a weird spot in the rhythm and had a big crash. I knocked the wind out of myself pretty bad and couldn’t breathe for about two minutes. I got up and was just trying to catch my breath. I had to pull into the mechanics area to make some adjustments to my bike, and gave myself a minute to regroup because I was struggling to feel my hands. I wanted to go back out and finish this one out for the team, but I just had to roll this one out through the finish. Besides that, I thought it was really good improvement. I was having a lot of fun out here and looking forward to the rest of the season.

Dylan Ferrandis (Troy Lee Designs Red Bull Ducati Factory Racing) – Ninth:
It was a very challenging track with the rain coming into the weekend. So far one of the nastiest and gnarly tracks. I started off feeling good in first practice, tried some things in practice and it didn’t work that great. The heat race was fine, I was a little timid. In the main, I was feeling really good… my body and my mind was all in a good place. I was in a good spot fighting with the boys and was pushing, pushing, pushing and pushed the limit, a little too much. I lost the front and crashed. Came back to fight again and gave it everything I had. I was very disappointed with myself. I feel like tonight we could have improved on overall position. I think everybody in the team saw some good fight and saw some improvement on the bike. So next weekend we will have another to improve.

Malcolm Stewart (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing) – Eighth:
Seattle is always an interesting race. I always feel like I leave here with a positive mindset and decent results, and tonight we got sixth. Obviously, we wanted that top-five position, but considering how the beginning of the year has started, a sixth is a really good result for us! I felt really good all day. Practice was strong and it kind of starts from there, right? You know, just getting into that positive mindset, so yeah, Seattle was a good night, especially with the way the track was. It was pretty brutal out there – everybody was crashing and making big mistakes – but we kept it on two wheels and I was being smart with it. Now we head back indoors to Arlington and continue to build!

Ken Roczen (Progressive Insurance Cycle Gear Suzuki) – 10th:
Overall, we had a pretty dang good day, honestly. This is always a crazy venue to go to just because the track gets so gnarly. But we had a really good heat race going, won that one, and had first gate pick for the main. I got off to a decent start and honestly was putting on a strong charge in the middle of the race and we were all bunched up and riding really well. But the track did deteriorate really, really quickly. I had a couple of bad laps there towards the end, and I made a mistake and couldn’t double before the whoops section. That just really cost me and allowed Hunter to get way too close to me and he pulled a move that put us both on the ground. He came over and apologized, and I have no hard feelings towards it at all – I think it was a little bit of a brief mental lapse. It’s just unfortunate with situations like that. We pulled the shorter end of the stick until I got going again, and then the main was over. We ended up not with the greatest result, but we’re only 11 points down. Overall, we rode well all day and had a really good main going, so I really can’t be too mad.

Jason Anderson (Twisted Tea Suzuki) – 12th:
My weekend was pretty tough. But we ended up 11th. It was just a little bit of a struggle. Maybe next weekend, hopefully, we can be better. But I think tonight I was pretty much hovering in that tenth, 11th, 12th place area.

Colt Nichols (Twisted Tea Suzuki) – 13th:
Seattle was an interesting day, to say the least. Practice was terrible, to be honest, and then we turned it around a little for the night show. I got into tangled on the first start with Jason and another rider, then I had to fight my way back and got into sixth in the heat. I feel like I rode really well. In the main event I got off to a little bit of a better start, it still wasn’t great, and then just fought trying to get around some guys and ended up P13. That’s a little bit better, I didn’t get 16th again, so I’m happy about that. But there’s a lot of work to do still. We’ll go back home, go to work, and then it’s my hometown race next weekend, so I’m excited.

250SX

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Haiden Deegan (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing) – First:
Around halfway or so, when he got around me because there was a red cross flag and he kind of caught me, I wasn’t going to risk it. I figured if he got around me, I’d just try and push it at the end. That was gnarly. Before this race, I told my dad and Brad [Hoffman], ‘I want to battle.’ I haven’t battled in a long time, and as much as it is nice to get to the lead and take off, this isn’t good for me. Battles like this, learning how to have race craft like that, just teach me to be a better rider when I go to the 450. Having cake-walk races is nice, but a battle like that, that was fun.

Max Anstie (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing) – Third:
It was a solid night, P3, and back on the box where I belong. We’ve got five weeks now to improve and come out swinging at the East/West Showdown rounds.

Michael Mosiman (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing) – Sixth:
It was a challenging night, I had my best qualifying of the year and felt good going into the night program. A less-than-ideal start in the heat, but I worked my way to second before getting cleaned out. I was thankful to make the main without having to go to the LCQ, and in the main, I put myself in a decent position early, making some good moves the first few turns. I passed [Cameron] MacAdoo into fifth at the 12-minute mark, but I made a mistake, and he got me back. I’m disappointed with a sixth place on the night, but I’m proud of the effort and the fight. The team and I see what needs to be worked on, and we will be putting in the hours during the break to be even stronger during the latter half of the Supercross season.

Levi Kitchen (Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki) – Second:
I definitely built more confidence after the race tonight, and we will keep building each week. Tonight we delivered a show for the fans and I had fun racing out there. I think the fans had fun watching it, and this is what they have been waiting for. I do feel like we’re close right now. I feel like we’re pretty close in speed and just need to work on a few more things, but I know the team and I can do it. My goal now is to go into every weekend, knowing that I can break away from the field and push my ability and speed. I want to have more races like that and put it on the top step of the box for Mitch and the team.

Cameron McAdoo (Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki) – Fifth:
I had a few struggles today. I struggled a little bit in qualifying with comfort, but it wasn’t terrible. In the heat race, I had an unfortunate crash and banged myself up pretty good. Ending up fifth on the night was definitely the best that I had. I’m proud I was able to stay up there and get a solid result. I was glad that I was able to limit the damage as much as possible with how I was feeling after the heat race.

Ryder DiFrancesco (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing) – Fourth:
I didn’t have the best day in Seattle. Out of the six rounds, this is probably the one I struggled with the most, so a fourth is a decent result entering the four-week break now. We’ll get that fire lit again, take a little time off, and regroup. Today was a bit of a struggle, although I am pretty stoked to come away with P4 and be tied for third in points.