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Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Cooper Webb has described his podium finish at the Ironman season finale as a ‘dream ending’ to his Pro Motocross career, with the 30-year-old set to focus exclusively on Supercross from 2027.

On a farewell tour of sorts this outdoor series, Webb recorded two season-best sixth-place finishes prior to the final round, before converting a strong start in moto one into a third-place result after Mikkel Haarup (5.11 Triumph Factory Racing) crashed out of P3 moments before the finish line.

With championship chaos unfolding around him – as well as a difficult first moto for teammate Haiden Deegan – eighth place in moto two was enough for Webb to secure the final step of the 450MX podium, taking his premier class career tally to seven as he signed off from Pro Motocross.

“[Today was] insane – just an incredible day,” said Webb. “Just, yeah…incredible week with the Team USA stuff, and today was an emotional day being my last ever National, and I just had an awesome day across the board.

“Moto one was crazy – I led a lap – and then made a last-turn pass for third, which was sick. My goal coming in was to get a top-five, and I was just so happy to be on the podium. Making it through this summer was a big goal for me to do every round, we had a bunch of ups and downs, but this is a dream ending for sure.”

Webb earned the 2016 Pro Motocross Championship in the 250MX division after a hard-fought summer, while also scoring a perfect 1-1 finish in 450MX at the Spring Creek National in 2019.

Those are the moments he identifies as his outdoor milestones, with Webb also set to captain Team USA at this year’s Monster Energy Motocross of Nations (MXoN) at Ernee, France, on October 2-4, before shifting his focus to Supercross and SMX in the United States, as well as the World Supercross Championship (WSX) in 2027.

“Like anything, I would have loved to achieve more in my 450 career,” he continued. “But I had a heck of a 250 run – a national championship, a lot of race wins, a lot of podiums – and then I won one 450 National going 1-1 that day, which was awesome. But today ranks up there, too, because I didn’t think I’d be in this position at all today.

“I’ll never say never [on doing a Pro Motocross cameo], we’ll see. We’ve got an interesting schedule next year – I’ve committed to doing Supercross in the US and World Supercross, but right this second, probably not. Hopefully [we don’t need to do one] to make it in for SMX, hopefully we do our job in Supercross so we’re all settled in there.”

It’s expected that Webb will complete this year’s Monster Energy SMX World Championship post-season with his current Star Racing outfit, before transitioning to Husqvarna machinery for the MXoN and remaining WSX rounds, beginning his partnership with Team Tedder.