Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Cooper Webb became the fourth different Monster Energy AMA Supercross winner in four rounds when he took the victory at the Anaheim 2 Supercross in front of 43,753 fans in Angel Stadium. Anaheim 2 was the first of three Triple Crown events this year which combine the results from three races to determine one winner on the night. Webb won the overall with (2-2-5) race results.

Angel Stadium delivered clear skies for the racers and great racing for the fans. After two consecutive mud races many riders went into the Anaheim 2 Supercross viewing it as the “real” start of the season due to the normal conditions. Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc.    Going (5-7-1), Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Eli Tomac had the crowd cheering when he earned second place overall with a win in the final race of the evening as the sport celebrates 50 years of racing this year. Last week’s winner, Red Bull KTM’s Aaron Plessinger, earned third place with (6-4-3) and retains the points lead heading into Round 5. In the Western Regional 250SX Class, Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Levi Kitchen fought hard for the overall win with (1-2-3) race scores. And Supercross Futures, a part of SMX Next, held its first of five races to feature the future stars of Supercross; in what was the best battle of the night. Troy Lee Designs Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Cole Davies emerged with the victory over Monster Energy Star Yamaha’s Gavin Towers.

First place 450SX Class – Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc.  “If you do really well the first two [races], the third one sometimes is easy… I had a lot of wiggle room [in Race #3] and could just, honestly, have a solo ride in fifth place. But it is a little bit weird, for sure, to not go over the checkered flag first. But I think that’s kinda the unique thing about the Triple Crown, is we’ve seen a lot of this happen. You can have big point swings, and you can have one bad race and then have two good ones [and] you end up on the podium and something like that. So it’s never over for sure in these kind of situations… I saw Jason [Anderson] right in front of me [in Race #3], he went down, and it probably wasn’t the best thing for me, because it was instantly like, ‘All right, I can just kinda chill,’ but I was grateful to put myself in that situation.” – Cooper Webb

Second place 450SX Class – Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc.  “I was pretty frustrated after those first two [races]. I was like, ‘Okay, here I’m just – what am I now, fifth – seventh place guy right now?’ I don’t know. I just had to go do something, I had to get off the gate there, so it was good. It was good. Had a good flow. I was able to get the whoop combo down, and I felt like that was important for me, and yeah, felt good.”.” – Eli Tomac

Third place 450SX Class – Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc.  “I knew Detroit was the next race and I really, really wanted to carry the red plate into Detroit given the events that happened last year.” [Plessinger crashed while leading Detroit 2023] “That’s gonna be a special race and yeah, I’m ready for it. I’m ready to get back to Florida this week and put in some work and then go up to the freezing cold and hopefully my moustache doesn’t break off in the 20 degree weather [laughs]. But no, I’m ready to get back up there and do some damage.” – Aaron Plessinger

The Western Regional 250SX Class held its second round and Levi Kitchen became the fourth rider in four rounds to take home a win. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s RJ Hampshire battled hard in the first two races but a flat tire in the third Race took his chances at an overall victory. Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Nate Thrasher followed up a win last weekend with a third place finish at Anaheim 2.

First place 250SX Class – Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc. “We’re all really close right now. Obviously I want to be the dominant guy, but yeah, it’s closer now. You can’t start in like fifth and sixth with these guys and have them up front. You’d have to have a pretty amazing – I don’t even know what you’d have to do to be able to get up to them. I think it’s tighter than in years’ past. Especially the top five of us, we’re all pretty experienced by now, so it’s definitely tight racing.” – Levi Kitchen

Second place 250SX Class – Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc.  “For the first time in my career I had a flat tire on a Supercross track, so yeah, it was eventful. I knew something was wrong, didn’t necessarily know what until it shot me off in the whoops… I was fine the next couple laps, and then once that rear tire breaks the bead and it’s off the rim, that’s when it gets really, really scary. But overall it was an awesome night. That first and second moto were sick. If we could do that every weekend, I mean, we’d probably get paid a lot more because that was a show. [smiles]. But like I said, that was fun. All in all, it was a really solid day.” – RJ Hampshire

Third place 250SX Class – Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc.  “[The new bike is] the same motor package but a whole different chassis. So all the suspension characteristics are completely different. So we’re still leaning, but I think I got a good package this weekend. I felt like it was a big step in the right direction for me, and we’re still learning, still working, still trying to get a little bit better, but last week [in testing] I think we found a little bit and it showed this weekend… It was a very hardpack track out there today and on the bike I was racing a couple weekends ago I was struggling pretty bad with the hardpack. So yeah, it was definitely a little bit better spot for me.” – Nate Thrasher

First place SX Futures Class – Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc.  “It was an awesome battle. We were just going back and forth. And it was super tiring, I was breathing so hard and, you’re just glad to be on top… I couldn’t even feel myself. I was like so frickin – I was like in a dream it felt like.” – Cole Davies (#17)

Off the track, members Green Day were in attendance at Angel Stadium to take in the Triple Crown action. Drummer Tre Cool showed up with keyboardist Jason Freese ahead of the band’s 2024 The Saviors tour. Photo Credit: Getty Images/Feld Motor Sports, Inc.

Others in attendance include: USA Olympic Skateboarder Nyjah Huston, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire director Gil Kenan, Influencers Ben Azelart and Hayes Grier, world-renowned drummer Jason Bonham of Bonham and Sammy Hagar’s “The Best of All Worlds” Van Halen Tour, rock guitarist Carlos Cavazo of Quiet Riot and Ratt, who was also recently inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame. Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan hosts Round 5 of the 17-round Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship next Saturday, February 3rd. The Detroit Supercross will run on a daytime schedule rather than under the lights. The racing starts at 3:00PM Eastern Time. Doors open for fans attending the race at 8:00AM Eastern Time. The race will kick off the 9-round Eastern Regional 250SX Championship. Each Supercross round also pays points toward the 31-round SuperMotocross World Championship. In its second year, the SuperMotocross League combines the Supercross season and the 11-round AMA Pro Motocross season to seed riders into two Super Motocross World Championship Playoffs and a Final in September.

450SX Class podium (racers left to right) Jason Anderson (penalized one overall position after review), Cooper Webb, and Eli Tomac. Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc.

250SX Class podium (racers left to right) Nate Thrasher, Levi Kitchen and RJ Hampshire. Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc.

250 results

1	47	Levi Kitchen	Washougal, WA	Kawasaki KX250	1	2	3	25	Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki
2	24	Rj Hampshire	Hudson, FL	Husqvarna FC 250	2	1	7	22	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing
4	30	Jo Shimoda	Suzuka, Japan	Honda CRF250R	9	3	2	18	Team Honda HRC
3	57	Nate Thrasher	Livingston, TN	Yamaha YZ250F	3	10	1	20	Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha (250)
5	31	Jordon Smith	Belmont, NC	Yamaha YZ250F	4	8	4	17	Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha (250)
6	100	Anthony Bourdon	Hossegor, France	Suzuki RM-Z250	8	6	8	16	Bar X Suzuki
7	929	Julien Beaumer	Lake Havasu City, AZ	KTM 250 SX-F FE	12	5	6	15	Red Bull KTM
8	34	Ryder DiFrancesco	Bakersfield, CA	GASGAS MC 250F	5	7	12	14	Troy Lee Designs Red Bull GasGas
9	26	Garrett Marchbanks	Coalville, UT	Yamaha YZ250F	6	16	5	13	Muc-Off FXR ClubMX
10	36	Phillip Nicoletti	Cochecton, NY	Yamaha YZ250F	7	4	18	12	Muc-Off FXR ClubMX
11	41	Carson Mumford	Simi Valley, CA	Honda CRF250R	15	9	9	11	Carson Mumford Racing
12	55	Mitchell Oldenburg	Godley, TX	Honda CRF250R	13	12	10	10	Mitchell Oldenburg Racing
13	73	Robbie Wageman	Newhall, CA	Yamaha YZ250F	16	11	11	9	Robbie Wageman Racing
14	85	Hunter Yoder	Menifee, CA	Kawasaki KX250	10	14	14	8	Partzilla PRMX Racing
15	71	Cole Thompson	Brigden, Canada	Yamaha YZ250F	14	13	13	7	Cole Thompson Racing
16	87	Max Miller	Springfield, OR	Suzuki RM-Z250	18	15	15	6	Max Miller Racing
17	245	Matti Jorgensen	Helirod, FL	GASGAS MC 250F FE	19	17	16	5	Matti Jorgensen Racing
18	78	Joshua Varize	Perris, CA	GASGAS MC 250F FE	17	19	17	4	Josh Varize Racing
19	35	Talon Hawkins	Temecula, CA	KTM 250 SX-F	11	22	22	3	AEO KTM Racing Team
20	805	Slade Varola	Simi Valley, CA	Kawasaki KX250	21	18	20	2	HBI Racing Kawasaki
21	162	Max Sanford	Pasadena, MD	Kawasaki KX250	22	20	19	1	Host Grindstone Kawasaki
22	132	Billy Laninovich	Ramona, CA	Yamaha YZ250F	20	21	21	0	Billy Laninovich Racing

450 results

POS.	#	RIDER	HOMETOWN	BIKE	R1	R2	R3	POINTS	TEAM/SPONSORS
1	2	Cooper Webb	Newport, NC	Yamaha YZ450F	2	2	5	25	Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha (450)
2	3	Eli Tomac	Cortez, CO	Yamaha YZ450F	5	7	1	22	Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha (450)
4	21	Jason Anderson	Rio Rancho, NM	Kawasaki KX450SR	4	1	8	18	Monster Energy Kawasaki
3	7	Aaron Plessinger	Hamilton, OH	KTM 450 SX-F FE	6	4	3	20	Red Bull KTM
5	1	Chase Sexton	LaMoille, IL	KTM 450 SX-F FE	1	11	2	17	Red Bull KTM
6	18	Jett Lawrence	Landsborough, Australia	Honda CRF450R	7	3	4	16	Team Honda HRC
7	94	Ken Roczen	Mattstedt, Germany	Suzuki RM-Z450	3	6	10	15	HEP Motorsports
8	32	Justin Cooper	Cold Springs Harbor, NY	Yamaha YZ450F	10	5	6	14	Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha (450)
10	27	Malcolm Stewart	Haines City, FL	Husqvarna FC 450 RE	11	10	9	12	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing
9	14	Dylan Ferrandis	Bedarrides, France	Honda CRF450R	8	15	7	13	Phoenix Racing Honda
11	96	Hunter Lawrence	Landsborough, Australia	Honda CRF450R	9	9	12	11	Team Honda HRC
12	111	Jorge Prado	Lugo, Spain	GASGAS MC 450F FE	12	8	15	10	Troy Lee Designs Red Bull GasGas
13	51	Justin Barcia	Monroe, NY	GASGAS MC 450F	13	16	11	9	Troy Lee Designs Red Bull GasGas
14	28	Christian Craig	San Diego, CA	Husqvarna FC 450 RE	17	12	13	8	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing
15	46	Justin Hill	Yoncalla, OR	KTM 450 SX-F FE	16	13	14	7	Team Tedder Racing
16	125	Vince Friese	Cape Girardeau, MO	Honda CRF450R	15	14	16	6	Smartop MotoConcepts Racing Honda
17	11	Kyle Chisholm	Tampa, FL	Suzuki RM-Z450	14	20	19	5	HEP Motorsports
18	12	Shane McElrath	Oakland, FL	Suzuki RM-Z450	19	17	18	4	HEP Motorsports
19	22	Freddie Noren	Lidköping, Sweden	Kawasaki KX450SR	20	18	20	3	International Supercross Race Team
20	67	Benny Bloss	Oak Grove, MO	Beta 450 RX	18	19	21	2	Liqui Moly Beta
21	52	Derek Drake	Lake Elsinore, CA	Suzuki RM-Z450	21	21	17	1	Bar X Suzuki
22	636	Luke Kalaitzian	Sun Valley, CA	Honda CRF450R	22	22	22	0	Luke Kalaitzian Racing