Round 11 of the 2025 Monster Energy Supercross Championship in Seattle saw Cooper Webb bounce back to claim victory in the 450SX class after missing the podium at the previous round, while rookie Cole Davies secured his first-ever 250SX win with a dominant wire-to-wire performance at Lumen Field. Both riders spoke to the media following the main events for this Debrief feature.

450SX

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Cooper, we know you’re great in Seattle and that you shine in these race conditions, but there are no guarantees. Did tonight test you?

Yeah, it did for sure. I had the holeshot and led laps, then I got passed. So it was definitely a tough, challenging day, all day. It wasn’t a mudder, so that was positive, but it was definitely testing. Chase [Sexton] was doing that rhythm, which was really fast and hard to get – I’m still mind blown that he was getting it. But yeah, I just kept my head down and kept going. The lappers were hard to navigate, you never know what can happen there. Overall, pumped to get a win, I definitely was fired up in a good way. Feels good.

It was incredible to see all four of you so close together at the end of the race. How was that for you, and what was the strategy there throughout the race?

I kind of got out front and was in trail riding mode and the guys behind me were coming. Kenny [Roczen] got around me, then you could kind of tell he started laboring, and that’s where I felt like we were kind of getting held up, but it was hard to make passes. You know, you don’t want to be too aggressive early, and then Chase got both of us at that time and that’s when I had to go. I knew his pace was going to be high, then when I got around Ken I finally took a breath and started really upping the pace to try to match Chase. Then the last half, I felt like we were really pushing the pace, so it was a fun race, but there was a lot of thinking, a lot of risk versus reward for the points. There was so much going on, so many thoughts running through my head, and also trying to survive at the same time. So it was exciting, obviously this crowd was great and I think they made it even better, so it was a very cool race.

You made some comments today after you had the fastest lap in timed qualifying. I know [you and Chase] are both knowing it’s time to get serious, there are no more triple crowns, we have those four north west races and then the two to go. It’s a lot from here, how is it to just have heads up racing from now?

Yeah, it’s fun for me. I love these positions, and I think that was what today was all about. Last weekend was a very tough weekend, a huge momentum swing and I know how great Chase is. So I tried to make today my mission to stop any momentum, obviously getting a win for me is amazing and everything is good, but just heads up racing, like you said, it could’ve gone his way. I felt like we were that close, last weekend he was the best guy by far, so to make progress in a week and get the ball back rolling on my side – it’s still close like you said and there are no room for mistakes. It’s coming down to the end and you never know what could happen. There’s a lot of racing left, but I think for me it was about nipping it in the bud from a momentum standpoint.

Talk about that momentum swing throughout the week and what that does for you coming into this weekend. Then coming into this weekend, was it almost a case of you feeling disrespected as not being the fastest rider? Just talk about the seven days for you.

I don’t think it’s disrespect. It’s just racing and I’m a firm believer of momentum – in any sport. There are people that heat up and you see a trajectory, right? We saw in Birmingham – before that – life was really good, then it gets cut in half, so I think the narrative shifted, and I don’t want to use the word disrespect, but it was almost like, ‘Coop is struggling and Chase has stepped it up and he’s in the hot seat now.’ Rightfully so, his weekend was last weekend, but I put an emphasis on this week really trying to get back to work and prove a point this weekend. As we saw, the conditions were insane, so you couldn’t really see everything that we’d worked on throughout the week, that all kind of went out the window. But with that being said, we knew what we were going to get here, and once again, I feel like I struggled a little bit. I felt great in first practice, felt amazing, then it kind of went downhill a little bit from there. I was off after that. So to line up in the main and kind of put myself back in a position to race and potentially win, and then to go and do it was huge for me, points-wise and to stop the surge a little bit.

What adjustments did you make, if any, to your bike set-up between the heat and main?

Actually did make a change tonight, it was the first time in a long, long time. We made a shock and fork change, and that’s not nrormally like me, but it clearly paid off. So I have to give it up to the boys, they did a great job, that was a big change for me.

250SX

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Cole, this has to be an unreal feeling. I feel like you set the tone early on in the day. We saw you attack the track early on in qualifying, I know you were not satisfied, even after that heat race win. So how much of todays tone was set early on?

Honestly, not really. I qualified 11th, [laughs]. I reset for the heat, got that done, but I still wasn’t 100 percent happy. I made a few changes for the main event and that really helped, then we came out swinging for that main and felt really good. So I’m stoked to get it done.

How nervous were you in those last few laps? You kind of kept blitzing the whoops for most of the race, was that something you had a game plan for, or did you consider jumping them?

I spoke to Swanie [Gareth Swanepoel] before the race about skimming the whoops, and we agreed that it was the best option. Going for the sight lap, I just looked and made sure they were skimmable, I guess, then I decided that I was skimming every lap. I don’t think they were comparable to Indy, they were a lot gnarlier there, but for the most part I skimmed them every lap except the last lap. I didn’t want to get too hairy on the last lap, [laughs].

At such a young age, how are you so good in the whoops? We saw you in Indy and here, is that something that you train for all week long?

I just gotta let them hang, [laughs].

We know you’re a fun guy and we love it. But in all seriousness, this is probably the biggest moment in your career, this is what you’ve worked for your entire life. How big is this moment for you? Who are the people that you want to thank, and who are the people that you were thinking about when you crossed that finish line?

It’s definitely been a long road to get here. But yeah, the people I’d like to thank are everyone back home, my family, friends, my mum and dad, my sisters, Ben Townley – I definitely wouldn’t be here without him. He took me under his wing to get me to the states and get me racing, from there Wil [Hahn] kind of took the charge, so I can’t thank him enough, I wouldn’t be here without him either. It takes a lot of people to get to where I am today, and a lot of hard work.

I think it was the Moto Combine event at Ironman in 2023, that was your first race in the U.S. Thinking back to that day, I think you got a holeshot and you were pretty fast. If someone had of told you back then that you’d be a Supercross Futures champion, you’d switch to one of the top current teams right now, and seven races into your career you’d already have a win. Would you have believed them? Talk us through that timeline.

It’s been a lot of hard work to get to where I am, but I believe in myself, 100 percent. I feel like I wouldn’t be too surprised, but it’s pretty cool. I’m sure that a couple of years from now, it’s going to be the same.

You’ve been close to getting an overall win a couple of times now. Did this feel easier than you expected? How did it go leading from start to finish?

I got off to a good start. You know, I was confident going into the race, I’m always confident that I can go out and win. I wouldn’t want it any other way. I’m always confident that I’m going to get a good start and focus ahead, but for the most part, I got a good start, then JuJu [Beaumer] passed me early, then I passed him back and kind of pulled out a gap from him. I just managed it from there, I feel. It was a good race.