Foxborough will go down as one of the wildest mud races in history. Relentless rain turned the track into a true test for both riders and machines, shaking up the results in both 450SX and 250SX East. We’ve gathered the direct takes from riders for this Reaction feature from round 12 of the 2025 Monster Energy Supercross Championship.

450SX

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Aaron Plessinger (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) – First:
I was nervous [in the lead up]! In a mud race, you never really know what’s going to happen – you can be as confident as you can be, but when that gate drops, you never really know. We pushed to the front as soon as we got out of the first turn clean in the main, managed to keep it on two wheels and tried to cruise it on in, but it wasn’t an easy cruise by any means. It was tough, but I had a lot of fun! I’m stoked for the team, who never stopped believing in me even when things were tough at the beginning of the season. I can’t thank them enough for that.

Chase Sexton (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) – Sixth:
The round started off well for me. P2 in qualifying, then won my heat race, but got docked those positions. That led to a bad gate pick in the main and a terrible start, but overall, not a great main event. I fought as hard as I could and we’ll get ready for next weekend to rebound stronger.

Justin Barcia (Rockstar Energy GASGAS Factory Racing) – Fifth:
Supercross in Gillette Stadium was a good day for me! I qualified P1, which was an absolutely awesome way to start things off. A few crashes in my heat race weren’t ideal, so I luckily qualified through there as it was a bit nerve-wracking. Later on, I got off to a good start in the main event and was right there with the leaders throughout – I was around or in a podium spot at different stages, but ended up bringing it home in fifth-place after a super-challenging day. I’m looking forward to getting back to work and getting after it next weekend.

Malcolm Stewart (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing) – 13th:
Rain or shine, we’ve got to go out there and do our job. Heat race went decent, managed to get second in that one and qualify for the main event, and then in the main, got a decent start and was pretty composed, honestly. We were in the battle, no big deal, but we know how it goes in the mud, it’s just tough. It stopped raining, which made it sticky, and I ended up going down several times and kept finding myself on the ground, but I salvaged 13th at the end of the day. It’s not ideal, but it’s the way these go sometimes and I’m stoked to be moving into Philly in a nice little points battle for fourth place overall.

Cooper Webb (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing) – Third:
Man, it was a crazy, crazy day. That was a stressful day. A lot of mud and a lot of conditions to deal with. In the main event, I was able to come through. I had a great start, but I ended up crashing twice. I put my head down there at the end and made some hard charges, so I’m super stoked with that and stoked to get on the podium and extend my points lead.

Justin Cooper (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing) – 11th:
It was crazy conditions today. I was able to holeshot the main and then led for a lap or two. Then I made a mistake in the rhythm before the finish and had to make a U-turn to the rhythm prior, so that added about 20 seconds to my lap time and put me back to seventh. I had another off-track excursion that they said I gained time doing, which docked me to 11th. On to the next one!

Christian Craig (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing) – 17th:
It was a crazy night in Foxborough. It was full survival mode in the mud, and unfortunately had too many mistakes and tip-overs. We’ll move on to Philadelphia.

Shane McElrath (Quad Lock Honda) – Second:
Martin [Davalos] and I talked after a great week, and we agreed not to touch the bike – repetition and consistency have been our focus. I felt good. We’ve also been doing a lot of mental work, being race-ready, even for practice days. Tonight was muddy, sure, but I was prepared. Tuesday’s training was tough too, and I think that helped sharpen me for this result.

Joey Savatgy (Quad Lock Honda) – DNQ:
No excuses. I just made too many mistakes. The conditions were tough, races were shortened, and once you go down, it’s hard to come back from it. I’m really disappointed for the team and our sponsors. It’s good to be back racing, but this wasn’t what we came for. We’ll regroup and be ready for Philadelphia.

Ken Roczen (Progressive Insurance Ecstar Suzuki) – Fourth:
We only had one practice, which I’m totally fine with, but I have been aggravating my ankle [that I injured in the same] crash when I hurt my shoulder, and it’s becoming more of a problem. I re-aggravated it in practice really bad. I wasn’t even sure if I was going to race. These conditions are just terrible for an ankle [issue]. I ended up racing and we ended up making a night out of it for sure. The conditions were just next level brutal. I worked my way to third somehow for most of the race. Everything was going pretty smoothly until the last lap. My bike was slowly starting to act a little funny, and basically I stalled it twice. But I was able to get it back running and I was able to finish. My bike was on its last leg yet able to finish it in fourth. I wish we could have been on the podium, that would have been amazing, but at the same time we take what we can get. We need to figure out the ankle to be back 100 percent, and then I feel like I’ll have a legit shot at getting another win.

Colt Nichols (Twisted Tea Suzuki) – Eighth:
Foxborough was a much better night for me. It was a condensed schedule and we only had one practice, so we had to make the most out of that. In the heat race I got a really good start in third. I ended up crashing on the first lap and went back to 20th, then caught all the way back up to fifth. I didn’t quite get the start in the main event but rode up to an eighth-place finish. Overall, I’m really happy. It was a very big step in the right direction for me. Now on to next weekend to try and do it all over again in the mud.

Kyle Chisolm (Twisted Tea Suzuki) – 21st:
I ripped the holeshot in the LCQ and ended up second; just kind of rode it smart. I wanted to win but I didn’t want to do anything silly and crash or throw it away. Then in the main I had an issue with my clutch and wasn’t able to finish… The mechanics, everybody worked their butts off to keep everything going and we just had that issue and it was just a bummer… It’s racing though, and things happen. We’ll get everything fixed up and be ready for Philly next week, have a good week of practice, hopefully we’ll have a little bit better track… and get out there and have some fun.

250SX

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Tom Vialle (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) – 22nd:
We finished up in Foxborough and it was a really rainy day here. I managed to win my heat race, and then the track was really challenging for the main event. I had a bad start and came back to fifth, and then had a crash with two laps to go, which kept us from finishing the race. I’m now tied with Seth [Hammaker] in the championship and it’ll be a good fight with four rounds to go until the end.

Chance Hymas (Honda HRC Progressive) – First:
This means so much to me. We’ve been working our butts off to get here. I took a step back this week and just tried to appreciate where I’m at. I wasn’t even planning on racing Tampa, with my knee [injury]. And just to be in this position – I know these are completely different circumstances, but you know, to finish first you’ve got to finish, first. I’m so excited to have the team behind me; they’ve been working their butts off and they’ve been believing in me since Day 1. I can’t thank those guys enough. And thank you to the fans for sticking it out in the rain… Sometimes you’ve got to take chances and right now I’ve got nothing to lose. Sometimes you take a shot like that and it doesn’t work, sometimes it works – and for me I’d say it worked. I feel like, at our level, everything’s so close you’ve got to be willing to take chances like that.

Seth Hammaker (Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki) – Ninth:
Overall, today went pretty well. It started off with some changes, they cut all the practices, so we only had one 10-minute qualifying session. I ended up P1, but I got docked for jumping on a red cross flag, which dropped me to fifth in the A group and 17th overall. I just took what the session gave me and did my best. In the heat race, I got off to a solid start, had one fall but managed to recover and finished second. The main event started out great for me. RJ [Hampshire] came from the outside, washed his front end, and I ended up hitting his bike and went flying. That was pretty unfortunate, but I got back up and worked my way through the field. I went down again in the race and had some trouble getting my bike back up, but I kept pushing and stayed on two wheels. In the end, I finished P9. So overall, not a bad day. We’re tied for the points lead, and that’s really exciting. I’m stoked about it.

RJ Hampshire (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing) – 14th:
This one was a complete mudder, one of the worst ones we’ve had. The goal coming in was just put it in the Main Event and try to make up some points toward the championship. This is probably the best 15th I’ve had in my life! I pulled a massive start and then just hydroplaned into the first turn, went down four or five more times, but clawed back some points in the series, and now we’re only three down with four [rounds] to go. I feel I’m in a good spot and ready for Philly next weekend.

Daxton Bennick (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing) – Fifth:
Wow! I’ve never really raced anything like that. I feel like it could have gone either way, but I’m happy to get out of there with fifth. You can’t really prepare for anything like that. We had fun, and we’re ready for the next one.

Nate Thrasher (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing) – 19th:
Not much to say about the night. It was pretty brutal out there. We did what we could and kept fighting. We’ll put this one behind us and move on to Philly.

Austin Forkner (Triumph Racing) – DNQ:
We knew it was going to be a mudder. It was wet all day! The biggest positive to take away from tonight is that my starts were finally good. I started third in the heat race, then I tipped over in a turn and then someone ran into me and got their bike stuck on top of mine. I then holeshot the LCQ – the track was just destroyed. I made a couple of mistakes and ended fifth. It is a huge bummer, but my starts were better today. This was all about survival and I made too many mistakes in the LCQ – that is on me.