Plessinger: “I saw that I was around both Coop and Chase, and panicked a bit”May 12, 2025, 1:30pm
Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake CityMonster Energy AMA Supercross Championship With the Monster Energy AMA 450 Supercross Championship hanging in the balance between Chase Sexton and Cooper Webb, how would the riders around them play it? Webb needed to finish fifth or better to lock up the title if Sexton won the race. Aaron Plessinger sure seemed to not want to be a factor in any of that, as the Red Bull KTM man—teammate of Sexton, friends (and a former teammate) of Webb—went from holeshot back to sixth place in the 450 main, finishing 47 seconds off of the lead.
In this week’s post-race press release from KTM, Plessinger didn’t deny the situation!
Said Plessinger:
“Salt Lake City was a pretty good race. I struggled to find a setting that worked for me in qualifying, but by the time we got to the Heat Race, it was working awesome! I got a holeshot there and won the thing, which was good. Holeshotted again in the Main, but I saw that I was around both Coop and Chase, and panicked a bit – I doubled the whole way down a rhythm lane and lost a lot of positions, then struggled to recover from there. That was my night in Salt Lake, but it’s time to regroup and head outdoors. We’ll be going for it!”
It’s also worth noting that Justin Cooper and Malcolm Stewart were battling for third in the championship. Plessinger didn’t have that kind of motivation. Also Joey Savatgy rode very well on his Quad Lock Honda to finish fifth.
As for Plessinger, he was proud to have completed the full 17-race season for the first time since 2020.
Supercross
Rider Time Interval Best Lap Hometown Bike 1 Chase Sexton 21:36.924 46.710 La Moille, IL KTM 450 SX-F Factory Edition 2 Malcolm Stewart 21:46.513 9.589 47.333 Haines City, FL Husqvarna FC 450 Rockstar Edition 3 Justin Cooper 21:51.204 4.692 47.224 Cold Spring Harbor, NY Yamaha YZ450F 4 Cooper Webb 21:57.222 6.018 47.053 Newport, NC Yamaha YZ450F 5 Joey Savatgy 22:01.794 4.573 47.846 Thomasville, GA Honda CRF450R 6 Aaron Plessinger 22:02.660 0.866 47.913 Hamilton, OH KTM 450 SX-F Factory Edition 7 Dean Wilson 22:07.088 4.428 47.971 Scotland, United Kingdom Honda CRF450R Works Edition 8 Justin Hill 22:12.674 5.587 47.824 Yoncalla, OR KTM 450 SX-F 9 Shane McElrath 22:19.801 7.127 47.280 Canton, NC Honda CRF450R 10 Dylan Ferrandis 22:22.078 2.278 48.277 Avignon, France Honda CRF450R Works Edition Full Results
Supercross
PositionRider Hometown Points 1 Cooper Webb Newport, NC 365 2 Chase Sexton La Moille, IL 363 3 Justin Cooper Cold Spring Harbor, NY 281 4 Malcolm Stewart Haines City, FL 277 5 Ken Roczen Mattstedt, Germany 271 6 Aaron Plessinger Hamilton, OH 255 7 Dylan Ferrandis Avignon, France 194 8 Justin Hill Yoncalla, OR 194 9 Shane McElrath Canton, NC 192 10 Justin Barcia Monroe, NY 185 Full Standings
