The waiting has come to an end. Here we have the first laps on this opening track of the 2025 supercross season from Anaheim!
The 2025 Anaheim 1 Supercross round of the 2025 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship takes place this weekend on January 11. Take a lap around Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.
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One thing has been certain in recent years of the Monster Energy Supercross opener: it has been anything but predictable.
When we take a look at it, Roczen’s first 450SX win came at the 2014 Anaheim 1 Supercross. He has won three times since then (2015, 2017, and 2022), and Barcia has won A1 in 2019 and 2020, plus a win at the opening round of 2021 in Houston, Texas. Add those four A1 wins for Roczen and three total opening round wins for Barcia and those two have won seven of the last 11 opening round 450SX main events!
In 2021, when the remnants of the COVID-19 pandemic were still affecting major league sports, Justin Barcia outran Ken Roczen and Marvin Musquin at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, to win in his third straight season. When the series returned to its accustomed opening location in Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, in 2022, it was reasonable to expect Barcia would run well again. He did, but Roczen held the upper hand, and Cooper Webb finished second. Barcia stood next to them on the bottom rung of the podium.
So, these guys have been the opening-round masters of the field. Two questions: 1) Can either Roczen or Barcia get that opening-round magic back? And 2) if so, could they carry it to more wins throughout 2025?
Since then, the season opener has been won by different riders, with Eli Tomac taking the top spot in 2023 and the defending Pro Motocross and SuperMotocross World Champion Jett Lawrence picking up where he left off in 2024.
This will be the first round of the 17-round championship, and the first round of the 31-round SuperMotocross World Championship (SMX).
Despite often getting off to a slow start, Cooper Webb has been consistently strong in the first Anaheim race with second-place finishes in 2022 and 2023, plus a third in 2020. He’s never won this race during his career, so that is high on his bucket list.
Anaheim holds a special place in the hearts of Supercross riders. The facility has hosted races since the mid-1970s, and with a long season ahead of them, riders can focus on winning without worrying about points. Four riders top the chart with eight wins apiece, and they are the cream of the crop. Jeremy McGrath, Chad Reed, James Stewart, and Ricky Carmichael capitalized on their strong starts with dozens of wins and championships.
As expected from a developmental series, the 250 West division has shown even greater parity with Anaheim as the opener. One has to scroll back to 2018 to find a repeat winner in Shane McElrath, who also won the 2017 race. Since then, Colt Nichols (2019 winner), Justin Cooper (2020), Christian Craig (2022), and Lawrence (2023) have moved onto the premier division. Last year’s winner, RJ Hampshire, won the 250 West championship and has only one year to defend before he is forced to move up.
The points are currently tied at zero coming into the 2025 Anaheim 1 Supercross this weekend. Everyone rider has the same opportunity to snatch a win at the opener and take home the 25 points that go with it. The pressure is on the riders, mechanics, team managers, trainers, and everyone involved with racing this Saturday. Will the offseason work pay off? Only time will tell, but as the season opener rapidly approaches, we wanted to take a quick refresher on where the top-tier riders are sitting thus far.ar wesg dfbghf jufg hgj
The 2025 Anaheim 1 Supercross round of the 2025 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship takes place this weekend on January 11. Take a lap around Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.
🔴GO LIVE🌐🟢==►► Watch Anaheim 1 live
🔴STREAMING🌐🟢==►►Watch Anaheim 1 live
One thing has been certain in recent years of the Monster Energy Supercross opener: it has been anything but predictable.
When we take a look at it, Roczen’s first 450SX win came at the 2014 Anaheim 1 Supercross. He has won three times since then (2015, 2017, and 2022), and Barcia has won A1 in 2019 and 2020, plus a win at the opening round of 2021 in Houston, Texas. Add those four A1 wins for Roczen and three total opening round wins for Barcia and those two have won seven of the last 11 opening round 450SX main events!
In 2021, when the remnants of the COVID-19 pandemic were still affecting major league sports, Justin Barcia outran Ken Roczen and Marvin Musquin at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, to win in his third straight season. When the series returned to its accustomed opening location in Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, in 2022, it was reasonable to expect Barcia would run well again. He did, but Roczen held the upper hand, and Cooper Webb finished second. Barcia stood next to them on the bottom rung of the podium.
So, these guys have been the opening-round masters of the field. Two questions: 1) Can either Roczen or Barcia get that opening-round magic back? And 2) if so, could they carry it to more wins throughout 2025?
Since then, the season opener has been won by different riders, with Eli Tomac taking the top spot in 2023 and the defending Pro Motocross and SuperMotocross World Champion Jett Lawrence picking up where he left off in 2024.
This will be the first round of the 17-round championship, and the first round of the 31-round SuperMotocross World Championship (SMX).
Despite often getting off to a slow start, Cooper Webb has been consistently strong in the first Anaheim race with second-place finishes in 2022 and 2023, plus a third in 2020. He’s never won this race during his career, so that is high on his bucket list.
Anaheim holds a special place in the hearts of Supercross riders. The facility has hosted races since the mid-1970s, and with a long season ahead of them, riders can focus on winning without worrying about points. Four riders top the chart with eight wins apiece, and they are the cream of the crop. Jeremy McGrath, Chad Reed, James Stewart, and Ricky Carmichael capitalized on their strong starts with dozens of wins and championships.
As expected from a developmental series, the 250 West division has shown even greater parity with Anaheim as the opener. One has to scroll back to 2018 to find a repeat winner in Shane McElrath, who also won the 2017 race. Since then, Colt Nichols (2019 winner), Justin Cooper (2020), Christian Craig (2022), and Lawrence (2023) have moved onto the premier division. Last year’s winner, RJ Hampshire, won the 250 West championship and has only one year to defend before he is forced to move up.
The points are currently tied at zero coming into the 2025 Anaheim 1 Supercross this weekend. Everyone rider has the same opportunity to snatch a win at the opener and take home the 25 points that go with it. The pressure is on the riders, mechanics, team managers, trainers, and everyone involved with racing this Saturday. Will the offseason work pay off? Only time will tell, but as the season opener rapidly approaches, we wanted to take a quick refresher on where the top-tier riders are sitting thus far.ar wesg dfbghf jufg hgj