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07-05-2025
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Salt Lake City Supercross 2025 preview: Top finishes, previous winners, who to watch
Since the COVID-19 pandemic altered the schedule in 2020 with seven rounds at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, this venue has served as the season finale, and there have been some spectacular races as a result. With his propensity to run strong in the closing stages of a season, Chase Sexton enters the weekend with back-to-back Salt Lake City victories in 2023 and 2024, as well as podiums that stretch to the second race of 2021, which contributes to opening betting odds of -205, the first time this season ALT Sports has favored a rider with a minus line . Cooper Webb won in this stadium in the second race of 2021 and was the runner-up to Marvin Musquin in the first race that year. He leads the field with four wins to Eli Tomac's three and would be considered a strong threat for the win this weekend if not for one outstanding factor: Webb does not need to win and has a lot to lose if he gets into a shoving match with Sexton. Webb enters the season finale with a nine-point advantage over Sexton and needs to finish only fifth or better to claim his third Supercross title. His first came in 2019, and his second was in 2021. Justin Cooper has been improving every weekend. He has one final chance to win a 450 race in his rookie season, and should he do so and Sexton finishes second, Webb needs only to finish eighth or better. If Webb wins the title, he will become the seventh rider to score at least three in the stadium series. Haiden Deegan wrapped up the championship in Denver when he moved Cole Davies off the track with two laps remaining, taking the lead and dropping his rival to fifth in the rundown. He now has titles in all three of the SuperMotocross League divisions. But there is still a championship to be decided in the 250 East division. There is a winner-take-all scenario with Tom Vialle, Seth Hammaker, and RJ Hampshire separated by three points. It may not be quite that simple, as this is the final East / West Showdown of the season, and the riders from the alternate coast have been strong. Only three riders have multiple wins this season, with Western divisional riders Deegan and Davies among them. Hammaker has two wins in the East, but faces both 250 champions from 2024, and they already know how to win. Vialle is the defending Eastern titlist while Hampshire won the Western championship. In the East's last outing, Hammaker stumbled out of the gate and gave up the points lead to Vialle, who won his first race of the season. With two wins, Hammaker has the tiebreaker should he end with the same number of points as Vialle and Hampshire. A Hampshire win and Vialle runner-up would give the title to Hampshire on a tiebreaker; if Hampshire wins and Hammaker finishes second, Hampshire would take the title by one point. According to , there have been nine winner-take-all scenarios in 250 divisional racing. Three of these ended in a tie (1987, 2000, and 2024), the leader entering the weekend won three times (1998, 2008, and 2011), and the challenger won three times (1988, 2007, and 2017). 2025 Top-10 finishers 450s Chase Sexton (6 wins, 11 podiums, 14 top-fives, 16 top-10s)Cooper Webb (5 wins; 13 podiums, 15 top-fives, 16 top-10s)Ken Roczen (1 win, 7 podiums, 11 top-fives, 13 top-10s)Aaron Plessinger (1 win, 5 podiums, 8 top-fives, 14 top-10s)Malcolm Stewart (1 win, 2 podiums, 6 top-fives, 15 top-10s)Jett Lawrence (1 win, 2 podiums, 2 top-fives, 3 top-10s) Eli Tomac (1 win, 1 podium, 3 top-fives, 4 top-10s) Justin Cooper (3 podiums, 8 top-fives, 13 top-10s)Jason Anderson (3 podiums, 3 top-fives, 7 top-10s)Hunter Lawrence (2 podiums, 3 top-fives, 4 top-10s) Shane McElrath (1 podium, 1 top-five, 7 top-10s) Justin Barcia (2 top-fives, 11 top-10s)Dylan Ferrandis (2 top-fives, 8 top-10s)Justin Hill (1 top-five, 10 top-10s) Joey Savatgy (1 top-five, 7 top-10s) Benny Bloss (4 top-10s)Dean Wilson (3 top-10s)Colt Nichols (1 top-10)Logan Leitzel (1 top-10) Mitchell Oldenburg (1 top-10) 250s Haiden Deegan (3 wins, 8 podiums, 9 top-fives, 9 top-10s)Cole Davies (2 wins, 4 podiums, 7 top-fives, 9 top-10s)Seth Hammaker (2 wins, 3 podiums, 7 top-fives, 8 top-10s)Tom Vialle (1 win, 5 podiums, 7 top-fives, 8 top-10s)RJ Hampshire (1 win, 5 podiums, 7 top-fives, 7 top-10s)Julien Beaumer (1 win, 4 podiums, 6 top-fives, 8 top-10s)Jordon Smith (1 win, 3 podiums, 5 top-fives, 6 top-10s)Nate Thrasher (1 win, 2 podiums, 4 top-fives, 6 top-10s)Max Anstie (1 win, 2 podiums, 2 top-fives, 4 top-10s)Jo Shimoda (1 win, 1 podium, 4 top-fives, 9 top-10s)Chance Hymas (1 win, 1 podium, 2 top-fives, 7 top-10s) Levi Kitchen (1 win, 1 podium, 1 top-five, 1 top-10) Garrett Marchbanks (2 podiums, 3 top-fives, 7 top-10s)Daxton Bennick (1 podium, 3 top-fives, 4 top-10s)Maximus Vohland (1 podium, 2 top-fives, 7 top-10s)Coty Schock (1 podium, 2 top-fives, 7 top-10s)Michael Mosiman (1 podium, 2 top-fives, 6 top-10s)Cullin Park (1 podium, 2 top-fives, 5 top-10s)Cameron McAdoo (1 podium, 1 top-five, 1 top-10) Gage Linville (1 podium, 1 top-five, 1 top-10) Ryder DiFrancesco (2 top-fives, 2 top-10s) Justin Rodbell (1 top-five, 1 top-10) Anthony Bourdon (3 top-10s)Austin Forkner (3 top-10s)Henry Miller (3 top-10s)Enzo Lopes (3 top-10s)Hunter Yoder (2 top-10s)Carson Mumford (2 top-10s)Hardy Munoz (2 top-10s)Cole Thompson (2 top-10)Devin Simonson (2 top-10s)Drew Adams (2 top-10)Parker Ross (1 top-10)Levi Kitchen (1 top-10)Lux Turner (1 top-10)Jett Reynolds (1 top-10)Gavin Towers (1 top-10)Lance Kobusch (1 top-10)Jack Chambers (1 top-10)Mark Fineis (1 top-10)Preston Taylor (1 top-10)Luke Neese (1 top-10) Bryce Shelly (1 top-10) 450s 2024: Chase Sexton (Followed by Justin Cooper, Cooper Webb) 2023: Chase Sexton (Aaron Plessinger, Justin Hill) 2022: Jason Anderson (Chase Sexton, Justin Barcia) 2021, Race 2: Cooper Webb (Marvin Musquin, Chase Sexton) 2021, Race 1: Marvin Musquin (Cooper Webb, Malcolm Stewart) 250s 2024: Haiden Deegan (RJ Hampshire, Jordon Smith) *2023: Jett Lawrence (RJ Hampshire, Levi Kitchen) *2022: Nate Thrasher (Hunter Lawrence, Pierce Brown) *2021, Race 2: Jett Lawrence (Colt Nichols, Hunter Lawrence) * 2021, Race 1: Jo Shimoda (Jett Lawrence, Colt Nichols) + * East / West Showdown + East Previews Denver | Pittsburgh | New Jersey | Philadelphia | Foxborough | Seattle | Birmingham | Indianapolis | Daytona | Arlington | Detroit | Tampa | Anaheim 2 | San Diego | Anaheim 1 More SuperMotocross News Jeremy Martin to run three Pro MX races in 2025 Jett Lawrence walks the red carpet Salt Lake City betting guide Two riders die in 11-bike British Superbike crash Denver 450 Results | 250 Results Chase Sexton dominates Denver 450s, keeps hope alive Haiden Deegan wins 250 Denver feature, championship Denver Qualification | 250 Heats | 450 Heats Kevin Moranz wins PulpMX Privateer Challenge Ken Roczen to miss final two SX races
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06-05-2025
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Salt Lake City Supercross betting, predictions, odds, picks, lines: First-time minus odds for Chase Sexton
For the first time in 2025, ALT Sports has awarded a minus line to the favored rider for the outright win, with Chase Sexton opening at -205 for the Monster Energy Supercross finale in Salt Lake City. Sexton opened at +190 last week in Denver before scoring his sixth season victory . That is only one sign of how massively Sexton is favored. Sexton and Cooper Webb have been alternately favored during the past several rounds, with minimal points separating them. The differential between Sexton and Webb is nearly 500 points for Salt Lake City. Webb opens at +290, which is his worst opening line since Round 5 in Tampa when he was +352. That week, the Supercross series lost Jett Lawrence to injury. Eli Tomac followed one round later, and the makeup of the betting landscape dramatically changed. In a head-to-head matchup, Sexton is favored over Webb to the tune of -248 to +180. The rationale for the outright win line is obvious. Sexton has potentially everything to gain by winning, but only if Webb allows himself to be put in harm's way. Webb needs to finish only seventh or better to win the championship, and he has finished worse than fourth only once this season. Inexplicably, his odds to win the championship were lowered this week from -478 to -383 while Sexton's improved from +312 to +261. The traders believe it's a foregone conclusion Sexton will podium, giving him a line of -1200 to finish third or better. Webb's podium odds are -275. Sexton is also favored to be the fastest qualifier in SLC at -187. With the loss of Ken Roczen from the entry list last week in Denver, only one other rider has a line under 10/1 for Salt Lake City. Aaron Plessinger (+850) shows his most lucrative line since winning the muddy Foxborough race. Last week, Justin Cooper (+1250) arguably had more speed than his teammate Webb, but was unwilling to show enough aggression to get into second and alter Webb's championship clinch scenario. (For further analysis, watch the video embedded above.) Traders noted the strength, however, as Cooper scored his second consecutive podium finish. His opening odds last week were +2156. Cooper is listed at +180 to score another podium in SLC. In a head-to-head matchup, Plessinger (-139) is favored over Cooper (+105), but there is not a lot of juice in either squeeze. Opening Odds, Outright Win Chase Sexton, -205Cooper Webb, +290Aaron Plessinger, +850Justin Cooper, +1250Malcolm Stewart, +2876Dylan Ferrandis, +3265Joey Savatgy, +11169Shane McElrath, +12275Justin Hill, +13925Dean Wilson, +14007Colt Nichols, +14007Christian Craig, +14007Mitchell Oldenburg, +14007Austin Politelli, +15453Benny Bloss, +15453Bubba Pauli, +15453Mitchell Harrison, +15453Kyle Chisholm, +16899Grant Harlan, +16899Anthony Rodriguez, +16899Hunter Schlosser, +16899Freddie Noren, +16899Cade Clason, +16899 Justin Starling, +16899 Opening Odds, Podium Chase Sexton -1200Cooper Webb -275Aaron Plessinger, +141Justin Cooper, +180Malcolm Stewart, +272Dylan Ferrandis, +290Joey Savatgy, +687Shane McElrath, +711Justin Hill, +767Dean Wilson, +868Christian Craig, +945Colt Nichols, +959Mitchell Oldenburg, +1115Austin Politelli, +1331Benny Bloss, +1595Bubba Pauli, +2094Mitchell Harrison, +2513Kyle Chisholm, +2607Freddie Noren, +3320Grant Harlan, +3702Hunter Schlosser, +4199Cade Clason, +4271Anthony Rodriguez, +4499 Justin Starling, +4709 More SuperMotocross News Two riders die in 11-bike British Superbike crash Denver 450 Results | 250 Results Chase Sexton dominates Denver 450s, keeps hope alive Haiden Deegan wins 250 Denver feature, championship Denver Qualification | 250 Heats | 450 Heats Kevin Moranz wins PulpMX Privateer Challenge Ken Roczen to miss final two SX races Drew Adams returns in Denver Seth Hammaker's Northeast success Justin Barcia to miss the final three SX rounds Page 2
