Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia was a mess on April 25th — and honestly, that made for one of the better races of the 2026 Monster Energy AMA Supercross season.
Rain had been falling all day. The track crew did what they could, rolling and covering the dirt before the night show, but by the time the 450SX main event gate dropped, everyone knew it was going to be survival racing. Conditions were so bad that officials cut the 450 main from 20 minutes down to 17 minutes plus one lap. As we’ll get into, that three-minute difference may have changed everything.
How the Main Event Unfolded
Hunter Lawrence, Cooper Webb, and Ken Roczen were all out front off the start — the top three in the championship battle, all right there on lap one. Lawrence held the early lead but couldn’t jump the finish line cleanly, letting both Webb and Roczen close up on him.
On the second lap, Roczen made a move in the rhythm section before the whoops and took over the lead. From there, the German on his Suzuki started to pull away while Lawrence and Webb fought behind him.
Lawrence was pushing hard trying to keep Roczen honest when he crashed in the rhythm section after the finish line, handing second over to Webb. Lawrence remounted in third but the damage was done.
Now it was Webb’s race to run — second place on the road, Roczen somewhere up ahead in the mud and spray.
Webb’s Chase
Cooper Webb didn’t back down. He put his head down and started chipping away at what had been an eight-second gap between him and Roczen. Lap by lap, the gap shrank.
Webb closed up on Roczen in the late stages of the main event — like a shark seeing blood in the water, jumping closer and closer to the #94 Suzuki. By the final lap, he was right there. But Roczen had enough of a gap to hold on for the race win, with the gap at the checkered flag just 2.427 seconds.
Webb didn’t mince words after the race. “I started catching him there at the end and just kind of ran out of time. Shorter main event didn’t help us tonight,” he said.
He also had some thoughts on Roczen’s late-race tendencies — known to any fan who’s watched the sport long enough. “I was able to catch him on that last lap, and then, as he said, he realized it, put it into gear, and was really going after it. Then I had to switch some lines due to some lappers as well. But, overall it was a fun race. Battled hard and was able to close there late, just wasn’t able to execute.”
It was a hard-charging, gritty second place on a night where staying upright was half the battle. Worth noting — Webb was putting in that charge in the Fly Racing x DBK Kinetic gear. The grey, black, and red colorway was clean even covered in Philly mud. You can grab the full DBK gear collection — jerseys, pants, helmets, and gloves — over at our store here.
The Championship Picture
With two rounds to go, Webb sat 24 points back from Roczen (310) and 20 back from Lawrence (306). He knows the math. “Tonight was a must-win, and I wasn’t able to do it,” he admitted.
But Webb being Webb, he still spelled out exactly where the season slipped away — and it wasn’t for lack of effort. “I can pick two or three races where I’m in a podium position, and I fall or crash and get a sixth that night. Detroit, A1, San Diego — there’s three and I’m in this thing.”
As for Roczen, the story just keeps getting better. He was down 31 points just a handful of rounds before Philly, and here he was leaving the City of Brotherly Love with the red plate and a four-point lead with two races to go. He’s on a privately owned team, on a bike that hasn’t been updated since 2018, and his team manager Larry Brooks has been away fighting cancer. Racing doesn’t always make sense, and that’s why we love it.
Full 450SX Podium
| Position | Rider |
|---|---|
| 1st | Ken Roczen |
| 2nd | Cooper Webb |
| 3rd | Hunter Lawrence |
250SX Recap
Cole Davies clinched the 250SX East title with a win in the shortened 12-minute main event, surviving a red flag mid-race after Izaih Clark’s big crash. Local hero Seth Hammaker — who crashed off the start while leading — fought all the way back to third before going down again on the final lap trying to pass Daxton Bennick to keep the title hunt alive. Davies took a rather easy win and the first title of what should be many for the Kiwi kid.
Gear Up
Cooper wore the Fly Racing x Dirt Bike Kidz Kinetic gear through every lap of that muddy main event. You can shop the complete DBK gear collection — including jerseys, pants, helmets, and gloves.
Two rounds left. Denver and Salt Lake City. The 450 title is still very much alive — and Webb’s not done yet.