CHASE SEXTON: Moves to nine points off the red plate going into the finale after his sixth win of the season, 15^th career 450SX Class win (18^th all-time), and 35^th SMX League victory (ties Damon Bradshaw for 20^th all-time). He also became the 17^th athlete to score his 44^th 450SX Class podium and 24^th with 60 top fives. Sexton has won the last two finales and earned podiums in the two before that, giving him an average finish of 1.75 in finales for his 450SX Class career.

COOPER WEBB: Retains red plate after 11^th podium of the season and 76^th of his 450SX Class career, tying Ken Roczen for seventh on the all-time list. It was his 260^th career SMX League start and 120^th career SMX League podium (13^th all-time). Webb has made six starts in 450SX Class finales, averaging 5.16 with one win (2021) and three podiums.

JUSTIN COOPER: Earns back-to-back podiums for the first time in his 450SX Class career. It was his fourth career 450SX Class podium and 10^th top five in 37 450SX Class starts. He finished runner-up in last season’s 450SX Class finale, the only one he has made a start in. Cooper would need to finish 11^th or better and not finish seven positions or more lower than Malcolm Stewart to lock up third in the points

NOTES: Malcolm Stewart (4^th) Earned 27^th career 450SX Class top five finish, tying Ivan Tedesco for 43^rd all-time. It was his 120^th career 450SX Class start and 230^th career SMX League start. Aaron Plessinger (5^th) Breaks his personal record with eighth top five finish on the season. It was the 26^th top five finish of his 450SX Class career, one spot under Tedesco and Stewart in 45^th all-time.  Shane McElrath (6^th) Second best finish of his season and 16^th career 450SX Class top-10 finish. He has 112 top-10 finishes in his 226 career SMX League starts.

HAIDEN DEEGAN: Earns his sixth career 250SX Class victory, good for 38^th all-time in 250SX Class history. His 16^th career SMX League victory is good for 45^th on the all-time list, tied with a bevy of SMX Legends including active fan favorite Plessinger along with Damon Huffman, John Dowd, Johnny O’Mara, Guy Cooper, and Brad Lackey. Deegan has 37 podiums in 58 SMX League starts.

DEEGAN TITLE NOTES: With Deegan’s victory and rookie teammate Cole Davies fifth place finish, Deegan secures the 2025 Western Divisional Championship. He now has four SMX League Championships, one of only 24 athletes in the history of SMX racing with that many. Deegan has two 250 SMX World Championships, one 250 Pro Motocross Championship, and now one 250SX Class Western Divisional title. Yamaha now has 18 250SX Class Divisional Championships, 13 coming from the Western Division with only five being on the East. Kawasaki (23) and Honda (20) lead Yamaha on the all-time 250SX Class Championships list, but Yamaha is second to only Kawasaki (14) in Western Divisional titles. Yamaha now has 40 Supercross Championships combining 450SX (12) and 250SX (18). Yamaha has also now won eight of the last 11 Western Divisional titles while only winning one in the East in the last 23 seasons.

JULIEN BEAUMER: Nails fourth podium of his season after five straight rounds without one. He podiumed in the first three rounds before five straight rounds off the podium. He has one win, four podiums, and six top five finishes in his first 19 250SX Class starts. He is four points behind Davies in the battle for second in the 250SX Class Western Divisional point standings

NOTES: Garrett Marchbanks (3^rd): Second podium of the season and eighth of his 250SX Class career in 49 starts. Looking for his 50^th 250SX Class start in Salt Lake City. Jordon Smith (4^th): Made his 76^th 250SX Class start, tying Nathan Ramsey for sixth on the all-time list. His 45^th top five finish ties RJ Hampshire for second on the all-time list, and a top five finish in Salt Lake will tie him with Ramsey for the all-time record. Jo Shimoda (9^th): 50^th career 250SX Class start and 47^th top-10, tying David Pingree for 16^th all-time. Cole Thompson (11^th): 75^thcareer SMX League start and 58^th 250SX Class start, tying Christian Craig for 23^rd all-time.

TOM VIALLE: Steals the red plate away and earns first win of the season and third of his 250SX Class career in Pittsburgh. It was the fifth win of his SMX League career and he carries a one point lead over Seth Hammaker going into the finale. Vialle is trying to become the seventh athlete to win back-to-back titles in the Eastern Divisional Championship and first back-to-back on KTM in either Division.

NATE THRASHER: Second podium of the season and 11^th of his 250SX Class career. He is looking to finish a career best fourth in the point standings, after two season with fifth place finishes (2022 and 2024) and two seasons with seventh place finishes (2021 and 2023).

MAX VOHLAND: Nails his first career 250SX Class and SMX League podium with a third-place finish in Pittsburgh. Vohland has one podium and seven top five finishes in 22 career 250SX Class starts and made his 60^th career SMX League start.

NOTES: RJ Hampshire (4^th): Made his 75^th career 250SX Class start (eighth all-time) and nailed his 45^th 250SX Class top five finish (tied second all-time). Along with Smith, he could tie Ramsey for the all-time record with a top-five in the finale. More importantly, Hampshire is only three points off the red plate heading into the finale. Seth Hammaker (5^th): Lost red plate with fifth place finish, but only one point behind Vialle heading into the finale. It was his 17^th career top five finish in 28 250SX Class starts. Bryce Shelly (10^th): Nailed his first career 250SX Class and SMX League top-10 finish in his fourth career 250SX Class start and 19^th career SMX League start.