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Ken Roczen takes the red plate at Philadelphia AMA Supercross
Suzuki’s Ken Roczen took his fifth victory of the season at the 2026 Philadelphia AMA Supercross.
The 2026 Philadelphia AMA Supercross was won by Ken Roczen, the Suzuki rider taking his fifth win of the season and fourth from the last five races.
It was Hunter Lawrence who made the holeshot, but behind him Roczen and Cooper Webb were faster at the start.
Lawrence held Roczen off for a few laps at the beginning of the race, but Roczen made his way through eventually and made a small gap for himself.
Lawrence then regrouped and found himself back on Roczen’s rear wheel, and tried to make a pass in one of the bowl turns, but the Suzuki rider stood firm in the lead. Roczen then started defending the insides more robustly and Lawrence again dropped a few bike lengths further back.
A turning point came just into the final 10 minutes of the race as Lawrence fell in the first rhythm after the finish. He held onto third place but eventually fell over 30 seconds behind Roczen at the front.
Lawrence’s only hope of making ground in the points on Roczen from that moment was Webb catching and passing him. Webb did close at the end as Roczen caught lappers, but never got within range to make a pass, and the Suzuki rider was able to take his fifth win of the season and the red plate with it.
Behind the podium, Joey Savatgy was fourth after taking his first heat race win since he was a factory Kawasaki rider in 2019, and Justin Hill rounded out the top-five.
Shane McElrath took sixth ahead of Chase Sexton, Dean Wilson, Dylan Ferrandis (who came through the LCQ), and Garrett Marchbanks who rounded out the top-10.
Justin Barcia completed his first race of the season in his first appearance since his Anaheim 1 crash, finishing 12th.
250SX East: Davies clinches
The conditions meant the 250SX East Main Event was shortened, anyway, from 15 minutes to 12 before the start. A red flag for an incident for Izaih Clark then led to a staggered restart with 07:22 remaining on the clock.
Cole Davies was leading, despite having tipped over in the final corner, before the red flag and was in position to clinch the title after Seth Hammaker crashed in the initial start on the first rhythm.
Davies had been closed down by Daxton Bennick in the last two laps of the first start, but on the restart he reasserted his authority, quickly opening out a multi-second lead that had grown to over 10 seconds by the time the white flag went out, and the Kiwi cruised to another win.
Behind him, Bennick was being caught by Hammaker, who had to get to second to deny Davies the title.
However, the Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider crashed on the final lap, losing any chance to get to second and postpone Davies’ title celebrations, meaning the Yamaha rider took the title in just his second year of professional supercross racing.
Hammaker held onto third place behind Bennick after his crash. For Bennick, it was a first podium of his career at a race that wasn’t a season opener.
Behind, Coty Schock was fourth, Nate Thrasher took the final top-five spot, and Devin Simonson completed the top-six. Henry Miller, Derek Kelley, Gavin Towers, and Marshal Weltin completed the top-10.
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Suzuki’s Ken Roczen took his fifth victory of the season at the 2026 Philadelphia AMA Supercross.
The 2026 Philadelphia AMA Supercross was won by Ken Roczen, the Suzuki rider taking his fifth win of the season and fourth from the last five races.
It was Hunter Lawrence who made the holeshot, but behind him Roczen and Cooper Webb were faster at the start.
Lawrence held Roczen off for a few laps at the beginning of the race, but Roczen made his way through eventually and made a small gap for himself.
Lawrence then regrouped and found himself back on Roczen’s rear wheel, and tried to make a pass in one of the bowl turns, but the Suzuki rider stood firm in the lead. Roczen then started defending the insides more robustly and Lawrence again dropped a few bike lengths further back.
A turning point came just into the final 10 minutes of the race as Lawrence fell in the first rhythm after the finish. He held onto third place but eventually fell over 30 seconds behind Roczen at the front.
Lawrence’s only hope of making ground in the points on Roczen from that moment was Webb catching and passing him. Webb did close at the end as Roczen caught lappers, but never got within range to make a pass, and the Suzuki rider was able to take his fifth win of the season and the red plate with it.
Behind the podium, Joey Savatgy was fourth after taking his first heat race win since he was a factory Kawasaki rider in 2019, and Justin Hill rounded out the top-five.
Shane McElrath took sixth ahead of Chase Sexton, Dean Wilson, Dylan Ferrandis (who came through the LCQ), and Garrett Marchbanks who rounded out the top-10.
Justin Barcia completed his first race of the season in his first appearance since his Anaheim 1 crash, finishing 12th.
250SX East: Davies clinches
The conditions meant the 250SX East Main Event was shortened, anyway, from 15 minutes to 12 before the start. A red flag for an incident for Izaih Clark then led to a staggered restart with 07:22 remaining on the clock.
Cole Davies was leading, despite having tipped over in the final corner, before the red flag and was in position to clinch the title after Seth Hammaker crashed in the initial start on the first rhythm.
Davies had been closed down by Daxton Bennick in the last two laps of the first start, but on the restart he reasserted his authority, quickly opening out a multi-second lead that had grown to over 10 seconds by the time the white flag went out, and the Kiwi cruised to another win.
Behind him, Bennick was being caught by Hammaker, who had to get to second to deny Davies the title.
However, the Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider crashed on the final lap, losing any chance to get to second and postpone Davies’ title celebrations, meaning the Yamaha rider took the title in just his second year of professional supercross racing.
Hammaker held onto third place behind Bennick after his crash. For Bennick, it was a first podium of his career at a race that wasn’t a season opener.
Behind, Coty Schock was fourth, Nate Thrasher took the final top-five spot, and Devin Simonson completed the top-six. Henry Miller, Derek Kelley, Gavin Towers, and Marshal Weltin completed the top-10.
The 2026 Philadelphia AMA Supercross was won by Ken Roczen, the Suzuki rider taking his fifth win of the season and fourth from the last five races.
It was Hunter Lawrence who made the holeshot, but behind him Roczen and Cooper Webb were faster at the start.
Lawrence held Roczen off for a few laps at the beginning of the race, but Roczen made his way through eventually and made a small gap for himself.
Lawrence then regrouped and found himself back on Roczen’s rear wheel, and tried to make a pass in one of the bowl turns, but the Suzuki rider stood firm in the lead. Roczen then started defending the insides more robustly and Lawrence again dropped a few bike lengths further back.
A turning point came just into the final 10 minutes of the race as Lawrence fell in the first rhythm after the finish. He held onto third place but eventually fell over 30 seconds behind Roczen at the front.
Lawrence’s only hope of making ground in the points on Roczen from that moment was Webb catching and passing him. Webb did close at the end as Roczen caught lappers, but never got within range to make a pass, and the Suzuki rider was able to take his fifth win of the season and the red plate with it.
Behind the podium, Joey Savatgy was fourth after taking his first heat race win since he was a factory Kawasaki rider in 2019, and Justin Hill rounded out the top-five.
Shane McElrath took sixth ahead of Chase Sexton, Dean Wilson, Dylan Ferrandis (who came through the LCQ), and Garrett Marchbanks who rounded out the top-10.
Justin Barcia completed his first race of the season in his first appearance since his Anaheim 1 crash, finishing 12th.
250SX East: Davies clinches
The conditions meant the 250SX East Main Event was shortened, anyway, from 15 minutes to 12 before the start. A red flag for an incident for Izaih Clark then led to a staggered restart with 07:22 remaining on the clock.
Cole Davies was leading, despite having tipped over in the final corner, before the red flag and was in position to clinch the title after Seth Hammaker crashed in the initial start on the first rhythm.
Davies had been closed down by Daxton Bennick in the last two laps of the first start, but on the restart he reasserted his authority, quickly opening out a multi-second lead that had grown to over 10 seconds by the time the white flag went out, and the Kiwi cruised to another win.
Behind him, Bennick was being caught by Hammaker, who had to get to second to deny Davies the title.
However, the Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider crashed on the final lap, losing any chance to get to second and postpone Davies’ title celebrations, meaning the Yamaha rider took the title in just his second year of professional supercross racing.
Hammaker held onto third place behind Bennick after his crash. For Bennick, it was a first podium of his career at a race that wasn’t a season opener.
Behind, Coty Schock was fourth, Nate Thrasher took the final top-five spot, and Devin Simonson completed the top-six. Henry Miller, Derek Kelley, Gavin Towers, and Marshal Weltin completed the top-10.
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