2025 LAS VEGAS SMX FINALE PRE-RACE REPORT

The 2025 Las Vegas SMX finale is officially here, and it’s hard to believe we’ve already reached the end of the 31-race “SuperMotocross” Championship. The name still hasn’t caught on with us, but the drama from St. Louis definitely ramped up the excitment going into the final round of the season. In the 450 class, it’s a battle of the brothers. Jett and Hunter are first and second, once again, going into the finale, and barring any unforeseen crashes or bike malfunctions, it looks like the Lawrence family will be leaving Las Vegas, $1.5 million richer.

2025 LAS VEGAS SMX // FULL COVERAGE

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250 CLASS DRAMA: DEEGAN VS. SHIMODA

This is a view we expect to see a lot of in Las Vegas. The big question is, will Haiden take out Jo to ensure he doesn’t place second?

Haiden Deegan looked to be on track to win his third 250 SMX title in a row (sweeping the 250 titles in the first three years of SMX), but Levi Kitchen made his life much harder when he slammed into Haiden on the first lap of moto 2 in St. Louis. Haiden is fast enough, and the 20-minute races are long enough, that he probably could have made his way back through the field to salvage a better finish, but he only managed to get to 14th place because he was riding with a broken front brake lever. Haiden ended up with 1-14 moto scores, giving him sixth overall in St. Louis. He needed just one more position to earn fifth overall and greatly improve his title chances in Las Vegas. A fifth overall would’ve put him eight points behind Jo going into the finale, which, with triple points on the line, would’ve made it a winner-take-all situation at the finale. However, because he is 10 points behind Jo, even if he wins in Las Vegas, Jo can finish second and win the 250 SMX title by one point.

Jo Shimoda’s 2-2 scores in St. Louis, while riding under the weather, were good enough to give him first overall and the point lead going into Las Vegas. 

2025 LAS VEGAS SMX PREVIEW

2025 LAS VEGAS SMX: RACE DAY SCHEDULE

Like Charlotte, the Las Vegas SMX track is on a four-lane drag strip, but this track is bigger than the zMax Dragway track in North Carolina, utilizing more land outside of the stadium. 

1:20pm – 1:30pm 250 Unseeded Qualifying
1:35pm – 1:45pm 250 Seeded Qualifying
1:50pm – 2:00pm 450 Seeded Qualifying
2:05pm – 2:15pm 450 Unseeded Qualifying
2:20pm – 2:30pm KTM Junior Racing Practice

2:55pm – 3:05pm 250 Unseeded Qualifying
3:10pm – 3:20pm 250 Seeded Qualifying
3:25pm – 3:35pm 450 Seeded Qualifying
3:40pm – 3:50pm 450 Unseeded Qualifying
3:55pm – 4:05pm KTM Junior Racing Practice

4:30pm – 4:37pm 250 Wildcard – 5 Minutes/ Plus 1 Lap
4:41pm – 4:48pm 450 Wildcard – 5 Minutes/ Plus 1 Lap

NIGHT SHOW

6:30pm – 7:00pm Opening Ceremonies

7:06pm – 7:28pm 250 Moto 1 – 20 Minutes/ Plus 1 Lap – 22 Riders (Olympic Scoring)
7:43pm – 8:05pm 450 Moto 1 – 20 Minutes/ Plus 1 Lap – 22 Riders (Olympic Scoring)

8:15pm – 8:25pm Intermission

8:25pm – 8:35pm KTM Junior Racing Main Event – 4 Laps – 15 Riders
8:51pm – 9:13pm 250 Moto 2 – 20 Minutes/ Plus 1 Lap – 22 Riders (Olympic Scoring)
9:29pm – 9:51pm 450 Moto 2 – 20 Minutes/ Plus 1 Lap – 22 Riders (Olympic Scoring)

2025 LAS VEGAS SMX FINALE: TV SCHEDULE

The Peacock premium streaming service provides LIVE coverage of the daytime qualifying sessions at each Round and live coverage of each motocross race. International Supercross and motocross fans can also watch LIVE using the SuperMotocross Video Pass streaming service (Supermotocross.tv) for a one-year subscription.

MXA FANTASY LEAGUE CONTINUES FOR SUPERMOTOCROSS!

We’re heading into the finale round of SMX in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the MXA Fantasy League presented by ON X Offroad.

onX OFFROAD IS GIVING ALL OF YOU 20% OFF BY USING PROMO CODE MXA20 AT CHECKOUT.

SMX PLAYOFF 450 POINT STANDINGS (AFTER 2 OF 3 RACES)

Jett Lawrence didn’t win in St. Louis, but he still enters the finale with the red plate. However, with triple points on the line, the deficit between first and second place is nine points. If Hunter wins the overall, he will be the 2025 450 SMX Champion. 

Pos	#	Name	Points
1	1	Jett Lawrence	91
2	96	Hunter Lawrence	85
3	3	Eli Tomac	75
4	4	Chase Sexton	68
5	2	Cooper Webb	67
6	32	Justin Cooper	64
7	94	Ken Roczen	63
8	24	R.J. Hampshire	61
9	14	Dylan Ferrandis	48
10	17	Joey Savatgy	47
11	51	Justin Barcia	47
12	57	Benny Bloss	30
13	992	Valentin Guillod	28
14	46	Justin Hill	26
15	37	Coty Schock	22
16	12	Shane McElrath	21
17	27	Malcolm Stewart	20
18	86	Mitchell Harrison	14
19	7	Aaron Plessinger	14
20	35	Marshal Weltin	12
21	49	Mitchell Oldenburg	11
22	70	Jorge Prado	9
23	15	Dean Wilson	8
24	21	Jason Anderson	7
25	45	Colt Nichols	5

Mathematically, the 450 class is all about the battle of the brothers. 

SMX PLAYOFF 250 POINT STANDINGS (AFTER 2 OF 3 RACES)

Thanks to help from Levi Kitchen, Jo Shimoda has the red plate with a nice cushion going into the finale. Even if Haiden Deegan wins, Jo just needs to finish in second place to win the title and the $500,000 bonus that comes with it. 

Pos	#	Name	Points
1	30	Jo Shimoda	92
2	1	Haiden Deegan	82
3	56	Seth Hammaker	78
4	16	Tom Vialle	67
5	41	Nate Thrasher	64
6	47	Levi Kitchen	53
7	26	Ty Masterpool	48
8	19	Jordon Smith	48
9	25	Ryder Difrancesco	41
10	100	Cole Davies	41
11	98	Drew Adams	37
12	36	Garrett Marchbanks	36
13	34	Daxton Bennick	35
14	31	Max Anstie	35
15	83	Austin Forkner	25
16	44	Dilan Schwartz	25
17	92	Maximus Vohland	24
18	59	Cullin Park	18
19	23	Julien Beaumer	15
20	65	Lux Turner	14
21	302	Parker Ross	14
22	93	Michael Mosiman	12
23	10	Chance Hymas	10
24	107	Mikkel Haarup	9
25	63	Hunter Yoder	6

Haiden needs to win and have Jo finish third or worse to win his third 250 SMX title.