best out of what was a chaotic
start to the race for me."
Roczen finished behind
Stewart, Dylan Ferrandis took
home seventh and led a quartet
of Hondas to the line, which
included Joey Savatgy, Shane
McElrath and Dean Wilson.
250SX East
The top three 250SX East riders
have firmly established them-
selves, but no one can keep a
grasp
of the red plate firmly.
Going into the race, less than 10
points separated Seth Hammak-
er, RJ Hampshire and Tom Vialle.
cool feeling
to not give up on
myself and rebound mid-race."
Malcolm Stewart rounded out
the top five after an aggressive
last-lap pass saw him make
contact with heat-race winner
Ken Roczen.
"We had a good racetrack to
-
night, and I ended up P5, which
was good,"
Stewart said. "I felt
like I rode well and made the
position, but then I just locked
in on those two out front. I felt
like I was just maintaining the
gap and wasn't closing in. In
that mid-race I had a slump and
lost the tow and was in no man's
land from there."
Aaron Plessinger was in the
fight all night and finished just
off the podium in fourth.
"On the first lap, I cased the
big triple, and I think that threw
me off a bit," Plessinger said.
"Took me a bit to get going.
Around the halfway mark, I
came alive and managed to
come back to fourth, so it's a
ROUND 15 / APRIL 26, 2025
ACRISURE STADIUM / PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P70
Tom Vialle won for the first
time this year after passing
Nate Thrasher late in the 250SX
East main. Vialle now leads the
championship by one point.
