Race Results: AMA Supercross Daytona 2026

It was a historic night inside The World Center of Racing for Round 8 of the 2026 Monster Energy SMX World Championship, as Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Eli Tomac cemented his place atop the all-time greatest racers at Daytona International Speedway with a record breaking eighth Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship win at the iconic venue. The Colorado native broke a three-year tie with NASCAR legend Richard Petty, owner of seven Daytona 500 victories, to become the most decorated athlete of the speedway’s celebrated 67-year history

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It wasn’t an easy path to victory for Tomac, as he began the 450SMX Class Main Event in fourth, behind each of his primary competitors in the championship. Honda HRC Progressive’s Hunter Lawrence, last week’s winner and current points leader, opened the 20 Minute + 1 Lap race with the holeshot, but was quickly passed by Progressive Insurance Cycle Gear Suzuki’s Ken Roczen. Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Cooper Webb, the defending series champion, slotted into third ahead of Tomac, which set the stage for a thrilling battle between the best in the class. As Roczen and Lawrence settled in out front, Tomac started his pursuit of the lead with an early pass on Webb for third. The top three continuously searched for faster lines on the ever-changing rutty, technical, sandy racetrack and sat within 1.5 seconds of one another with around 14 minutes remaining.

As the race approached the halfway point Tomac elected to make his push and took advantage of a couple sections on the track where he excelled to attack his rivals. He first made an assertive pass on Lawrence for second and on the ensuing lap railed the outside of an option lane to shoot past Roczen as they sprinted to the finish line jump. Tomac seized control of the lead with about 12:30 left on the race clock and quickly opened up a multi-second margin. Roczen held strong in second until the race closed in on the final five minutes, when Lawrence’s patience and persistence paid off and allowed the Australian to take over second. About three seconds separated Tomac from Lawrence, but the championship leader was unable to make significant inroads on his deficit as the race drew to a close.

Tomac was never challenged once he moved into the lead and carried on to take his fourth win of the season and the 57th victory of his career by 1.3 seconds over Lawrence. Roczen finished in a distant third while Webb was largely on his own en route to fourth, with Quad Lock Honda’s Joey Savatgy in fifth.

Tomac closed to within a single point of Lawrence in the championship standings, while Roczen and Webb now sit tied for third, 20 points out of the lead.

450SX DAYTONA HIGHLIGHTS

250SX East Coast: Seth Hammaker wins!

The second race of the Eastern Divisional 250SMX Class Championship featured an impressive showing from Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Seth Hammaker, who entered the night show banged up from a hard crash in afternoon qualifying. The Pennsylvania native was able to secure the holeshot over Honda HRC Progressive’s Jo Shimoda and established a firm grasp on the lead from the outset of the 15 Minute + 1 Lap Main Event. Behind them was Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Nate Thrasher, Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Drew Adams, and Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Pierce Brown, the opening round winner and points leader.

As Hammaker and Shimoda asserted themselves out front, Adams continued what was turning into a breakout night with a pass for third. Behind them, Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Cole Davies was making moves as the fastest rider on the track. The New Zealander made an impressive climb from ninth off the start to pass both his teammates and move into fourth. He then set his sights on Adams and successfully made the pass for third with six minutes to go. Not long after that Adams crashed out of the race, which allowed Brown to assume fourth.

With just over a minute remaining Shimoda went down in the sand section as he simultaneously looked to close in on Hammaker and fend off Davies. The defending SMX World Champion remounted quickly, but not before Davies and Brown got by for second and third. Hammaker completed a dominant wire-to-wire effort by a margin of 4.2 seconds over Davies, while Brown rounded out the podium. Shimoda was forced to settle for fourth, with Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Daxton Bennick in fifth.

Hammaker’s fourth career win ended a reign of dominance for the Star Yamaha effort, which had won every 250SMX Class race of the season up to that point. The Kawasaki rider’s victory moved him into second in the Eastern Divisional standings, where he is now two points behind Brown for the lead. Shimoda dropped to third, five points back.

250SX EAST COAST DAYTONA HIGHLIGHTS

FULL RESULTS AMA SUPERCROSS DAYTONA

450SX MAIN EVENT

Pos	Rider	Brand
1	Eli Tomac	KTM
2	Hunter Lawrence	Honda
3	Ken Roczen	Suzuki
4	Cooper Webb	Yamaha
5	Joey Savatgy	Honda
6	Aaron Plessinger	KTM
7	Garrett Marchbanks	Kawasaki
8	Shane McElrath	Honda
9	Justin Hill	KTM
10	Malcolm Stewart	Husqvarna
11	Colt Nichols	Suzuki
12	Justin Cooper	Yamaha
13	Christian Craig	Honda
14	Vince Friese	Kawasaki
15	Grant Harlan	KTM
16	Cole Thompson	Yamaha
17	Jordon Smith	Triumph
18	Freddie Noren	Yamaha
19	Tristan Lane	Yamaha
20	Mitchell Harrison	Kawasaki
21	Scott Meshey	Husqvarna
22	Dylan Ferrandis	Ducati

TOP 20 450SX STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 8 OF 17

POS	Rider	Points
1	Hunter Lawrence	171
2	Eli Tomac	170
3	Ken Roczen	151
4	Cooper Webb	151
5	Chase Sexton	122
6	Justin Cooper	122
7	Joey Savatgy	112
8	Aaron Plessinger	95
9	Dylan Ferrandis	87
10	Jason Anderson	84
11	Malcolm Stewart	75
12	Justin Hill	74
13	Jorge Prado	73
14	Christian Craig	67
15	Colt Nichols	62
16	Shane McElrath	55
17	Garrett Marchbanks	39
18	R.J. Hampshire	38
19	Vince Friese	32
20	Mitchell Harrison	24

MAIN EVENT 250SX EAST COAST

Pos	Rider	Brand
1	Seth Hammaker	Kawasaki
2	Cole Davies	Yamaha
3	Pierce Brown	Yamaha
4	Jo Shimoda	Honda
5	Daxton Bennick	Husqvarna
6	Coty Schock	Yamaha
7	Nate Thrasher	Yamaha
8	Cullin Park	Honda
9	Devin Simonson	Honda
10	Jalek Swoll	Triumph
11	Caden Dudney	Yamaha
12	Izaih Clark	Honda
13	Henry Miller	Kawasaki
14	Valentin Guillod	Yamaha
15	Marshal Weltin	Kawasaki
16	Landon Hartz	Yamaha
17	Derek Kelley	Kawasaki
18	Jeremy Hand	Honda
19	John Short IV	Honda
20	Gavin Towers	Honda
21	Evan Ferry	Honda
22	Drew Adams	Kawasaki

TOP 20 EAST COAST STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 2 OF 10

Pos	Piloto	Puntos
1	Pierce Brown	45
2	Seth Hammaker	43
3	Jo Shimoda	40
4	Cole Davies	39
5	Daxton Bennick	37
6	Coty Schock	31
7	Cullin Park	27
8	Devin Simonson	27
9	Nate Thrasher	26
10	Caden Dudney	20
11	Drew Adams	16
12	Henry Miller	16
13	Derek Kelley	15
14	Jalek Swoll	13
15	Kyle Peters	12
16	Jeremy Hand	12
17	Izaih Clark	10
18	Valentin Guillod	8
19	Marshal Weltin	7
20	John Short IV	7