the mommy avenger

Here is something I know to be true: some nights out become stories. The kind your kids are still retelling three weeks later, voices going up when they get to the good part. May 9th at Rice-Eccles Stadium was one of those nights.

The 2026 Monster Energy AMA Supercross season closed out in Salt Lake City, and it did not go quietly. The track was a proper challenge — massive whoops, technical rhythm sections, the kind of course that separates the riders who are good from the ones who are exceptional. Under the stadium lights with a packed crowd roaring around us, it was electric from the opening lap to the final checkered flag.

In the 450SX Main Event, Chase Sexton took the win — and if you were in that stadium, you felt every second of it. But the championship story was the one that had everyone on the edge of their seats: Ken Roczen clinched the title in an incredibly tight battle over Hunter Lawrence. The kind of finish where you are gripping whoever is next to you without even realizing it. My kids were completely locked in, and honestly, so was I.

The 250SX East/West Showdown was everything it promised to be. Cole Davies came away with the win, and Haiden Deegan — in his final race in the 250 class — put on a ride worth remembering. There were passes, there were moments, there was the kind of racing that reminds you why you bothered to get everyone out of the house and into the stadium in the first place.

Salt Lake City is always a worthy host for this event, and this year was no different. The setting alone — the stadium, the mountain backdrop, the energy of a crowd that actually showed up ready to cheer — makes it work for every kind of fan. You do not need to know anything about motocross to have a genuinely great time. You just need to be there.

We left pumped. Already talking about next season. That is the only review that matters.

^{*we were invited to facilitate a feature, all opinions are our own*}