Monster Energy AMA Supercross returns to Cleveland for the first time since 1995 when Huntington Bank Field hosts Saturday’s 14th-round event. The race will be run as a day-race Triple Crown, a format that can affect points and strategy in the 17-round championship.

Forecasts call for possible rain on Saturday, which could influence the closing stages of the title race.

Eli Tomac, a Colorado native noted for his speed, will appear in Cleveland ahead of the Supercross weekend and will throw the ceremonial first pitch before the Cleveland Guardians host the Baltimore Orioles at Progressive Field on Friday. A pre-game pitch is set for 5:55 p.m., with the official first pitch at 6:10 p.m. Progressive Field sits just over one mile from Huntington Bank Field.

RM Fantasy SXperts preview and predict the Cleveland stop of the AMA Supercross Triple Crown ahead of the series’ return to Cleveland. The event is scheduled for Saturday at Huntington Bank Field, the first Supercross staged at the venue in 30 years. Because it is the final Triple Crown race of the season, the format’s effects on scoring and strategy are central to the previews and to fantasy decisions.

The previews use last weekend’s Nashville results as immediate context. Hunter Lawrence won, Cooper Webb finished second and Ken Roczen was third. RM Fantasy SXperts cite those outcomes when shaping their picks and outlook for the Triple Crown finale.

Ohio natives Cade Clason, Logan Karnow and Jeremy Hand are among the competitors, underscoring local interest. Clason and Karnow grew up riding mini bikes and Hand has family roots in the motocross industry. Clason also promoted the race last fall by riding his bike onto the field during a Cleveland Browns game and expects a strong turnout of family and local fans. Riders plan to visit an indoor bike park before and after the race, highlighting community and grassroots ties around the event.

ClubMX’s 250SX podium total reached six when Devin Simonson was promoted from fourth to third in the Nashville main event after Seth Hammaker received a two-position penalty, giving Simonson his first-career 250SX podium. Simonson called the result “truly insane” and said “I can’t believe it,” adding the podium was “just the beginning.” Days before Nashville, Simonson signed an extension to race the full 2027 Supercross season and selected Pro Motocross rounds, converting him from a fill-in to a contracted ClubMX rider.

ClubMX has now put four riders on 250SX podiums: Garrett Marchbanks, Coty Schock, Maximus Vohland and Devin Simonson. Marchbanks accounts for three of the six podiums, at Orlando 2 (2021) and the wet-weather podiums in San Francisco and San Diego (2024). Schock recorded a single 250SX podium at the 2025 Arlington Triple Crown, and Vohland scored one at Pittsburgh in 2025. Phil Nicoletti nearly added to the list but was passed by Marchbanks for third at the 2024 San Francisco event.

Simonson’s results show an upward trajectory. Four of his five top-eight 250SX finishes came in 2026, and seven of his nine career top-10s have occurred since 2025. His previous best finish before Nashville was eighth in February 2021, and his 2025 campaign was interrupted by a wrist injury.

Late in the season the 450SX class grew deeper as injured riders returned and teams resolved early bike issues, producing stronger and more consistent results across the field. Teams and riders credited better setups and cleaner starts for the turnaround, and Kawasaki said it was prioritizing cleaning up race starts to convert pace into better finishes as the season progressed.

Chase Sexton provided a clear example of the resurgence and the start-focus. In Nashville he recovered from 17th at the holeshot to finish fourth in the 450SX main, and in his heat he was shuffled to 12th at the holeshot and recovered to seventh. That fourth-place finish was his second top-five of the season and came in his third race back after a month on the sidelines. Sexton has collected two podiums this season, a win at Anaheim 2 and a second-place finish in Detroit, and he currently sits sixth in the 450SX standings. In a Kawasaki release Sexton said, “We need to put ourselves in a better position earlier in the race.” He told Kawasaki that improvement must start with better starts.

Other riders and teams showed similar gains. Malcolm Stewart scored a podium in Detroit. Justin Cooper finished runner-up in St. Louis. Rookie Garrett Marchbanks established himself with steady top-10 finishes. Dylan Ferrandis and Justin Hill posted some of their best rides of the year in Nashville. Ferrandis credited a new Akrapovic exhaust, tested in Florida, for changing power delivery and allowing chassis and gearing adjustments that produced a competitive setup. During the Nashville race Ferrandis went over a sand berm, was passed by Sexton, and was later penalized one position under AMA rules, dropping from fifth to sixth. Hill said earlier poor starts had left him “dead last” in earlier rounds and that he now believes he should be “knocking on the door for podiums.” The Supercross series is approaching the AMA Pro Motocross Championship, roughly a month and a half away.

AMA Race Direction’s post-race penalties at Round 13 in Nashville reshaped results and championship math after officials enforced track-cutting and red-cross rules. Seth Hammaker was assessed a two-position penalty after a late crash in the 250SX main, dropping him from third to fifth and costing him a podium and the guitar trophy that was later reclaimed. Hammaker had crashed twice, the first before the 180-degree turn leading into the whoops, and after remounting with his bike facing backwards he cut the turn; officials said they applied one penalty for the cut and a separate penalty for gaining a position while off the track, and the sanction was imposed after the checkered flag with Race Direction citing consistency with the rulebook. The demotion elevated Devin Simonson to his first career 250SX podium.

Race Direction issued additional penalties that altered placings and points. Dylan Ferrandis was penalized one position for a cut that moved him from fifth to sixth and promoted Justin Hill to a season-high fifth, though reports differ on whether that demotion was applied in the 250SX or the 450 main. The adjusted 250SX results extended Cole Davies’ championship lead to 29 points with three races remaining. Jeremy Hand, Marcus Phelps, Ryder Floyd, Drew Adams and Luke Clout were each docked five championship points and lost two purse positions for jumping under red cross flag or lights. Derek Kelley received a combined penalty of a one-position demotion, five championship points and a two purse-position deduction for gaining a position while jumping under a red cross flag or light.

Penalties in lower heats also followed track-cutting findings. In the 250 LCQ, Buccheri was penalized 12 positions, accounting for 11 positions gained plus one, and Hudson was penalized three positions for track cuts. Race Direction said it reviewed numerous other incidents from Nashville but did not assess penalties in those cases. The rulings altered immediate race placings and championship points as the series moved on from Round 13.

AMA Race Direction’s post-race penalties at Round 13 in Nashville reshaped results and championship math after officials enforced track-cutting and red-cross rules. Seth Hammaker was assessed a two-position penalty after a late crash in the 250SX main, dropping him from third to fifth and costing him a podium and the guitar trophy that was later reclaimed. Hammaker had crashed twice, the first before the 180-degree turn leading into the whoops, and after remounting with his bike facing backwards he cut the turn; officials said they applied one penalty for the cut and a separate penalty for gaining a position while off the track, and the sanction was imposed after the checkered flag with Race Direction citing consistency with the rulebook. The demotion elevated Devin Simonson to his first career 250SX podium.

Race Direction issued additional penalties that altered placings and points. Dylan Ferrandis was penalized one position for a cut that moved him from fifth to sixth and promoted Justin Hill to a season-high fifth, though reports differ on whether that demotion was applied in the 250SX or the 450 main. The adjusted 250SX results extended Cole Davies’ championship lead to 29 points with three races remaining. Jeremy Hand, Marcus Phelps, Ryder Floyd, Drew Adams and Luke Clout were each docked five championship points and lost two purse positions for jumping under red cross flag or lights. Derek Kelley received a combined penalty of a one-position demotion, five championship points and a two purse-position deduction for gaining a position while jumping under a red cross flag or light.

Penalties in lower heats also followed track-cutting findings. In the 250 LCQ, Buccheri was penalized 12 positions, accounting for 11 positions gained plus one, and Hudson was penalized three positions for track cuts. Race Direction said it reviewed numerous other incidents from Nashville but did not assess penalties in those cases. The rulings altered immediate race placings and championship points as the series moved on from Round 13.

Round 13 of the 2026 AMA Supercross 450 Class heads to Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. Cooper Webb, riding for Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing, enters as the defending 450 Class champion, having secured his third title in the 2025 season. A key storyline revolves around Ken Roczen, who is just five points shy of the championship lead, intensely battling current frontrunners Eli Tomac and Hunter Lawrence. The 450 Main Event is scheduled from 4:29 PM to 4:51 PM local time.

Drew Adams is slated to return to Supercross this weekend at Round 13 in Nashville, a homecoming for the Tennessee native after missing four races with a thumb injury suffered at Daytona. Adams won his heat at Daytona before crashing in the main, which produced a DNF and the thumb injury that sidelined him.

Adams will race for Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki and enters the weekend with limited mileage this season, having started only two 250SX mains with finishes of sixth and 22nd, his season-best sixth coming at Arlington, leaving him 21st in 250SX East points.

The team confirmed in a Thursday-night press release that Adams will line up alongside regular rider Seth Hammaker and fill-in Nick Romano for Nashville. Team manager Iain Southwell praised Hammaker’s consistency, said Romano is making solid progress, and said the team hopes the hometown crowd will help Adams regain race fitness and confidence, framing Nashville as a comeback opportunity and a chance to regain championship momentum rather than a long-term reversal of the standings.

Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing announced 19-year-old Californian Landen Gordon will make his professional Supercross debut this weekend at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee after a midseason promotion to the 250SX East field to gain seat time and experience. Gordon said he is “ready to have some fun” and looks forward to mixing it up with East Coast riders.

General manager Wil Hahn said the change gives Gordon valuable Supercross minutes while allowing teammate Caden Dudney to shift focus to his rookie outdoor motocross campaign, and the team intends for Dudney to gain Supercross exposure ahead of the 2027 season.

Dudney contested the opening six rounds of the 250SX East this Supercross season to build experience and will not race further Supercross rounds as he prepares for the opening round of the Pro Motocross series. Dudney raced the final two rounds of the 2025 Pro Motocross season and finished 11th overall in his pro debut at Unadilla MX. The team described the move as a strategic, seat-time-focused adjustment rather than a permanent roster change.