Quad Lock Honda Racing confirmed that Joey Savatgy will miss the Birmingham round of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross after breaking the medial cuneiform in his left foot at Indianapolis.

The team said he tried to manage the injury with taping, bracing and painkillers but experienced too much pain and elected to rest an extra week. At Indianapolis he finished 7th and 5th in earlier mains, then landed awkwardly in the third main and did not finish.

Through 10 rounds Savatgy sits sixth in the 450SX standings, with his best results this season two fifth-place finishes in San Diego and Daytona. The team described the absence as a short-term schedule change rather than a season-ending prognosis, and Savatgy is aiming to return at round 11 in Detroit.

HEP Suzuki announced that Justin Bogle will return to Monster Energy AMA Supercross to fill in for Jason Anderson, who is out of competition for health and personal reasons. Bogle is scheduled to re-enter the 450SX class at round 10 in Birmingham on March 21, ending a 3-year, 10-month gap since his last 450SX start on May 7, 2022, when he finished 12th at the Salt Lake City season finale.

He will ride for Twisted Tea/HEP Motorsports Suzuki (branded as Twisted Tea Suzuki Presented by Progressive Insurance) alongside teammate Colt Nichols. HEP Suzuki said the signing gives the team a known rider with recent international and arena experience while Anderson addresses his health and personal matters.

A 2014 250SX East champion, Bogle last raced for Twisted Tea/HEP Motorsports in the 2022 Pro Motocross Championship. Since 2022 he has competed in the FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX) and AMA Arenacross for Stark VARG, most recently riding a Stark Varg electric motorcycle in WSX events. Bogle said he was “so excited and super grateful” to rejoin the team and “can’t wait to shake some rust off.”

Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki and rider Cameron McAdoo — together with team owner Mitch Payton — announced Tuesday that McAdoo will skip the Birmingham Supercross East/West Showdown after scans confirmed he fractured the top of his humerus in a heat-race crash at the Feb. 14 Seattle round.

McAdoo still rode to a fifth-place finish in the Seattle main. He described the injury as “a little bit more than just a monkey bump,” said it was not season-ending and posted that he was “super bummed” and would “see you guys very soon out there.”

Pro Circuit Kawasaki framed the absence as a temporary setback: through six rounds of the 250SX West McAdoo rebounded from a 22nd-place opener to five straight top-five finishes, including three podiums, and stood sixth in the standings. The 250SX West does not race again until St. Louis on April 4, providing additional recovery time before the series resumes.

Nick Romano, 21, has returned to factory machinery with Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki, a move he called “a dream come true.”

A product of Kawasaki Team Green’s amateur ranks, Romano raced for Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing from 2019–2024 and moved on in 2025. Sources differ about that year: one report says he signed with Phoenix Racing Honda and suffered a knee injury at the 250SX East opener in Tampa that required months of rehab and a Southern California boot camp; another report says he ran a privateer program through 2025 and hit a low point late in the year, including a period in October 2025 when he did not even own a dirt bike.

According to reporting, the Pro Circuit opening followed Drew Adams’ thumb injury at the Daytona Supercross; Romano accepted Pro Circuit’s offer one week after Daytona, flew to join the team, and credited reconnecting with owner Mitch Payton (and ongoing contact with Payton and his agent Jimmy Button) for providing a path back to factory equipment. Now back on factory equipment with Pro Circuit Kawasaki, Romano is riding and training hard and says his focus is staying fit and race-ready as he prepares for the 2026 season and upcoming races.

The Birmingham Supercross is the 10th round of the 17-round Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship and is scheduled for Saturday at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. Following a weekend off, the series resumes in Birmingham as it continues its run toward the championship.

Qualifying will air on Peacock at 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific, and Peacock’s live night coverage — beginning with the heat races — starts at 7 p.m. Eastern / 4 p.m. Pacific; NBC will air an encore presentation of the night show on Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific.

Birmingham is also the first of three 250SX East/West Showdowns this season, counting as round seven for 250SX West and round four for 250SX East. RM Fantasy SXperts published a short preview with predictions and cited the recent Indianapolis triple crown — won by Hunter Lawrence, with Eli Tomac and Cooper Webb finishing behind him — to shape expectations for the round and the ongoing title races.

Ken Roczen collided with Aaron Plessinger during Race 2 of the Indianapolis 450SX Triple Crown, a crash that ended Plessinger’s night and knocked him out of contention for Race 3. Reports vary on the timing: one account said the collision occurred on the opening lap, while another described Roczen slipping in the rhythm section late in Race 2 and landing directly into Plessinger’s line.

Plessinger, the Red Bull KTM rider, managed to remount and ride to the mechanics area but did not return for Race 3; he suffered only a bruise to his right arm and no broken bones and said, “I think I got pretty lucky.” Before the crash Plessinger had moved up to eighth in Race 1 and earned a top-five start in Race 2, and his team said it will “keep up the work and keep grinding.”

Roczen, who won Race 1, was forced to remount from dead last after the collision and finished 10th in Race 2, then third in Race 3, leaving him fifth overall for the Triple Crown with race finishes of 1-10-3. He called the second-race incident a “massive mistake,” blamed its timing on a Triple Crown track that was breaking down and catching riders out, and said he had been in strong form and believed he “could have easily gone 1-1-1.” After remounting and focusing on damage control, Roczen said he was taking positives from the remainder of the weekend. The Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship schedule included a lone off weekend after Indianapolis, giving Plessinger time to recover.

Round 9 — the Indianapolis Triple Crown — of the 2026 Monster Energy AMA Supercross saw Cole Davies complete a 1-1-1 sweep in the 250SX class aboard a Yamaha YZ250F, while 450SX moto wins were split among Ken Roczen, Justin Cooper and Hunter Lawrence. Lawrence was awarded the overall after tying Eli Tomac on points and prevailing on the moto-three tiebreaker; that Indianapolis result was Lawrence’s second career 450 Supercross victory and moved him four points clear of Tomac in the championship standings.

Davies’ clean motos underscore his strong form as the 17-round season moves into its second half. Jo Shimoda (2-2-3) finished second overall in 250SX on a Honda CRF250R Works Edition, Seth Hammaker (3-9-2) was third on a Kawasaki KX250, Daxton Bennick (4-4-7) took fourth on a Husqvarna FC 250 Factory Edition, and Pierce Brown (10-3-4) rounded out the top five on a Yamaha YZ250F. Reports highlighted the manufacturers and specific models used by the top finishers as context for the results.

The series took a week off before Indianapolis to allow injured riders such as Dylan Ferrandis, Jett Lawrence, Chase Sexton and Justin Barcia extra recovery time. KTM’s Aaron Plessinger left Indianapolis with a shoulder injury and Joey Savatgy exited with a suspected ankle injury. The championship resumes with Round 10 on March 21 at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama.

The AMA Supercross Championship Official published two concise highlights pieces from the Indianapolis round, each focusing on key on‑track moments and pivotal sequences rather than full race reports. Both short recaps emphasize decisive moves and notable action that defined race day.
The 250SX installment, titled “250SX Highlights | Indianapolis,” centers specifically on the 250SX competition at Indianapolis and offers a brief recap of the race’s main moments and results. The supplied content for that piece does not include rider names, lap details or exact results.
The 450SX installment, titled “450SX Highlights | Indianapolis,” provides a compact recap of the 450SX class, highlighting notable incidents and on‑track action and likely showcasing highlight clips or a summary of decisive sequences. The supplied description for that piece does not include specific riders, results or incidents and notes that full results, rider quotes or extended analysis are available in the complete article or accompanying video highlights.