The Indianapolis stop of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship serves as a Triple Crown preview and viewing guide for fans. Round 9 at Lucas Oil Stadium is the series’ second Triple Crown event and also counts as Round 3 of the 250SX East championship. The Triple Crown night show will use three separate races with Olympic-style scoring to determine overall results. The AMA’s SMX Insider frames Indy as an informational primer as the series begins the second half of its season. Live on Peacock: Race Day at 1:00 p.m. ET; Night Show at 7:00 p.m. ET.

Rider availability headlines several absences and comeback questions for Indy. Dylan Ferrandis is expected to race after spraining his thumb at Daytona when he was run into while remounting. Jorge Prado has been out since Seattle with a shoulder injury and KTM has not updated his Indianapolis status; Chase Sexton will miss a second straight round with lower back and hip pain from a pre-Daytona practice crash. The 450SX entry list shows multiple riders out for Indy, including Justin Barcia, Benny Bloss, Cade Clason, Austin Forkner, RJ Hampshire, Logan Karnow, Jett Lawrence, Max Miller and Mitchell Oldenburg.

In 250SX East news, Drew Adams will sit out while recovering from a broken thumb sustained in the Daytona main, Ty Masterpool is out with a torn labrum, and Casey Cochran and Gage Linville are absent from the entry list.

Track and tactical notes underline how course features will interact with the Triple Crown scoring format. Mild temperatures in the 60s and 70s are expected. The layout begins with a very long start straight that favors outside gates and funnels into a fast right-hander that requires heavy rear-brake use, then moves into a visitor-side rhythm where the first jump may force different line choices (3-3-3-1, 2-3-3-2 or 3-3-3 into the corner). The course includes a netted 180 into a triple-onto-tabletop, a rutty whoops section where Cole Davies found time in 2025, and a finish sequence featuring a jump into an inside-dominant post-finish corner. The later “carrot jumps” present a tactical choice between using an outside berm to triple or an inside roll-double to protect position before looping to lap two. Gate choice, braking technique and line selection at several critical features will shape race strategy in Indy’s Triple Crown format.

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