Salt Lake City Supercross Finale Preview: East/West Showdown and KTM Junior Championship Set for May 9

HEY SUPERCROSS FAMILY! It's Paige Turner, and I am absolutely fired up because Salt Lake City is about to host the kind of night that makes us remember why we fell in love with this sport. 🏁⚡

Let me catch you up fast. The 450SX championship is still a knife fight between Hunter Lawrence and Ken Roczen—just one point separates them, and Eli Tomac is out with injuries from Cleveland. We have talked that story to death. You know it. I know it. So let's move on to the stuff that is actually getting me fired up as we roll into Rice-Eccles Stadium for the season finale on May 9.

Here is the headline that made me literally gasp in the media tent: the Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Showdown is happening, and it is the third and final time this season the two coasts line up on the same gate. Twenty riders. One track. One winner. The first one was in Birmingham on March 21, the second in St. Louis on April 4, and now this one in Salt Lake City on May 9. Riders who have not faced each other all season are about to go head to head, and let me tell you, this race is always pure chaos in the best possible way. I love it. 🏁💥

And can we talk about the KTM Junior Supercross Championship for a second? Because this is one of my favorite parts of the entire season. Kids ages seven and eight, riding all-electric KTM SX-E 5 bikes, getting the full factory treatment. They walk the track. They do practice sessions. They join opening ceremonies. And then they race in front of thousands of screaming fans. The winner takes home a 2026 KTM SX-E 5. These kids are living their best lives, and honestly? It makes me so happy every single time. 🙌🔥