Fifth place 250SX Class – Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc. “Not really happy to get interviewed for fifth, but better than last year. We’ll take the positive. Obviously not a great start. It happens, [I] went down, [then] fought my heart out and made my way back up to fifth and that’s all I could do. But congrats to the boys, obviously the light should be shined on them and all we can do is come out swinging at the next race.” – Haiden Deegan, when asked about his impressive charge to fifth place. The Anaheim broadcast began with a heartfelt message from play-by-play commentator Leigh Diffey, “And as we come on the air, the people of the Los Angeles area are still dealing with the extreme wildfires that ravaged the region this week… And our thoughts are with all who have been affected. And tonight, here in Anaheim, not too far down the road, hopefully the sport of SuperMotocross can serve as a source of light entertainment for those seeking it, and perhaps needing it.” A second message during the event encouraged fans to support the Red Cross’ disaster relief efforts by going to redcross.org, by calling 800-RED-CROSS, or by texting REDCROSS to 90999. The 2025 Anaheim Opener pays points toward both the 17-round Monster Energy AMA Supercoss season as well as toward the SMX World Championship. The SMX League™ starts its third year in an exciting race format that combines both the Monster Energy Supercross season, the AMA Pro Motocross season, two SMX Playoff rounds and the SMX World Championship Final. Every round of the 2025 Monster Energy Supercross season is available live and on-demand on Peacock. Select races will also be broadcast or streamed, live or encore, on NBC, CNBC, USA Network, and NBC Sports digital platforms. CNBC will air an encore presentation of each round on the Monday following the race at 1:00p.m. ET. Spanish-language coverage is available live for every round on Telemundo Deportes’ Facebook and YouTube channels. International coverage is available through the SMX Video Pass (supermotocross.tv) with live coverage of each round giving viewers the option of English, Spanish and French language broadcast teams. Live audio coverage can be heard for each race on NBC Sports Audio on SiriusXM Channel 85. Race Day Live pre-event and daytime qualifying coverage is also available live for each round on Peacock. This allows fans to see each Monster Energy Supercross round from nearly anywhere on the globe. Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California hosts Round 2 of the 2025 season. The racing starts at 8:30p.m. ET. Tickets are available now for the San Diego Supercross as well as every race of the 17-round Monster Energy Supercross season. For more information, race results, video highlights, or to purchase tickets please go to SupercrossLIVE.com. Tickets for the SMX World Championship Playoffs in Concord, NC and St. Louis, MO, plus the Final in Las Vegas, NV will go on pre-sale, Tuesday, January 28, followed by public on-sale Tuesday, February 4. Friday FanFest, Saturday FanFest and camping options for each SMX event will be announced later in the season. |