Brea, CA – (April 13, 2026) – Slick track conditions and a daytime race schedule greeted riders at the Nashville Supercross, Round 13 of the 17-round Monster Energy AMA Supercross season. Hot, sunny weather baked the hardpack soil inside the open-air Nissan Stadium. As traction diminished throughout the racing, most of the track increasingly favored smooth riding, while the sand section was tight with a bold triple-in option.
Race Highlights:
- Progressive Insurance Cycle Gear ECSTAR Suzuki
- 450 Class
- Ken Roczen led 12 laps of the main event and advanced into second place in the title chase.
- Twisted Tea Suzuki presented by Progressive Insurance
- 450 Class
- Colt Nichols earned another top-ten result with a strong charge throughout the main event.
Ken Roczen (94) delivered his fourth-straight podium result; following back-to-back wins Roczen moved into second place in the championship standings.
Ken Roczen (94) delivered a third-place result in the second qualifying session and in the day’s overall qualifying standings. Roczen went into the racing optimistic to close in on his target of the 2026 Supercross championship. After a mid-pack start in his heat, Roczen moved quickly into fourth; he set the fastest times through track Sectors 6 (the whoops) and 9 in the process. A small mistake in the sand section put Roczen on the ground, but he rebounded for a fourth-place heat race result. In the main event, Roczen was pinched off down the start straight; he dove hard to the inside and emerged at the holeshot stripe in second place. With less than a minute off the race clock, Roczen sailed into the lead and defended for twelve laps while setting the fastest times through Sectors 1, 4, and 7. A minor slide-out before the triple on lap 13 resulted in Roczen needing to roll the jump and give up the lead, then a fall on lap 14 put Roczen back to fourth. The track deteriorated, yet Roczen finessed his way forward. Incredibly, Roczen set the race’s fastest time through the whoops (Sector 6) on lap 20 of the 24-lap race. When the checkered flag flew, Roczen claimed third place and his ninth podium of the season.
“It was a pretty tough day, [and] a super-early day. We knew with the warmer weather that the track was going to be extremely dry,” said Roczen. “After a tough heat race, I ended up fourth. We went into the main event still having high hopes though, and we led there for quite a few laps until [another rider] got by me. I was planning on bringing it home in second place; we had a little bit of a gap to third. [Then] I just made a mistake and lost it and tipped it over. After I got back up, luckily I was able to get it going quickly and ended up passing [the early race leader] for third and brought it home on the podium… Of course, I would have liked to have gotten those couple of [additional] points [from] being in second, but we will take what we got right now.”
Colt Nichols (45) used a top-ten result in Nashville to move up one position in the championship standings.“It was a much better night for me,” stated Nichols. “I qualified a lot better, and the bike felt awesome; I was really stoked with the progress we made this week. The heat race was a little bit rough, and I started pretty poorly in the main. We just kept digging in, picking some guys off, some riders fell, but we ended up P-9 on the night. I’m really happy to be back [to a] single digit [result] and we'll keep digging these last four [rounds].”
“It was a really good day for the team, considering a fall in the main for Ken,” said Dustin Pipes, Team Principal for the Twisted Tea/H.E.P. Motorsports/Suzuki presented by Progressive Insurance Team. “Qualifying went well, third and 11th for Ken and Colt. Ken fell in the heat and had to come back; he got fourth in the heat. The main event was going well for Ken, too. We led a very good portion of it, more than half of the main, and then we got passed by [another rider who] was riding a really good race. [Then] Ken just had a small, weird fall that dropped us down to fourth. But he recouped and got back up to third, so it's good to have a podium with Ken. We're now 10 points out of the title lead and I think that's a good position to be in with four rounds to go. Colt rode his way from about 16th to ninth in the main; it was a really good main event for him. We made some fork and shock changes for him throughout the week; we knew he was in a better place going in, and it showed. I'm just glad to confirm that we're heading in the right direction with Colt, and I look for him to close out these last four rounds strong.”
The riders will tackle the third and final Triple Crown event of the season on Saturday, April 18th inside Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland, Ohio. The stadium is also open-air, and early weather reports indicate that rain may play a part at Round 14. The Suzuki riders and team members are excited to hold second-place in the points and look forward to capitalizing at the remaining rounds to capture the Supercross title.
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