Triumph Factory Racing Completes Third Supercross Season
Triumph Factory Racing has successfully completed its third season in AMA Supercross and its first with the TF 450-X. This weekend, Salt Lake City's Rice Eccles Stadium was the setting for the indoor finale, where a sell-out crowd of 51,444 enthusiasts embraced the action.
Qualifying 15th, Jordon Smith was poised to sign off his maiden 450SX term in fine form. Unfortunately, a crash early in the main event caused his night to come to a premature end. '20' was running just outside of the top ten when a slight misstep in the whoops cost him dearly. Nonetheless, he was ranked 19th in the 450SX championship standings despite missing six races this season.
Poor luck halted the momentum that Gage Linville built in his first race aboard the TF 250-X. Linville missed a transfer position in his heat race by just four places yet was well positioned to conquer the last-chance qualifier. A tremendous start launched him at the head of the field, but he slid out in a freshly watered turn and remounted in dead last. Despite making 11 passes, he did not secure a spot in the main event.
With the indoor portion of the SMX World Championship complete, Triumph Factory Racing now turns its attention to the AMA Pro Motocross Championship, where the first round of the motocross series will be held on 30 May at Fox Raceway in Southern California.
Jordon Smith:
"I had a great day, felt really good throughout practice and had a good heat race until I got together with another rider. Luckily, I came back and made it into the main. I was riding good in the main event and, unfortunately, had a really hard crash in the whoops. We will go home, rest up and prepare for the Pro Motocross season."
Gage Linville:
"I struggled today – I did not quite have a flow until it was too late. We will learn from it and come out better next time. Now it's time to shift focus to Pro Motocross!"
Steve Westfall – Team Manager, Triumph Factory Racing:
"Jordon performed well today, but he had a little bit of wheel spin and ended up crashing in the main event. He's okay, and will probably take a few days off, and then get ready for the outdoor series. Gage struggled all day prior to the last chance qualifier. Racing in the East/West Showdown was probably a little more difficult with not much of a season before it, but we'll be ready for outdoors in three weeks. It was not our most successful supercross season, but I feel that we learned a lot and will be able to come out swinging next year."
450SX Results: 2026 AMA Supercross, Round 17 – Salt Lake City
1. Chase Sexton (Kawasaki)
2. Justin Cooper (Yamaha)
3. Jorge Prado (KTM)
4. Cooper Webb (Yamaha)
5. Ken Roczen (Suzuki)
22. Jordon Smith (Triumph)
450SX Standings: 2026 AMA Supercross, Round 17 – Salt Lake City
1. Ken Roczen (Suzuki) 349pts
2. Hunter Lawrence (Honda) 346pts
3. Cooper Webb (Yamaha) 315pts
4. Eli Tomac (KTM) 275pts
5. Justin Cooper (Yamaha) 273pts
19. Jordon Smith (Triumph) 68pts
30. Austin Forkner (Triumph) 12pts
