Daxton Bennick and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing finished with a hard-fought P4 result at Round 13 of the AMA Supercross Championship in Nashville this afternoon, maintaining third in the 250SX East standings.
The 20-year-old qualified fifth on the combined 250SX timesheets in Nashville, improving to third in his Heat Race and earning a direct transfer to the upcoming Main Event in difficult, dry track conditions.
Equipped with the Husqvarna FC 250 Factory Edition, Bennick launched to the holeshot in the Main Event, executing solid laps inside the top-three positions as the race developed.
Bennick held second-place until the closing stages, with a late-race incident eventually seeing him claim fourth position once the checkered flag flew and results were tallied. He retains third in the point-standings with three rounds left to contest in the Eastern Division.
“All-in-all, Nashville was good,” Bennick reflected. “It’s obviously frustrating since I was in P2 until the last couple of laps… I had a good start to the Main Event, which I was pumped about, then me and [Seth] Hammaker got together, so that is what it is and is part of racing. I’d have liked to have fought a little harder at the end, but we’ll learn from this and be better next weekend.”
450SX teammate Malcolm Stewart posted the seventh-fastest qualifying time around the hard-packed Nissan Stadium layout, finding comfort onboard his Husqvarna FC 450 Factory Edition before powering to a strong P2 finish in his Heat Race.
An early-race incident proved costly for Stewart, who salvaged an 18th-place finish in the Main Event and he currently sits eighth in the 450SX standings with four rounds remaining in Supercross.
“I actually felt great all day in Nashville,” said Stewart. “Both qualifying and the Heat Race went really well, and we just ended up having a little problem in the Main Event – me and another rider came together – and it was just a wrong place, wrong time racing incident. But, at the end of the day, I was glad to be able to finish out the Main Event, and now we’ll keep digging and look forward to the next one in Cleveland.”
Next Race: April 18 – Cleveland, Ohio
Results 450SX Class – Nashville
1. Hunter Lawrence (Honda)
2. Cooper Webb (Yamaha)
3. Ken Roczen (Suzuki)
12. Eli Tomac (KTM)
13. Jorge Prado (KTM)
18. Malcolm Stewart (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing)
Standings 450SX Class 2026 after 13 of 17 rounds
1. Hunter Lawrence, 270 points
2. Ken Roczen, 260
3. Eli Tomac, 255
8. Malcolm Stewart, 145
9. Jorge Prado, 140
15. Aaron Plessinger, 99
21. RJ Hampshire, 38
Results 250SX East – Nashville
1. Cole Davies (Yamaha)
2. Nate Thrasher (Yamaha)
3. Devin Simonson (Yamaha)
4. Daxton Bennick (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing)
Standings 250SX East Class 2026 after 7 of 10 rounds
1. Cole Davies, 161
2. Seth Hammaker, 142
3. Daxton Bennick, 121
35. Casey Cochran, 2
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