RYDER DIFRANCESCO AND JUSTIN BARCIA DELIVER SOLID PERFORMANCES ONCE AGAIN!
Rockstar Energy GASGAS Factory Racing riders Ryder DiFrancesco and Justin Barcia have continued their solid start to the 2025 AMA Supercross Championship season, finishing fifth and eighth, respectively, in San Diego this weekend.
Consistency continues for Rockstar Energy GASGAS Factory Racing
Second-consecutive top-five result in 250SX West for Ryder DiFrancesco!
Justin Barcia maintains sixth position in 450SX title-race
DiFrancesco was competitive all day in the 250SX West division. Riding the GASGAS MC 250F Factory Edition, the 19-year-old logged the fifth-fastest time in qualifying, then improved on a mid-pack start to finish his Heat in P4.
In the Main Event, Ryder D hooked a good start and put himself in a podium position at the halfway mark, but a couple of mistakes toward the end of the race saw him lose two places and cross the line in P5. With a pair of top-five results to open the year, he’s placed fifth in the 250SX standings.
Ryder DiFrancesco: “San Diego was good all day! My qualifying, Heat race and Main Event were all consistent. The Main was going to plan until halfway when I made a huge mistake and got bumped back to fourth, then got passed on the last lap and finished fifth. My goal was to be in the fight all year and that’s where we are, so it was a good day all-in-all.”
In a competitive qualifying session, 450SX contender Barcia’s seventh-fastest lap-time on his GASGAS MC 450F Factory Edition showed that he had pace early on at Snapdragon Stadium, and he brought that same speed into his Heat where he finished with a P4 score.
Bam Bam found himself mid-pack off the start to the premier class Main Event, before he chipped away at the riders ahead of him, eventually crossing the finish-line in P8. Barcia’s consistent results currently see him hold down sixth in the 450SX standings.
Justin Barcia: “It was a better day, for sure. We started off qualifying P7, which was good, as I’ve struggled in practice a bit so far this year. The bike was working well though! My Heat race was good, but I needed a better start, and it was the same in the Main Event. I needed to fight really hard to eighth place, so it wasn’t the result we wanted, but we did a lot of good stuff today and we’re extremely excited to fix a few little things this week and come out swinging at A2.”
Next Race: January 25 – Anaheim 2, California
Results 450SX Class – San Diego
- Eli Tomac (Yamaha)
- Jett Lawrence (Honda)
- Cooper Webb (Yamaha)
- Chase Sexton (KTM)
- Malcolm Stewart (Husqvarna)
- Justin Barcia (Rockstar Energy GASGAS Factory Racing)
- Aaron Plessinger (KTM)
Standings 450SX Class 2025 after 2 of 17 rounds
- Eli Tomac, 42 points
- Chase Sexton, 41
- Ken Roczen, 40
- Justin Barcia, 30
- Malcolm Stewart, 27
- Aaron Plessinger, 13
Results 250SX West Class – San Diego
- Julien Beaumer (KTM)
- Jordon Smith (Triumph)
- Hayden Deegan (Yamaha)
- Ryder DiFrancesco (Rockstar Energy GASGAS Factory Racing)
Standings 250SX West Class 2025 after 2 of 9 rounds
- Julien Beaumer, 47 points
- Jordon Smith, 42
- Jo Shimoda, 40
- Ryder DiFrancesco, 35
