East Rutherford
MetLife Stadium
Supercross near The Big Apple goes back to 1987 when the New York Giants played in the Meadowlands and Ricky Johnson and Jeff Ward were still battling for titles. Now in MetLife Stadium, SX in East Rutherford has been a regular stop since 2014.
Fast Facts
Jeff Ward (pictured) had a chance to wrap up the championship at the inaugural East Rutherford Supercross on June 7, 1987 but he jammed his ankle while leading on lap eight and crashed on lap nine because his foot was so numb.
Rick Johnson, who stared the race in 9th, came back to win over Ron Lechien and Eddie Warren, in front of 28,672. Ward finished 5th and claimed the title 20 days later, despite a broken ankle.
Entering the penultimate round of 2017, Eli Tomac had won nine main events and held a +3 series lead over Ryan Dungey. On lap three of the main event, Tomac fell while leading and, bizarrely, was slow to remount. He finished the lap in 15th and the race in 8th.
Marvin Musquin led 13 of the final 14 laps but made a “mistake” near the end of the 24th lap when he went wide and seemingly handed over the lead to his teammate Dungey. It was the final win of Dungey’s career. He retired after winning the championship in Las Vegas, one week later.
Before the main events, lightning and thunderstorms caused a 90-minute delay (and evacuation of the stadium) and left the race track a quagmire. Ken Roczen led the first 6 laps of the 17-min. +1 lap final but Justin Barcia, took over the lead on lap 7 and pulled out a 14.7 sec. lead for his first win in over two years. Barcia lapped through 5th place.
In 250SX, Max Anstie scored the first Supercross victory of his journeyman career and the first for Firepower Honda.
Venues
MetLife Stadium: After a 23 year gap, Supercross returned to East Rutherford in 2014 to run in MetLife, an open air, 82,500 capacity venue that serves as home field to both the NFL’s Giants and Jets. MetLife hosted Super Bowl XLVIII in Feb. 2014 and held its first SX race 11 weeks later.
Giants Stadium: Colloquially known as The Meadowlands, Giants Stadium held five consecutive SX rounds between 1987-1991. First opened in 1976, it held its final NFL game in Jan. 2010 and was demolished that same year.
The interactive table below details the all-time East Rutherford leaders. Who has the most starts, wins, podiums and points. Filter by class. On mobile, slide left to access more columns.
All-Time Leaders
Who won East Rutherford, in what year and what round was the race? Winner history makes that easy to see. Tap ‘additional stats’ to see more info
Winner History
Full race results from every East Rutherford Supercross in sport history. Tap ‘additional stats’ to see position changes and qualifying ranking