Power Rankings: The Best From The 500 West and More

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Power Rankings are back and we have a lot to catch up on. Indy Supercross! The 500 West! And round 2 of the FIM World Motocross Championship! Read on from the best from Slaw. Wes also submitted his.

VurbWes’ Power Rankings

Power Rankings Post 500

No racing is tough. It’s crazy how much you miss it when you don’t have anything to do on a Saturday night. I had to resort to binge-watching a show with my wife (we chose Paradise, by the way—highly recommended). Nonetheless, we still have the GUTS Power Rankings from the previous 10 days, and we’re here to try and fill the void in our hearts.

1. Vurbmoto 500W at Mesquite: I seriously can’t believe how epic this event turned out. With around 800 riders and an insane number of spectators, I truly feel this was one of the most fun and coolest events we’ve ever done. The only ones that rival it are when Mike Alessi showed up to the Vurb Classic in 2011 or that time we nearly burned down MX207 at 2 a.m. (Sorry, MX207 Bill—like, for real, I’m still truly sorry about that). Damn, those were some fun times, too. Last year, Gypsy Tales brought us the idea from an Australian race, and we decided it would be a cool format to test as part of the Vurb Shred Tour—events that were always intended to be fun-focused and non-serious, specifically designed for washed-up dirt bikers like us. By 2024, we’d kind of moved away from that baseline, but we knew Mesquite was the perfect place to try something like this again. And damn, 2024 was super rad, but 2025 just took it even further. This race pushes the limits of normal working-class dudes who were, perhaps, fast at one point in their lives. Mix in some fast amateurs, some legit pros, and it was quite the contingent of racers this time around—without a single parking spot left on the massive property. Props to just about everyone this year; the number of finishers greatly exceeded that of last year.
   
2. Oh yeah, Supercross! If you can remember nine full days ago, Cooper Webb asserted dominance in the Monster Energy Championship rankings. Wire-to-wire, if I remember correctly, MiniCoop made a statement ride that says the 2025 #1 plate will be his.
   
3. Our new app! We haven’t made a big deal of this, even though it’s a huge deal… our new app, Vurbmoto Prospect, paying homage to a bit of our roots. It’s in a soft launch phase right now as we work out bugs, do some stress testing, and all that other technical jargon. But this app is going to revolutionize racing in terms of technology, data, and access to both. It will be the home for EVERYTHING. If you want to check out our MVP, head to the Apple App Store and download it. We’ll have an Android version soon enough, and that’s when it’ll move to #1.
   
4. Who won the Vurbmoto 500? Cam Horner and his teammate. They actually won the Money Class AND the overall, pretty much leading from start to finish. Honestly, quite the feat for a team of two.
   
5. Industry class winners—I’ve gotta give a nod to Team FMF, with Two Pros and Two Joes. Led by Cody Webb and Skyler Howes, most other industry teams probably didn’t stand a chance. Team Motosport held tough for the majority of the race, but it’s clear that Little D’s speed and tenacity kept FMF at the front of the standings to take the victory. While I’d like to talk some trash and say Team Vurbmoto will get redemption next year, I don’t see that happening unless we steal his team.
   
6. Chase Sexton: A lot of people seem to be writing him off, but the multi-time champion isn’t going to lie down, and we know that. We still have a considerable number of races left to run, and as we’ve seen this year, anything can happen at any time. Chase is still very much in this championship hunt.
   
7. Another 500 makes the list! Of course, it’s my list. As mentioned above, this race was born from the idea of creating a race we wanted to do, and we’ve found out there are tons of people just like us—washed-up old-timers who can still twist the throttle, drink beers, talk about riding uphill both ways in the snow, and have a great time getting their asses kicked. So, props to everyone who’s like me, just wanting to prove to themselves that they’re still as badass as they used to be. Finishing this race is no joke, and for the amount of dudes who showed up off the couch, welcome to the Washed-Up Dirtbikers Association.
   
8. During the 500, there was WORCS, Mint 400, AND GNCC. Our great friend Stew Baylor took his first victory of 2025 in a very stacked XC1 field.
   
9. Ironbloke Ivan Barker! The 500 is hard enough with a team of four, but imagine doing it SOLO?! According to the Vurbmoto Prospect app, I can see SEVEN racers did this thing all by themselves. Ivan took the honors in this division, completing 28 laps—which is mind-blowing considering the winners did 38. Congrats, Ivan, and the rest of you solo savages. After some math, based on a 6.2-mile lap, Ivan did 173.6 miles in 8 hours and 20 minutes. That’s an average speed of 20.8 miles per hour. Honestly, that’s insane.
   
10. Team MXA was invited to the 500 to compete in the Industry class, but Josh Mosiman said to hell with that and put his team in the Money Class. According to the Vurbmoto Prospect app, Team MXA ran in third for about a third of the race, then moved back to fifth, and eventually finished sixth. But they made a sick video recap, which is why they round out the GUTS Power Rankings this week.

Slaw’s Power Rankings

Power Rankings Post 500

1. Ironblokes: Wes pretty much encapsulated The 500 West. There isn’t much more to add on my end, other than a HUGE FING congrats to the Ironblokes who went at this thing solo. I would need a team of 10 to complete it (seeing as I’d only do 1 lap) and these nut cases say “Nah, I’m good with teammates. I’ll do it myself” is insane. What a bunch of sickos. In a good way.
2. Seth Hammaker: Remember Indy? Remember Seth Hammaker won? The news cycle moves fast, but I’m here for Seth. He won his third ever Supercross race and then didn’t win for four years. Until Indy. Crazy stat. If not for a bad piece of chicken, he might be the points leader.
3. C Webb: Like Wes said, he’s in firm control right now. He’s firing on all cylinders and has the mental fortitude to hang on to this thing.
4. MotoSport: Woeful. Underwhelming. Pathetic. Is how some (NOT ME) described MotoSport’s appearance at the inaugural 500. Determined to just finish, the PNW boys brought in some off-road ringers in 2025 and finished second in Industry to FMF. Good job, boys.
5. Mr. Cue: Fresh off a complete knee replacement, Brett Cue decided The 500 West was a perfect first race back. Despite giving it his all, his knee was NOT ready. Get well soon, Brett! See you at World Mini.
6. Donny and the Boys: Yeah, they brought in some ringers. Yeah, they had a stacked team. BUT, they had to overcome Donny and they did by winning the Industry Class.
7. The Frenchman: Is leading the East points. Some of us kind of called this.
8. Timmy: What a race by Gajser at a super muddy round 2 of MXGP. Gajser won both races at the MXGP of Castilla La Mancha, and took hold of the red-plate by 20 points. The win was the 50th of his career.
9. Liam: Having to live up to the name Everts is no easy task. Liam has done that and more. He’s coming off a broken neck last year and in just the second race this year went out and went 2-1 for the overall and is just six back in points in MX2.
10. JCoop: Some of us called this as well. The market just went up on Cooper. Does he stay or go?