450SX Class Stats: East Rutherford
- This will be the sixth time that the gate will drop in East Rutherford
- MetLife Stadium hosted Super Bowl 48, and will host its first-ever Monster Energy Supercross race
- Rick Johnson won the first-ever race in East Rutherford in 1987
- Johnson went on to finish second in the championship
- In 1988 Johnson won the Main Event on a Honda
- Johnson went on to win the championship in 1988 after the Main Event win
- Joining Johnson on the podium in ’88 was George Holland and Jeff Leisk; it was Honda’s first podium sweep of the 1988 season and their ninth in history
- Johnny O’Mara finished fourth on a Suzuki in ’88; it was his only top five finish of the season
- The second race in East Rutherford was held on May 6, 1989, and Jeff Stanton won the Main Event on a Honda
- Stanton went on to win the championship in 1989
- In 1989, Stanton was joined by Mickey Dymond on a Honda and O’Mara on a Suzuki
- The third race was held on May 19, 1990, and Jean-Michael Bayle won on a Honda
- Joining Bayle on the podium ’90 was Jeff Ward and Damon Bradshaw
- Stanton went on to win the championship in 1990
- The fourth race was held on May 18, 1991, and Stanton won on a Honda
- Joining Stanton on the podium was Bradshaw and Mike LaRocco in ’91
- Bayle went on to win the championship in ‘91
- Honda is 4-0 in New Jersey
- In two of the four races in East Rutherford, the winner went on to win the championship
- In 10 of the last 16 Super Bowl games played at the same venue that hosted Monster Energy Supercross races, the NFC has won 10 games compared to the AFL’s six (Most recently the Seattle Seahawks in 2014)
- When supercross races were held in the same venue as the Super Bowl in the same year, Jeremy McGrath holds the record at four; Bob Hannah and Chad Reed have won two apiece
- Honda and Yamaha have each won six races at the venue that played host to supercross and the Super Bowl; Kawasaki has two wins and Bul-Taco has one win
450SX Class: Wins by Brand in East Rutherford
- Honda