2024 SuperMotocross

Nashville, TN: Jett Lawrence won his 6th main event of the season and regained sole possession of the points lead. Eli Tomac earned his 101st career 450SX podium. Both riders tied Ryan Dungey for different career milestones; Lawrence for 3rd most 450SX rookie wins and Tomac for division podium finishes (also 3rd). Cooper Webb finished a distant third overall and trails Lawrence by five points. The Smashville curse struck again, this year for Ken Roczen and Chase Sexton. Both crashed out of the race. Roczen was running 2nd and challenging for the lead when his shock malfunctioned. Sexton was running 6th when his throttle stuck.

Nashville, TN, East/West Showdown #1: In his 9th career East/West Showdown start, RJ Hampshire finally got a win and it was a dominating one. And it was much more than a win; he led all 19 laps and went from -15 to +2 points in the 250SX West Championship. The Smashville AND Pro Circuit Kawasaki curses struck at the same time in the 250 main event when East points leader Cameron Mcadoo collided mid-air with his teammate and West points leader Levi Kitchen on lap 1. Mcadoo DNF-ed and Kitchen salvaged 14th before heading to the hospital for evaluation. Tom Vialle regained the points lead in the East.

“You just gotta jacket off sometimes.” Cooper Webb won not only his 25th career 450SX main event but also the press conference with a walk off response to why he was the only rider on the starting line pre-main event NOT wearing a jacket. He left Foxborough as a co-red plater owner, the 5th different 450SX rider to wear it. It was a start to finish win for Webb. The 20 laps he led in Foxborough doubled the number of laps he’d led all season. Chase Sexton (2nd) came close to passing Webb several times. Webb’s win margins over Sexton this season added up to just 1.69 seconds. Jett Lawrence ended the first lap in 12th and finished 5th. He’s now lost five or more points three races in a row and goes to Nashville tied with Webb in points.

Foxborough, MA: Haiden Deegan holeshot and controlled every lap of the main event, his second career 250SX victory (first wire to wire). He moved from fourth to third in the championship standings (-13 to Cameron Mcadoo). Mcadoo left Gillette Stadium with another second place finish and a four point lead over Tom Vialle.

St. Louis, MO: Eli Tomac won a drama-packed Triple Crown (1-1-1)  and became the 6th different winner of the 2024 season. It was Tomac’s 52nd career victory, 8th Triple Crown overall and his 172nd podium (SX + MX, all classes), which makes him the new all-time podium leader of the sport. Jett Lawrence crossed the finish line in first in TC2 but jumped on a red cross flag and lost two positions (as did four other riders). Lawrence’s night got worse in TC3 when Justin Barcia plowed squarely into the left side of his bike and body. He was very slow to get up and finished 21st (2-3-21 for 8th overall). His championship points lead was halved (+8). Cooper Webb finished 2nd overall (5-6-2) and Hunter Lawrence earned his first career 450 podium (8-2-4)

St. Louis, MO:  Levi Kitchen didn’t just win the St. Louis Triple Crown, he swept all three TC races. And not only did he sweep, he led all 35 laps raced and extended his points lead to 15 over RJ Hampshire. Jo Shimoda finished second overall (2-3-3), his best finish of the season and his third consecutive podium. Jordon Smith was third overall (3-2-4), just one point from a second overall placing.

Seattle, WA: Cooper Webb overcame treacherous track conditions (and arm pump) to get his 3rd win of the season and 24th of his career. He passed Chase Sexton twice during the main event and they battled right up to the checkered flag, Sexton losing by just .592 when he couldn’t make a pass in the final corner. It was a mistake-filled main for all riders, including Jett Lawrence (3rd) who had more than enough speed to win but went down while trying to pass Webb, stalled his bike at another point, and also got delayed by a lapper Sexton holeshot the main (his 4th this season). Webb led 8 laps to Sexton’s 16.

Seattle, WA: Levi Kitchen controlled all 18 laps of the Seattle main event and won by 21 seconds over RJ Hampshire. It’s the largest win margin of the 2024 season (450 or 250). After six rounds of 250SX West action, Kitchen’s points lead grew to eight points over Hampshire and 21 over. Jordon Smith, who finished 14th in a disastrous evening. Kitchen’s consistency (top five at all six rounds) has been his strength in 2024.

Indianapolis, IN: Jett Lawrence won the Indianapolis Triple Crown with a perfect 1-1-1 sweep over Ken Roczen who finished 2-2-3. Lawrence and Roczen both started up front in each of the three races. Roczen led the first 6 of laps of TC1 and 2 and the first 10 laps of TC3 but couldn’t wear down or pull away from Lawrence. the 20-year-old Australian became just the second rider in Triple Crown history to sweep the races (Roczen, Glendale 2020) and left Indy with a commanding 21 point lead over Cooper Webb.

Indianapolis, IN: Cameron Mcadoo put in 1-2-3 finishes to win the Indianapolis Triple Crown, his 3rd career 250SX overall victory and his first in over two years. He’s the fourth different rider to win in 250SX East and the fourth different red plate holder of 2024. He left Indy with a two point lead over Tom Vialle.

Birmingham, AL: Jett Lawrence is the first rider in 2024 to win back to back races and he did it in convincing style, leading gate drop to checkered flag. Cooper Webb made a dent in the lead halfway through the race but Lawrence was able to match the pace and never let Webb get within three season. He now has four wins this season and is rapidly climbing the ‘most rookie wins’ chart. Lawrence left Birmingham with a 13 point lead over Webb. He’s also led 104 laps.

Birmingham, AL: Tom Vialle led from start to finish to claim his second 250SX win one week after taking his first. He left Alabama with a 1 point lead, which means he’s jumped from 18th in points to the championship leader in just three rounds. Vialle’s first and second wins happened back to back. Coincidentally, Dylan Ferrandis, another Frenchman was the last 250SX to pull this off (2019).

Daytona Beach, FL: Jett Lawrence wins the 2024 Daytona Supercross, breaking Eli Tomac’s streak and becoming the first rider of the 2024 season to win 3 races. Lawrence led 10 of the 14 laps and his points lead grew from +3 to +10. His race almost went sideways before the gate dropped when his team had trouble locking his start device and then didn’t get the rear tire cover removed until the 30 board had already gone sideways.

Daytona Beach, FL: France’s Tom Vialle wins the Daytona Supercross, his first ever 250SX wins. He is the third different winner in as many 250SX East rounds and moved to 4th in the championship standings (-3). Vialle led 7 of the 11 laps and set the 5 fastest lap times of the main event.

Arlington, TX. Cooper Webb made chicken salad on a day where he wasn’t feeling the winning vibes. After his worst Qualifying sessions of the season (11th) and a fade to 4th in Heat 2, Webb stayed close enough to Jett Lawrence through the main event to capitalize on mistakes and extend his winning record in Arlington to 6 (23 total 450SX wins)

Arlington, TX: In his 12th 250SX start, Haiden Deegan wins his first main event. He entered Arlington -19 in points and left -7. Danger Boy and his father, Brian Deegan (LA 1997) are the second father/son with Supercross wins (Mike and Christian Craig).

Glendale, AZ: The green leader lights on Ken Roczen’s RM-Z 450 never shut off in Glendale; he won his heat race after leading all 8 laps and then led all 20 laps of the main event to commandingly take his 22nd career victory. He climbed from 7th in the standings (-21) to 6th (-15). After a bumpy start to the season, Roczen is trending upwards in the results (10-3-12-7-3-1 finishes).

Glendale, AZ: RJ Hampshire wins his 4th career 250SX main event and becomes the first two-time winner in the 250SX West region. The win, however, is not enough to catapult him into the points lead. Levi Kitchen and Jordon Smith have placed in the top 5 at all 5 stops. Hampshire’s 1-9-6-2-1 finishes place him in 3rd, 5 points out of the championship lead.

Jett Lawrence led wire-to-wire in Detroit to become the first two-time winner of 2024. Lawrence, Chase Sexton and Eli Tomac were 1-2-3 off the start (as seen here) but Sexton never got close enough to engage in battle and Tomac faded all the way back to 10th by the end of the main. Sexton took over the red plate with Lawrence one point behind.

Austin Forkner was able to avoid the first turn carnage that took out over one third of the field to win his first 250SX main in almost two years. It was Forkner’s 13th career 250SX win, putting him in a tie with Jeremy McGrath for 3rd most all-time. Max Anstie finished 2nd and rookie Daxton Bennick finished 3rd in his first pro Supercross race.

At the first Triple Crown of 2024,  Cooper Webb goes 2-2-5 to win the overall, the fourth different winner in four races. With the 22nd 450SX win of his career, Webb takes over sole possession of 10th on the all-time SX wins list.

Levi Kitchen goes 1-2-3 to win the Anaheim 2 Triple Crown for the second consecutive year. Kitchen went from being eight points behind in the championship to tied for first. RJ Hampshire finished second overall and went from 4th place and 13 points down in the title hunt to tied with Kitchen. They will share the red plate when the series resumes in Glendale.

San Diego, CA: Huge night for Aaron Plessinger, who becomes the 68th different winner in Monster Energy Supercross history. He’s also the first winner from Ohio and the 7th KTM rider to win. AP7 outlasted a fast-closing Cooper Webb and also earned the red plate for the first time in his career.

San Diego, CA: Nate Thrasher ended a bad start to the 2024 season (21-18) and took his 5th career win. Garrett Marchbanks and Jordon Smith rounded out the podium. RJ Hampshire crashed with 2 turns to go and dropped from 3rd to 6th.

San Francisco, CA: In a battle for survival, Chase Sexton led the 2024 San Francisco Supercross wire to wire. Just like in the 250 class, the previous week’s winner finished 9th. In his 4th season in the class, Sexton has the best start to a championship run. After 2 rounds, he holds a 7 point lead in the standings.

San Francisco, CA: Jordon Smith’s first win in nearly six years. He’s gone 2-1 in the series and holds a 5 point lead over Levi Kitchen, who was 2nd. With RJ Hampshire’s 9th place, Smith is 9 points ahead of the title favorite.

Anaheim, CA: Jett Lawrence led all 20 laps to become the first rider in Monster Energy Supercross Championship to win the very first 450SX he lined up for. Additionally, he was the fastest qualifier and set the fastest lap of the main event.

Anaheim, CA: RJ Hampshire won his 3rd career 250SX main event in his 58th try. The win gave RJ the red plate for the first time in his career, which now stretches into a 10th season.