Fort Worth SMX 2024
Playoff #2 | Fort Worth
Although Supercross has run in multiple stadiums in Dallas, Irving and Arlington, the SuperMotocross playoff round at Texas Motor Speedway is a first for this type of racing in Fort Worth.
Thirty miles northwest of Arlington’s AT&T Stadium, TMS has hosted major NASCAR races since its opening in 1997.
After coming so close in both Supercross and Pro Motocross, Hunter Lawrence (1-3) got his first ever 450 win in the penultimate round of his rookie season AND took over the 450SMX points lead.
The math worked out in Hunter’s favor in Fort Worth when costly mistakes in moto one caused his brother Jett Lawrence (3-2) to cough up his shot at the win. The younger Lawrence took a rare third.
The opening moto featured the Lawrence brothers and Eli Tomac (2-5) in a classic battle. Tomac hunted them down from 6 seconds back but couldn’t make a pass stick on Hunter.
Chase Sexton (4-1) was a non-factor in moto one but ran away with moto two, opening a double digit lead before cruising to a 9-second + victory.
Haiden Deegan (1-1) dominated again, this time after pulling both holeshots and leading wire to wire in both motos.
He left Fort Worth +19 on Tom Vialle (3-2), who finished second overall and Honda’s Jo Shimoda (2-3), who continues to impress after being only 5 weeks removed from a broken collarbone.
Jalek Swoll, who crashed out of Charlotte moto 1 announced he was done for the season. Chance Hymas withdrew to rest his knee. Casey Cochran also sat out after crashing in Charlotte.
