Hangtown 2024
RD 2 | Hangtown
The 50th year a Pro Motocross has been held at Hangtown.
The streak is over! Chase Sexton won his 7th career 450MX overall, his first MX victory since round 11 in 2022 and the third 1-1 performance of his career. The second moto was notably impressive because Sexton spun out on lap one and remounted in dead last.
Jett Lawrence holeshot moto one but crashed hard on lap one attempting to jump a tricky downhill section. Clearly in agony from a gash in his thigh, Lawrence rejoined the race but had the worst day in his 450 career (24-6).
Aaron Plessinger led all but the last two corners of the moto; 5-2 gave him third overall. Hunter Lawrence was second overall again (2-4) and trails Sexton by eight in the points.
Chance Hymas led the first 14 laps of the first moto while Haiden Deegan charged from 7th (after first lap) to first with three laps to go. In moto two, Deegan led the first 11 laps before swapping out and crashing violently.
Tom Vialle inherited the lead and Deegan remounted for 2nd and Levi Kitchen uneventfully went 3-3 for 3rd.
Brutally, Hymas (2-4) lost the tiebreaker for 3rd (for the second week in a row). Deegan already has a 13 point lead in the standings over Kitchen.
Notably, rookie Casey Cochran, riding this track for the first time, qualified in first and finished 10th overall (12-12).
