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RD 15 | Lincoln Financial Field

Who’s happy to be back on the east coast!? Brett Smith is pumped for this weekends racing and will be bringing you all the action from the comfort of the broadcast booth.

450SX Winner: Jett Lawrence

Jett Lawrence won his 7th 450SX overall of 2024, and led every single lap for the 4th time (in traditional main events). Eli Tomac was second early in the main, but acquiesced to pressure from his teammate Cooper Webb, who never got close to catching Lawrence.

Chase Sexton finished the first lap in 5th and passed Webb for second on lap 15. Sexton was the fastest rider on the track for several laps, but Lawrence adjusted and kept his lead comfortable.

Jason Anderson caught Webb on the final lap and passed him entering the final corner. Webb went down trying to hold position and took fourth. He lost 7 championship points and heads to Denver -12.

250 East Winner: Max Anstie

Max Anstie earned his 4th fastest qualifier of the season and finally backed up that speed with a win, the second of his career. Anstie, who held the red plate in Daytona and Birmingham still hadn’t led a single lap in 2024 prior to Philly. Anstie battled home state hero Seth Hammaker for several laps before making a pass stick on lap 12.

Jalek Swoll, who won his first career heat race earlier in the day, ran third for the first 15 laps of the main, but an aggressive and miscalculated move put both him and Hammaker on the ground and handed second and third to Tom Vialle and Pierce Brown.

Then, Brown crashed wildly over the finish line upon taking the white flag and Haiden Deegan wound up on the podium. Vialle left Philly with a 15 point lead.

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KEY MOMENTS

  • a year ago

    Hunter Lawrence is the fastest 450SX qualifier in Philly! He tops 450SX A2, the first session win of his career. His previous best was San Francisco (3rd). Other than San Fran, however, Lawrence had never broken into the top 5 in either a session or overall. key

  • a year ago

    Max Anstie snagged P.1 in 250SX for the 4th time this season! He was also fastest qualifier in Birmingham, Indy and Foxborough. key

  • a year ago

    Jett Lawrence's worst heat race finish this season is 5th (San Fran). After washing out the front tire in the first turn, he's looking at an equivalent here in Philly. key

  • a year ago

    Eli Tomac wins heat 1! That's his 5th heat race win this season. key

  • a year ago

    Jason Anderson wins 450SX heat his first heat race win of the season! key

  • a year ago

    Seth Hammaker gets the 250SX heat 2 win in front of his home state crowd. That's the 4th heat race win of is career. key

  • a year ago

    Jalek Swoll wins his first career heat race! This is his 35th career 250SX entry key

  • a year ago

    Justin Cooper wins his first career 450SX LCQ key

  • a year ago

    Hardy Munoz wins his 4th career 250SX LCQ key

  • a year ago

    Seth Hammaker gets the holeshot in the 250SX main event from Philly! (gate position 9)key

  • a year ago

    Max Anstie wins his second career 250SX main event. It was his 34th career 250SX start. key

  • a year ago

    Jett Lawrence wins the Philadelphia Supercross, his 7th win of the season. He's now 3rd all-time on the most rookie wins chart. That was his 4th career wire to wire (traditional) main event win key

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Brett Smith

Cooper Webb got passed late by Jason Anderson, costing him two more championship points. Webb started the race -5 to J. Lawrence and heads to Denver -12.

Brett Smith

Jett Lawrence wins the Philadelphia Supercross, his 7th win of the season. He’s now 3rd all-time on the most rookie wins chart. That was his 4th career wire to wire (traditional) main event win key

Fowlers Facts

Jett Lawrence will break a tie with Cooper Webb for 45 SX+MX wins (all classes), tying Broc Glover for 13th all-time.

Fowlers Facts

Jett Lawrence is in position to tie David Vuillemin, Jeff Emig, and his trainer Johnny O’Mara with 7 SX wins for 28th all-time.

Brett Smith

Laps 16-20, Chase Sexton was faster than Jett Lawrence. But then on lap 21, Lawrence “found” nearly a full second.

Fowlers Facts

Benny Bloss finished a season best 8th last weekend in Nashville. He runs 11th with 5 minutes remaining in the main event.

Brett Smith

Dylan Ferrandis is running 8th after missing 5 rounds. He fell to 13th in points while he was out with illness.

Fowlers Facts

Anthony Bourdon is 7th in the 250 West championship. He’s ‘moonlighting’ in the 450’s here running 17th (also finished 16th in Birmingham).

Fowlers Facts

Justin Barcia is averaging 10th place this season but has turned things around the last 2 rounds. He was 5th in Nashville last weekend and runs 6th halfway through the race here.

Brett Smith

Jett Lawrence is working on his 4th wire to wire this season (traditional main events) (A1, Birmingham, Detroit)

Fowlers Facts

There’s been 6 (normal main event) wire-to-wire wins this season. Jett Lawrence (3x) and Chase Sexton, Ken Roczen, and Eli Tomac each have 1.

Brett Smith

450 Main Facts

  • Jett Lawrence has 157 laps led. That’s eight more than all other active 2024 riders combined. (Tomac, Sexton, Webb, Jason Anderson, H. Lawrence, J. Cooper)
  • Jett Lawrence has held the red plate since round 7 in Arlington (shared it with Webb in Nashville last week).
  • Heat race insights: Cooper Webb had the advantage in segment 4 – the triple/sand section. He was +0.314 faster than Jett in their fastest laps. Jett Lawrence had the advantage in segment 5 – the whoops. He was +0.264 faster than Cooper in their fastest laps.
  • With a 5th place or better, Jason Anderson takes over 9th on the all-time most 450SX points chart. Anderson currently has 2,530 points. He’s 16 behind Larry Ward.
    • Brett Smith

    This win has huge post season implications for Max Anstie. His team doesn’t race motocross and now he’s guaranteed a spot in the LCQ bracket for the playoffs.

    Fowlers Facts

    Devastating crash for Pierce Brown over the finish line jump with 1 lap remaining. He was in position for his 1st podium this season and first since the final round of the 2022 season.

    Fowlers Facts

    Haiden Deegan has 2 wins this season and is 2nd in points, but he’s also finished outside the top 5 three times (16th in Detroit, 9th in Birmingham, 6th in Nashville)

    Fowlers Facts

    Rookie Preston Boespflug has made 4 mains this season with a best finish of 13th (Detroit and Foxborough). He currently runs 9th.

    Fowlers Facts

    Pierce Brown is still searching for his first podium of the season after 5-5-5-4-4-4-11 finishes.

    Fowlers Facts

    Rookie Daxton Bennick has 1 career podium – his first career start in Detroit early this season.

    Brett Smith

    Max Anstie, who led the points for several rounds earlier this season has a season best of second (Detroit). He still hasn’t led a lap this season.

    Fowlers Facts

    Tom Vialle won his first career main at round 8 in Daytona and followed it up with a win the next week in Birmingham.

    Brett Smith

    250 Main Facts

  • Max Anstie’s main event results aren’t gelling at all with his qualifying stats. He was 1 Qualifier today (his 4th of the season) but his main event results from those races? 21-13-5.
  • Tom Vialle is the points leader and could wrap up the title. Vialle needs to score +13 pts more than Haiden Deegan (1st vs. 10th) and +6 pts more than Pierce Brown (1st vs. 4th)
  • Jalek Swoll got his first ever heat race win and now he’s looking for his first ever main event win. He has one career podium (2021, Arlington 2). His best so far in 2024 was his 5th in Nashville.
  • And let’s not forget Pro Circuit Kawasaki STILL trying to get 300 wins. Seth Hammaker is their only shot in this main event.
    • Fowlers Facts

    Crockett Myers and Christopher Blackmer are in position to make their first ever main events.

    Brett Smith

    250 LCQ Facts

  • 6 different riders have won the 6 250SX East LCQs this season (Bryce Shelly, Daxton Bennick, Seth Hammaker, Evan Ferry, Jeremy Martin, Marshal Weltin)
  • Half the field is looking for their first ever main event: Crockett Meyers, Ayden Shive, Jackson Gray, Logan Boye, Gage Stine, Jack Rogers, Jorgen Talviku, Cory Carsten, Christopher Blackmer, Cole Bradford, and Mitchell Zaremba.
    • Brett Smith

    Tough ride for Kyle Chisholm. He missed the transfer by one position. His last miss was Seattle, round 11

    Fowlers Facts

    Shane McElrath finished a season best 4th in the San Francisco mud race. He’s currently 12th in the championship standings.

    Fowlers Facts

    Kevin Moranz and Josh Cartwright are in position to make his first main event of the season.

    Brett Smith

    450 LCQ Facts

  • 11 different riders have won a 450SX LCQ this season. Justin Hill (3) and Freddie Noren (2) are the only riders will multiple 450SX LCQ victories.
  • Justin Cooper is making his third LCQ appearance this season. He finished 2nd in the Foxborough LCQ and didn’t qualify in San Francisco.
  • Carter Stephenson and TJ Albright have never made a 450SX Main event.
    • Fowlers Facts

    FAST FACT: Of the 4 heat race holeshots, 2 came from position 11th slot (inside of box) and 13th slot (two outside of box). Very clear these are preferred gate position today.

    Fowlers Facts

    Jalek Swoll is in position to get Triumph’s first ever heat race win! This would also be Jalek’s first career heat win.

    Fowlers Facts

    250 Heat 1 holeshot came from gate position 11 (inside of box) and Heat 2 came from 13th (two outside of the box).

    Brett Smith

    250SX heat 2 riders who have never made a main: Meyers, Shive, Gray, and Boye have never made a main.

    Brett Smith

    250 Heat 2 Facts

  • Max Anstie has two heat race wins this season. Earlier this afternoon he earned his 4th fastest qualifying spot of the season.
  • Anstie and Tom Vialle have squared off in the four most recent heat races. Vialle has won two of them and Anstie the other two.
    • Brett Smith

    Seth Hammaker gets the 250SX heat 2 win in front of his home state crowd. That’s the 4th heat race win of is career. key

    Brett Smith

    250SX Heat 1 riders who have NEVER made a main: Stine, Rogers, Talviku, Carsten, Blackmer, Bradford, and Zaremba.

    Brett Smith

    250 Heat 1 Facts

  • Haiden Deegan has yet to win a heat race this season. He won two in 2023. In fact, 2024, has been rough lately. After starting the season 2-3-2 in heats, he’s gone 17-5-8.
  • Seth Hammaker has three career heat race wins and they all came in 2021. He missed Nashville and has gone 4-3-3-20-3 in heats this season.
  • Kyle Peters is racing his first Supercross since St. Louis 2022. Peters suffered a serious spinal injury there but went on to win his 4th and 5th AMA Arenacross championships since then.
  • With Cameron Mcadoo absent (3 heat race wins in 2024), we may see a new name in the winner’s circle this season. Mcadoo has the most 250SX East heat wins.
    • Fowlers Facts

    Fast Fact: The 450 Heat 1 holeshot came from the 11th position (inside of box) and 13th position (2 to the outside of the box)

    Brett Smith

    450 Heat 2 Facts

  • 9 different riders have won 450SX heat races this season. That matches the total unique from 2023 but two key riders (who are in this heat) have yet to win one at all: Jason Anderson and Malcolm Stewart.
  • Kawasaki still has not won a heat race this year. The last time Kawasaki didn’t win a single heat in a season? 2004.
  • Jason Anderson has 32 career heat race wins. But ZERO in 2024.
  • Husqvarna also is still looking for a first heat race win in 2024. Since 2016, Husky has won at least one 450SX heat each season
  • Malcolm Stewart is still looking for his first heat race win in 2024. In a very short season in 2023 he won one and three in 2022. He’s been 2nd three times in 2024. He’s gone 4-5-4 in the last three rounds.
    • Brett Smith

    Jett Lawrence’s worst heat race finish this season is 5th (San Fran). After washing out the front tire in the first turn, he’s looking at an equivalent here in Philly. key

    Fowlers Facts

    NOTABLE SPEED ADVANTAGE: Comparing their fastest laps in the second qualifying session today, Cooper Webb averaged +0.424 faster than Jett Lawrence in segment 4 (triple/sand). Jett Lawrence had a +0.174 advantage in the other 4 track segments.

    Brett Smith

    450 Heat 1 Facts

  • Jett Lawrence, Eli Tomac AND Cooper Webb all in the same heat race. They’re top three in points!
  • Jett Lawrence leads the field in most heat race wins (6). Eli Tomac has won four.
  • From the dept. of weird: Jet has yet to win a Heat 1. All 6 of Jett Lawrence’s heat race wins have come out of Heat 2. He’s gone 5-3-3 in Heat 1.
  • In 2 of 4 of Eli Tomac’s heat race wins, Jett Lawrence was in the field.
  • Justin Barcia has not won a heat this year and with this field, it’s looking tough.
    • Fowlers Facts

    Title Battle Qualifying Insights: Jett Lawrence vs. Cooper Webb

  • Cooper Webb was 2nd fastest qualifier today, +0.26 faster than Jett Lawrence.
  • Both riders set one 51 second lap and five 52 second laps in qualifying, but Webb looks to have a speed advantage…
  • Webb set 4 of the 12 fastest laps in qualifying while Jett only set 2 of the 12 fastest laps.
    • Brett Smith

    Analyzing the start positions from the Qualifying 450SX Group 2 Start

  • Best gate(s) look to be 7 or 8 from the inside. Webb and Tomac nailed it from there.
  • Second best was in either side of the box.
  • Inside gates will get pitched right out of the gate unless they are perfect.
    • Fowlers Facts

    Fast Fact: Seth Hammaker is the only 250 East rider to qualify in the top 5 every round this season. Tom Vialle is close (7 of 8 rounds) but qualified 9th in Arlington.

    Brett Smith

    Justin Cooper Season Report Card

    Currently ranked 8th (-22 to Aaron Plessinger)

    Qualifying: A2 – P.1

    Heats: 2nd in Detroit, 3rd in Daytona

    Holeshots: 1 (San Diego)

    Main Laps Led: 1 (St. Louis, lap 1 of TC2)

    Mains: 5th in Birmingham (season best), 6th in both Daytona and Nashville

    Brett Smith

    Max Anstie snagged P.1 in 250SX for the 4th time this season! He was also fastest qualifier in Birmingham, Indy and Foxborough. key

    Brett Smith

    250 C2 Qualifying Facts

  • Fredericktown Yamaha’s Gage Stine (268) topped 250SX C1. He’s from Woodsboro, MD racing in his first year of 250SX.
  • Stine trains in New Jersey with Dan Callahan of Callahan MX
  • The new guy, Nate Mason (303) was 4th in session 1 (1:01.064). He’s racing for the Canadian 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐂𝐂𝐑/𝐌𝐏𝟏/𝐘𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐡𝐚. He’s getting his feet wet in Philly and plans to contest the entire 2025 250SX series.
    • Brett Smith

    250 B2 Qualifying Facts

  • Kyle Peters topped 250 B1 and by a long ways (56.540)
  • Jorgen Talviku was 2nd (57.650). Talviku is still looking to make his first main event. He was 7th in the LCQ in Nashville.
    • Brett Smith

    250 A2 Qualifying Facts

  • Tom Vialle was fastest qualifier in Nashville. He topped the first session here in Philly with a late heater. That’s the third session Vialle has topped this year.
  • From the department of GTFO: Haiden Deegan has never even been top 3 overall in qualifying. This is his 18th 250SX entry.
  • Bainbridge, PA’s Seth Hammaker was fastest qualifier at 250SX Round 2 in Arlington. He has 7 career top three Qualifiers.
    • Brett Smith

    Hunter Lawrence is the fastest 450SX qualifier in Philly! He tops 450SX A2, the first session win of his career. His previous best was San Francisco (3rd). Other than San Fran, however, Lawrence had never broken into the top 5 in either a session or overall. key

    Brett Smith

    450 A2 Qualifying Facts

  • Jett Lawrence has topped 15 sessions in 2024 (including the first one here in Philly) and has 8 total overall qualifiers.
  • Lawrence was the only rider to put two times under 53 seconds in session A1.
  • Justin Cooper briefly led session 1. He ended the session in 3rd (52.776). He qualified 2-4-2 in the past three rounds and has average 6th this season.
  • Eli Tomac is still looking for his first fastest Qualifier this season. If he can get it, it would be the 44th of his career. Tomac topped Seattle A1 but hasn’t been fastest overall since Indy 2022.
    • Brett Smith

    450 B2 Qualifying Facts

  • Anthony Bourdon (100) is back with us in the 450SX division. We last saw him in Birmingham where he qualified 15th overall. This is his 3rd 450SX entry in 2024. He’s currently ranked 7th in 250SX West.
  • Devin Simonson topped 450 B1 for the second week in a row (55.419). In Nashville he was nipped by Jeremy Hand but this week Hand has been moved up to the A group.
    • Brett Smith

    450 C2 Qualifying Facts

  • Shoutout to Jacob Glenn from King William, VA. He’s entering his first ever 450SX. He’s entered the 250SX division four times and made the night show in Foxborough but didn’t qualify out of the LCQ.
  • Glenn was 9th in 450 C1
  • TJ Albright topped 450 C1 with a time of 56.860.
  • Alex Nagy was 4th in the first 450 C session. We last saw him in St. Louis where he qualified 29th overall.
  • Maine’s Ronnie Stewart is making his 3rd 450SX entry of 2024. We last saw him at Foxborough where he qualified 32nd. He was third in the first C session.
    • Brett Smith

    Maryland’s Gage Stine (268) is making his first appearance since Indianapolis where he qualified 20th. He’s racing for Fredericktown Yamaha. He was 10th in the LCQ in Indy.

    Brett Smith

    250 C1 Qualifying Facts

  • Shoutout to Jasper, Georgia’s Nate Mason (303) who is making his Supercross debut.
  • New Jersey’s Ricci Randanella (489) topped 250 Free Gropu C with a time of 1:01.160. This is Ricci’s second ever SX entry. He qualified 42nd overall in Foxborough. He’s looking for his first top 40.
    • Brett Smith

    250 B1 Qualifying Facts

  • Kyle Peters! The 5-time AMA Arenacross champion has entered his first Supercross since St. Louis 2022 where he burst fractured the C5 and C6 in his neck. He topped 250 Free Group B and actually sat 14th overall.
  • This is the 74th 250SX entry for Kyle Peters. He has 26 top 10 qualifiers but has never been top 5. Career 250SX average: 14.7
    • Brett Smith

    250 A1 Qualifying Facts

  • Last weekend in Nashville, Haiden Deegan finally topped a 250SX A qualifying session. It was his 29th career session in the A group. He was 4th in A2. Deegan still hasn’t been fastest overall qualifier. He has three career P.4 finishes in qualifying.
  • Max Anstie’s three P.1 qualifying finishes don’t mesh with his main events. He has two top fives and an average finish os 8.9. Yet he has topped six 250SX Qualifying sessions.
  • Deegan topped Free practice here in Philly (54.999) and Seth Hammaker was close behind (55.076)
    • Brett Smith

    450 A1 Qualifying Facts

  • Jett Lawrence has 8 fastest qualifiers in 2024. That ties him with Eli Tomac (2018) on the list of riders who won the most P.1 qualifying positions in a single season of 450SX. If Lawrence sweeps the rest of the rounds (qualifying) he’d have 11 and sole ownership of 5th most.
  • Lawrence topped Free practice with a time of 53.948.
  • Chase Sexton still hasn’t topped a single qualifying session in 2024. And he hasn’t been on the podium overall since Birmingham (2nd). He hasn’t been top 3 in a session since St. Louis (2nd Session A1)
    • Brett Smith

    450 B1 Qualifying Facts

  • Devin Simonson topped a 450B qualifying session in Nashville last weekend. It was Simonson’s first time as P.1 in 2024.
  • Maine’s Ronnie Stewart is making his 3rd 450SX entry of 2024. We last saw him at Foxborough where he qualified 32nd.
  • Justin Rodbell’s avg. qualifying time is 29.2. He’s qualified all rounds he’s show up for (13) and he’s made three main events (San Fran, San Diego and Seattle). He was 5th in 450 Free Group B
  • Anthony Rodriguez topped 450 Free Group B earlier this morning with a time of 56.896. He qualified 24th overall in Nashville and averages 29th in 2024.
    • Brett Smith

    450 C1 Qualifying Facts

  • TJ Albright topped Group C free practice with a time of 1:01.205
  • This is Albright’s 5th 450SX entry this season. We last saw him in Foxborough where he qualified 29th overall. He’s gone 34-37-29-29 in 2024 overall qualifying.
    • Brett Smith

    Kyle Peters is making his first SX appearance since St. Louis 2022. He topped 250 Free Group B with a time of 57.462.

    Brett Smith

    450 Free Group A – Jett Lawrence topped it with a time of 53.948. Chase Sexton was second (54.058)

    Brett Smith

    And here’s 450SX Injury Report

  • Ken Roczen (450SX): Out for the rest of the Supercross season (broken my tibia plateau, foot and toe).
  • Dylan Ferrandis is back! After going 22-8-22 at rounds 7-9, Ferrandis took five rounds off to recover from an illness he was battling. He’s in for the last three SX rounds.
    • Brett Smith

    Let’s catch up on some recent injury reports: Here’s 250SX

  • Cameron Mcadoo: Out for the rest of the Supercross season (broken left scapula and partial muscle tear in shoulder). Currently ranked 3rd in the championship.
  • Seth Hammaker crashed out of Foxborough but he returns to action in Philadelphia. Philly is an important race for him because it’s only two hours west of his hometown of Bainbridge, PA and because missing Nashville he fell to 21st in combined 250SX points. Riders who stay inside the top 20 get automatic SMX playoff spots.
  • Garrett Marchbanks broke his thumb in Nashville. He’s doing everything possible and the team is hopeful for a return at Salt Lake City.
    • Brett Smith

    Cool temps here in Philly this morning. 50 degrees with a marine layer sky. Practice started precisely at 8:00 a.m.

  • 450 Free C: TJ Albright topped it with a time of 1:01.205
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