Spring Creek 2024
RD 7 | Spring Creek
The Spring Creek Pro Motocross is the biggest event of the year in Millville, Minnesota, a small hamlet on the Zumbro River. This event has run uninterrupted since 1983.
Chase Sexton (1-1) was not the only force sending lightning strikes over the Pro Motocross championship; the second 450MX moto at the 2024 Spring Creek National ended in a thunderstorm and dark skies as Sexton won a second consecutive overall. He led 16 of the 34 laps run and won both motos by over 10 seconds.
Hunter Lawrence (2-2) led laps both motos but dropped off the pace halfway through each outing. On the podium, he said he was simply “rooted” (Australian slang for tired). Lawrence is now 13 points behind Sexton.
Justin Cooper (5-3) led six laps in the second moto, his first time out front since Thunder Valley, and he earned his second career 450MX podium. His moto scores tied Aaron Plessinger’s (3-5) who has now moved into fourth in the championship standing, 10 points behind Cooper.
Weather and wreckage were the Spring Creek 2024 themes but the event yielded career bests for five of the top six riders.
In his 31st career 250MX start, Levi Kitchen (1-1) won his first ever Pro Motocross overall. Kitchen led 19 of the 31 laps between the two motos, which happened under vastly different conditions.
Rain and lightning delayed the start of moto two by over 30 minutes and it ran in soggy and dark conditions when the gate fell. Casey Cochran (9-2) led the first six laps of moto 2 and beat out Max Anstie (7-4) for third because of a better moto two score. Spring Creek was Anstie’s 43rd career Pro Motocross start (all classes) and his second top five overall. Dilan Schwartz (10-6) and Ryder DiFrancesco (12-5) were 5th and 6th, both career highs.
Haiden Deegan (4-3) went down in the first corner of moto 2 when he ran over Chance Hymas’ (5-40) right ankle in the first turn. Deegan charged back to 4th place and second overall, while Hymas DNF-ed after pulling the holeshot, his ankle in too much pain to continue.
