Las Vegas (SMX)
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Supercross and other one-off events have a rich history in Las Vegas and that legacy continued in 2024 when the SuperMotocross World Championship finals ran at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Fast Facts
Venue Facts
Like zMax Dragway, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is a four-lane drag racing facility. It opened in 2000 and was converted to a four-wide venue in 2018.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway is in the northeast corner of metro Vegas on Las Vegas Blvd, the same road colloquially known as The Strip (not to be confused with The Strip at the speedway).
Pierce Brown (2-1) hadn’t claimed even a moto podium in 2024 but he went out a winner in the 2024 250SMX Finals, his last race with TLD Gas Gas. This is was Brown’s first professional race win and it came at the end of his 4th season.
In the first moto, Brown trailed Haiden Deegan (1-2) the entire moto but didn’t allow Deegan to pull away. Brown won moto 2 by 6.89 seconds and secured third in the SMX championship, one point behind Tom Vialle (3-8/5th)
Jordon Smith (5-3) capped off his season with a podium finish in Las Vegas and 5th in the championship.
After entering the Playoffs as the #6 seed, Jett Lawrence (1-1) won the 450 SuperMotocross World Championship with another flawless performance in the Finals. He tied his brother Hunter (3-2/2nd) in points but owned the tiebreak on wins.
Eli Tomac (2-3/3rd), holeshot and led the majority of moto one before Jett made a gutsy on lap 12. Lawrence had the fastest lap of the race (1:36.357) and it came on lap 10. In moto two, Jett holeshot and led all 14 laps, beating Hunter by just 1.4 seconds.
Chase Sexton (21-DNS/24th) was landed on by Justin Barcia in moto one and withdrew.