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450SMX Overall 1. Chase Sexton (Hon) 1-1 2. Ken Roczen (Suz) 3-3 3. Dylan Ferrandis (Yam) 2-4 4. Jett Lawrence (Hon) 7-2 5. Jason Anderson (Kaw) 4-5 6. Aaron Plessinger (KTM) 5-6 7. Justin Barcia (GG) 6-8 8. Cooper Webb (Yam) 8-7 9. Garrett Marchbanks (Yam) 10-9 10. Colt Nichols (Kaw) 12-10 250SMX Overall 1. Jo Shimoda (Kaw) 4-1 2. Tom Vialle (KTM) 3-2 3. Haiden Deegan (Yam) 1-5 4. Ryder DiFrancesco (Kaw) 7-3 5. Jordon Smith (Yam) 8-4 6. Seth Hammaker (Kaw) 5-8 7. Levi Kitchen (Yam) 2-11 8. Hunter Lawrence (Hon) 9-7 9. Justin Cooper (Yam) 12-6 10. Pierce Brown (GG) 11-10 work. So yeah, we had to work through the pack a little." Ryder DiFrancesco scored a confidence-building third in race two, which equated to fourth overall (7-3). A career-best for DiFrancesco. "I have had good starts and know I am on the best bike, but it came down to belief," said DiFrancesco. "Once I started to see that I could be up there with those guys and run the same pace, I had even more confidence to make it stick to the end." Jordon Smith went 8-4 for fifth overall. After the first round, Hunt - er Lawrence is third in the 250SMX Championship, trailing Shimoda and Deegan by just three points. CN Haiden Deegan came to play in the SMX playoffs and was one of the pre-race favorites to win. The 250cc-rookie tracked down his Star Racing Yamaha teammate Levi Kitchen late in race one and passed for the lead. He went on to take the win. Deegan couldn't repeat the win in race two. He got a bad start and struggled to make passes and ended up fifth. He is, how - ever, tied for the 250 SMX points lead with Shimoda. "I was trying to stay on the inside [on the start]," Deegan said of his good first-moto start. "I hugged in there with him [Justin Cooper] and went under all of them and came out good, so I was hoping to do that in the second one. But two guys cut in front of me, so it didn't ROUND 1 / SEPTEMBER 9, 2023 ZMAX DRAGWAY / CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA MOTOCROSS I SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P82 Haiden Deegan came from behind to win the first 250SMX moto but couldn't repeat the performance.