ROUND 3 / SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM / LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
MOTOCROSS I SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P72
let him have it like that."
Cooper Webb logged his best
result of the playoffs with a third
overall. Aboard his new Monster
Energy Star Racing Yamaha,
Webb scored a fifth and a third
on the night. He lost the tow of
the leaders in both motos as
he opted not to do the quad-on-
off line. As a result, he finished
38 seconds back in moto one
and 37 seconds down in moto
two, showing just how fast the
leaders' pace was. The triple
points played in Webb's favor as
a third overall bumped him to
fourth in the series and earning
$200,000 along the way. Either
and got oh-so-close when Sex
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ton hit the ground, moving both
him and Lawrence up
a spot
in the order. Lappers played a
pivotal role in the final laps as
they slowed Roczen through the
critical sand section. With two
second-place results, Roczen
jumped to second in the overall
standings and pocketed a cool
$500,000 in the process.
"I thought he [Josh Hill] was
going to let me by, but I ended
up rolling the entire section, and
that put a few seconds between
me and Jett. Then in the last
two laps, I put the hammer
down again; I didn't just want to
Roczen continued his forward
momentum after his moto win a
week ago in Chicago. He's been
one of the most consistent front
runners in the SMX playoffs and
again led early during the first
moto in LA. Lawrence closed
the gap to Roczen with the big
quad rhythm and stole the lead
away in the process.
"I just waited too long to do
it [the quad]," Roczen said. "I
should've done it sooner, but I
just played it safe."
Race two saw Roczen stalk
Lawrence again while Sexton
checked out in the lead. The 94
needed to beat the youngsters
Sexton walks back to the
pits after suffering a hard
crash while leading the
second moto.
