Hammaker and McAdoo, while
Romano was hanging onto fifth.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's
Tom Vialle eventually took over
fifth place, and as McAdoo and
Hammaker traded places back
and forth in front of him, Vialle
capitalized on their feud, and was
able to get around Hammaker.
Deegan and Forkner put some
distance from McAdoo, and the
front two raced each other. At
one point, Deegan made some
small but critical mistakes, and
it was enough to give over the
lead to Forkner, who grew it into
a two-second gap.
But it all went horribly wrong
for Forkner after a bumpy land
-
ing off a tabletop ejected him
off his bike, and he and the
KX250 cartwheeled over the
Tuff Blocks onto the concrete,
in practically the same spot that
Swoll went down.
The medics attended to
Forkner and eventually he was
able to stand with their help. He
looked to be in excruciating pain
as they carted him away.
Deegan went on to take the
win by seven seconds, and he
celebrated his first career Super
-
cross victory by jumping off his
bike and letting it roll down the
track, just like his pops, Brian
Deegan, did when he landed his
first Supercross victory.
"I am so amped right now,"
Deegan said. "My first career
win in Supercross, this is un
-
real…. Obviously, man, that's
terrible to see Austin, [he was]
ripping, and to see that happen
is sad, man. I wanted to fight for
this with him, man. I wanted to
go back and forth and bang bars
this season. But it's racing, and
the pressure, you know, it gets to
you. This is a very, very technical
track. And I watched the heat
race back and I saw Austin mak
-
ing several mistakes, and I was
like, I mean, I made mistakes
myself, but I was like, 'If I clean
up my riding and [can put on the]
pressure, it's any man's race…' I
just had good flow around the
whole track, and yeah, all I can
say is: Welcome to the danger
zone, baby!"
McAdoo secured second
place, and Tom Vialle, who had a
big crash in qualifying, was third.
"I think I had something to
prove after last weekend, and
I'm hoping this one gives me a
ROUND 7 / FEBRUARY 24, 2024
AT&T STADIUM / ARLINGTON, TEXAS
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES / AMA SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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2024 Arlington Supercross Video Highlights
Tom Vialle got his
first 250cc podium
in Supercross.
