placed riders collected themselves
up and regrouped, the front four took
off, leaving Friese by himself in fifth.
But Friese was not lonely for long,
and he came under attack by Mon-
ster Energy Yamaha Star Racing's
Justin Cooper and Sexton,
who both
got around him.
Meanwhile, Tomac wasn't letting
16th place bother him and used it as
motivation to pick his way through
the field, and he managed to get
around teammate Justin Cooper
into sixth place, and then, soon after,
passed Sexton for fifth.
Plessinger took over third from
Hunter Lawrence on lap six while
leader Jett Lawrence was growing
the gap from the pack.
With with six laps remaining in the
while fighting for sixth with Smartop
MotoConcepts Honda's Vince Friese;
Tomac remounted but dropped down
the ranks to 16th place.
Lawrence looked to be on cruise
control and stretched the gap to
around four seconds over Webb.
Plessinger, Team Honda HRC's Hunt
-
er Lawrence, and Red Bull KTM Fac-
tory Racing's Chase Sexton fought for
the second,
third, and fourth spots.
Friese moved to fifth and when
Ken Roczen went to pass him, they
made contact and Roczen went
down, taking Stewart with him. The
crashed riders resulted in Phoenix
Racing Honda's Dylan Ferrandis hit
-
ting the deck and forcing Sexton and
other riders
to take evasive maneu-
vers. While the downed and dis-
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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(Left) Aaron Plessinger
(7) had another strong
outing and finished out
the night on the podium.
(Below) Yes, this sounds
a little odd, but the 2023
AMA SuperMotocross
World Champion in the
250cc class, Haiden
Deegan, nabbed his first
career 250cc Supercross
win in Texas.
