that wave of momentum as he
passed for the lead early on lap
one. The technical conditions
catered to his previous MXGP
experience, and the former MX2
champion ran off with the race
lead. He never relinquished, and
17 uncontested laps put Vialle
back on top with his second win
in as many weeks. He's now the
points leader and carries the
red plate for the first time into
Indianapolis.
"I really wanted to win a
normal Supercross track," Vialle
said. "After that start, I just did
some really good laps for may
-
be 10 minutes, and I had a five-
or
six-second gap on Cameron
[McAdoo], and I just controlled
heat-race winner Eli Tomac late
in the race, and the duo finished
sixth and seventh, respectively.
Aaron Plessinger, Justin Barcia
and Malcolm Stewart rounded
out the top 10 in the 450SX
main event.
250SX East
The points chase in the 250SX
East division is even closer than
the 450s, if you can believe it.
After three races, only a true
handful of points separated all
the heavy hitters. But Birming
-
ham brought out another repeat
winner in Red Bull
KTM Factory
Racing's Tom Vialle. Vialle, who
scored his first-ever win just one
week ago, appears to be riding
a lot of energy because I tried
super hard a few times to get by
him, so I pushed extra hard but
couldn't make it happen; I'd drop
back a little, then had to regroup
and go again. I took different
lines, crossed over, and made
passes. It's just hard when the
track is that rutty. We just can't
move around that much, espe
-
cially in the rhythms."
With four podiums on the
books this season, Roczen
now
jumps to fifth in the series point
standings.
Chase Sexton finished just
off the podium in fourth place
after battling most of the race
with Justin Cooper, who crossed
fifth. Jason Anderson passed
ROUND 9 / MARCH 9, 2024
PROTECTIVE STADIUM / BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P70
That's three second-
place finishes for
Cameron McAdoo in
250SX.
