Chef" into a mistake. Kitchen is
solidifying his name in the title
fight and becomes the second-
ever 250SX rider to sweep a
Triple Crown—a feat previously
done by his Pro Circuit Kawasa-
ki teammate, Austin Forkner. He
now enjoys
a 15-point advan-
tage over RJ Hampshire going
into
the two-week break.
"It was pretty awesome to get
all three wins like that," Kitchen
said. As for the points, I think
I did gain some points on RJ
there, so obviously, that was
nice, too. We're going into a little
break, so I'm going to enjoy that,
but overall, it was a fun night."
Jo Shimoda earned his high
-
est-placing result of the year on
in race
one and more difficulties
in race two. The Suzuki rider did
finish out the night on a some-
what high note after taking fifth.
His
18-13-5 finishes resulted in
12th overall, matching his 12th
earlier in the year at San Diego.
250SX West
Another sweep made its way to
the 250SX West division, with
Levi Kitchen taking all three
wins in dominant fashion. The
current points leader put in a tru-
ly dominant performance as he
led every
single lap of the night.
He was under pressure from Jo
Shimoda, Jordon Smith and RJ
Hampshire, but no one was able
to crack the code and force "The
"It's just a sucky situation," Law-
rence said. "I just cut down under
Hunter,
and obviously Barcia was
defending his line from someone
else on the inside of him—just
wrong place, wrong time. He kind
of hit my arm pretty good; I got a
gnarly Charlie horse. He hit some
nerve in my arm, where I kind of
lost feeling and strength in my
hands. That's why I was trying to
get up and get going early, but
I physically couldn't—I had no
strength. It is what it is."
Justin Cooper's 9-10-9 results
netted him ninth and Shane
McElrath (12-11-7) rounded out
the top 10.
Ken Roczen had a tough night
after experiencing a mechanical
Levi Kitchen had
another impressive
night in the 250SX
West class. He won
all three motos.
ROUND 12 / MARCH 30, 2024
THE DOME AT AMERICA'S CENTER / ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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