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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450SX (Top 10)
1. Eli Tomac (Yam) 1-1-1
2. Cooper Webb (Yam) 5-6-2
3. Hunter Lawrence (Hon) 8-2-4
4. Aaron Plessinger (KTM) 3-8-6
5. Chase Sexton (KTM) 10-5-3
6. Justin Barcia (GG) 6-4-10
7. Malcolm Stewart (Hus) 7-9-8
8. Jett Lawrence (Hon) 2-3-21
9. Justin Cooper (Yam) 9-10-9
10. Shane McElrath (Suz) 12-11-7
250SX West Overall (Top 10)
1. Levi Kitchen (Kaw) 1-1-1
2. Jo Shimoda (Hon) 2-3-3
3. Jordon Smith (Yam) 3-2-4
4. RJ Hampshire (Hus) 4-4-2
5. Nate Thrasher (Yam) 5-5-6
6. Garrett Marchbanks (Yam) 9-6-5
7. Julien Beaumer (KTM) 6-8-7
8. Ryder DiFrancesco (GG) 7-7-12
9. Carson Mumford (Hon) 12-10-9
10. Talon Hawkins (KTM) 10-12-9
rides, but not great rides, and
came away with a third. I'm
happy to be back on the po-
dium, but third is not where we
want to
be."
Hampshire improved as the
night wore on but came up one
spot short for fourth overall
with result of 4-4-2.
"A 4-4-2 is not going to get it
done," Hampshire said. "We will
have a couple of weeks off and
focus on the three rounds left
[in the 250SX West Champion
-
ship]. Get out of the gate better,
and
I feel like I could have won
tonight, but I didn't execute
when it was time to go."
Nate Thrasher's 5-5-6 placed
him in fifth for the night. "It was
a tough day in St. Louis," Thrash
-
er said. "I was just struggling to
get
comfortable on the track, but
we had some good starts."
CN
events, only finishing off the box
in fourth in the final race of the
night. Smith showed his unde-
niable speed as he fended off
attacks from
RJ Hampshire in
race one and kept the pressure
on Kitchen during the second
main event. A win just wasn't in
the cards for the 31, however,
and he left St. Louis 3-2-4 and
20 more points, putting him 26
points down from Kitchen in
the 250SX West Championship
standings.
"My body's a little bit sore,
mainly my collarbone and SC
joint area," Smith said. "The
track was tough. It was hard
to find a flow out there. They
would groom this and not
groom that, so the track was
constantly changing. I didn't
ride the best today. I had some
decent starts and put in solid
Jordon Smith was
third overall in the
250SX class.
