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Cycle News 2024 Issue 13 April 2

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ROUND 12 / MARCH 30, 2024 THE DOME AT AMERICA'S CENTER / ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P62 could. His 2-3-21 netted eighth overall and 14 points toward the championship, versus Tomac's 25 and Webb's 22. Obviously, it was a disap- pointing and costly night for Lawrence, especially with the penalty and the get-together with Barcia, which appeared to be a racing incident since no disciplinary actions have been taken by the AMA yet. From atop their bikes, Barcia and Lawrence discussed the situ - ation moments aftter the race, and it did not appear to be a very heated discussion. After all was said and done, both rode off to the pits, seemingly having patched things up. "Overall, it was a rough day," Sexton said. "I'm ready for a weekend off." Justin Barcia's 6-4-10 placed him sixth overall, just ahead of Malcolm Stewart's seventh- place from 7-9-8 results. Barcia was involved in one of the big - gest controversies of the night when he T-boned Jett Lawrence. In a turn during the first lap of the final race, Lawrence had cut down on the GasGas rider, who was also trying to defend his position from the rider behind him. Lawrence was sent to the ground, wincing in pain. Lawrence slowly managed to remount and finish out the race to salvage as many points as he got a pretty bad start, ended up sixth before I was docked, and then in the last one, I worked my way forward to sixth." Chase Sexton rounded out the top five with 10-5-3. His night got off to a rough begin - ning when he got caught up in a multi-rider crash that happened on the first lap when Mitch Oldenburg came up short over a jump and went down, tak- ing out several riders with him, including Adam Cianciarulo and Sexton. Ken Roczen and Jett Lawrence were also held up in the melee. Sexton was one of the last riders to get back going and rode well afterward to get 10th in the moto. Jett Lawrence had a frustrating night after getting docked a couple of positions, getting T-boned by Justin Barcia, and seeing his points lead shrink to eight.

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