the first half of the race before
making the decision to delay the
possibility of Hunter's first win
for at least another week. With
Jett up front, the rest of the race
looked like a Sunday cruise for
the 450cc points leader. The
two Lawrence brothers crossed
the finish line in close succes
-
sion, making history as the first
brothers
to go 1-2 in a 450SX
main event. More importantly,
the number-18 now pads his
championship lead with another
eight points. He now enjoys a
450SX
The Denver main event might
be looked back on as the race
where Lawrence drove the final
nail into the 2024 champion-
ship's coffin. The Honda HRC
rookie
rode another near-perfect
race en route to his third straight
win, drawing his total to eight
thus far. For you mathemati
-
cians, that's a win at half of this
year's
gate drops. Jett stalked
his older brother Hunter for
ROUND 16 / MAY 4, 2024
EMPOWER FIELD AT MILE HIGH / DENVER, COLORADO
SUPERCROSS I 2024 MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES / SMX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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51 JUSTIN BARCIA
4TH 450SX
Justin Barcia finished just off the po-
dium in fourth. "I knew the track had
deteriorated and that my bike would
work good on that in the hard-pack,"
he said. "I got a pretty good start, had
a lot of intensity in the race, and we
were just off the podium in fourth. All
in all, it's been a positive couple of
weekends."
3 ELI TOMAC
10TH 450SX
"The main event started out well,"
Tomac said of his race, which was
marred by a thumb injury. "I was in a
good position off the start. I got up to
third place, and then, unfortunately,
my hand came off the bars. Earlier in
the day, I had a crash in practice, and
I tweaked my thumb. I hate making
excuses, but it did affect me tonight.
Although it was enough to affect me
tonight, I don't think it's going to be a
problem for next week. It was unfor-
tunate, though, because I had good
speed early in the main there."
MYOWNRACE
Jett Lawrence (18) has
now won three in a row
and gained eight more
points on his rival Cooper
Webb. With one to go, he's
now a shoo-in for the title.
Chase Sexton (1) went
down in the first turn.
