were struggling today. Normally,
downhills have been a strength
for my whole career, but today
I sucked on them. Yeah, it was
a tough day, but what can you
do—keep working—and the
beautiful thing about this sport
is we get to line up again next
weekend."
Plessinger had to settle
for third overall with 5-2, and
450MX rookie Cooper continues
to improve with a 4-3 for fourth
overall. Jason Anderson com
-
pleted the top five with a 3-4.
Dylan
Ferrandis, Justin Barcia,
Malcolm Stewart, Freddie Noren
and Christian Craig rounded out
the top 10 overall.
Considering all, Jett Lawrence
was impressive in moto two.
He was fourth after lap one and
best ride of my life. This one
means a lot. This has been one of
my best races and wins so far!"
"Two laps to go, I still had like
six seconds on him," an obvious
-
ly disappointed Plessinger said.
"Then,
on the last lap, I knew
he was getting close, but I tried
everything I could to hold him
off. I got out front, and I pushed
as hard as I could, and then I
figured I could back it down just
a little bit, but no, these guys
were riding so good—Chase was
riding unreal—and I couldn't seal
the deal."
Hunter Lawrence was second
overall with a 4-2, a repeat result
from round one. "Not being fast
-
er than Chase, to be completely
honest, is
where it got away
from me," Hunter said. "We
been running on cruise control
for several laps and just didn't
have the late-race boost he
needed to stay ahead of Sexton,
who was riding on rails. With a
few turns to go, Sexton made
the pass and took what will go
down as a historic moto win.
"That was a year and a half
of pent-up frustration," Sexton
said. "In the first race, it definitely
felt good to win my first moto in
a while, although not the way I
wanted to with Jett going down,
but I had a good flow going and
was able to win that one. In that
second moto, I slid out at the
start, and I was dead last, so I
knew it was going to be a hard
moto. That was wide open from
the start to the end. I don't even
know what to say—that was the
ROUND 2 / JUNE 1, 2024
RANCHO CORDOVA, CALIFORNIA // PRAIRIE CITY SVRA
MOTOCROSS I AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP / MONSTER ENERGY SMX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P66
Even with a big crash,
Haiden Deegan
grabbed another
overall win.
