just ahead of Cooper Webb, who
rounded out the top five. Jus-
tin Cooper took sixth over Ken
Roczen and Justin Barcia,
with
Harri Kullas and Shane McElrath
finishing off the top 10.
And what about Chase
Sexton? The Red Bull KTM rider
was one of three front-runners
with a shot at the overall title,
but an incident on lap one of the
night saw Justin Barcia land on
Sexton. Neither rider crashed,
but damage was sustained to
Sexton's bike and right hand. He
opted not to race the final moto
and dropped to seventh in the
championship standings.
pion of old as he concludes his
penultimate season and gears up
for several off-season races.
"The last couple weekends
there's just not many mistakes
[from the Lawrence broth
-
ers]," Tomac said. "I've made a
mistake,
and it gets capitalized
on, and every time I get passed.
I need to be more mistake-free
because I want to be up front."
Aaron Plessinger looked up
to speed as he strung together a
pair of fourths for fourth overall,
from now. But we'll keep knock
-
ing on the door and trying."
Tomac
put up a fight for third
overall. The former Supercross
and motocross champ led nearly
all of the first 450 moto before
being overtaken by Jett Law
-
rence's late-race Hail Mary pass.
He
stayed in the hunt for the rest
of the night, taking a solid third in
the second moto and flip-flopping
results with Hunter Lawrence.
With third overall and a triple-
points payout, Tomac catapulted
himself to third in the champi
-
onship standings and earned a
cool
$250k in the process. The
number three looks like the cham
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ROUND 3 / SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY / LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
SUPERMOTOCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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Haiden Deegan won five of the
six 250SMX races and claimed
another championship.
