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night. The two title rivals techni- cally tied on overall points, but the edge went in Lawrence's favor due to his win in the finale. This marks Lawrence's second victory of the season, the second of his 450 career, and sees him gain four points on Tomac (196 to 192) in the championship hunt as the series heads into a weekend off. "This win means a lot," Law - rence said. "This is the ultimate thank you for going through the ringer this week, riding five 450SX Lawrence keeps performing when it matters most. The Honda HRC rider strung together a consistent night of racing with 2-4-1 finishes to take the overall win. After pouncing on Eli Tomac late in race one, Lawrence nearly collided with two lapped riders in race two. He came into the final main in a must-win scenario if he wanted the tie-breaking advan - tage over Tomac. Lawrence did just that as he led wire-to-wire and won convincingly to end the ROUND 9 / MARCH 7, 2026 LUCAS OIL STADIUM / INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P70 26 JORGE PRADO 6TH (6-6-6) 450SX Jorge Prado returned to action after injuring his right shoulder at round six in Seattle and finished just outside the top five. "My first round back at Indianapolis was a very solid day," Prado said. "I'm happy with P6 overall with three sixth-place scores across the finals. I was also P4 in practice and had solid starts all night, so I'm obviously not 100 percent yet, but given how I felt this weekend, I think I really optimized everything. It was im- portant to gain experience in racing a track like this for the future. I'm happy to come out of here with a solid result and then get one weekend off." 56 JALEK SWOLL 8TH (9-7-5) 250SX Jalek Swoll led laps in two of the 250 races but later finished outside the top five. "It's still not the result that I want, but I feel that I did all I could," he said. "I was happy to get some good starts and lead laps. I feel like that's what it takes to build yourself back up. The first race wasn't great, but I was more like myself in the last two. There is still some work to do, but I feel like getting to that pace is very doable." MYOWNRACE (Above)The Indy Supercross hosted the second Triple Crown format of the season. (Right) Despite not winning a race, Eli Tomac was always up front and matched Lawrences points total at the end of the night.