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him to 11th in the moto and sixth overall. Race officials determined that Deegan cut the inside sec - tion of a left-hand corner jump, inside the plastic yellow course markers that had been knocked down but were still visible, six times. The AMA rulebook states that even if the markers are knocked down, riders must still stay within the track boundaries. Prado was docked two positions and Hunter one position for doing the same thing at the same sec - tion of track. Deegan was also docked an additional position for accelerating off track in another section of the course, resulting in a total of seven positions. Aaron Plessinger, RJ Hamp - shire, Dylan Ferrandis and Cooper Webb completed the top 10 overall. best finish for me. I didn't know I was battling for third or fourth the whole moto until two laps to go, so I wish I'd gotten third, but given how stacked the class is and how the day was going, I'm super pumped about my result here. I'm happy with the consis - tency on my starts so far; that was a career-best today as well." Jorge Prado rounded out the podium with 7-5 for fifth overall after a two-position penalty in moto one. "Not the best weekend for me," Prado said. "I struggled with starts and then also just finding a flow all day. When you don't start up front, it's hard to make up time on the leaders, especially when there are many lapped riders. So not my best performance." Deegan received a seven-posi - tion penalty in race one, dropping two, this time on the opening lap as he crossed the stripe back in seventh. He fought back to third and battled with Deegan before another tipover—in the same turn as before—dropped him to fourth. Hunter still finished on the box with a pair of fourths, but his worst finish of the season in Colorado saw him lose control of the points lead. He now trails Jett by eight going into round four. "It was a tough one today," Hunter said. "I felt like my riding was good, but I struggled with the connectivity of the track and my motorcycle. I struggled a lot more than I usually do in keeping the bike under me." Garrett Marchbanks earned a career-best day going 3-6 for fourth overall. "Fourth overall today, I'm feeling good about it," Marchbanks said. "It's a career- ROUND 3 / JUNE 13, 2026 THUNDER VALLEY MOTOCROSS / LAKEWOOD, COLORADO MOTOCROSS I AMA PRO MOTOCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P66 Deegan put in strong rides in both motos, but a seven- position penalty for cutting the course seven times dropped him out of the top five overall.