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"The start was everything," Hunter said. "The track was pretty simple and didn't offer much for separation. I'm happy to finish that one off with a good race win." Ken Roczen walked away in third overall, tying Lawrence for overall points. This year's Supercross champ kicked off the night with a nail-biter win against Prado. The two battled down to the final corner with Roczen taking the checkers but unfortunately using up most of his energy. He fought back in race two but just didn't have the same intensity as the laps wore on, citing the lack of race time as hindering his second-moto performance. Roczen swapped scores with Lawrence and tied for third overall for the night. He's now fourth in the SMX in contention for the title." Hunter Lawrence bounced back in a big way after a disas- trous round one mudder. The Honda HRC Progressive rider made his presence known with a wire-to-wire win to end the night. He took the holeshot, led every lap, and even built a nearly 15-second lead on a track that was hard to make up time on. At one point, Lawrence had the over- all win in hand, and he did every- thing he could to give himself the best shot at victory. A win in race two proved good enough for sec- ond overall and earned him the tiebreaker against Ken Roczen. A podium result very much puts his name back into the champi- onship talks as he sits tied for second with Haiden Deegan, 16 points back from Prado. week's finale. A 2-2 result earned him the overall win and a large double-points payout. This is Prado's second win this season and the first in an indoor venue. He continues to lead the cham- pionship standings by 16 going into next weekend's finale. "Well, we just keep improving," Prado said. "My jump out of the gate [in moto two] was good, I was right there with Hunter [Lawrence] and made an aggres- sive pass for the lead in the third corner. I then cased the quad and thought I was going over the bars, but the bike saved me. Then cased it again three laps later! But man, I knew this race was going to be hard. We were all ripping. I rode it home safely after putting in a charge following my crash, but this is incredible. We're ROUND 2 / SEPTEMBER 19, 2026 DIGNITY HEALTH SPORTS PARK / CARSON, CALIFORNIA SUPERMOTOCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P78 Haiden Deegan finished third in both races for fourth overall, but a run- in with teammate Cooper Webb tainted his night.