Supercross round 9 results, Tomac wins - MotorSportsTalk

The results were clear as Eli Tomac grabbed the holeshot and walked away from the field in Monster Energy Supercross Round 9 at Daytona International Speedway.

Tomac has struggled with his starts this season, but that did not effect him Saturday night.

After all, this is Daytona where Tomac has always been at his best. He walked away from the field to win his fifth race on this track and third consecutive. With the win, Tomac tied Ricky Carmichael for the most at Daytona – a record Carmichael was happy to concede seconds after the gate dropped.

The victory also keeps Tomac in contention to defend his 2020 Supercross championship after he shaved seven points from Roczen’s lead.

Hear from your 450SX Main Event winner, @EliTomac 🗣#SupercrossLIVE #DropTheGate pic.twitter.com/fzNoaIRHow

— Supercross LIVE! (@SupercrossLIVE) March 7, 2021

Aaron Plessinger had the right rhythm for Daytona. He finished second in his heat behind Cooper Webb, who remains second in the points. To take the runner-up spot, Plessinger was forced to pass the driver who beat him earlier in the night.

Plessinger eventually lost second to Webb at the checkers, but this was the his first career podium in the 450 class.

Webb and Ken Roczen became embroiled in a fierce battle for the final step on the podium at the halfway point. Webb found overdrive when Roczen pulled up on him – not once but twice.

RESULTS: Click here for 450 results; Click here for 250

Midway through the race, Roczen overjumped the rhythm section and landed on the face of one of the jumps, killing his momentum and allowing Malcolm Stewart to get around him.

Roczen regained his composure and retook the position from Stewart. As he chased down Webb, however, he reinvigorated the rider who wants to overtake him in the points and watched as the points slipped away.

Roczen retains the points lead, but now his advantage sits at only two markers.

Tomac closed to within 24 points of Roczen.

Stewart held onto fifth.

Justin Barcia and Jason Anderson took the next two spots in sixth and seventh.

Returning from injury, Chase Sexton finished eighth.

Justin Bogle in ninth and Dean Wilson rounded out the top 10.

Click here for Round 8 450 Main results | 450 points standings | 450 Manufacturer points

After winning his heat, Cameron Mcadoo took the lead with five minutes remaining in the 250 Main and stretched his advantage to nearly 10 seconds at the checkers to win his first race in class. Daytona is special for Supercross riders and Mcadoo showed why with a burnout on the banked tri-oval in front of socially-distanced fans.

With his win, Mcadoo took the points lead by four over Justin Cooper and 10 over Garrett Marchbanks.

Last week Stilez Robertson started the race catastrophically. He jumped onto the back of Jeremy Martin when the field stacked up in front of him. The two collected Jeremy’s brother Alex.

In Daytona Robertson got the hole shot and led until the five-minute remaining mark. He faded in the closing laps, but was shocked and pleased with his runner-up finish.

Pierce Brown rounded out the podium in his first race after ACL surgery to his knee. Brown passed Martin for position late in the race and held off a determined charge by the winner of the first round of the 250 West season, Cooper.

Cooper got a bad start. As he tried to close the distance on the leaders, his bike stepped out on him exiting the tunnel to drive him momentarily off course. This put him even further behind then-leader Robertson. Cooper restarted in 12th after than incident, but was able to rebound to fourth, which allowed him to salvage significant points.

Last year’s winner of this event, Marchbanks claimed the last spot in out the top five.

Hunter Lawrence won the second heat of the night before settling into sixth in the Main.

Martin rebounded from his hard crash last week to finish seventh.

Jalek Swoll, Coty Schock and Jordon Smith rounded out the top 10.

The preliminary races were filled with excitement. Ryan Sipes went down on Lap 1 while battling for third. He brought out the first caution of the night.

Joey Crown crashed into the face of a triple while leading Last Chance Qualifier to bring out the third red flag of the event.

Next Up: AT&T Center, Arlington, Texas March 13.

Click here for 250 West Main results | 250 points standings | 250 Manufacturer points

POINTS, RESULTS AFTER ROUND 1 AT HOUSTON: Justin Barcia, Christian Craig take early lead

POINTS, RESULTS AFTER ROUND 2 AT HOUSTON: Eli Tomac close gap, Jett Lawrence wins his first

POINTS, RESULTS AFTER ROUND 3 AT HOUSTON: Ken Roczen earns one-point margin; Colt Nichols, Christian Craig share 250 lead

POINTS, RESULTS AFTER ROUND 4 AT INDIANAPOLIS: Ken Roczen wins to extend points margin, Colt Nichols doubles down

POINTS, RESULTS AFTER ROUND 5 AT INDIANAPOLIS: Ken Roczen makes it two in a row; Colt Nichols threepeats

POINTS, RESULTS AFTER ROUND 6 AT INDIANAPOLIS: Ken Roczen continues to roll; Christian Craig stops Colt Nichols

POINTS, RESULTS AFTER ROUND 7 AT ORLANDO: Cooper Webb gets second win as Jett Lawrence also doubles

POINTS, RESULTS AFTER ROUND 8 AT ORLANDO: Cooper Webb wins again to close the gap on Ken Roczen

Jett Lawrence remains perfect in the Pro Motocross series after recording another perfect round at Hangtown in Rancho Cordova, California. In his second start on a 450, Lawrence won his second National with his fourth consecutive moto win. It is getting increasingly difficult to find the right superlatives to describe the exploits on the reigning 250 West Supercross champion.

“The track was so brutal out there,” Lawrence told NBC Sports Jason Thomas. “The bike handles amazing even when it’s not too friendly. You had to be really patient; you couldn’t take too much. I didn’t eat enough before that second moto. I kind of lost energy halfway through, but luckily I could use technique and balance and just keep that flow going.”

Lawrence leaves Hangtown with an 18-point advantage over Ferrandis in the 450 Motocross standings, but perhaps more importantly, he climbed to 19th in the SuperMotocross standings and should he stay there, he has an automatic invitation to the Main events in the SMX Championship.

“On this track, you just have to manage,” Lawrence continued. “If you try to take too much and not respect the track, it will bite you very quickly. It was humbling on the first few laps. I got kicked on the cutout at the start of the third section, the tabletop going to the left. I had to get my focus because the boys were coming.”

Still in his first few races since returning from a concussion suffered at Houston in the Supercross series, Dylan Ferrandis finished second with results of third in Moto 1 and second in Moto 2. While Ferrandis was happy with the result, he remains hopeful that he will contend for victory shortly.

“The first moto was very hard for my physically, Ferrandis said. “I got arm pump and when you get arm pump your body gets tired. But I’m very happy because we made a big change for the second moto. We tried stuff every session today and in the last moto the bike was much better, but unfortunately I wasn’t sure what I could do with this bike because the track was very hard and difficult to pass.”

RESULTS: How they finished in the 450 Overall at Hangtown

With the rash of injuries at the end of the Supercross season, the podium was filled with heartwarming stories. Cooper Webb returned to action last week in Pala and failed to make the podium. He is steadily improving with a third-place finish in Hangtown. after finishing with a 4-2.

“It’s incredible what seven days can do,” Webb said. “Last week I felt like I was going to get lapped in the second moto. This week, I could see the leader. It was nice. I fought hard, learned how to suffer again there and that felt nice.

Moto 2 wasn’t pretty for Lawrence. On several occasions in the opening laps, he nearly high sided as he rode the front wheel through the ruts. The reward was worth the risk. By the halfway point, Lawrence had 4.5-second lead over Webb, who was embroiled in a tight three-rider battle for second with his teammate Aaron Plessinger pressuring him and Ferrandis ready to take advantage if those made contact.

It took 20 minutes for Plessinger to get around Webb and once he did, he trailed Lawrence by four seconds. But then, with three minutes remaining, Plessinger crashed and had difficulty restarting the bike, handing second back to Webb who has seven seconds behind Lawrence. Plessinger fell to fourth with results of third and sixth.

Adam Cianciarulo rounded out the top five with a 5-4.

Heartbreak for Aaron Plessinger as he was charging forward 💔#ProMotocross #SuperMotocross #HangtownMX pic.twitter.com/vQtKIsuhVg

— Pro Motocross (@ProMotocross) June 4, 2023

Last week Hunter Lawrence won the overall with a 3-1. He repeated that feat in Hangtown in an exact replica of his Fox Raceway results last week. In Moto 1, Lawrence got off to a slow start and lost 10 seconds in the opening laps. Forced to overcome a sixth-place position in the race at the end of Lap 1, he once again caught the riders ahead of him when the field hit heavy traffic. For the second week, scored another 3-1 for the Hangtown National win.

“The start was crucial’ I knew I had to go,” Lawrence told NBC Sports’ Jason Thomas. “They laid a lot of water down, so I didn’t want to be behind any longer than [I was]. First hot one of the year, was a bit of a wakeup call, so I’m happy to get out of here safe and healthy.”

Lawrence’s third-place finish in Moto 1 featured a fierce battle for final spot on the podium when he caught Spain’s Guillem Farres and France’s Tom Vialle. With Lawrence hailing from Australia, the international nature of the sport was highlighted.

Lawrence left Hangtown with a 10-point advantage over Haiden Deegan in the Pro Motocross championship battle.

Click here for 250 overall results

Justin Cooper finished second in both motos to finish second overall. Hangtown represented a huge improvement from Fox Raceway where he finished fifth overall with a 5-4 finish in the two motos. Cooper pressured Haiden Deegan in the second half of Moto 1 and he earned the holeshot in the second moto and stayed within three seconds of Lawrence in that race.

“He was following me a little bit, checking out my lines, seeing where he was better,” Cooper said. “It’s disappointing to give up the lead like that but it was way better than last weekend. I will definitely take two seconds. I want to be on the top of the step. I feel like I get close to the top step but I never get it done. That’s building up the frustration – the fire. I really want to get one of these wins, so it’s time to start digging.”

Haiden Deegan earned the first holeshot of his career in Moto 1 and rode away from the field, building a four-second lead in the opening laps. Cooper trimmed the lead at the halfway point and for a while it leveled off at two seconds. Then Cooper made another charge with three to go and closed to within a second. Deegan was biding his time, however.

“I was saving a little. I knew at the end Justin was going to try and put a charge on. I let him get up close and then sent it super hard at the end to break him a little at the end.”

Deegan’s first moto win comes in only his fourth National and he remains perfect in regard to podiums this year.

“This was a dream since I was a little kid, to win,” Deegan said. “And in my fourth race, it’s gnarly. I was just sending it. I was getting a little tired at the end becasue I left my mouth open the whole time. It’s unreal; I’m so hyped. I wanted to win bad and I proved it to you guys.”

Chaos erupted in turn 1 in Moto 2 Jeremy Martin went and another rider ran over his arm. Michael Mosiman crashed further down the track on that same lap. Both riders were helped off course by the Alpinestars Medical team.

Deegan grabs his first 250 Mx moto win!1️⃣#ProMotocross #SuperMotocross #HangtownMX pic.twitter.com/1FH5s1ZHfn

— Pro Motocross (@ProMotocross) June 3, 2023

2023 Motocross Race Recaps

Fox Raceway: Jett Lawrence wins in first 450 start

2023 Supercross Race Recaps

Salt Lake City: Chase Sexton ends the season with win
Denver: Chase Sexton wins, takes points’ lead with Eli Tomac injury
Nashville: Chase Sexton keeps hope alive; Cooper Webb out
New Jersey: Justin Barcia wins muddy race; first in two years
Atlanta: Chase Sexton is back in the championship picture
Glendale: Eli Tomac wins 51st, breaks tie with James Stewart
Seattle: Eli Tomac wins and ties Webb for first
Detroit: Chase Sexton inherits win after Aaron Plessinger falls
Indianapolis: Ken Roczen gets first win in more than a year
Daytona: Eli Tomac extends Daytona record with seventh win
Arlington: Cooper Webb wins for second time, closes to two of Tomac
Oakland: Eli Tomac ties Ricky Carmichael with 48 wins
Tampa: Cooper Webb gets first 2023 win
Houston: Eli Tomac bounces back from A2 crash to win third race of 2023
Anaheim 2: Triple Crown produces new winners Chase Sexton, Levi Kitchen
San Diego: Eli Tomac, Jett Lawrence double down
Anaheim 1: Eli Tomac wins opener for the first time