Blow by blow reports from Foxborough 250-450 AMA SX

2024 AMA Supercross Championship

Round 13 – Gilette Stadium, Foxborough, MA

450 Main

Cooper Webb got off the gates well and took the early lead ahead of Ken Roczen and Shane McElrath.  Jett Lawrence was closed-in on the run towards the opening turn and was well outside the top ten early on. Eli Tomac had a slightly better start, just inside the top ten, but lost the rear late on the opening lap, which saw him go down, but he was still back up and running ahead of Jett.

Jason Anderson made short work of McElrath to move up to third place. Chase Sexton then pushed McElrath further back to fifth.  Meanwhile, up front, Cooper Webb was pulling away from the field, as five minutes into the contest, light rain started falling inside Gillette Stadium.

Webb led Roczen by over two-seconds at just over half-race distance. Sexton had started to challenge Roczen for that second place, but the German managed to sneak away from him again around this mid-stage of the contest. Jason Anderson was fourth ahead of Justin Hill. Hunter Lawrence was running sixth ahead of Shane McElrath, Eli Tomac, Jett Lawrence, and Justin Barcia. With ten-minutes left on the clock, Jett Lawrence was eighth and more than 15-seconds behind his closest challenger for the championship, race leader Cooper Webb.

As they started the second-half of the race, Jett Lawrence began to wind up and make some serious progress. Jett passed his brother, Hunter, then picked off Shane McElrath, then Justin Hill, before sweeping past Eli Tomac, moving up to fifth place with just over eight-minutes on the clock. At this juncture, Jett was 14-seconds behind race leader Cooper Webb.

Chase Sexton managed to get back on terms with Ken Roczen with six minutes left on the clock, but the German made his RM-Z450 as wide as a Mack truck.  Once past though, Sexton left the Suzuki rider in his dust.

By the final lap, Chase Sexton was looking to challenge Cooper Webb for the lead and looked better through certain jump sections, but Webb was putting the power down more smoothly and that made the difference.  If Sexton had managed to get by Roczen earlier, it may have been a different story, but Roczen rode through to a brilliant and well-deserved third place.

Jett Lawrence challenged Jason Anderson for fourth place over the course of the final lap but couldn’t quite manage to get the better of the Kawasaki rider, despite a final turn lunge that would have worked if his CRF450R hadn’t spun up on him heading towards the chequered flag jump. That pair took the flag eight-seconds behind the winner.

Eli Tomac was 14-seconds further back in sixth place, with a handy buffer over Hunter Lawrence and Justin Cooper.

Justin Hill took ninth, while Malcolm Stewart rounded out the top ten ahead of Justin Barcia.

Jett Lawrence and Cooper Webb are now tied on points, 261-points apiece, 15-points ahead of Chase Sexton. Eli Tomac is a further 15-points behind, nine-points ahead of Ken Roczen.

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Cooper Webb – P1

“It was a great start to get the holeshot, which was huge, and you know, was able to put some good laps in.  I felt like me and Kenny had a great pace at the beginning, and then, honestly, once the rain came, it got a little bit interesting for me.  Like, you don’t know if you could really trust some of those hard-pack areas and a few of my lines I needed to clean up and be better at, and like I said, I saw Chase catching Kenny, and I had a little bit of a gap and then made that big mistake in the rhythm, and that tightened it right up quickly. Chase made the pass on Kenny, and he was coming; he was riding really well, and I could feel him coming. So I just tried to hit my marks the last few laps trying to, you know, think about where where he was catching me, and where I could pick up time, and that’s what I tried to do. So it felt good. I haven’t led a whole main event now in a long time, actually, so it felt and I felt great, and obviously, to get to the co-points lead is an amazing feeling.”

Chase Sexton – P2

“It was definitely hard to pass on this track tonight… I got by Jason [Anderson] early and then I was behind Kenny [Roczen] for a while. It took a lot to set that pass up, trying to get an angle [to make the move]. After that, you couldn’t be super-aggressive with how the track was, it was really slippery, so you had to be patient. I saw Cooper [Webb] miss the rut toward the end, so I went to rail the turn and maybe set up a pass, but it didn’t come together. I feel like I had good speed tonight, I was decent in the heat and felt like I rode pretty good in the Main Event with how the track was, so we will keep pushing from here into these final races.”

Ken Roczen – P3

“In practice, it’s just been horrendous, honestly; having said that, I have learned to stay cool and wait until the racing time when it really counts. But we got off to a really good start there and stayed right behind Cooper. Every time I jumped, I lost ground. But overall, I’m really happy for myself just to actually get it together and be back on the box.  I had to ride a little bit defensively. Obviously, once Chase got really close, he made the pass, but I didn’t want to just roll over and let these guys battle it out for the lead. I wanted to stay in it. I feel like that would have been lame. So I just tried to do the best that I can all the way to the end. And I’m pretty happy with the podium and, honestly, just staying in striking distance of the lead, because some of these weekends, I’m way off.”

Jason Anderson – P4

“Another weekend down. Since announcing my retirement last week, these last few rounds are really important to me. Despite my ankle injury from St. Louis, I’m determined to finish out this season no matter what. Although the injury is not doing me any favors, I’m just stoked to be out there riding my Kawasaki. Thank you to my team for these last 20 years, let’s finish out these last four rounds strong.”

Jett Lawrence – P5

“This was not the end result we were looking for tonight. The bike felt great, and my riding felt awesome—I just couldn’t link it with a start. I got a good jump, just slipped on a harder spot about 20 feet out. Unfortunately, in this class it’s game over without a good start. That’s a shame because I felt like I could be up front this weekend. We’ll move on to next weekend.”

Hunter Lawrence – P7

“It was a bit of a disappointing race, as I wasn’t the best version of myself—good data logging, though. We logged some laps and got some more experience, so that’s a positive. We have some work to do on our starts to just give ourselves a better shot. On to Nashville!”

Malcolm Stewart – P10

“Foxborough was decent, even though of course the result isn’t where we wanted it to be,” Stewart commented. “The track was definitely pretty gnarly. I went down in the Main Event in the final couple of laps, but at the end of the day, we’ve just gotta keep digging and keep moving forward. I rode hard, made some passes, and there are some positives to take – we’ll get them next weekend! I’ve never raced in Nashville, so I’m excited for that one.”

Adam Cianciarulo – P15

“This weekend was a huge step forward for me. We made some changes on my KX450SR that were very positive, and I felt great all weekend. This was also a special weekend celebrating my daughter’s first birthday, so I had a special gear and helmet for her this weekend that my team surprised me with. Overall it was a good weekend and I’ll keep making progression to be back on the podium.”

450 Main Results

450 Championship Points

250 Main

Seth Hammaker, Haiden Deegan, and Tom Vialle all got great gates and runs through Turn One, but Haiden Deegan quickly forced his way through to the lead and immediately started to pull away from his pursuers.

Championship leader, Cam McAdoo, was up to fourth early on, then up to third after getting the best of team-mate, Seth Hammaker, late on the opening lap.

It took McAdoo a few laps to get the better of Vialle, but once past, he left the KTM man in his wake.  The Kawasaki rider could not find the pace to run Deegan down, though, and had to settle for second.

Deegan was the victor by just over four-seconds.

Tom Vialle rounded out the podium a further nine-seconds behind.

Pierce Brown was fourth, with a healthy buffer over Max Anstie.

Haiden Deegan was 16-points behind Cameron McAdoo, 14-points behind Tom Vialle, and five-points behind Pierce Brown heading into Foxborough.  After his victory tonight, the 18-year-old heads to the East-West showdown next time out at Nashville, 13-points behind McAdoo, and nine-points behind Vialle. There are now three points-scoring rounds left for 250 East competitors before the champion is crowned.

Cameron McAdoo – P2

“It’s been so much fun riding, and I’ve really tried to embrace how lucky I am that I get to do this. The track had a few tricky spots, so I was really focused on hitting my lines and just trying to keep the leader close. I’m thankful we were able to get a few more points over second because these next few weeks are going to be tough with two shootouts in the next three rounds.”

Tom Vialle – P3

“I always try to do my best no matter what and I think that finishing third was the best I could do tonight, so we are happy to be on the podium again. Next weekend will be really important and the coming races, too. There are only three rounds to go – it is going to be a good fight to the end, for sure.”

Pierce Brown – P4

”Foxborough was an alright night! I feel like I struggled throughout the day and then I pulled it together in the Main Event. I had a decent start and then rode consistently in fourth, which was all I had tonight. We’ll go back to work next week and then see you guys in Nashville!”

Max Anstie – P5

“The opening laps this weekend was costly for me. I got caught up with Brown and made a few errors. Initially, I thought he had bike trouble, but it seemed to fix itself. Moving forward, I need to improve my execution in the finals in the opening laps. I’ve missed out on some fantastic results, but the positives are evident: we have the speed, the bike is competitive, and we still have several rounds ahead to show our capabilities. Nothing would be sweeter than standing on the podium or, even better, winning an East vs. West round.”

Chance Hymas – P12

“Tonight was very up-and-down for me. Getting my first heat race win shows that I’m moving in the right direction, but I just didn’t execute in the main. I got bumped around off the start, and when you’re that far back, it’s difficult to make the moves you need to. I’ll take the positives from the day and look for a rebound in Nashville.”

250 Main Results

250 East Championship Points

250 Qualifying Results

250 Heat One Results

250 Heat Two Results

250 LCQ Results

450 Qualifying Results

450 Heat One Results

450 Heat Two Results

450 LCQ Results