Progressive Insurance ECSTAR Suzuki’s Ken Roczen grabbed the Holeshot and never looked back, taking the win at Round 6 and becoming the fifth different rider to win in the 17-round 2024 Monster Energy Supercross season. It was Roczen’s third win inside State Farm Stadium and the 55,627 fans, a record for the series at the Glendale venue, went wild for the popular racer. |
State Farm Stadium held Arizona’s 30th Monster Energy AMA Supercross race in front of 56,627 race fans. The 2024 season celebrates 50 years of Supercross racing in America. Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc. Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jason Anderson took over second place just over two minutes into the 20-minute plus one lap Main Event and was never seriously challenged for the spot. Team Honda HRC’s Jett Lawrence fought hard from outside the top ten. He made up time on the slick track and nabbed the final podium position, and with it the lead in the championship points. In the Western Regional 250SX Class, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s RJ Hampshire took the victory, becoming the first repeat winner of 2024 in the 250SX class. |
First place 450SX Class – Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc. “I haven’t won much in the recent years so I take these moments in so much… My start was really good. I got a super good jump. I may have shut the throttle off a little bit too early, so I almost got swallowed up there. But I had the inside and as I went around the first turn I’m like, ‘This is what I need’… The track was really tricky, it just got so slippery. I made so many micro-decisions on the track in certain areas that I picked out; as I ran through some of the first few laps I just noticed some of the key spots that are really tricky and can really bite you. So I just managed the race the whole way… I tried to not look at the time, I just clicked my laps, lap after lap. “My Progressive ECSTAR Suzuki was working flawless out here today. I haven’t done many changes at all and it shows. You know, I’ve got to give it up to my whole team, my crew behind me, Peyton at home, my family, Griffin this is for you. I’ve been telling him the whole time I’m going to bring some trophies home, and especially wins, so I finally did it and this is an unbelievable moment for us.” – Ken Roczen |
Second place 450SX Class – Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc. “Oh 100% [I’m happy with a podium]. I’m really excited to walk out here with second. But at the end of the day I felt like I left a little on the table. I started riding tight there for a second, but, with how gnarly our class is, it’s pretty cool to be up here… Honestly this is one of my home races so everyone from the 505 out here, thanks for showing up and supporting.”.” – Jason Anderson |
Third place 450SX Class – Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc. “[I] didn’t give myself the best opportunity to go on for a win today with just getting a terrible start. But it was cool to climb my way through. It was a cool accomplishment to catch and pass Eli… So it was a cool accomplishment and just happy I was able to fight back to a podium position. [The] front boys they were gone… so especially going similar speeds here you can’t catch up, you can’t give ‘em that extra gap… It was a good finish to get third, especially with how it started.” – Jett Lawrence After one week off, the Western Regional 250SX Class racers were back on the track for Round 5 of their regional championship. Hampshire took the win after clawing his way up from a fifth-place start. Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Levi Kitchen led early but finished the race in second. Team Honda HRC’s Jo Shimoda took third, earning his first podium ride of 2024. The top three riders in the Western Regional 250SX Class, Kitchen, Hampshire, and Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Jordon Smith are now separated by only five points. |
First place 250SX Class – Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc. “[It was] a really tough day. Man, I had that case [coming up short on the track’s large double jump in the] first timed practice. Man, that hurt me quite a bit. [I’m] getting up there in age so those don’t go by so fast… [In the] main event, got a decent start, made those passes quick. And [then] just kinda rode my own race… You know [my win at] A1 was so easy, and then, you know, you have some bad luck… Man, we work hard and it’s awesome to repay this whole Austrian team with another win. We get six weeks off now [for the west coast 250SX Class] so I get to recover a bit, but yeah, so stoked! Thank you! Arizona was awesome to me, ready to go back home.” – RJ Hampshire |
Second place 250SX Class – Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc. “[Regarding Jordon Smith jumping into Levi while the ‘do not jump’ lights were flashing] I don’t know. Like, that’s a bad situation. I feel really bad, I’m glad Smitty’s okay. But yeah, you come around and they’re blinking. I didn’t know if I could jump on, and he jumped on behind me and we hit. Luckily we’re both okay… That’s a weird thing with the lights and everything. I just didn’t want to be in the wrong, and get docked. Glad I’m healthy, glad he’s healthy, and yeah, stoked to go into this long break with the red plate, obviously.” – Levi Kitchen |
Third place 250SX Class – Photo Credit: Feld Motor Sports, Inc. “We’ve been working hard in the weekends with the team but the results sometimes [are] not showing… The main event [podium], I kinda got gifted, I guess, but [it’s] some kind of way to start my groove again… I missed the feeling [of being up here on the podium].” – Jo Shimoda The 2024 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship takes one weekend off and resumes on Saturday, February 24th inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The Texas round, like all 17 Supercross events, will also pay points towards the SuperMotocross World Championship. After its inaugural season last year, the SuperMotocross League returns to encompass the Monster Energy AMA Supercross season and the AMA Pro Motocross season. The top riders from each class are seeded into two Playoff rounds and one Finale to determine the SuperMotocross World Champion of each class. |
450 results
1 | 94 | Ken Roczen | Mattstedt, Germany | Suzuki RM-Z450 | 1 | X | 20 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 21 | Jason Anderson | Rio Rancho, NM | Kawasaki KX450SR | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | 22 |
3 | 18 | Jett Lawrence | Landsborough, Australia | Honda CRF450R | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | 20 |
4 | 3 | Eli Tomac | Cortez, CO | Yamaha YZ450F | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | 18 |
5 | 96 | Hunter Lawrence | Landsborough, Australia | Honda CRF450R | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | 17 |
6 | 14 | Dylan Ferrandis | Bedarrides, France | Honda CRF450R | 6 | – | 0 | 6 | 16 |
7 | 2 | Cooper Webb | Newport, NC | Yamaha YZ450F | 7 | – | 0 | 7 | 15 |
8 | 27 | Malcolm Stewart | Haines City, FL | Husqvarna FC 450 RE | 8 | – | 0 | 8 | 14 |
9 | 1 | Chase Sexton | LaMoille, IL | KTM 450 SX-F FE | 9 | – | 0 | 9 | 13 |
10 | 7 | Aaron Plessinger | Hamilton, OH | KTM 450 SX-F FE | 10 | – | 0 | 10 | 12 |
11 | 32 | Justin Cooper | Cold Springs Harbor, NY | Yamaha YZ450F | 11 | – | 0 | 11 | 11 |
12 | 28 | Christian Craig | San Diego, CA | Husqvarna FC 450 RE | 12 | – | 0 | 12 | 10 |
13 | 125 | Vince Friese | Cape Girardeau, MO | Honda CRF450R | 13 | – | 0 | 13 | 9 |
14 | 12 | Shane McElrath | Oakland, FL | Suzuki RM-Z450 | 14 | – | 0 | 14 | 8 |
15 | 46 | Justin Hill | Yoncalla, OR | KTM 450 SX-F FE | 15 | – | 0 | 15 | 7 |
16 | 15 | Dean Wilson | Glasgow, Scotland | Honda CRF450R | 16 | – | 0 | 16 | 6 |
17 | 67 | Benny Bloss | Oak Grove, MO | Beta 450 RX | 17 | – | 0 | 17 | 5 |
18 | 51 | Justin Barcia | Monroe, NY | GASGAS MC 450F | 18 | – | 0 | 18 | 4 |
19 | 11 | Kyle Chisholm | Tampa, FL | Suzuki RM-Z450 | 19 | – | 0 | 19 | 3 |
20 | 22 | Freddie Noren | Lidköping, Sweden | Kawasaki KX450SR | 20 | – | 0 | 20 | 2 |
21 | 52 | Derek Drake | Lake Elsinore, CA | Suzuki RM-Z450 | 21 | – | 0 | 21 | 1 |
22 | 91 | Devin Simonson | Terre Haute, IN | Yamaha YZ450F | 22 | – | 0 | 22 | 0 |
450 points
1 | 18 | Jett Lawrence | Landsborough, Australia | 5.6 | 2 | 48 | 4.0 | 2 | 117 |
2 | 1 | Chase Sexton | LaMoille, IL | 8.4 | 1 | 26 | 4.7 | 1 | 111 |
3 | 7 | Aaron Plessinger | Hamilton, OH | 2.6 | 0 | 15 | 5.0 | 1 | 108 |
4 | 2 | Cooper Webb | Newport, NC | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.2 | 1 | 107 |
5 | 21 | Jason Anderson | Rio Rancho, NM | 7.6 | 0 | 13 | 4.8 | 0 | 106 |
6 | 94 | Ken Roczen | Mattstedt, Germany | 2.8 | 2 | 27 | 6.0 | 1 | 102 |
7 | 3 | Eli Tomac | Cortez, CO | 6.6 | 0 | 14 | 6.0 | 0 | 100 |
8 | 14 | Dylan Ferrandis | Bedarrides, France | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 93 |
9 | 96 | Hunter Lawrence | Landsborough, Australia | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 69 |
10 | 51 | Justin Barcia | Monroe, NY | 11.4 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 0 | 63 |
11 | 32 | Justin Cooper | Cold Springs Harbor, NY | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 60 |
12 | 27 | Malcolm Stewart | Haines City, FL | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 0 | 51 |
13 | 12 | Shane McElrath | Oakland, FL | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 13.8 | 0 | 49 |
14 | 111 | Jorge Prado | Lugo, Spain | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 45 |
15 | 28 | Christian Craig | San Diego, CA | 12.8 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 0 | 39 |
16 | 15 | Dean Wilson | Glasgow, Scotland | 15.2 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 0 | 35 |
17 | 9 | Adam Cianciarulo | New Smyrna Beach, FL | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 33 |
18 | 52 | Derek Drake | Lake Elsinore, CA | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 25 |
19 | 46 | Justin Hill | Yoncalla, OR | 18.7 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 0 | 23 |
20 | 11 | Kyle Chisholm | Tampa, FL | 18.3 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 0 | 18 |
250 West results
1 | 24 | Rj Hampshire | Hudson, FL | Husqvarna FC 250 | 1 | – | 11 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 47 | Levi Kitchen | Washougal, WA | Kawasaki KX250 | 2 | X | 2 | 2 | 22 |
3 | 30 | Jo Shimoda | Suzuka, Japan | Honda CRF250R | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | 20 |
4 | 31 | Jordon Smith | Belmont, NC | Yamaha YZ250F | 4 | – | 3 | 4 | 18 |
5 | 26 | Garrett Marchbanks | Coalville, UT | Yamaha YZ250F | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | 17 |
6 | 55 | Mitchell Oldenburg | Godley, TX | Honda CRF250R | 6 | – | 0 | 6 | 16 |
7 | 929 | Julien Beaumer | Lake Havasu City, AZ | KTM 250 SX-F FE | 7 | – | 0 | 7 | 15 |
8 | 36 | Phillip Nicoletti | Cochecton, NY | Yamaha YZ250F | 8 | – | 0 | 8 | 14 |
9 | 73 | Robbie Wageman | Newhall, CA | Yamaha YZ250F | 9 | – | 0 | 9 | 13 |
10 | 85 | Hunter Yoder | Menifee, CA | Kawasaki KX250 | 10 | – | 0 | 10 | 12 |
11 | 41 | Carson Mumford | Simi Valley, CA | Honda CRF250R | 11 | – | 0 | 11 | 11 |
12 | 100 | Anthony Bourdon | Hossegor, France | Suzuki RM-Z250 | 12 | – | 0 | 12 | 10 |
13 | 71 | Cole Thompson | Brigden, Canada | Yamaha YZ250F | 13 | – | 0 | 13 | 9 |
14 | 35 | Talon Hawkins | Temecula, CA | KTM 250 SX-F | 14 | – | 0 | 14 | 8 |
15 | 87 | Max Miller | Springfield, OR | Suzuki RM-Z250 | 15 | – | 0 | 15 | 7 |
16 | 78 | Joshua Varize | Perris, CA | GASGAS MC 250F FE | 16 | – | 0 | 16 | 6 |
17 | 116 | Tj Albright | Mt Marion, NY | Yamaha YZ250F | 17 | – | 0 | 17 | 5 |
18 | 162 | Max Sanford | Pasadena, MD | Kawasaki KX250 | 18 | – | 0 | 18 | 4 |
19 | 132 | Billy Laninovich | Ramona, CA | Yamaha YZ250F | 19 | – | 0 | 19 | 3 |
20 | 551 | Guillaume St-Cyr | Victoriaville, Canada | KTM 250 SX-F | 20 | – | 0 | 20 | 2 |
21 | 446 | Blaine Silveira | Lemoore, CA | Suzuki RM-Z250 | 21 | – | 0 | 21 | 1 |
22 | 34 | Ryder DiFrancesco | Bakersfield, CA | GASGAS MC 250F | 22 | – | 0 | 22 | 0 |
250 points
POS. | # | RIDER | HOMETOWN | AVG QUAL | SEASON HOLESHOT | SEASON LAPS LED | AVG FINISH | SEASON WINS | SEASON POINTS |
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1 | 47 | Levi Kitchen | Washougal, WA | 5.8 | 2 | 14 | 2.2 | 1 | 106 |
2 | 31 | Jordon Smith | Belmont, NC | 2.3 | 1 | 11 | 2.5 | 1 | 102 |
3 | 24 | Rj Hampshire | Hudson, FL | 5.5 | 1 | 41 | 3.2 | 2 | 101 |
4 | 26 | Garrett Marchbanks | Coalville, UT | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 4.3 | 0 | 87 |
5 | 30 | Jo Shimoda | Suzuka, Japan | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 74 |
6 | 55 | Mitchell Oldenburg | Godley, TX | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 67 |
7 | 100 | Anthony Bourdon | Hossegor, France | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 65 |
8 | 929 | Julien Beaumer | Lake Havasu City, AZ | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 7.8 | 0 | 63 |
9 | 41 | Carson Mumford | Simi Valley, CA | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 0 | 58 |
10 | 85 | Hunter Yoder | Menifee, CA | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 56 |
11 | 57 | Nate Thrasher | Livingston, TN | 10.3 | 0 | 16 | 7.3 | 1 | 50 |
12 | 36 | Phillip Nicoletti | Cochecton, NY | 10.0 | 1 | 3 | 11.0 | 0 | 44 |
13 | 71 | Cole Thompson | Brigden, Canada | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 43 |
14 | 34 | Ryder DiFrancesco | Bakersfield, CA | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 0 | 42 |
15 | 78 | Joshua Varize | Perris, CA | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 0 | 41 |
16 | 73 | Robbie Wageman | Newhall, CA | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 41 |
17 | 64 | Austin Forkner | Richards, MO | 2.0 | 0 | 21 | 0.2 | 1 | 25 |
18 | 37 | Max Anstie | London, England | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 22 |
19 | 245 | Matti Jorgensen | Helirod, FL | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 22 |
20 | 59 | Daxton Bennick | Morganton, NC | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 20 |