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In an effort to make the stars of the sport more accessible to fans, Feld Motorsports have been running post-race press conferences following each Monster Energy Supercross round. Those media events, which involve the top three from each main event, offer a glimpse into what the stars went through on that specific night. Here is the transcribed version of what the top three 450SX riders had to say on Saturday night in Indianapolis.

Question for Ryan. With seven rounds to go are you focussed on the championship at all or is it still night-to-night? 

Ryan Dungey: It is still night-to-night, but knowing big picture where we need to be. It is in the back of our minds and what needs to be done, for sure, moving forward. Just trying to take it one race at a time and be there, be in the present moment and get the most out of each and every individual night.

Question for Marvin. You were fast all day and got your first heat race win tonight. What was it about this track that suited your style? You seemed to find your rhythm pretty early.

Marvin Musquin: I think, you know, when the dirt is tacky like that and soft it makes for a technical track. No matter the rhythm sections or whatever the layout [is], when you see the ruts in the whoops or each turns it makes it so technical. I was able to have different lines, play around, move and see what I could do differently to the other guys. All day long I felt really good. We are always trying different stuff on the bike and I was not sure about some of the setups, but we ran it this weekend and it worked out really good. Overall, it was a great day.

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Marvin Musquin has shown race-winning speed more often than not.

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Question for Eli. Three wins in a row now and all three of those wins came with good starts. Is there any kind of adjustment that you have made that has made your starts more consistent?

Eli Tomac: No, nothing major, other than just believing that we can go out there and do it. That even starts with a good qualifying position, getting a good gate pick and ruts outside of the gate. We are all really good starters but, at the end of the day, even a little bump in a rut can make a difference and then you have got to go out there and do it. Yeah, I am really happy with the way things are going right now.

Question for Ryan. In the past, throughout your career, you have achieved so much success that it seems that is all you are judged against now. It seems like lately anything less than that has been picked apart by naysayers. Do you feel that is fair, considering the way this year has gone, or is it a bit like people are jumping to conclusions, because you are not winning?

Ryan Dungey: Not to put heavy expectations on myself, but I have always wanted to be a top-running guy and get the job done. When companies and manufacturers hired me, we had the same goal in mind. I have had some great success and prove a lot to myself still, as I am learning a lot. With races and championships I have had a lot of good results in the sport and it is something to be happy with. Even if it was to be done today [my career], I can be pumped!

Moving forward, I don’t care what people think. I say that respectfully, it is not about being out there to please people. I am out there to get the job done. You know, I have won the championship two years in a row now and we do not want anything less. I don’t want anything less and the team do not want anything less, but you get challenged and each year is different. You go through tougher moments here and good times there, so it is a balance. Through thick and thin we need to keep on it.

The pressure is not on me necessarily. I have won championships, these guys haven’t. If anything I am in a good position. With the position I am in, with the points and things, I would not change it for the world. I have been in his position [referring to Eli Tomac], behind [Ryan] Villopoto for four years. I did not like it! It bothered me and upset me a lot, to a point where I hated the sport and wanted to be done. Bringing that back, I work too hard to not get the top result. We all do. It is a complicated question you are asking, but it is very simple as to what we want to accomplish.

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Ryan Dungey has been beneath the spotlight for quite some time now.

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Question for Ryan. Are you able to rely on your championship experience down the stretch now?

Ryan Dungey: It is in the past. I have lived in the past. You try to simulate everything that you did the year before, as this worked last year and we need to go back to this. Whether it is vitamins, supplements, electrolytes, the training or anything! Then the wonder and doubt starts to creep in. I have no wonder or doubt in my programme, as I have a good group of people around me. I’ll go back to work in the week, put in my time and try to be as ready as I can on race weekends.

We can all see that tonight it was not there. It is not necessarily a sign of giving up. I need to build new memories and this is a new year. I need to take the good from the past, apply it to the future and forget the rest. I need to move forward and quit living in the past. You think your better days are behind you when you look at it like that, but really your better days are ahead of you.

Question for Ryan. Obviously you [and Marvin Musquin] are training together all of the time and Marvin going by tonight cost you a couple of extra points. Does that create any tension during the week?

Ryan Dungey: No. I mean, jeez, even if Marvin is my teammate I don’t expect him to help me in the championship. He is out there racing his race. We race each other hard and clean. He ran it in on me multiple times on the track, but it is like he was trying to get by. He was just riding hard and going a little bit better. If there were some taking out action and dirty stuff, I am sure we would have some issues. Marvin and his wife are great people though, who are respectful and work hard. We have all worked hard to be where we are today, so I can have a lot of respect for the other riders too.

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Ryan Dungey now holds a slim lead of twelve points over Eli Tomac.

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Question for Marvin. You were sick a couple of weeks ago. It is a time of year where a lot of people are getting sick, but a lot of us can take a day off and spend the day sleeping. How does it affect someone like you who is training, travelling and testing? It must really set you back?

Marvin Musquin: It was difficult. You definitely do not want to be sick when you have seventeen rounds in a row, pretty much, with just one weekend off. Every week you want to be in a routine with your programme and put in a lot of work, but then you get sick. It happens. I got sick pretty bad. I had a bad flu and fever every night. You are lying down all day, but you are so used to waking up and working out or getting on your bicycle and going to the track. You are so used to that, but at some point you have to rest. It is tough and frustrating, but you have no choice.

It is a good thing that I have my wife on my side and trying really hard to get me better really quick. We still went to the race in Toronto, but it was terrible. I was not myself. I was really tired, had no energy and was riding scared. I lost a lot of points in the championship and it was tough. Last weekend in Daytona I felt much better and this week I was able to train the whole week. I am back to myself, one hundred percent, and it showed all day long.

Question for Eli. During the middle of the race your lead shrunk quite a bit in a few laps. Was that something you were aware of? You were able to reopen it immediately, so were you able to give it one last push?

Eli Tomac: I was watching, for sure. If you do have a little bit of a gap you can mark him on the track and I saw it. I was making a few little mistakes here and there, as I was struggling with that section before the finish line, and there were a few things that were eating at us. I was able to clean those up, which was good. It was a hard fought twenty-seven laps tonight. Twenty-seven laps is a long time! It was not over until it was over.

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With the tenth round of AMA Supercross in the books, statistics maestro Paul Pearcy has provided MX Vice with some brilliant numbers to tuck into from what was a great night of action. Enjoy

250 Class

Qualifying

  • Top 3
  1. Max Anstie: 49.492
  2. Tom Vialle: 49.492; (Max got top spot because his time came in the first session, while Tom’s time came in the second session)
  3. Pierce Brown: 49.719

LCQ

  • Top 3
  1. Jeremy Martin
  2. Ryder Floyd
  3. Hardy Munoz
  • Laps Led
  1. Jeremy Martin: 5
  2. Hardy Munoz: 2
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Jeremy Martin: 52.413
  2. Preston Boespflug: 53.150
  3. Gage Linville: 53.549
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Jeremy Martin: 53.655
  2. Preston Boespflug: 54.259
  3. Ryder Floyd: 54.373

Race 1

  • Top 3
  1. Cameron Mcadoo
  2. Haiden Deegan
  3. Seth Hammaker
  • Laps Led
  1. Cameron Mcadoo: 12
  2. Daxton Bennick: 1
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Haiden Deegan: 49.561
  2. Tom Vialle: 49.660
  3. Cameron Mcadoo: 49.854
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Cameron Mcadoo: 50.830
  2. Haiden Deegan: 51.086
  3. Seth Hammaker: 51.907
  • Most Consistent Lap Times (Least difference between fastest and slowest lap times)
  1. Preston Boespflug: 2.970
  2. Cameron Mcadoo: 3.184
  3. Jalek Swoll: 3.287

Race 2

  • Top 3
  1. Haiden Deegan
  2. Cameron Mcadoo
  3. Tom Vialle
  • Laps Led
  1. Haiden Deegan: 12
  2. Jalek Swoll: 1
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Haiden Deegan: 49.493
  2. Tom Vialle: 50.690
  3. Pierce Brown: 50.868
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Haiden Deegan: 51.522
  2. Cameron Mcadoo: 52.214
  3. Tom Vialle: 52.580
  • Most Consistent Lap Times (Least difference between fastest and slowest lap times)
  1. Jeremy Hand: 2.040
  2. Coty Schock: 2.315
  3. Max Anstie: 2.634

Race 3

  • Top 3
  1. Tom Vialle
  2. Pierce Brown
  3. Cameron Mcadoo
  • Laps Led
  1. Tom Vialle: 13
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Tom Vialle: 49.844
  2. Chance Hymas: 50.020
  3. Cameron Mcadoo: 50.175
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Tom Vialle: 51.493
  2. Pierce Brown: 51.563
  3. Haiden Deegan: 51.892
  • Most Consistent Lap Times (Least difference between fastest and slowest lap times)
  1. Marshal Weltin: 1.984
  2. Seth Hammaker: 1.997
  3. Nick Romano: 2.233

Overall

  • Top 3
  1. Cameron Mcadoo; (1st win of the season, 80% podium rate this year)
  2. Tom Vialle; (80% podium rate this year)
  3. Haiden Deegan; (40% podium rate this season)
  • Laps Led
  1. Tom Vialle: 13; (Tom is now tied with Austin Forkner for most laps led this season at 37.  34% of total laps raced)
  2. Cameron Mcadoo: 12
  3. Haiden Deegan: 12
  4. Jalek Swoll: 1
  5. Daxton Bennick: 1
  • Best First Lap Position Average
  1. Tom Vialle: 3rd 
  2. Cameron Mcadoo: 3.333
  3. Jalek Swoll: 4th 

Points

  • Top 10
  1. Cameron Mcadoo: 98
  2. Tom Vialle: 96
  3. Pierce Brown: 87
  4. Haiden Deegan: 82
  5. Coty Schock: 79
  6. Seth Hammaker: 72
  7. Daxton Bennick: 71
  8. Max Anstie: 62
  9. Chance Hymas: 60
  10. Jalek Swoll: 58

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Qualifying

  • Top 3
  1. Jett Lawrence: 48.523
  2. Eli Tomac: 48.554
  3. Cooper Webb: 48.568; (The difference between 1st and 3rd was .045 seconds.)

LCQ

  • Top 3
  1. Kyle Chisholm
  2. Justin Starling
  3. Devin Simonson
  • Laps Led
  1. Kyle Chisholm: 7
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Ty Masterpool: 52.415
  2. Kyle Chisholm: 52.810
  3. Freddie Noren: 53.248
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Kyle Chisholm: 54.223
  2. Ryan Breece: 54.271
  3. Freddie Noren: 54.390

Race 1

  • Top 3
  1. Jett Lawrence
  2. Ken Roczen
  3. Chase Sexton
  • Laps Led
  1. Jett Lawrence: 10
  2. Ken Roczen: 6
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Jett Lawrence: 48.639
  2. Ken Roczen: 49.225
  3. Cooper Webb: 49.581
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Jett Lawrence: 51.023
  2. Cooper Webb: 51.383
  3. Ken Roczen: 51.402
  • Most Consistent Lap Times (Least difference between fastest and slowest lap times)
  1. Aaron Plessinger: 2.774
  2. Eli Tomac: 3.095
  3. Chase Sexton: 3.785

Race 2

  • Top 3
  1. Jett Lawrence
  2. Ken Roczen
  3. Chase Sexton
  • Laps Led
  1. Jett Lawrence: 10
  2. Ken Roczen: 6
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Jett Lawrence: 49.499
  2. Ken Roczen: 49.713
  3. Chase Sexton: 49.849
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Jett Lawrence: 50.735
  2. Chase Sexton: 50.884
  3. Ken Roczen: 50.908 (That’s a difference of .173 in average lap times over 16 laps)
  • Most Consistent Lap Times (Least difference between fastest and slowest lap times)
  1. Ken Roczen: 2.537
  2. Malcolm Stewart: 2.641
  3. Chase Sexton: 2.676

Race 3

  • Top 3
  1. Jett Lawrence
  2. Chase Sexton 
  3. Ken Roczen
  • Laps Led
  1. Ken Roczen: 10
  2. Jett Lawrence: 6
  • Fastest Lap Times
  1. Ken Roczen: 49.131
  2. Chase Sexton: 49.284
  3. Jett Lawrence: 49.314
  • Best Average Lap Times
  1. Jett Lawrence: 50.477
  2. Chase Sexton: 50.483
  3. Cooper Webb: 50.594; (That’s a difference of .117 in average lap times over 16 laps)
  • Most Consistent Lap Times (Least difference between fastest and slowest lap times)
  1. Chase Sexton: 2.528
  2. Cooper Webb: 2.885
  3. Jason Anderson: 3.079

Overall

  • Top 3
  1. Jett Lawrence; (The only other person to have a perfect sweep at a triple crown was Ken Roczen in 2020 also on a Honda.  Jett has now won 50% of the races this season, with a 60% podium rate)
  2. Ken Roczen; (Ken has a 50% podium rate this year)
  3. Chase Sexton; (Chase has a 50% podium rate this year)
  • Laps Led
  1. Jett Lawrence: 26; (Jett now has 130 laps led, 50.7% of total laps)
  2. Ken Roczen: 22; (Ken has the second most laps led at 49, Just 19% of total laps)
  • Best First Lap Position Average
  1. Ken Roczen: 1st 
  2. Jett Lawrence: 2nd 
  3. Jason Anderson: 4th 

Points

  • Top 10
  1. Jett Lawrence: 210
  2. Cooper Webb: 189
  3. Chase Sexton: 185
  4. Ken Roczen: 175
  5. Eli Tomac: 174
  6. Jason Anderson: 165
  7. Aaron Plessinger: 162
  8. Justin Cooper: 120
  9. Justin Barcia: 109
  10. Dylan Ferrandis: 107

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Results: 2024 Indianapolis Supercross

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2024 Monster Energy AMA Supercross is back for round 10! The racing in Indianapolis has commenced and the results are flying through at quite a rate. Keep up with everything that is going on in the different sessions in both 450SX and 250SX by checking this page. Lead Image: AMA Supercross

This page will have all of the results. The results are posted in an easy-to-view fashion, with the latest results at the very top of the page. If you do not immediately see the most recent results, hit the refresh button in the top-right corner and then the issue should be rectified.

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Details on how to watch round 10 of the 2024 AMA Supercross season from Indianapolis for both international and U.S. viewers can be found here.

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NBC Sports, Peacock, and the SMX League announced the 2024 SuperMotocross World Championship (SMX) broadcast and streaming schedule, including the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship and Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing. All 31 rounds across the series, including exclusive live coverage of qualifiers, heats, Main Events and Motos will be presented on Peacock, NBC, USA Network, CNBC, and NBC Sports digital platforms.

Peacock is the home of the SuperMotocross World Championship Series in 2024, presenting comprehensive live coverage of all qualifying, heats, Main Events and Motos across both Supercross and Pro Motocross, spanning 31 rounds from January to September 2024. 17 races will livestream exclusively on Peacock. The platform will also provide on-demand replays of every race. Qualifiers and heats will be available exclusively on Peacock for every race throughout the season.

2024 marks the second year of the SuperMotocross World Championship Finals, fueled by Monster Energy which unified both disciplines of Supercross and Pro Motocross. The SMX World Championship culminates in a series-ending postseason playoff style of racing that features the best racers in the world competing for the sport’s ultimate title.

NBC Sports’ 2024 SuperMotocross World Championship coverage begins in under a month with the Monster Energy Supercross season opener from Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., live on Saturday, Jan. 6, at 8 p.m. ET on Peacock and USA Network. An encore presentation will air the following day on Sunday, Jan. 7, on NBC at 2 p.m. ET and on Sunday, Jan. 8, on CNBC at 1 a.m. ET. CNBC will air a next-day encore for all 31 rounds across the series in 2024.

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For international viewers, The SuperMotocross Video Pass (www.supermotocross.tv) is now available in every country outside the United States, live and on-demand, in both English and Spanish, giving viewers the choice on how to follow all the racing action. SuperMotocross Video Pass subscribers can enjoy all the live 2024 racing action between January and September, plus gain access to 13 years of archival race content dating back to 2010. New for the first time ever, you can now give the gift of a 2024 Subscription to SuperMotocross Video Pass for the holidays. Visit, https://app.supermotocross.tv/gift to finish your holiday shopping today. The SuperMotocross Video Pass is currently available via the web, and in all major app stores across IOS, Android, Amazon Fire, Roku, and Samsung CTV.

2024 Supermotocross Video Pass Features

Live & On-Demand access to 28 Rounds of the 2024 SuperMotocross regular season

Live & On-Demand access to 2 Rounds of the 2024 SuperMotocross Playoffs

Live & On-Demand access to the 2024 World Championship Final

Live & On-Demand access to ‘Race Day Live’ for the 2024 SuperMotocross full season

Live & On-Demand access to Spanish Language Play by Play of all 2024 Live Races

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EVENT SCHEDULE (all times Local):

Here are the start times for Saturday, according to the Monster Energy Supercross schedule from the AMA:

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