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Steve Matthes on the San Diego drama.

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The sixth round of 2020 Monster Energy Supercross, San Diego, was spicy! Tensions are getting ratcheted up a bit now that we are six rounds into the current campaign. Let’s break this down and award some rivalry points, yeah?

Martin Davalos/Justin Barcia

These two guys have spent a lot of time together and Justin Barcia really helped put Millsaps Training Facility (MTF) on the map before leaving while Marty still rode there. Something happened a couple of weeks ago that I didn’t see but Marty put it this way: “I was doing my fast lap and he happened to come up. He gained on me, went through the finish line, just threw the bike at me, revved the bike and hit me through the mechanics area. It’s practice, man. What is your deal?”

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This move pissed Davalos off enough to where he remembered it and he took his chance to cross-jump Barcia over a triple on press day in San Diego. You cannot mess with someone like Bam Bam like that – he is a pro. Barcia checked up, headed to the exit of the turn after the triple and knocked Marty down with precise placement of his rear wheel. It was amazing and truly an art form. That got them nose-to-nose afterwards with Davalos appearing to be the aggressor with Barcia had his hands up in the proclaiming innocence.

I didn’t create it. It all started a few weeks back. I’ve never been known for an aggressive rider. It’s my rookie season. I’m learning and I just want to have fun. I’m not going for the championship. I got nothing to do with them guys. Barcia just thinks he can do whatever he wants with whoever he wants. It don’t roll like that with me. I’m thirty-three, dude. I’ve been around this sport for a while and I’m not going to take shit from anybody,” a heated Davalos told me after Saturday’s main event. “If you are going to play dirty with me, I’m going to come back. I’ll come out after the race and beat you up. I don’t use the motorcycle to hurt you because it’s dangerous. If you got a problem with me, just come and find me.”

Barcia for his part has mastered the, “Me?” act from his numerous encounters over the years. “It’s awkward because we live in the same neighbourhood,” he told me afterwards. “Probably going to be on lots of flights together. I just think that he was not riding that cool with me in practice the last couple weekends. I felt like he was doing stuff intentional to me. It probably got blown out of proportion. Then I felt like he cross-jumped me a couple times yesterday. Then I stood him up and he fell down.” Who is here for Marty trying to run Justin down one morning when he puts the garbage out?

Heat Index: A 7 out of 10 because while Marty seems upset, it was just a move that Justin did in qualifying and didn’t hurt anything. Plus Justin’s ambivalence towards the whole thing makes it seem like this will cool down. Still, I love that Marty said he would take any fights out “to the street.”

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Justin Barcia/Eli Tomac

Tomac caught Barcia around halfway in the main event and squeezed by Barcia before the finish line. It was a hard enough pass that neither rider could jump the finish line. Many riders have told that the key to passing Barcia is that once you make the move, you have to ride your balls off to get away because he will come and get you!

Well, Eli didn’t do that and Barcia went hard at the Kawasaki rider a few turns later and rammed him. That didn’t really work (and hw knew it wouldn’t) but Barcia did sneak under Tomac a couple of turns later. It was good hard racing by the two of them with Tomac eventually getting by but Barcia trailed right behind him the whole race.

Afterwards they had words and I asked Justin about that as well. “I was like, ‘You drove in on me pretty hard.’ He ripped my jersey and gave me some cherries on my arm. I was like, ‘That was kind of aggressive.’ He was like, ‘I could have hit you harder.’ I was like, ‘That’s true.’ You always could hit someone harder. No big deal. Move on from that. I’m not holding grudges anymore. It’s not fun,” Barcia said. Again, you cannot rattle the cage of a guy who’s spent his life rattling other people’s cages.

Heat Index: Ehhh, a 5 out of 10 because Tomac has got more important things to do than even the score with Barcia and I think, upon re-watching it, that Eli will see that he actually started it with a semi-hard pass on Barcia. You gotta know who you are dealing with, right?

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Justin Brayton/Jason Anderson

Early on in the main event Anderson hit Brayton pretty good in a left-hand corner. It was enough contact that the #10 got sent off the track. Anderson carried on his way whilst Brayton rode alongside the rhythm section and then doubled in at the end and absolutely teed off on Anderson as he exited the turn. It was pretty good and definitely way harsher than what Anderson did to him. It also earned Justin a trip to the AMA truck, where he was reprimanded.

For Brayton, Anderson is a guy who he has encountered before out there and usually comes out on the losing end. This move was a few years in the making. “He blasted me off the track where pretty much no passing is made. It’s an off-camber and he just went straight right into me and I went off the track. Then the next turn I went in and he actually cut down kind of into me, but I was going inside. That was that,” said Brayton afterwards.

The biggest thing is you just need track position now. I can’t let him pass me and then that’s another position. Then you get stuck just behind guys. Especially then, I was in the fray of five or six guys. I’m like, ‘I got to go.’ I knew if one more guy passed me it’s just another guy that I have to pass later or another guy who I have got to eat roost from. I was trying to move forward as well.”

Heat Index: I’ll give this one an 8 out of 10 because Anderson will remember and get Justin back at some point. I know Jason posted on his Instagram that it was all good but I’m not sure I’m buying that. We’ll see, this could be an indication of whether Anderson has changed his ways a bit. Count me as skeptical so I say Brayton needs to keep his head on a swivel.

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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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How To Watch Indianapolis SX, Entry List, TV Schedule And Track Map

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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.

U.S.

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

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

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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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