With the SMX Playoffs venturing to the Los Angeles Coliseum this weekend for the finale, statistics maestro Paul Pearcy has provided MX Vice with some brilliant numbers to tuck into ahead of what looms as a fascinating round of action. Enjoy.

SMX STAT ATTACK 450 CLASS

450 CLASS PAYOUT

1ST $1,000,000    2ND $500,000

3RD $250,000    4TH $200,000

5TH $150,000    6TH $135,000

7TH $120,000    8TH $100,000

9TH $90,000    10TH $75,000

11TH $50,000    12TH $35,000

13TH $34,000    14TH $33,000

15TH $32,000    16TH $31,000

17TH $30,000    18TH $29,000

19TH $28,000    20TH $27,000

21ST $26,000    22ND $25,000    

Jason Anderson

Averages;

• Qualifying: 6.5
• Race Finishes: 7th 
• Overall Finishes: 7th 
• First Lap Position: 10th 

Total Points: 58, 8th in Points

Justin Barcia

• Laps Led: 1, in the first race at Z Max

Averages;

• Qualifying: 7.5
• Race Finishes: 7th 
• Overall Finishes: 6.5
• First Lap Position: 3.75

Total Points: 59, 7th in Points

Joshua Cartwright

Averages;

• Qualifying: 25.5

Kyle Chisholm

Averages;

• Qualifying: 25th 
• Race Finishes: 18.75
• Overall Finishes: 18.5
• First Lap Position: 17.75

Total Points: 16, 18th in Points

Adam Cianciarulo

Averages; 

• Qualifying: 6th 
• Race Finishes: 13.5
• Overall Finishes: 14.5
• First Lap Position: 13.75

Total Points: 42, 10th in Points

Dylan Ferrandis

Averages;

• Qualifying: 7th 
• Race Finishes: 4.25
• Overall Finishes: 4th 
• First Lap Position: 5.5

Total Points: 71, 5th in Points

Jeremy Hand

Averages;

• Qualifying: 16th 
• Race Finishes: 17th 
• Overall Finish: 16th 
• First Lap Position: 19.5

Total Points: 12, 21st in Points

Grant Harlan

Averages;

• Qualifying: 20th 
• Race Finishes: 16.75
• Overall Finishes: 16th 
• First Lap Position: 13th 

Total Points: 26, 15th in Points

Josh Hill

Averages;

• Qualifying: 27.5
• Race Finishes: 20.75
• Overall Finishes: 21st 
• First Lap Position: 21.25

Total Points: 4, 23rd in Points

Justin Hill

Averages;

• Qualifying: 21st 
• Race Finishes: 17.75
• Overall Finishes: 18th 
• First Lap Position: 17.25

Total Points: 16, 17th in Points

Jace Kessler

Averages;

• Qualifying: 20.5

Jett Lawrence

• 1st in Qualifying: 1, at Z Max
• Laps Led: 21, 12 in the first race, 9 in the second race, all at Chicagoland
• Race Wins: 1, in the first race at Chicagoland
• Overall Wins: 1, at Chicagoland

Averages;

• Qualifying: 1.5, Best in Class
• Race Finishes: 3rd 
• Overall Finishes: 2.5
• First Lap Position: 4th 

Total Points: 88, 2nd in Points

Garrett Marchbanks

Averages;

• Qualifying: 7.5
• Race Finishes: 10th 
• Overall Finishes: 10th 
• First Lap Position: 14.25

Total Points: 44, 9th in Points

Ty Masterpool

Averages;

• Qualifying: 11th 
• Race Finishes: 11.25
• Overall Finishes: 11.5
• First Lap Position: 5.75

Total Points: 39, 12th in Points

Shane McElrath

Averages;

• Qualifying: 16.5
• Race Finishes: 18th 
• Overall Finishes: 18.5
• First Lap Position: 16.25

Total Points: 13, 20th in Points

Max Miller

Averages;

• Qualifying: 25th 

Kevin Moranz

Averages;

• Qualifying: 21st 
• Race Finishes: 20th 
• Overall Finish: 21st 
• First Lap Position: 17.5

Total Points: 1, 24th in Points

Colt Nichols

Averages;

• Qualifying: 10th 
• Race Finishes: 10.5
• Overall Finishes: 10th 
• First Lap Position: 13.5

Total Points: 39, 11th in Points

Phillip Nicoletti

Averages;

• Qualifying: 19.5
• Race Finishes: 10.75
• Overall Finishes: 10.5
• First Lap Position: 10th 

Total Points: 37, 13th in Points

Fredrik Noren

Averages;

• Qualifying: 19.5
• Race Finishes: 13th 
• Overall Finishes: 13th 
• First Lap Position: 14.25

Total Points: 37, 14th in Points

Romain Pape

Averages;

• Qualifying: 21st 

Aaron Plessinger

Averages;

• Qualifying: 7.5
• Race Finishes: 5th 
• Overall Finishes: 5th 
• First Lap Position: 8th 

Total Points: 74, 4th in Points

Jerry Robin

Averages;

• Qualifying: 15th 
• Race Finishes: 19.25
• Overall Finishes: 19.5
• First Lap Position: 17.75

Total Points: 10, 22nd in Points

Ken Roczen

• 1st in Qualifying: 1, at Chicagoland

• Laps Led: 13, 10 in the second race at Z Max, 3 in the second race at Chicagoland
• Race Wins: 1, in the second race at Chicagoland

Averages;

• Qualifying: 2nd 
• Race Finishes: 2.5
• Overall Finishes: 2nd , Tied for Best in Class with Chase Sexton
• First Lap Position: 3.5

Total Points: 80, 3rd in Points

Chase Sexton

• Laps Led: 23, 16 in the first race, 7 in the second race, all at Z Max
• Race Wins: 2, Both at Z Max, Most in Class
• Overall Wins: 1, at Z Max

Averages;

• Qualifying: 2.5
• Race Finishes: 1.75, Best in Class
• Overall Finishes: 2nd, Tied for Best in Class with Ken Roczen
• First Lap Position: 2.5, Best in Class

Total Points: 90, 1st in Points

Bryce Shelly

Averages;

• Qualifying: 22nd 

Devin Simonson

Averages;

• Qualifying: 23.5

Justin Starling

Averages;

• Qualifying: 29th 

Cooper Webb

Averages;

• Qualifying: 9.5
• Race Finishes: 7.5
• Overall Finishes: 7.5
• First Lap Position: 7.75

Total Points: 60, 6th in Points

Dean Wilson

Averages;

• Qualifying: 14th 
• Race Finishes: 17th 
• Overall Finishes: 17th 
• First Lap Position: 14.75

Total Points: 22, 16th in Points

SMX STAT ATTACK 250 CLASS

250 CLASS PAYOUT

1ST $500,000    2ND $250,000  

3RD $150,000    4TH $100,000

5TH $50,000     6TH $25,000

7TH $18,000     8TH $17,000

9TH $16,000     10TH $15,000

11TH $14,000    12TH $13,000

13TH $12,000    14TH $11,000

15TH $10,000    16TH $9,000

17TH $8,000    18TH $7,000

19TH $6,000    20TH $5,000

21ST $3,000    21ST $2,000

Max Anstie

Averages;

• Qualifying: 14th 
• Race Finishes: 16.5
• Overall Finish: 16th 
• First Lap Position: 18th 

Total Points: 14, 18th in Points

Chris Blose

Averages; 

• Qualifying: 24.5

Caden Braswell

Averages;

• Qualifying: 21st 
• Race Finishes: 17.5
• Overall Finish: 17.5
• First Lap Position: 16.75

Total Points: 17, 17th in Points

Pierce Brown

Averages;

• Qualifying: 6.5
• Race Finishes: 10.75
• Overall Finish: 10.5
• First Lap Position: 12.25

Total Points: 41, 13th in Points

Justin Cooper

• Laps Led: 1 in the second race at Chicagoland

Averages;

• Qualifying: 6th 
• Race Finishes: 10.25
• Overall Finish: 10.5
• First Lap Position: 9.5

Total Points: 47, 11th in Points

Haiden Deegan

• Laps Led: 13, 6 at Z Max, 7 at Chicagoland, all in the first race
• Races won: 1, Race 1 at Z Max

Averages;

• Qualifying: 13th 
• Race Finishes: 3rd 
• Overall Finishes: 3rd 
• First Lap Position: 4.5

Total Points: 82, 3rd in Points

Ryder DiFrancesco

Averages;

• Qualifying: 15.5
• Race Finishes: 7.25
• Overall Finishes: 6.5
• First Lap Position: 7.25

Total Points: 54, 9th in Points

Austin Forkner

Averages;

• Qualifying: 9th 
• Race Finishes: 12.5
• Overall Finish: 13th 
• First Lap Position: 14.5

Total Points: 9, 21st in Points

Seth Hammaker

• 1st in Qualifying: 1, at Z Max

Averages;

• Qualifying: 1.5, Best in class
• Race Finishes: 7.75
• Overall Finishes: 6.5
• First Lap Position: 5.25

Total Points: 49, 10th in Points

RJ Hampshire

• 1st in Qualifying: 1 at Chicagoland

Averages;

• Qualifying: 6th 
• Race Finishes: 9.25
• Overall Finishes: 9th 
• First Lap Position: 9th 

Total Points: 62, 5th in Points

Talon Hawkins

Averages; 

• Qualifying: 15th 
• Race Finishes: 16.75
• Overall Finishes: 17th 
• First Lap Position: 17.25

Total Points: 25, 15th in Points

Derek Kelley

Averages; 

• Qualifying: 22nd

Preston Kilroy

Averages;

• Qualifying: 19th 
• Race Finishes: 16.5
• Overall Finish: 17th 
• First Lap Position: 16.5

Total Points: 10, 20th in Points

Levi Kitchen

• Laps Led: 11

Averages; 

• Qualifying: 6.5
• Race Finishes: 7.75
• Overall Finishes: 7.5
• First Lap Position: 7.25

Total Points: 63, 4th in Points

Hunter Lawrence

• Laps Led: 9, 5 in the first race, 4 in the second race, all at Chicagoland
• Race Wins: 2, Both at Chicagoland
• Overall Wins: 1, at Chicagoland

Averages;

• Qualifying: 3rd 
• Race Finishes: 4.5
• Overall Finishes: 4.5
• First Lap Position: 7.75

Total Points: 89, 1st in Points

Carson Mumford

Averages;

• Qualifying: 16th 
• Race Finishes: 19.5
• Overall Finish: 20th 
• First Lap Position: 22nd 

Total Points: 7, 22nd in Points

Luke Neese

Averages;

• Qualifying: 21.5
• Race Finishes: 21st 
• Overall Finishes: 21.5
• First Lap Position: 18.5

Total Points: 1, 27th in Points

Cullin Park

Averages; 

• Qualifying: 20th 
• Race Finishes: 16.5
• Overall Finishes: 17th 
• First Lap Position: 14.5

Total Points: 17, 16th in Points

Coty Schock

Averages;

• Qualifying: 25th 
• Race Finishes: 19th 
• Overall Finish: 20th 
• First Lap Position: 10.5

Total Points: 4, 24th in Points

Dilan Schwartz

Averages: 

• Qualifying: 13th 
• Race Finishes: 12.75
• Overall Finishes: 14th 
• First Lap Position: 11th 

Total Points: 31, 14th in Points

Jo Shimoda

• Laps Led: 14, 7 in the second race at Z Max, 7 in the second race at Chicagoland
• Races Won: 1, the second race at Z Max
• Overall Finishes Won: 1, at Z Max

Averages;

• Qualifying: 5th 
• Race Finishes: 2.25, Best in Class
• Overall Finishes: 1.5, Best in Class
• First Lap Position: 4.5

Total Points: 86, 2nd in Points

Jordon Smith

Averages;

• Qualifying: 11.5
• Race Finishes: 7.5
• Overall Finishes: 5.5
• First Lap Position: 9.25

Total Points: 62, 6th in Points

Jalek Swoll

Averages;

• Qualifying: 8.5
• Race Finishes: 10.5
• Overall Finishes: 10.5
• First Lap Position: 12th 

Total Points: 46, 12th in Points

Joshua Varize

Averages;

• Qualifying: 19th 
• Race Finishes: 20th 
• Overall Finish: 21st 
• First Lap Position: 21st 

Total Points: 2, 26th in Points

Tom Vialle

• Laps Led: 10

Averages; 

• Qualifying: 6th 
• Race Finishes: 7.75
• Overall Finishes: 8th 
• First Lap Position: 4.25, Best in Class

Total Points: 54, 8th in Points

Maximus Vohland

Averages; 

• Qualifying: 9th 
• Race Finishes: 8.75
• Overall Finishes: 8.5
• First Lap Position: 11.75

Total Points: 59, 7th in Points

Hunter Yoder

Averages; 

• Qualifying: 21.5
• Race Finishes: 19.5
• Overall Finishes: 20.5
• First Lap Position: 19.25

Total Points: 6, 23rd in Points

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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing ace Andrea Adamo clinched the MX2 World Championship on home soil following a consistent and intelligent effort at Maggiora. Handling the pressure and weight of expectation admirably, this served as a testament to his discipline, maturity and calculated approach.

Here’s a typed up version of what he had to say in the post-race press conference. Thanks to Lorenzo Resta for providing the recording.

Press Conference: How was it to win the title at home in Maggiora, must be really special?

Andrea Adamo: It was fun to win here, you know, most of the week my aim was to try to win the championship today actually. I’m really, really happy about my two races. I did two really consistent races. Unfortunately I didn’t always get good starts – actually really bad starts. And I missed Jago and Simon because I believe that maybe I could fight with them, you know. For me, it was really what I wanted to do because I just want to enjoy my races and stuff. And not to think too much, which isn’t easy. But, today, somehow, I don’t know why, I was doing it quite well, not thinking too much and just enjoying my races.

But yeah, the only thing that I could do was to fight for three and three, and I’m really happy about it.

Yeah, I mean, for sure it was more special than maybe winning it in Matterley. It’s really a dream come true. And also, somebody said to me that the first title of Antonio was the 17th of September, so that’s quite cool. 

PC: Thank you very much, and congratulations on winning the MX2 World Championship. 

AA: Thank you.

PC: In the second race did you know you won or were you not sure?

AA: No, actually, I knew that I was the champion because I saw at the finish line that I lapped Liam. And that’s just not nice. I didn’t want him to finish like this, you know, but it’s motocross and this can happen. I hope that he’s fine.

But yeah, it was an unbelievable day for me. Finally, my dream came true. And maybe I was also a bit lucky during the season. But always every race I did what I could – not more. I’m quite good at accepting when somebody else is faster than me. So that’s what I did all season, and yeah, now I’m world champion.

PC: Congratulations, I wouldn’t say it’s lucky. I think you were really consistent the whole way through and you kept going race after race even sometimes with bad results, but you still kept going.

AA: Yeah, actually, I had some bad races. I mean, it’s a World Championship of 19 races and you can’t be the same at all the races. Not all of the tracks are the same, not every day you feel the same. But one thing that is for sure is that I give my best every day. Sometimes when I give my best it’s P2, sometimes it’s P5 and sometimes it’s also P1. But I give my best everyday, that’s for sure.

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Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing star Jorge Prado secured his first MXGP title in Italy, the home GP for his team, to cap off a sensational season in style, where he’s clearly been the man to beat.

Managing his season masterfully and hardly putting a foot wrong, a relieved and ecstatic Prado, whose outpouring of emotion illustrated just what it meant to him, was delighted to finally get the job done in what’s been a season littered with upside.

Here’s a typed up version of what he had to say in the post-race press conference. Thanks to Lorenzo Resta for providing the recording.

Press Conference: Tell us how it feels to finally be the new world champion?

Jorge Prado: I mean, I guess I don’t have enough words to describe the feeling because it’s something very special.

You got to say, yeah, all that hard work pays off and all that, but I work hard every year. And this year, it came together. I have believed in the championship since the very first race. It’s not easy. There’s so many moments where something can happen, and so many moments that I’ve needed to keep my concentration and keep working. And I’ve been doing it correctly this year. So I’m super happy. 

I think I had the right people around me supporting me. And I think that also made a difference. I’m super happy about this, as I was racing today with a lot of stress. 

Knowing that today would be the day and I have my whole family here, I thought I better do it here. I’m just super happy about my riding and super happy about the whole season.

Once I crossed the finish line, I was still happy about the win, and then I just threw my head up and I saw my family, my girlfriend, my team, everybody there and I couldn’t believe it. Because, I mean, the chances to win in the first moto were not that big so it was something incredible. That feeling when everything, you know, starts to fall into place, that’s hard to describe.

It’s hard because you go through so many emotions during the years, so many injuries, the ups and downs, and sometimes you think that maybe I can never be world champion one day. So the stress was there already since so many rounds. And yeah, I woke up every day working hard to be world champion. I dreamt so many times I could be world champion. And it’s true, yeah, my dream came into reality. And this is super special. Getting this World Championship and I’m super proud I need to say about myself because I’m the guy, you know, obviously I made it happen, and stayed calm in very difficult situations.

PC: Congratulations to you for winning the championship, must be something special also for your team to win in Italy on such a track on this special occasion to give your team in Italy, this incredible piece of history?

JP: I didn’t know that my family was coming like really my whole family was coming. I was speaking with them one week ago and then they said we’ll come to Matterley so I was like, alright, but I think I can make it happen in Maggiora, so you will be sad that you are not going to go see it (if I win). So it was nice that they showed up on Friday along with some very close friends and it already started to be special on Friday. And yeah, like you said, the team De Carli being Italian and getting the title here, I think it’s something super special. It’s incredible. Managing the nerves race by race gave me the confidence to get it done.

PC: It must have been a very demanding season?

JP: Yeah, I managed the championship very, very well. My nerves were big sometimes fighting those other guys and still being able to get points. My starts where good all year and here today I got two holesots – I’ve been like a rocket out of the gate.

PC: How was the battle with Febvre

JP: I don’t need to show them my best (all the time), I just do it like this, you know, not a problem. But I also understand the situation that he (Febvre) has been trying to chase me and so if I wasn’t winning the overall, I was gaining or pulling away from him in the championship. But we all know him, he’s sometimes a bit strange, also out of the track, and he’s the only guy that doesn’t even say hi to me. I don’t think it’s personal. I know he likes to race hard. It’s been very hard the last races and I need to say big respect to him for that because he’s, you know, the guy on the other side. But we are here because we like racing and riding our dirt bikes. And we had some moments in the second moto. But we can look back with a big smile.

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