With the Monster Energy Supercross season coming into its final rounds, this week’s race at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium was more about championship strategy than race wins. In the 250 East class, that was especially true, as Hunter Lawrence had only to finish in the top 20 to clinch his first title. He did that and collected his 7th race win as well. The 450 class had a number of twists that had championship ramifications. Cooper Webb, Justin Barcia and Jason Anderson all had very hard crashes. Webb and Barcia would collect no points at all. Chase Sexton, on the other hand, did his best to keep the chase alive by hunting down and passing Eli Tomac to take the main event. For extended coverage of the 2023 Monster Energy Supercross season, click here.

450 HEAT 1

Eli Tomac got the holeshot in 450 heat 1, but it wasn’t long before Cooper Webb was knocking. Webb made a pass attempt that went bad on the second lap and went down. In the process, he was hit by Adam Cianciarulo and just like that, Webb was out of of the race. He would be taken to the hospital for evaluation. Tomac won with a massive lead over Cianciarulo and Justin Hill.

1 Eli Tomac


2 Adam Cianciarulo


3 Justin Hill


4 Colt Nichols


5 Kyle Chisholm


6 Grant Harlan


7 Cade Clason


8 Kevin Moranz


9 Tristan Lane


10 Devin Simonson


11 Fredrik Noren


12 Joan Cros


13 Mason Kerr


14 Chris Howell


15 Preston Taylor


16 Hunter Schlosser


17 Kyle Bitterman


18 Alexander Nagy


19 Joshua Greco


20 Cooper Webb

450 HEAT 2

The second 450 heat was all about Ken Roczen, Justin Barcia and Chase Sexton. The three started off in front and quickly pulled away from the rest of the pack. On lap four, Barcia passed Roczen for the lead, and it wasn’t long before Sexton also got by. The three of them were still very close at the finish, with Dean Wilson following some 23 seconds back. Jason Anderson, who was already suffering the effects of a practice crash, fell again and was forced to go to the Last Chance Qualifier.

1 Justin Barcia


2 Chase Sexton


3 Ken Roczen


4 Dean Wilson


5 Josh Hill


6 Shane McElrath


7 Justin Starling


8 Logan Karnow


9 Max Miller


10 Joshua Cartwright


11 Chase Marquier


12 Cheyenne Harmon


13 Kaeden Amerine


14 Austin Cozadd


15 Bobby Piazza


16 Jason Anderson


17 John Short


18 Richard Taylor


19 Benny Bloss


20 Lane Shaw

450 MAIN EVENT

Eli Tomac got a dream start and was several bike lengths ahead by the second turn. Chase Sexton was around fifth or so, but he passed his way into second place very quickly. When Tomac realized that Sexton was coming, he settled into a conservative pace and let the race play out. By the halfway point, Sexton passed Tomac and then steadily built up a sizeable lead. Justin barcia was running third at one point but fell hard and couldn’t get back into the race. That left third place up for grabs between Justin Hill and Ken Roczen. Roczen, who got a poor start, eventually pulled clear for another podium. Jason Anderson was little off his normal pace after his earlier crashes, but managed to finish sixth.

1 Chase Sexton


2 Eli Tomac


3 Ken Roczen


4 Colt Nichols


5 Justin Hill


6 Jason Anderson


7 Dean Wilson


8 Adam Cianciarulo


9 Kyle Chisholm


10 Josh Hill


11 Justin Starling


12 Kevin Moranz


13 Tristan Lane


14 Joshua Cartwright


15 Logan Karnow


16 Chase Marquier


17 Devin Simonson


18 Max Miller


19 Cade Clason


20 Shane McElrath


21 Justin Barcia


22 Grant Harlan

450 POINTS

1 Eli Tomac– 338


2 Chase Sexton– 320


3 Cooper Webb– 304


4 Ken Roczen– 280


5 Justin Barcia– 267


6 Jason Anderson– 242


7 Aaron Plessinger– 213


8 Justin Hill– 172


9 Adam Cianciarulo– 170


10 Dean Wilson– 165


11 Christian Craig– 150


12 Colt Nichols– 139


13 Shane McElrath– 117


14 Josh Hill– 116


15 Benny Bloss– 91


16 Kyle Chisholm– 88


17 Joey Savatgy– 85


18 Kevin Moranz– 81


19 Justin Cooper– 76


20 Grant Harlan– 67

250 HEAT 1

Jordon Smith and Haiden Deegan provided most of the entertainment in heat 1. Smith withstood all attempt and held on to the lead all the way home. Chris Blose was third.

1 Jordon Smith


2 Haiden Deegan


3 Chris Blose


4 Luke Neese


5 Brock Papi


6 Tom Vialle


7 Jeremy Hand


8 Cullin Park


9 Jace Kessler


10 Jack Rogers


11 Doc Smith


12 Deegan Hepp


13 Konnor Visger


14 David Pulley Jr


15 Blake Hazen


16 Kyle Dillin


17 Bryton Carroll


18 Tj Albright


19 Michael Hicks


20 Marshal Weltin

250 HEAT 2

Max Anstie got the start, but his reign was short lived. Hunter Lawrence took over and managed a small lead all the way to the finish. The best race of the night was a three-way battle between Caden Braswell, Jeremy Martin and Jo Shimoda. Martin held on to capture third.

1 Hunter Lawrence


2 Max Anstie


3 Jeremy Martin


4 Jo Shimoda


5 Jace Owen


6 Caden Braswell


7 Coty Schock


8 A J Catanzaro


9 Josiah Natzke


10 Garrett Hoffman


11 Cory Carsten


12 Curren Thurman


13 Logan Boye


14 Gerhard Matamoros


15 Henry Miller


16 Hayden Hefner


17 Brandon Marley


18 Robert Hailey


19 Tony Usko


20 Talon Hawkins

250 EAST MAIN EVENT

Jordon Smith made an aggressive pass to take the lead away from Hunter Lawrence on the first lap. Hunter looked like he might settle into second place, but five laps into the race, Smith took an off-track excursion and gave it back to Lawrence. Jo Shimoda moved into second and tried to make a run on Lawrence, but never got close enough to be a serious threat. Lawrence ticked off the laps and crossed the finish line to take the win and the championship. His brother Jett was waiting and they had an emotional celebration.

1 Hunter Lawrence


2 Jo Shimoda


3 Jordon Smith


4 Haiden Deegan


5 Max Anstie


6 Jeremy Martin


7 Tom Vialle


8 Chris Blose


9 Henry Miller


10 Cullin Park


11 Luke Neese


12 Talon Hawkins


13 Jeremy Hand


14 Jace Owen


15 Caden Braswell


16 Josiah Natzke


17 Coty Schock


18 A J Catanzaro


19 Michael Hicks


20 Garrett Hoffman


21 Jace Kessler


22 Brock Papi

250 EAST POINTS

1 Hunter Lawrence — 224


2 Haiden Deegan — 168


3 Max Anstie — 166


4 Jordon Smith — 141


5 Chris Blose — 132


6 Jeremy Martin — 128


7 Nate Thrasher — 120


8 Tom Vialle — 111


9 Cullin Park — 109


10 Coty Schock — 89


11 Henry Miller — 86


12 Jace Owen — 76


13 Talon Hawkins — 73


14 Jeremy Hand — 62


15 Chance Hymas — 60


16 Jo Shimoda — 56


17 Michael Hicks — 55


18 Caden Braswell — 52


19 Michael Mosiman — 51


20 Luke Neese — 44

450 QUALIFYING

1 Chase Sexton 52.580


2 Adam Cianciarulo 52.889


3 Justin Barcia 52.890


4 Eli Tomac 52.918


5 Ken Roczen 53.052


6 Justin Hill 53.477


7 Jason Anderson 53.490


8 Cooper Webb 54.261


9 Benny Bloss 54.279


10 Colt Nichols 54.568


11 Dean Wilson 54.819


12 Kyle Chisholm 55.483


13 Shane McElrath 55.637


14 Cade Clason 55.854


15 Joshua Cartwright 55.942


16 Grant Harlan 56.066


17 Justin Starling 56.142


18 Kevin Moranz 56.289


19 Josh Hill 56.591


20 Fredrik Noren 57.048


21 Logan Karnow 57.135


22 Tristan Lane 57.403


23 John Short 57.941


24 Devin Simonson 58.186


25 Lane Shaw 58.221


26 Preston Taylor 58.277


27 Kaeden Amerine 58.329


28 Joshua Greco 58.511


29 Chase Marquier 58.536


30 Mason Kerr 58.762


31 Cheyenne Harmon 58.845


32 Hunter Schlosser 58.864


33 Bobby Piazza 58.921


34 Chris Howell 58.931


35 Max Miller 58.986


36 Joan Cros 59.064


37 Austin Cozadd 59.166


38 Kyle Bitterman 59.302


39 Richard Taylor 59.347


40 Alexander Nagy 59.430

41 Christopher Prebula 59.745


42 Colby Copp 1:00.078


43 Deven Raper 1:00.852


44 Nick Desiderio 1:01.313


45 Chad Saultz 1:01.405


46 Todd Bannister 1:02.294


47 Isaiah Goodman 1:09.289

250 EAST QUALIFYING

1. Hunter Lawrence 52.407
2. Jordon Smith 53.325
3. Jo Shimoda 53.407
4. Haiden Deegan 53.576
5. Max Anstie 53.670
6. Chris Blose 53.976
7. Jeremy Martin 54.492
8. Tom Vialle 54.897
9. Jace Owen 55.138
10. Cullin Park 55.383
11. Henry Miller 55.397
12. Michael Hicks 55.406
13. Coty Schock 55.629
14. Marshal Weltin 55.812
15. A J Catanzaro 56.171
16. Jeremy Hand 56.175
17. Talon Hawkins 56.420
18. Brock Papi 56.540
19. Caden Braswell 57.114
20. Luke Neese 57.231
21. Josiah Natzke 57.294
22. Tj Albright 57.412
23. Garrett Hoffman 58.882
24. Jack Rogers 58.934
25. Logan Boye 58.970
26. Jace Kessler 59.407
27. Robert Hailey 59.672
28. Bryton Carroll 59.964
29. Cory Carsten 1:00.164
30. David Pulley Jr 1:00.389
31. Gerhard Matamoros 1:00.457
32. Deegan Hepp 1:00.632
33. Curren Thurman 1:00.712
34. Kyle Dillin 1:00.876
35. Brandon Marley 1:00.878
36. Doc Smith 1:01.529
37. Tony Usko 1:01.554
38. Konnor Visger 1:01.853
39. Hayden Hefner 1:01.865
40. Blake Hazen 1:01.964
41. Cody Groves 1:02.132
42. Rylan Munson 1:02.169
43. Brian Saunier 1:02.847
44. Kyler Hawkey 1:03.718
45. Luke Dickey 1:04.323
46. Jack Beeland 1:07.663