Blow by blow recap of all SX races at Texas triple-header

2023 AMA Supercross Championship

Round Seven – AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

250 Main One

Hunter Lawrence led the field through the first turns when the first of three ten-minutes plus one-lap 250 races got underway at Arlington, Texas, on the weekend with Tom Vialle and Max Anstie hot on his tail early on.

Anstie got the better of Vialle on the opening lap, then Nate Thrasher got both of them before the end of that first lap, however out front Hunter had gone…

In the middle of the race Nate Thrasher closed the gap back down to Hunter but the Aussie made no mistakes and took a convincing victory.

250 Main One Results

250 Main Two

Jordon Smith was never headed in the second 250 bout of the night. Haiden Deegan also started well as did Nate Thrasher, Hunter Lawrence and Chance Hymas.

Deegan, Thrasher and Lawrence were in close company until Thrasher closed off Hunter’s entry to a left-hander which left the Aussie high and dry up on the bank, losing him a lot of time.

Ultimately Max Anstie, Hunter Lawrence and Nate Thrasher all overhauled Deegan later in the race but nobody could touch Jordon Smith who took a clear victory, Thrasher a clear second and Lawrence a distant third by the flag after going down while challenging Thrasher for second place late in the race.

250 Main Two Results

250 Main Three

The two Monster Energy Yamaha riders had the line into the opening turn in the third and final 250 race of the evening and Hunter Lawrence tagged the back of them on an even tighter inside line which sent the Aussie head over heels flat on his back. Max Anstie then got hung up on Lawrence’s machine and the pair had to untangle their machines before they could get going again.

Meanwhile up front Nate Thrasher had got away to an early lead over Michael Mosiman, Jordon Smith and Tom Vialle.

Mosiman and Smith were running second and third until Mosiman lost the front under the bridge which left Smith with nowhere to go, both men ending up on the deck with four-minutes left on the shot clock.

Benefitting from their misfortune were Jeremy Martin and Tom Vialle, promoting themselves through to P2 and P3 respectively.

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Thrasher had a ten-second lead over Jeremy Martin with two-minutes left on the clock but a minute later he was on the deck after hitting a tough-block. That allowed Jeremy Martin to sweep past him into the race lead and Tom Vialle up to second.  Martin went on to take the victory over Vialle while Thrasher got up and going again to claim third.

Further back Hunter Lawrence was dealing with a bent-up clutch lever while trying to recover ground from that turn one fall, ultimately crossing the line in sixth place.

250 Main Three Results

250 Round Points

Despite finishing third for the round Hunter Lawrence actually extended his championship lead out to nine-points and it is still a Honda 1-2 at the top with Max Anstie second.

250 Championship Points

250 Qualifying Results

450 Main One

Eli Tomac shot straight to the front in the opening 450 race of the evening ahead of Ken Roczen, Justin Barcia and Colt Nichols. Jason Anderson went down on the run to the opening turn after tagging the back of Roczen and thus was at the back of the field.

It looked as though Ken Roczen might be able to challenge the defending champion but ultimately could not find the speed to get on equal terms with Tomac and the Yamaha went on to victory.

Chase Sexton was third while Justin Barcia got the better of Cooper Webb to claim fifth.

450 Main One Results

450 Main Two

Jason Anderson had gone down on the opening lap in the opening 450 bout but the Kawasaki man got away well in this second bout and was quickly challenging Cooper Webb for the race lead.

Chase Sexton was third but had a big moment early on the opening lap, which ruined his early flow and stunted his progress.

Eli Tomac and Chase Sexton tussled over third place but the Honda man eventually broke away to secure that step on the rostrum.

Cooper Webb chased Jason Anderson hard but the Kawasaki man prevailed to bounce back from the disappointment of the opening race.

Sexton got close to Webb late in the race but could not quite get on terms with the KTM man.

450 Main Two Results

450 Main Three

Eli Tomac scored the holeshot in the final 12-minute plus one-lap 450 contest of the night ahead of Chase Sexton, Justin Cooper, Justin Barcia and Cooper Webb.

Eli Tomac hit the deck while leading with just over five-minutes left on the clock and lost a number of positions.

Chase Sexton then inherited the lead just as Jason Anderson got the better of Cooper Webb to move up to second place.

With two-minutes plus one lap remaining, Sexton led Anderson by two-seconds while Cooper Webb was trying to come back at the Kawasaki man to reclaim that second place. Webb did exactly that after Anderson got crossed-up in the whoops.

Cooper Webb then benefitted from Chase Sexton having to avoid a crashed lapper then getting hung up by another lapper to slip up the inside, steal the lead and streak away with the win.

Cooper Webb the victor in the final race of the night.

450 Main Three Results

Cooper Webb was the round winner ahead of Chase Sexton and Eli Tomac.

Tomac holds the standings lead on 160-points, to Webb on 158 and Sexton on 155.

450 Round Points

450 Championship Points

450 Qualifying Results