Jett Lawrence extends points lead in Birmingham with fourth win of 2024

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Jett Lawrence won the holeshot but Cooper Webb pushed him hard into the second turn. Unable to get alongside the points' leader, Webb had to settle into second-place and settle for chasing Lawrence for the entirety of the race.

Lawrence won his fourth race of the 2024 season and second in a row to give him a 13-point advantage over the field as the series just now advances past the halfway point.

" I'm super pumped I was able to link two races together," told NBC Sports' Will Christien. "That was a very difficult track that could cost you. I feel the old Jett would have thrown it away like Arlington."

No other rider in the field has more than two victories, which could signal a change in the complexion of the season if Lawrence is able to continue to keep Webb, Chase Sexton and Eli Tomac behind him.

Webb settled into second and kept Lawrence in sight, but each time he started to charge, Lawrence extended his advantage further.

Ken Roczen took the final spot on the podium with Chase Sexton in fourth and Justin Cooper rounding out the top five.

For the first time in 250 history a rider has won his first and second races in back-to-back weeks as Tom Vialle dominated in Birmingham one round after taking the victory at Daytona International Speedway last week.

Lat week in Daytona, Vialle kept a perfect record alive for French riders. The ninth racer from that country won his first Monster Energy Supercross race on a track that has a lot of motocross elements, so he felt it was important to win on a more traditional Supercross course.

"I didn't expect it," Vialle told NBC Sports' Jason Thomas. "I felt great all day and I had a great race."

There is still a little asterisk attached to this race. To accommodate soft conditions caused by heavy rains on Friday, track designers removed the whoops section and replaced it with a set of four rollers.

Vialle's win give him the red plate.

For the third straight week, Cameron McAdoo finished second, which keeps him in the title hunt.

Seth Hammaker had to come through the Last Chance Qualifier after contact with Haiden Deegan in his heat race.

Pierce Brown broke his string of fifth-place finishes and improved by one spot to finish fourth.

Jeremy Martin spent the first half of the feature among the podium riders but lost a little pace in the closing laps to finish fifth

Jalek Swoll fell early in the race while he was also contending for a podium. He overcame the incident to finish just outside the top five.

Haiden Deegan is struggling with soreness after last week's qualification crash. He finished seventh.

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450s

Jett Lawrence gets the holeshot.

Cooper Webb goes tight in the turn before the finish line and runs over the card girl, who was too close to the track. She seems to be okay.

Justin Cooper closes in on Webb but if he wants to have a shot at Lawrence, he has to get around quickly.

Dylan Ferrandis crashes with 16 minutes on the clock. He will retire.

Lawrence is stretching the lead over Webb and Cooper. When he looks like this, he is hard to beat.

Ken Roczen and Chase Sexton round out the top five.

The best contest on the track is for sixth with Aaron Plessinger, Justin Barcia and Eli Tomac.

With eight minutes on the clock, Roczen gets around Cooper for the final podium position.

Copper fights back with five minutes remaining. There are challenges throughout the field.

Lawrence has a three second lead when time runs off the clock. Roczen is nine second further back.

250s

Jeremy Martin gets the holeshot but Tom Vialle takes the lead early.

On the start, Haiden Deegan gets pushed wide; he's back to 13th.

Red plate holder Max Anstie also gets a poor start and is 11th with 12 minutes on the clock.

Vialle, Cameron McAdoo and Martin are the top three.

With a new manufacturer, Jalek Swoll moves into third. with nine minutes on the clock.

Vialle's win last week at Daytona was on a track with motocross elements. He thinks it's important to get a win on a more traditional Supercross track.

Swoll tucks his front wheel and won't get Triumph their first podium.

Now Hammaker, who had to come through the LCQ, has the final spot on the box.

With five minutes on the clock, Anstie's bike breaks.

Chance Hymas gets sent to the ground by Swoll.

Vialle wins two in a row with McAdoo and Hammaker rounding out the podium.

Last Chance Qualifiers

450s

Fredrik Noren pushes John Short out in Turn 1 to take the early lead.

Short takes over the top spot halfway through.

Aaron Tanti is safe in third but the final transfer spot featured a contest between Anthony Bourdon and Hunter Schlosser. Bourdon got it.

Click here for complete 450 LCQ results.

250s

Before the 250 LCQ, Hammaker provides an update on the incident. He had to edge to the right to go around a slowing Daxton Bennick and cut off Haiden Deegan's lane.

Hammaker gets the jump on the start with Deegan on his back tire. Unsurprisingly, these two riders stretch a huge gap on the field.

Deegan slips but doesn't go down. He loses a ton of ground.

Hammaker wins with Deegan second. Dominique Thury and Logan Leitzel also advance. This is the first Main for Leitzel.

Click here for complete 250 LCQ results.

Heats

450s

a Light rain has returned but the track is still holding a lot of moisture, so it won't take much to make this a mudder.

In Heat 1, Chase Sexton gets the early lead over Ty Masterpool.

Masterpool jumps off course, handing second to Jason Anderson.

Sexton wins easily by 10.7 seconds over Jason Anderson. Malcolm Stewart takes the final podium spot.

Justin Barcia and Dylan Ferrandis round out the top five.

Click here for complete 450 Heat 1 results.

In Heat 2, Eli Tomac gets the early lead.

Cooper Webb and Jett Lawrence challenge for second.

Webb goes down as time is running off the clock. Lawrence passed him and Webb tried to get the position back in the next turn.

Tomac wins.

Lawrence holds onto second with Ken Roczen taking the final podium position.

Webb and Aaron Plessinger round out the top five.

Making his return to the 450 class, Colt Nichols advances directly into the Main and will get both Beta bikes in. Benny Bloss was eighth.

Click here for complete 450 Heat 2 results.

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250s

In Heat 1, Haiden Deegan chops off Seth Hammaker in Turn 1 and they both go down. Hammaker retires from the heat.

And now on Lap 4, Cameron McAdoo lands on top of Nicholas Romano's bike when that rider's bike jumps out of gear. He survives and maintains second.

Deegan hasn't recovered; he's 18th and the last rider on the lead lap. Only nine transfer directly to the Main.

Coty Schock wins his first heat win over McAdoo, Daxton Bennick, Henry Miller and Marshal Weltin.

Deegan and Hammaker will have to go through the LCQ. This is the first LCQ for Deegan, who is indeed suffering pain after last week's crash in Daytona. Deegan confronts Hammaker in the pits.

Click here for complete 250 Heat 1 results.

In Heat 2, there is a much cleaner start with Tom Vialle getting the holeshot.

Vialle gets a little bit of a gap, but second through fourth are in a heated contest: Jalek Swoll, Chance Hymas and Pierce Brown.

At the halfway point, Hymas clips Swoll and gets the position.

Vialle follows up last week's Main win with a heat victory. Brown and Hymas take the other two podium positions.

Max Anstie and Swoll round out the top five.

Click here for complete 250 Heat 2 results.

Qualification

Qualification is underway. Ruts are forming but it appears the moistures is getting worked into the track. And we're starting to see little puffs of dust on the top of the jumps.

450s

Combined 450 qualification results

Track crews are grooming the track between the 250 and 450 sessions.

Jett Lawrence (56.482) follows last week's win with the fastest time in Qualification 1. Ken Roczen, Chase Sexton, Eli Tomac and Justin Cooper round out the top five.

Colt Nichols, who returned this week with Beta Motorcycles, posts the second fastest time to Mithcell Harrison in Group B.

Click here for complete results from Group A Qualification 1.

Qualification 2 has gate drops - and Jason Anderson runs into thye back of Jett Lawrence. They both hit the dirt.

It took half the session, but Lawrence makes his way to the top of the board. Anderson is 10th.

And Lawrence ends up on top (52.777) over Chase Sexton and Eli Tomac.

Justin Cooper and Cooper Webb round out the top five.

Aaron Plessinger wound up ninth.

Click here for complete results from Group A Qualification 2.

250s

Combined 250 qualification results

Early in Qualification 1, Haiden Deegan is flirting with the one-minute mark.

But it's Nicholas Romano who is first to dip into the double digits. Cameron McAdoo, Daxton Bennick and Max Anstie follow him as the speeds start to pick up with sun starting to bath the track.

Seth Hammaker (56.522) ended the board on top with Deegan and last week's winner Tom Vialle following him across the line.

"It's definitely going to be a challenging track when it's soft like this," Hammaker tells Haley Shanley on Race Day Live.

Click here for complete results from 250 Group A Qualification 1.

Qualification 2 reveals a track that is rapidly changing color as it dries. Expect ruts this session, but the track will firm up before the evening show.

Speeds continue to pick up with Seth Hammaker (54.172) taking the top spot overall. Seth Hammaker and Tom Vialle round out the top five.

Cameron McAdoo slots into fourth and Haiden Deegan may still be feeling the effects of last week's qualification crash in Daytona. He's 10th.

Click here for complete results from 250 Group A Qualification 2.

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