Jettona: Jett Lawrence nailed the third win of his rookie season and extended his points lead with a convincing victory in Daytona over the Speedway’s winningest rider, Eli Tomac. Lawrence now as 43 AMA wins, good for 14^th on the all-time list behind Broc Glover (45 wins). His third 450SX Class win ties him with Larry Ward and Marty Smith for 40^th on that list. Honda now has 231 450SX Class wins which is the most of any brand in Class history. Lawrence’s third win is good for 16^th on Honda’s all-time 450SX Class wins list tied with Eli Tomac, Chad Reed, Davi Millsaps, and Smith.

Beast of the Beach Beaten: Seven-time Daytona Supercross winner Tomac scored his 99^th career 450SX Class podium but fell short of a sixth consecutive and eighth total win in the World Center of Racing. Tomac also scored his 125^th 450SX Class top five finish and tied Jeff Ward for eighth on the all-time 450SX Class starts list with his 171^st. Tomac is now 16 points behind Lawrence in the standings. Last season’s Champion Chase Sexton was 10 points behind the points leader after Daytona 2023.

Chased Down by Eli: Sexton lost his runner-up ride late to a surging Tomac, dropping to -13 in the point standings. Sexton now has 28 career 450SX Class podiums, already good for 21^st all-time in 52 starts. He has 45 podiums between both classes. The #1 plated KTM superstar is stuck in a Yamaha sandwich, three points behind Cooper Webb and three points ahead of Tomac.

Notes: Cooper Webb (4^rd) Scored his 75^th career 450SX Class top five finish. He has 102 top 10s in 113 starts. Ken Roczen (5^th) 92^nd top five finish is good for eight all time. 141^st start only one behind Andrew Short for 14^th. Jason Anderson (9^th) 142^nd 450SX Class start tied Short for 14^th all-time. Benny Bloss (10^th) Scores BETA’s first top 10 finish. Bloss now has six in 61 450SX Class starts. Adam Cianciarulo (12^th) 150^th AMA start in return to 450SX Class racing. Ty Masterpool (16^th) First career 450SX Class start after a successful 450 Motocross campaign over the summer.

Valliant Vialle: Tom Vialle scores his first 250SX Class win becoming the 123^rd different 250SX Class winner. He now has two American victories since coming over to the U.S. before the 2023 season, the other being in the 250 Motocross Championship. Vialle had just earned his first Supercross podium the week before, when another first-time winner took the checkers (Haiden Deegan). Vialle is the 13^th different rider to earn a 250SX Class win on a KTM and the brand now has 41 250SX Class wins. With Lawrence and Vialle taking Daytona, it was only the second time in Supercross history where Americans were shut-out from winning Daytona (2009, Chad Reed and Christophe Pourcel, also Australian/French). KTM hadn’t won a 250SX Class race since Shane McElrath in the 2019 A2 Triple Crown.

Two for McAdoo: Cameron McAdoo’s comeback from 15^th after the first race to the top of the Eastern Regional is almost complete after the Kawasaki rider’s second straight runner-up finish. He trails Max Anstie by one point going into Birmingham. McAdoo now has 16 podiums in 46 250SX Class starts.

Still Red: After 2-6-8 finishes, Anstie remains the Eastern Regional red plate holder going into Birmingham. Anstie scored his 10^th 250SX Class top 10 finish in 29 starts. The Englishman will look to stave off a slew of opportunistic athletes behind him, as the top-10 are only separated by 17 points in the standings. The top three in points have zero wins between them (Anstie, McAdoo, and Pierce Brown).

Notes: Seth Hammaker (3^rd) Sixth podium in 14^th 250SX Class start with a third place. After a 21^st in the Opener, Hammaker has worked back into eighth in the points. Haiden Deegan (4^th) Much quieter evening after the fireworks of his first victory. Still nabbed his eighth top five finish in 13 career 250SX Class starts. Pierce Brown (5^th) Three straight top five finishes has Brown quietly positioned as a Championship contender. He now has 15 top five finishes in 29 250SX Class starts. Jeremy Martin (12^th) 60^th 250SX Class start moves him into a tie for 20^th all-time with McElrath and Ryan Morais. Martin sits on 149 AMA starts and 99 top fives going into Birmingham. Tyler Stepek (19^th) Made his first career Supercross start after 34 career Motocross starts.