Champions are Crowned in Las Vegas at the SMX World Final – Racer X

In first was Eli Tomac, but he had Jett Lawrence right on him. Tomac was able to gap Lawrence a bit, but a late-race mistake in the double-quad-quad rhythm lane allowed Lawrence to immediately close back up on him, and a pass for the lead ensued shortly thereafter. In the second moto Tomac started in third behind both of the Lawrence brothers and wasn’t able to mount a charge on either of them. When asked if he would be willing to race the Motocross of Nations if Sexton was unable to do so, Tomac didn’t commit in either direction.

“Well, it’s going to be a discussion that’s going to be had over the next couple of days. But right now it’s an unknown.”

Taking second on the night was Hunter Lawrence with 3-2 moto scores. He had the points lead coming into Las Vegas, but when you’re in a winner-take-all situation against a guy [Jett Lawrence] who goes 1-1, a 3-2 just isn’t going to get it done. Even so, Lawrence seemed genuinely pleased on his performance afterward.

“One of the goals I set before the season started was, I wanted to be a contender every weekend. That’s what I was kind of most happy about is just to kind of pick up the same kind of characteristics from my 250 career, just being there every single weekend, being on the box, being in the conversation. So I’m happy with that. And at the end of the day, I’m just trying to get better. Like I know I keep saying it, but the second moto, that was a great moto. I’m not bummed on that at all, I left it all on the track. Neither of us made any mistakes and we just went hell for leather the whole time. I didn’t win, but that was the best version of me tonight.”