2022 SOUTHWICK NATIONAL MOTOCROSS RECAP: TOMAC SAYS, “WHO’S YOUR DADDY?”

Just think a couple weeks ago we thought that Team Honda (Roczen, Sexton and the Lawrence Bros) were going to dominate every race. That turned out to be only half true. Jett Lawrence lived up to his part of the deal, even if his Honda CRF250 let him down at Red Bud, but Eli Tomac has made a shambles of the red team’s early dominance by winning from the front and winning from the back. This may be Eli’s last AMA National season, as he moves on to what appears to be one last Supercross hurrah in 2023, but he’s on track to make the 2022 AMA 450 Nationals memorable. It looks like the 450 motocross series has boiled down to a two-man race—Tomac versus Sexton. They are separated by one point after Southwick.

2022 450 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS
(After 6 of 12 rounds)
1. Chase Sexton (Hon)…268
2. Eli Tomac (Yam)…267
3. Ken Roczen (Hon)…227
4. Jason Anderson (Kaw)…207
5. Ryan Dungey (KTM)…185
6. Christian Craig (Yam)…184
7. Justin Barcia (Gas)…159
8. Aaron Plessinger (KTM)…149
9.  Joey Savatgy (Kaw)…125
10. Shane McElrath (Hus)…118

2022 250 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS
(After 6 of 12 rounds)
1. Hunter Lawrence (Hon)…261
2. Jett Lawrence (Hon)…246
3. Jo Shimoda (Kaw)…224
4. Justin Cooper (Yam)…197
5. Levi Kitchen (Yam)…180
6. Michael Mosiman (Gas)…169
7. Stilez Robertson (Hus)…158
8. Seth Hammaker (Kaw)…151
9. R.J. Hampshire (Hus)…132
10. Max Vohland (KTM)…129