2022 THUNDER VALLEY NATIONAL // 450 OVERALL RACE RESULTS

The 2022 Pro Motocross season has made its way to Lakewood, Colorado for the third round of the year. Thunder Valley hosts the third round of the series and offers plenty of sweeping hills and fast decents to keep things interesting. In the points, Chase remains on top of the 450 class with heavy contenders like Eli Tomac, Jason Anderson, Ken Roczen, and more giving jabs at Chase’s red plate. And if you’re confused on where the heck the race is streaming, then feel to scroll down as we cover all the action. The first 450 moto will have streamed on Peacock and the second will stream on MAVTV & MAVTV Plus.

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450 OVERALL RACE RESULTS

Antonio Cairoli would grab his third holeshot of the day with Ken Roczen in second place. By the third turn, Ken Roczen once again took first place. Eli Tomac and Christian Craig raced in fourth and fifth until Chase Sexton entered the mix, passing Craig for fifth. Jason Anderson made a mistake sliding out and losing valuable positions. Alex Martin had a large crash and would be separated from his bike, Ryan Dungey barely avoiding him. In a blink of an eye, Chase already slid past Eli for third place.

Antonio Cairoli made a bobble and Chase Sexton initiated for second place. Eli Tomac would also make the pass on Antonio moving up to the third place position. The problems continued for the riders as Christian Craig went down bending his bars and levers badly.

Ryan Dungey and Shane McElrath went back and forth for several laps. With 13 minutes left, Chase Sexton made the pass on his teammate for first place. Jason Anderson found the extra energy to catch up to the battle between Dungey and McElrath, passing Ryan for seventh.

The 5 minute mark, Eli Tomac put the pressure on high for the second place position, making several jabs at Ken Roczen. With three laps left, Kenny and Eli started bar banging for the second place spot. But on the last lap, Chase would fall down letting Kenny make the pass and take the overall.

POS.	#	RIDER	Finishes
1	94	Ken Roczen	2	1
2	3	Eli Tomac	1	3
3	23	Chase Sexton	4	2
4	21	Jason Anderson	3	6
5	222	Antonio Cairoli	5	4
6	5	Ryan Dungey	7	7
7	51	Justin Barcia	6	8
8	12	Shane McElrath	12	5
9	17	Joseph Savatgy	8	9
10	35	Garrett Marchbanks	9	11
11	7	Aaron Plessinger	11	10
12	28	Christian Craig	10	12
13	285	Marshal Weltin	15	13
14	41	Brandon Hartranft	14	14
15	129	Henry Miller	17	15
16	55	Justin Rodbell	16	16
17	26	Alex Martin	13	32
18	711	Tristan Lane	27	17
19	837	Bryson Gardner	20	18
20	323	Josh Gilbert	18	20
21	65	Grant Harlan	22	19
22	93	Tyler Stepek	19	21
23	234	Mccoy Brough	25	22
24	57	Kevin Moranz	24	24
25	841	Jeffrey Walker	23	28
26	141	Richard Taylor	30	23
27	275	Matthew Burris	29	25
28	591	Charlie Putnam	28	26
29	97	Jerry Robin	21	37
30	311	Mitchell Gifford	31	29
31	746	Trevor Schmidt	26	34
32	958	Matthew Curler	35	27
33	149	Chad Heishman	34	31
34	148	Bryce Hansen	37	30
35	139	Nathen LaPorte	33	36
36	645	Colby Copp	32	40
37	204	Kyle Greeson	39	35
38	420	Jackson Gray	36	39
39	292	Kolton Dean		33
40	88	Jacob Runkles	38
41	251	Ezra Hastings		38
42	73	Benny Bloss	40

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450 MOTO 1 RACE RESULTS

Antonio Cairoli grabbed the holeshot with Ken Roczen in tow. Christian Craig went down and would be caught in the back of the pack in the first turn. Ken Roczen eventually made his way around Antonio for the lead position with Justin Barcia sitting back in third. Eventually, Justin Barcia snuck past and Jason Anderson would follow suit, moving into fourth past the Italian. Remember how Christian Craig was in last place, well he made his way all the way up into 20th with 23 minutes remaining. Antonio Cairoli would slowly fall through the pack after getting the holeshot, losing his position to both Eli Tomac and Chase Sexton.

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Jason Anderson would make the pass on Justin Barcia and search for the energy to catch up to Ken Roczen. One of the massive track side markers was clipped by Jason Anderson and Eli Tomac would make the move. We’re hoping Jason’s hand is alright as there’s no way that could have felt good with out handguards. With five minutes left, Eli had closed the gap on Ken with less than a second behind. Ken left the door wide open and Eli made the pass for first place. On another note, Christian Craig was now near the top 10 after being in last. With three laps remaining, Chase Sexton and Jason Anderson were duking it out for a position on the podium.

POS.		#	RIDER	INTERVAL
1		3	Eli Tomac	16 Laps
2		94	Ken Roczen	+03.197
3		21	Jason Anderson	+06.112
4		23	Chase Sexton	+06.950
5		222	Antonio Cairoli	+25.167
6		51	Justin Barcia	+26.471
7		5	Ryan Dungey	+27.661
8		17	Joseph Savatgy	+28.422
9		35	Garrett Marchbanks	+54.793
10		28	Christian Craig	+58.470
11		7	Aaron Plessinger	+1:06.684
12		12	Shane McElrath	+1:08.651
13		26	Alex Martin	+1:42.671
14		41	Brandon Hartranft	+2:06.091
15		285	Marshal Weltin	+2:10.024
16		55	Justin Rodbell	+2:33.629
17		129	Henry Miller	15 Laps
18		323	Josh Gilbert	+13.058
19		93	Tyler Stepek	+26.831
20		837	Bryson Gardner	+52.808
21		97	Jerry Robin	+1:11.460
22		65	Grant Harlan	+1:16.573
23		841	Jeffrey Walker	+1:23.898
24		57	Kevin Moranz	+1:33.422
25		234	Mccoy Brough	+1:34.887
26		746	Trevor Schmidt	+1:43.834
27		711	Tristan Lane	+1:51.174
28		591	Charlie Putnam	+2:12.642
29		275	Matthew Burris	+2:15.432
30		141	Richard Taylor	+2:40.038
31		311	Mitchell Gifford	14 Laps
32		645	Colby Copp	+38.219
33		139	Nathen LaPorte	+56.356
34		149	Chad Heishman	+1:44.813
35		958	Matthew Curler	12 Laps
36		420	Jackson Gray	+6:20.235
37		148	Bryce Hansen	7 Laps
38		88	Jacob Runkles	5 Laps
39		204	Kyle Greeson	+1:48.644
40		73	Benny Bloss	DNS

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