WATCH THE BUDDS CREEK NATIONAL IN UNDER 6 MINUTES: WHAT A DAY!

Eli Tomac won the first moto, while Chase Sexton threw his Honda away a couple times, but the damaged was caused when Sexton couldn’t work his way through the 450 pack (like in past races) and ended up stuck in seventh place. It looked bad for Chase, but in the second 450 moto Eli Tomac got a mediocre start and worked hard just to make it up to fifth place, while Chase won. The result? Eli earned 2 more points that Chase and those two points moved Tomac into the 450 points lead by one point and got him the Red Plate for Crawfordsville.

With two races left in the season, the Tomac versus Sexton title chase isn’t the closest in motocross history, but it could match possibly the points tie between Broc Glover and Danny LaPorte in the 1977 125 National Championship or points tie between Gary Semics and Tim Hart for the 1974 500cc Supercross Champion or the one-point victory by Mike Kiedrowski over Guy Cooper in the 1990 125 National Championship. Ties are broken by the rider with the most National wins in that season — which in 2022 would be Tomac.

In the 250 class, Jett Lawrence lost again, but he doesn’t care. Jett leads the 250 Championship chase by 37 points with two races to go—so his 2-3 finish behind R.J. Hampshire’s 1-2 and Jo Shimoda’s 3-1 was not the giant points loss, unlike his brother Hunter Lawrence, who came to Budds Creek in second in the standings with a 14-point gap over Jo Shimoda, only to leave Budds with 6-point deficit after a terrible 8-9 day.

2022 450 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS
(After 10 of 12 rounds)
1. Eli Tomac (Yam)…449
2. Chase Sexton (Hon)…448
3. Jason Anderson (Kaw)…369
4. Ken Roczen (Hon)…344
5. Christian Craig (Yam)…303
6. Ryan Dungey (KTM)…300
7. Justin Barcia (Gas)…259
8. Aaron Plessinger (KTM)…254
9. Joey Savatgy (Kaw)…222
10. Shane McElrath (Hus)…177

2022 250 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS
(After 10 of 12 rounds)
1. Jett Lawrence (Hon)…433
2. Jo Shimoda (Kaw)…396
3. Hunter Lawrence (Hon)…390
4. Justin Cooper (Yam)…346
5. R.J. Hampshire (Hus)…274
6. Max Vohland (KTM)…251
7. Seth Hammaker (Kaw)…207
8. Michael Mosiman (Gas)…201
9. Nate Thrasher (Yam)…198
10. Levi Kitchen (Yam)…180

 

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