CLEVELAND, Ohio: Ken Roczen finished second in the first two features of the Triple Crown format race at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland, Ohio, and won the final race to score the overall win.
With the victory, he extended his podium streak to five consecutive races, of which he’s won three. More importantly, he closed to within a single point of Hunter Lawrence in the championship standings.
It was an eventful afternoon for the three riders who entered Cleveland with the best opportunity to win the 2026 Monster Energy Supercross title as Eli Tomac crashed in qualification and was unable to mount up for the feature.
Hunter Lawrence crashed multiple times in the third feature and finished sixth overall.
Cooper Webb finished second overall after improving in each feature. He was fifth in the first feature, fourth in the second race and second in the finale to tie teammate Justin Cooper in Olympic-style points. He took the position on the tiebreaker procedure of the best finish in the final race.
Cooper won his second Triple Crown feature when he crossed under the checkers first in Race 2
Chase Sexton dug a hole for himself in the first feature with a seventh-place finish in the first race. He was third in Race 2 and fourth in Race 3 to combine for fourth overall
Joey Savatgy was fifth with consistently strong results of sixth, seventh, and sixth.
After a disastrous third feature, Hunter Lawrence was sixth overall. He won the first feature, finished fifth in the second race after getting a poor start and crashed twice in Race 3 before getting lapped and finishing 14th.
The day started out really good,” Lawrence said. “Had a lot of weather coming in, first main. Good start, one. And in Mains two and three, didn’t get the best start, get the power down, the traction I needed and made it tough on myself. I was out in, not the best situation in the last main and it all came undone.”
Feature 1
Tomac was was unable to lineup for the first race of the Triple Crown with a hip injury.
Lawrence earned the holeshot, taking advantage of Tomac’s troubles.
Cooper slotted into second, but Roczen was close behind. Roczen took the position away on the second lap.
At the finish line, Lawrence was one jump ahead of Roczen.
Jorge Prado in fourth and Malcolm Stewart rounded out the top five.
Stewart took the position from Prado at the top of a rhythm section, stumbled briefly and gave it back, and then wheelied through the whoops to take it for good.
Webb took fifth later during that same lap.
Lawrence stretched his advantage in lapped traffic. He led by five second on Lap 12.
With a straightaway lead, Lawrence had a sketchy moment and backed it down.
Lawrence scored the victory by 5.5-second over Roczen. These are the remaining two contenders for the championship lead.
Cooper finished third.
Fourth-place Stewart and Webb rounded out the top five.
Feature 2
Rain continued to fall between the first and second features, but it let up during the second 250 feature.
Cooper got a strong start and earns the holeshot.
Lawrence got a poor start and was seventh at the end of Lap 1.
Sexton in second and Webb in third gave chase.
Lawrence moved into fifth on Lap 3, but he has a substantial gap to the leaders.
Championship contenders Roczen (fourth) and Lawrence were separated by one position on Lap 5. There was a significant distance between them, however.
Roczen took over third in the whoops on Lap 7.
Roczen grabbed third from Sexton on the next lap.
Sexton retook second on Lap 10.
Another change for second came on Lap 13. It went to Roczen, where it remained until the checkers.
Webb remained fourth with Lawrence in fifth.
At the conclusion of the second race, Cooper and Roczen were tied in Olympic-style points, Cooper had the tiebreaker with the Feature 2 win.
Lawrence was two points behind in third after a fifth-place finish in the second race.
Webb (nine points) held fourth over Sexton and Stewart with 10 points each.
Overall results after two features
Feature 3
Cooper and Roczen entered the final feature tied for the lead.
Roczen earned the holeshot over Webb and Sexton.
Cooper got a modest start in fourth.
Lawrence was pinched on the first lap and slotted into ninth early.
After three laps, Roczen already had a four second lead over the field.
Cooper (fourth) and Dylan Ferrandis rounded out the top five.
Lawrence crashed at the end of the whoops on Lap 4 and fell to 13th.
Shane McElrath passed Ferrandis for fifth on Lap 6.
Cooper dropped from third, moving McElrath to fourth and Justin Hill to fifth on Lap 8.
As they ran with Roczen in first and Lawrence in 11th (fifth overall) on Lap 9, one point separated them in the championship standings. Lawrence led marginally.
Lawrence crashes a second time on Lap 10 after clipping Marchbanks back tire. He dropped to 14th again.
Cooper also fell.
Roczen won this feature over Webb by 8.8 seconds.
At the end of the race, Justin Hill charged up to third.
Fourth-place Sexton and McElrath rounded out the top five.
