Hunter Lawrence beat Ken Roczen to the finish line by 2.391 seconds at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, to win his third race in the last four rounds. In the race he didn’t win, he finished second at Daytona, but he still refuses to show any outward signs of excitement about his championship hopes.
Lawrence has a good reason to be concerned because his closest challenger, Eli Tomac, is a wily past champion, but Lawrence is slowly developing a gap on the field. With his Birmingham victory, Lawrence has a nine-point advantage over the field with seven rounds remaining.
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Second-place Birmingham finisher Ken Roczen shows no sign of slowing down in Supercross Main Events, but he is steadily losing contact with the championship leader. He is on a current, four-round top-five streak, but the real damage to his title bid came in Seattle when he finished 10th.
It could have been so much worse. Eli Tomac was involved in a freak accident with Justin Cooper in his heat, which sent Tomac to the Last Chance Qualifier for the first time in seven years. Tomac trapped Cooper’s leg between his back tire and fender, and as the riders separated, Tomac’s air filter was dislodged. Tomac nailed his starts in both the LCQ and Feature, but when he lost the tow to Lawrence and Roczen, he settled into a safe pace that placed him third.
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Cooper rebounded from the heat accident to transfer directly into the Main. He hovered around fifth- to sixth-place for most of the first half of the race and then advanced to fourth when his teammate, Cooper Webb, crashed.
Malcolm Stewart flirted with the top five several times in the first half of the season, and he finally cracked that mark in Birmingham. This was his sixth top-10 of 2026; three of those came in the last three rounds.
Webb’s mid-race crash ended a seven-race, top-five streak. He struggled in the first two rounds and has slowly fallen behind the championship leaders. He still has time to overcome the deficit if the top two riders falter. He and Roczen are embroiled in an intense battle for third in the standings.
In his first race since 2022, Justin Bogle finished 18th in Birmingham, riding in relief of Jason Anderson, who is taking time off to attend to family matters.
Here are the 450 Supercross results, lap times, and points standings after Round 10 at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama:
Results
Fastest Lap and Sector Times
Individual Lap Times
Detailed Lap Times
Hard Charger Results
Lap Chart:
Here is the finishing order of Round 10 in Birmingham:
1. Hunter Lawrence, Honda
2. Ken Roczen, Suzuki
3. Eli Tomac, KTM
4. Justin Cooper, Yamaha
5. Malcolm Stewart, Husqvarna
6. Cooper Webb, Yamaha
7. Jorge Prado, KTM *
8. Colt Nichols, Suzuki
9. Jordon Smith, Triumph
10. Garrett Marchbanks, Kawasaki
11. Justin Hill, KTM
12. Shane McElrath, Honda
13. Vince Friese, Kawasaki
14. Grant Harlan, KTM
15. Mitchell Harrison, Kawasaki
16. Freddie Noren, Yamaha
17. Christian Craig, Honda
18. Justin Bogle, Suzuki
19. Cole Thompson, Yamaha
20. Kevin Moranz, KTM
21. Aaron Plessinger, KTM
22. Cade Clason, Kawasaki
- Holeshot
+ Penalized one position for cutting track
2026 Supercross Results
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Houston 450 Results | 250W Results
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