We're back in action this weekend for Monster Energy AMA Supercross after the first weekend off of 2024 separated the sixth round from two weeks back until the seventh round today. The home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys plays host to the seventh round this evening and it's also Military Appreciation Race for the series which means riders will be donning special edition military themed decals and gear.

Jett Lawrence leads the 450SX standings after a third place finish in Glendale two weeks ago leaped him over KTM's Chase Sexton. Sexton has been dealing with a bone bruise in his hand since crashing in practice before Glendale and says he's not 100 percent yet, but does feel much better going into this weekend than he did two weeks ago. Seven riders in the 450SX standings are separated by just 17 points and it's still the closest the series has ever been through six rounds now.

In the 250SX East Region Championship, they are coming off two weekends off after their opening round in Detroit happened all the way back on February 3rd. Austin Forkner won the opener over Max Anstie and Daxton Bennick, while a handful of championship favorites crashed in the first turn and were left with terrible results. Many riders like Haiden Deegan, Cameron McAdoo, Tom Vialle, and Seth Hammaker will be looking for a rebound in a huge way today in Arlington.

Practice will begin shortly and we'll be providing updates all day long as to what happens in each session. Be sure to check the broadcast schedule below to find out when Race Day Live and the evening broadcast begins. Let's go racing in Texas!

Free Practice

The 450 C group hit the track first for their free practice and it was full of some fresh faces. Mitchell Oldenburg and Carson Mumford jumped up to the 450SX for MotoConcepts Racing as did Robbie Wageman aboard his Team Solitaire Yamaha. Ryan Breece was also back for some supercross racing amidst his Arenacross championship battle. And Grant Harlan is returning to action this weekend after being injured at the Motocross of Nations. Oldenburg topped the times in C group to start the day off.

The B group featured named like Justin Starling, Jeremy Hand, Devin Simonson, Jerry Robin, Justin Rodbell, and more as the lap times continued to hover around the mid-40s. Kevin Moranz had a horrible crash tripling into the second rhythm section near the end of the session and the bike landed on top of him. Bubba Pauli stopped to lift the bike off him as medics rushed to help Moranz. He would eventually stand up with some help and be carted off wearing a soft neck brace. Justin Starling topped the free practice as the session was red flagged right as the checkered flag waved as well.

The 450 A group saw Chase Sexton, hand injury and all, still top the times as they began dropping into the low 45s for the first session. Derek Drake had a small crash after the whoops and needed some time to get back up, but he would be okay to keep going. In the end, it was Sexton from Jett Lawrence, Justin Cooper, Malcolm Stewart, and Dylan Ferrandis.

 Quickly after that it was time for the first go around for the 250 A group as Daxton Bennick led the field around. Cameron McAdoo laid in an early 47.353 to jump to the top of the board before Bennick knocked him down with a 47.174. Tom Vialle and Haiden Deegan had a small collision that put Deegan on the ground, but he jumped right back up. Bennick had a small fall in the sand late in the session, but he still put in the best time by the time the checkered flag waved with a 46.874.

In the 450 B group, it was Ryder Floyd putting in the top time of a 50.683 over Lorenzo Locurcio and Logan Leitzel.

The final group that went out was the 250 C group and it was Estonia’s Jorgen-Matthias Talviku who topped the times over Brock Papi and Preston Kilroy.

First Qualifying Sessions

As qualifying officially got underway, the C group riders of Mitchell Oldenburg and Carson Mumford continued to fire in some impressive times as Oldenburg topped the session with a 46.095. He and Mumford were 1.6 second clear of the rest of the field in the C group. In the B group, Bubba Pauli had an unfortunate fall in the whoops that brought the red flag out halfway through the session. He would take a ride back to the Alpinestars medical trainer in the mule. Mitchell Harrison ended up topping the B group of qualifying with a 47.217.

Justin Cooper wet the early pace in the 450 A qualifying with a solid 45.158 lap time. At one point, Jett Lawrence had a crash at the end of the sand, and it somewhat started a pileup as Dean Wilson and Ken Roczen then crashed in the same spot right behind him. Guys continued to fire off hot laps trying to knock off Justin Cooper’s top time, but nobody could do it as Cooper led a Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing 1-2 with Eli Tomac behind him in second.

Haiden Deegan fired off the first top qualifying lap of the 250 A session with a 47.859 but the times were pouring in quickly. Tom Vialle went fastest with a 47.751 before Max Anstie laid in a 47.592. Then Austin Forkner jumped to the top spot at a 47.144. Anstie answered back to go down to a 46.931 as everyone was looking for those extra tenths of a second. Right as the checkered flag waved, Cameron McAdoo launched to the top of the board with a 46.891.

Lorenzo Locurcio topped the B group with a 49.935 while it was Brock Papi who topped the C group with a 50.706.

Second Qualifying Sessions

Right as the second rounds of qualifying began, the 450 C group had a nearly fresh racetrack after a lot of work had been put in by the track crew. Mitchell Oldenburg took advantage of a brand-new track to immediately lay a hot lap down and go fastest overall in combined qualifying with a 44.845. Jeremy Hand then topped the B group shortly after that with a 46.189.

Chase Sexton pretty quickly eclipsed Oldenburg’s lap time with a 44.738 and times continued to drop from there. Justin Cooper was right in the battle for top qualifying honors again as he was only .018 off of Sexton’s top time for most of the final session. Right before the checkered flag waved, Jett Lawrence laid in a 43.770 to go P1 in qualifying for the day.

The final round of qualifying for the 250 A group hit the track next and the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki trio of Forkner, Hammaker, and McAdoo all looked really solid early in the session. Forkner set the early pace with a 45.284 but Hammaker ran a slightly quicker 45.216 around the halfway point of the session. Tom Vialle had a massive crash with about two minutes left to go in the session, but fortunately he was able to get up and continue riding under his own power. Hammaker’s top time would hold as the former Arlington Supercross winner grabbed top qualifying honors.

450SX Heat 1

The first gate drop of the night saw Aaron Plessinger grab the holeshot ahead of Eli Tomac and Ken Roczen. Chase Sexton was buried in about 10^th spot of the start but was making good progress through the field early moving into sixth around Shane McElrath by the end of the third lap.

Plessinger, Tomac, and Roczen started opening up a gap on Hunter Lawrence who was in fourth and while they were running nose to tail, there wasn’t many passing opportunities going on. Sexton made the move on Kyle Chisholm into fifth at the halfway mark and was trying to reel in Hunter Lawrence next.

Tomac slowly caught the back of Plessinger, and the two had a spirited battle for the win. The crowd was into it as Tomac pulled alongside of Plessinger with two laps to go but Plessinger maintained the lead. Then on the final lap, Tomac flew by Plessinger in the whoops as Plessinger was checking up for a downed rider. Tomac took the win in the end from Plessinger, Roczen, Sexton, and Hunter Lawrence.

450SX Heat 2

In 450SX Heat 2, it was Jett Lawrence grabbing the holeshot with Jason Anderson and Cooper Webb right with him. Webb stole the lead away in the second corner and Anderrso0n went through into second. Then Anderson took the lead away from Webb going through the whoops on the first lap. Lawrence then passed Webb for second and Malcolm Stewart snuck by for third right at the end of the first lap.

Jett started putting some heat on Anderson for the lead and Anderson held him off just before Lawrence missed the supercross triple one lap and that allowed Malcolm Stewart by into second place. Stewart started reeling in Anderson for the lead and was bringing Lawrence with him. When Stewart and Anderson started battling for the lead, Lawrence snuck up and passed them both.

Stewart wasn’t done with Jett though as he went around the outside of him in the sand to take the lead away while Anderson drifted back a bit. Lawrence hung with Stewart for two more laps before repassing him into the lead with two laps to go. From there, Lawrence went on to take the win ahead of Stewart, Anderson, Webb, and Justin Cooper.

250SX Heat 1

As the first 250SX heat race got underway, it was Jalek Swoll and Haiden Deegan coming through the first corner side by side. Swoll led into the second corner, but Deegan swooped around the outside to take the lead heading into the third corner.

Guillem Farres and Preston Boespflug came together battling for seventh early on and that put Boespflug all the way back to 19^th. Austin Forkner caught and passed Max Anstie for second place with about three minutes left in the race and the battle for the win started to come down to Deegan versus Forkner as the Detroit winner closed in on the #38.

Forkner made the move on Deegan in the whoops with two laps to go but Deegan tried to come back on him a few corners later and they collided. Forkner stayed up while Deegan missed the supercross triple and allowed Anstie by. Forkner took the win ahead of Anstie, Deegan, Farres, and Swoll.

250SX Heat 2

The holeshot in the final heat race of the night went to Nick Romano with Seth Hammaker alongside of him. Hammaker almost crashed at the end of the first rhythm section and that gave Romano a big lead ahead of Marshal Weltin. Pierce Brown and Daxton Bennick came together on the first lap which put Bennick down on the ground and dead last.

Bennick crashed again when Luca Marsalisi crashed in front of him in the whoops and Bennick ran him over. Bennick was able to get right up while Marsalisi would be carried off by the medics.

Romano led for five laps until Cameron McAdoo finally caught him and made the pass into the lead. Romano fought back right away but McAdoo was able to hold onto the spot. McAdoo went on to take the win ahead of Romano, Hammaker, Chance Hymas, and Tom Vialle.

450SX Last Chance Qualifier

Justin Barcia got out to the early lead in the LCQ ahead of Jerry Robin, Robbie Wageman, and Ryan Breece. Breece made the move on Wageman to get into third while Freddie Noren and Cade Clason were going at it for fifth behind Wageman. Noren and Clason both battled each other and started to lose touch with the group. Barcia went on to take the win over Robin, Breece, and Wageman.

250SX Last Chance Qualifier

The 250SX LCQ saw Daxton Bennick grab the holeshot ahead of Izaih Clark and Brock Papi. Hardy Munoz charged up into fourth early on from about an eighth place start as the lead four riders started putting a gap on the rest of the field. That gap only continued to grow the rest of the race as no real pressure came from Bryton Carroll or Preston Boespflug in fifth and sixth. Bennick took the win ahead of Clark, Papi, and Munoz.

250SX Main Event

The second round of the 250SX East fired into the first corner and it was Haiden Deegan grabbing the holeshot with Nick Romano right alongside him. Austin Forkner was in third early on but he went around the outside of both Romano and Deegan entering the whoops and took over the lead.

Jalek Swoll crashed heavily just after the end of the first lap and flipped off the track into the concrete. The medics were with him for a long time before he was eventually able to stand with the help of the medics and walked to the mule to be carted off.

Forkner led the race early from Deegan, Hammaker, and McAdoo after they all shuffled Romano back to fifth spot. McAdoo made the move around his teammate Hammaker on the fourth lap to get into third and he was keen to set sail after Deegan ahead.

Tom Vialle moved into fifth around Chance Hymas on the eighth lap and was only two seconds behind Hammaker in fourth. It took Vialle about four laps, but he made it to the rear tire of Hammaker and moved by him in the sand section just after the finish.

Deegan wads sticking with Forkner as they both started gapping McAdoo behind them and with five minutes left in the race, the battle for the win was on. Deegan made a few critical mistakes and that gave Forkner about a two second lead. Then suddenly, it all ended horrifically as Forkner crashed massively from the race lead with two minutes left to go in the race.

Haiden Deegan cruised it home from there to take his first career supercross victory. But all eyes were on the medical staff who was still working on Forkner. He was eventually helped to his feet and had a neck brace on as they loaded him onto the medical mule and carted him away. McAdoo and Tom Vialle rounded out the podium.