The 2024 SuperMotocross World Championship (SMX) is done and dusted. You know Jett Lawrence and Haiden Deegan won the titles, but who finished tenth in both classes? Which riders gained the most positions in the playoffs? What about lost positions? How did European rider Harri Kullas finish? What about the top finishing privateer rider? Let’s dig into what you might have missed. Here is our 450SMX points and championship payout, check out our 250MSX Class payout recap we posted last week.
450SMX
1st Jett Lawrence | Championship Finish Payout: $1,000,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 6th | Championship finish: 1st
After missing the second half of Pro Motocross with a thumb injury, the 2024 450SX Champion returned in the playoffs and won two of the three rounds en route to his second straight 450SMX title. Coming back from injury and jumping onto the new 2025 Honda CRF450R, somehow, the Australian did not miss a beat. He did though, feel bad for taking the title over his older brother Hunter. Odd to think about, but a Honda CRF450R has won all six 450SMX overalls to date!
2nd Hunter Lawrence | Championship Finish Payout: $500,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 2nd | Championship finish: 2nd
Damnit, this one stings. Hunter was second entering the playoffs but then took the lead heading into the winner-takes-all finale. He finished second to his younger brother. Still, a successful first 450cc season though. Oh, and a half a million-dollar payout.
3rd Eli Tomac | Championship Finish Payout: $250,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 11 | Championship finish: 3rd
Tomac is the first big jumper, entering the playoffs 11th after missing all but the final two rounds of Pro Motocross. He was strong in his SMX debut and took over third in the standings once Chase Sexton went out of the finale. Tomac said he needed gate drops heading into the 2025 season and three gate drops on fast, Daytona SX-style tracks that suite his style, plus a $250,000 payout? Sign him up!
4th Aaron Plessinger | Championship Finish Payout: $200,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 4th | Championship finish: 4th
Plessinger was dealing with a shoulder injury suffered in a practice crash Friday at the first SMX Playoff in North Carolina and was not up to speed with the Lawrences/Tomac/Sexton group. Still, he took home $200,000. He is slated to join Tomac and Cooper Webb on Team USA for the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations event this weekend. “USA! USA! USA!”
5th Cooper Webb | Championship Finish Payout: $150,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 10th | Championship finish: 5th
Like Tomac, Webb missed a lot of time this summer with a thumb injury of his own. He finished 10-5-5 in the three SMX rounds and secured fifth in the championship. Hopefully he will use some of his SMX pay for a vacation after the MXoN event.
6th Ken Roczen | Championship Finish Payout: $135,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 13th | Championship finish: 6th
Roczen was not as good as he was last year in SMX, fighting for the race wins and title, but this year he was coming off the significant knee injury he suffered in supercross in April. Still, he rode well enough to cut his seeding position in half. And the German native gets a $135,000 payout after his season.
7th Chase Sexton | Championship Finish Payout: $120,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 1st | Championship finish: 7th
This is a tough pill to swallow for Sexton, who came into the SMX Playoffs first after his 450 title run in Pro Motocross. Although he was fighting the KTM 450 SX-F setup in the hybrid format, he came into the finale in the title fight. However, that opening lap racing incident with Barcia ended his night, title hopes, and MXoN dreams all at once. He was one of only four riders to get through all 28 regular season races heading into the playoffs. Still, he gets $120,000 for his efforts.
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8th Justin Cooper | Championship Finish Payout: $100,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 5th | Championship finish: 8th
Cooper lost a few spots in the playoffs but capped off a strong rookie 450 season. He was fast, earned podiums, and led some laps (Pro Motocross) and most importantly made it to all the races. hell, he even raced the finale with a fractured collarbone! He did well enough to get a six-figure payout AND he re-signed with Star Yamaha. Props to you, J-Coop.
9th Justin Barcia | Championship Finish Payout: $90,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 9th | Championship finish: 9th
Like a lot of the field, Barcia was not fully healthy entering the playoffs, but he toughed out three events and a $90,000 payout.
10th Jason Anderson |Championship Finish Payout: $75,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 3rd | Championship finish: 10th
Anderson had the most positions lost of the top ten, as he had a DNS in the first event, then a DNF in the final moto. Overall steady year for the #21.
11th Dylan Ferrandis | Championship Finish Payout: $50,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 8th | Championship finish: 11th
Although he probably is not pumped on the results, Ferrandis concluded his first season with Phoenix Racing Honda 11th in the 450SMX standings, netting a nice $50,000.
12th Shane McElrath | Championship Finish Payout: $35,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 14th | Championship finish: 12th
McElrath was one of the four riders to qualify for and race all 31 rounds of the entire 450SMX season, and I believe with Sexton and Stewart not racing the final moto, McElrath was the only rider to make every main event/moto gate drop on the season. Oh, and he was fired mid-Pro Motocross season by the Twisted Tea/HEP Motorsports Suzuki team.
13th Harri Kullas | Championship Finish Payout: $35,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 17th | Championship finish: 13th
Kullas, who tested the waters in Pro Motocross last summer, returned for the full season this summer and did well enough to get into the playoffs via a guaranteed spot in the motos. He was the highest finishing “privateer” and for not having a true supercross background, toughed out 19, 17, 9 overall finishes in the playoffs.
14th | Colt Nichols | Championship Finish Payout: $33,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 28th | Championship finish: 14th
Nichols was the poster child for SMX in 2023, sneaking into the motos and pulling off a huge payday. This year, Colt45 came into the playoffs seeded 28th and had to race the LCQs to get in. This year was going solid again although he did not qualify for the final round. However, he snuck into the second moto as an alternate after Sexton could not race. Nichols qualified 28th but finished 14th, cutting his qualifying position in half. Plus, he earns $33,000 after not having a gaurenteed spot. Not too shabby.
15th Marshal Weltin | Championship Finish Payout: $32,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 18th | Championship finish: 15th
Weltin had a damn good summer and SMX Playoffs on the 450, finishing 12th, 18th, 12th in the SMX Playoffs. He got over $30,000 and then went racing over the weekend in Pennsylvania at the Travis Pastrana Pro Challenge in order to get even more cash! You might not have realized how solid Weltin has been on a 450. He had some good rides two summers ago on his Suzuki RM-Z450 as well. Weltin finishing 15th might be the sneaky, good ride of the 2024 SMX Playoffs.
16th Fredrik Noren | Championship Finish Payout: $31,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 15th | Championship finish: 16th
Noren has been solid this year and had his best finish of the three SMX rounds at the finale.
17th Malcolm Stewart | Championship Finish Payout: $30,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 7th | Championship finish: 18th
Stewart came into the playoffs well inside the top ten but finished 17th in the standings after finishing seventh, 13th, and then 23rd with a DNF-DNS in the finale (a trackside report is he and Justin Barcia had a get together). Tough deal to lose ten positions in the playoffs, but Stewart gets $30,000 for his efforts.
18th Dean Wilson | Championship Finish Payout: $29,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 21st | Championship finish: 18th
Wilson came in just out of a guaranteed spot in the motos and gets $29,000 for gritting through three LCQs and the six motos.
19th Grant Harlan | Championship Finish Payout: $28,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 19th | Championship finish: 19th
Harlan was 15th overall at the finale and has been a steady 450SMX guy for the last two years. The Texas privateer gets a huge payout from his year.
20th Christian Craig | Championship Finish Payout: $27,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 12th | Championship finish: 20th
Craig had a tough go at the finale when he accidently cut into Kyle Chisholm and took them both down. Still, over $25,000 for CC28 in his final three rides with Rockstar Energy Husqvarna.
21st Phil Nicoletti | Championship Finish Payout: $26,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 16th| Championship finish: 21st
Nicoletti had a few big crashes in the SMX Playoffs but pushed through the final moto of his career with a banged-up tailbone. No #1 LCQ plates this year but shout-out to Nicoletti as he rides off into retirement.
22nd Kyle Chisholm | Championship Finish Payout: $25,000
Seeded entering playoffs: 20th| Championship finish: 22nd
Kyle freakin’ Chisholm ladies and gentlemen. The #11 lost two positions by the end of the playoffs and had a huge crash in the first moto of the final but rode a 17th place finish in moto two. Last in the playoffs, but still a $25,000 payout for the seasoned veteran.
23rd through 30th | No Championship Finish Payout
Riders such as Jerry Robin, Cullin Park, Justin Hill, Romain Pape, Jeremy Hand, Cade Clason, Derek Kelley, and Anthony Rodriguez did not make the top 22 and therefore receive no payout from the championship.
