450 RACE RESULTS // 2024 THUNDER VALLEY NATIONAL

Coming into the 2024 Thunder Valley National, Chase Sexton has the red plate and the points lead after a monumental race last weekend, where he went 1-1, putting KTM on top of the podium for the first time at a 450 Pro Motocross race since Cooper Webb won on his Red Bull KTM at the Spring Creek National in 2019. Last weekend also was the first time Jett Lawrence lost a 450 Outdoor National after he crashed while leading on the first lap of 450 moto 1. Jett’s 24-6 moto scores dropped him to sixth in the 450 point standings, 24-points behind Sexton. Of course, Jett bounced back strong at Thunder Valley, qualifying first once again, and he has the pole position going into the motos today.

Scroll below for 450 race results from Thunder Valley, brought to you by FXR Racing.

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450 OVERALL RESULTS: THUNDER VALLEY NATIONAL

Jett goes 2-1 for the overall win.

Justin Cooper grabbed the holeshot again with Hunter Lawrence and Jett Lawrence right behind him, but it was Chase Sexton who passed Jett early and then made an aggressive block pass on Hunter to get into second. Then, Chase pressured Justin Cooper on lap two and got right next to Justin, but the Star Racing Yamaha 450 rookie was able to fend him off.

Then, after pressuring Justin for nine minutes, Chase Sexton tried to be aggressive and make the same pass on Cooper that Haiden Deegan put on Tom Vialle in the 250 class, but Chase wasn’t able to make it happen and he went down. This dropped Sexton to seventh place, who was lucky not to be hurt after an unusual style of crash. Hunter was only 1.3 seconds behind Justin Cooper, with Jett 3 seconds back and Jason Anderson only 5 seconds back after 12 minutes of racing.

Justin Cooper held very strong out front with Hunter and Jett following him, and then, with just over five minutes to go, Jett was able to pass his brother and immediately start putting pressure on Justin for the lead. With two minutes and two laps to go, Jett and Hunter were both able to pass Justin Cooper and take over the first and second positions.

All the way down to the wire, Hunter Lawrence pressured his brother, but it was last year’s Champion, Jett Lawrence, who grabbed the second moto win and the overall, with his brother right behind him at the checkers.

POS.	#	RIDER	MOTO SCORES
1	1	Jett Lawrence	2	1
2	96	Hunter Lawrence	1	2
3	32	Justin Cooper	3	3
4	51	Justin Barcia	4	6
5	4	Chase Sexton	6	5
6	7	Aaron Plessinger	5	8
7	21	Jason Anderson	10	4
8	27	Malcolm Stewart	7	7
9	14	Dylan Ferrandis	8	9
10	28	Christian Craig	9	10
11	22	Freddie Noren	11	11
12	46	Justin Hill	14	12
13	75	Marshal Weltin	13	13
14	23	Grant Harlan	12	14
15	68	Romain Pape	16	15
16	60	Lorenzo Locurcio	17	17
17	70	Jerry Robin	15	40
18	12	Shane McElrath	22	16
19	58	Cullin Park	20	19
20	11	Kyle Chisholm	23	18
21	93	Bryce Shelly	18	27
22	87	Max Miller	19	22
23	84	Anthony Rodriguez	30	20
24	65	Henry Miller	21	21
25	421	Tristan Purdon	25	24
26	103	Scotty Verhaeghe	24	25
27	56	Jeremy Hand	27	23
28	177	Tyler Stepek	26	29
29	777	James Harrington	32	26
30	296	Ryder Floyd	28	30
31	350	Chandler Baker	34	28
32	86	Luca Marsalisi	31	34
33	841	Jeff Walker	33	36
34	137	Ayden Shive	29	DNF
35	268	Gage Stine	37	33
36	233	Josh Boaz	35	35
37	874	Zack Williams	DNF	31
38	700	Brad Todd	DNF	32
39	820	Matthew Burkeen	36	38
40	530	Dawson Draycott	39	37
41	309	Jeremy Smith	38	39
42	53	Derek Kelley	40	DNF

Justin Cooper grabbed the holeshot again in 450 moto 2 and led for 25-minutes. 

Hunter pressured his brother down to the wire, but Jett was able to get the overall win with 2-1 moto scores.

450 MOTO 1 RESULTS: THUNDER VALLEY NATIONAL

Hunter Lawrence wins 450 moto 1!

The first 450 moto was delayed an extra thirty minutes due to lightning strikes in the area, but luckily the track wasn’t affected at all by rain and racing was able to get underway with a great track.

Justin Cooper grabbed the holeshot with Justin Barcia second, Aaron Plessinger third, then Anderson, Hunter Lawrence, Jett Lawrence and Chase Sexton. Jason, Hunter and Jett all passed Plessinger on the first lap. At nine and a half minutes into the race, Anderson made his way past Barcia and Hunter Lawrence got by the number 51 as well. Meanwhile, Justin Cooper is running strong out front, 7 seconds ahead of Anderson and Hunter Lawrence who were battling for second. However, once Hunter finally passed Jason, Jett was able to get by him quickly as well.

Halfway into the moto, Justin Cooper had a 5-second lead on Hunter, a 6.7-second lead on Jett for third, and Chase Sexton got by Jason for fourth, 11 seconds behind the leader. As the race continued, Jett and Hunter were able to catch and pass Justin Cooper with three-minutes left on the clock. Then the question arose, will Jett try to pass his brother? Or will he let the older brother get his first 450 moto win? With three laps to go, Hunter led with his brother Jett 1.9 seconds behind him. Then, Chase Sexton went down hard while trying to catch the leaders in fourth, and he dropped to sixth. Then, with two laps to go, it looked like Jett Lawrence settled for second and decided to save some energy for moto 2 as he began to lose some time to his brother Hunter.

POS.		#	RIDER
1		96	Hunter Lawrence
2		1	Jett Lawrence
3		32	Justin Cooper
4		51	Justin Barcia
5		7	Aaron Plessinger
6		4	Chase Sexton
7		27	Malcolm Stewart
8		14	Dylan Ferrandis
9		28	Christian Craig
10		21	Jason Anderson
11		22	Freddie Noren
12		23	Grant Harlan
13		75	Marshal Weltin
14		46	Justin Hill
15		70	Jerry Robin
16		68	Romain Pape
17		60	Lorenzo Locurcio
18		93	Bryce Shelly
19		87	Max Miller
20		58	Cullin Park
21		65	Henry Miller
22		12	Shane McElrath
23		11	Kyle Chisholm
24		103	Scotty Verhaeghe
25		421	Tristan Purdon
26		177	Tyler Stepek
27		56	Jeremy Hand
28		296	Ryder Floyd
29		137	Ayden Shive
30		84	Anthony Rodriguez
31		86	Luca Marsalisi
32		777	James Harrington
33		841	Jeff Walker
34		350	Chandler Baker
35		233	Josh Boaz
36		820	Matthew Burkeen
37		268	Gage Stine
38		309	Jeremy Smith
39		530	Dawson Draycott
40		53	Derek Kelley

Justin Cooper grabbed the holeshot and led early at Thunder Valley in 450 moto 1. 

Freddie Noren has won the FMF privateer power award the last two weekends in a row. 

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