Pierce Brown won his first professional dirt bike overall at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the season finale of the 2024 SuperMotocross World Championship, while Haiden Deegan secured his second league championship.
After charging from the back of the pack last week at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Pierce Brown knew he was capable of winning a 250 race if he could just get a good start. While he failed to earn the holeshot in either moto, (Deegan grabbed it in Moto 1 and Ty Masterpool in Moto 2), Brown was on their back wheel in the opening laps. He was unable to overtake Deegan in the first race, but made short work of the leader in the second event and scored the moto win.
With this win, he jumped from seventh in points to third and increased his points fund earnings by $132,000 but when asked about that in the post-race news conference, he said the win was much more important than the money.
Deegan desperately wanted to sweep the six motos that comprise the SuperMotocross World Championship and he came close. Adding his fifth straight win in Moto 1 after getting the holeshot, he was mired in the pack for Moto 2 and fell as far back as sixth at one point. Deegan did what Deegan does in that situation and set his sights on the riders in front of him. When he got to second, he pressed for a couple of laps and after a sketchy moment on a wall jump, decided he needed to dial back his effort slightly to concentrate on the championship title.
Deegan took home $500,000 from the prize fund for his second SuperMotocross Championship.
Jordon Smith completed the season on a high note, placing sixth in Moto 1 and third in Moto 2 to complete the podium. Smith has shown remarkable consistency in the playoffs, finishing sixth in the first two rounds. His third-place performance on Saturday night is his best in the SMX Championship, but he has never finished lower than sixth.
Jo Shimoda continued to impress with a fourth-place overall finish, following fourth in Moto 1 and sixth in Moto 2. He is still regaining strength after fracturing his collarbone during a Pro Motocross event, but he has rode through the pain.
Tom Vialle appeared to be in with a chance of winning the championship during Moto 2. When Deegan was sixth and Vialle was second in the first laps of the second race, the points difference was only four, and with values double for this round, he needed to pass leader Brown or see Deegan decline by one position. Vialle crashed midway through Moto 2, finishing eighth, which combined with his third in Moto 1 put him fifth overall.
Here are the 250 Motocross results and point standings from Round 3 in Las Vegas, Nevada:
Here is the finishing order of Round 3 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
1. Pierce Brown, 2 – 1
2. Haiden Deegan, 1 – 2
3. Jordon Smith, 5 – 3
4. Jo Shimoda, 4 – 5
5. Tom Vialle, 3 – 8
6. Max Anstie, 10 – 4
7. Ty Masterpool, 9 – 6
8. Levi Kitchen, 6 – 10
9. Julien Beaumer, 11 – 9
10. Garrett Marchbanks, 8 – 12
11. Ryder DiFrancesco, 7 – 16
12. Cameron McAdoo, 13 – 11 *
13. Jett Reynolds, 12 – 14 *
14. Talon Hawkins, 15 – 13 *
15. Coty Schock, 22 – 7
16. Lux Turner, 14 – 15 *
17. Henry Miller, 17 – 17 *
18. Nicholas Romano, 16 – 19
19. Matti Jorgensen, 19 – 18 *
20. Robbie Wageman, 18 – 20 *
21. Ryder Floyd, 21 – 21 *
22. Max Sanford, 20 – 22 *
