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9/12/2026 4:14pm
245MX wrote:

Why does a 1-3 beat a 2-2 in Motocross but a 2-2 beats a 1-3 in "Super" Motocross?

I personally think the moto win should carry the tie breaker instead of the better finish in the 2nd main. A 1-3 should definitely always beat a 2-2 imo.

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245MX wrote:

Why does a 1-3 beat a 2-2 in Motocross but a 2-2 beats a 1-3 in "Super" Motocross?

DownSouth wrote:
MX scores overalls off of points scored per moto. A 1-3 is 45 points, a 2-2 is 44 points. 1st is 25pts, 2nd 22, and 3rd...

MX scores overalls off of points scored per moto. A 1-3 is 45 points, a 2-2 is 44 points. 1st is 25pts, 2nd 22, and 3rd is 20.

SMX uses "olympic" scoring. A 1-3 and 2-2 are both 4 points, the tiebreaker is the second moto score so a 2-2 beats a 1-3 for the overall. SMX awards only 25 points to the overall winner.

Don't ask me why they do it differently between disciplines.

Thanks, It was more of a rhetorical question tbh. I know the scoring, just wondered why the powers that be would choose to make it so confusing for the casual fan.

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9/12/2026 5:09pm

Duffe the unsung hero of Haiden’s win.  I kept waiting for the YZ450F to smoke at some point, but not even a puff.

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Only 8 pages?

This was the most bored I've been watching a race in years. Not being a hater, but everything about it was just bare minimum, going through the motions, zero excitement. It was a dumbed down supercross track in an old fairgrounds stadium day race in the mud with shortened motos and no qualifying so everyone was as flat as can be. Perfect storm of meh. 

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9/12/2026 5:58pm
JJO741 wrote:

Deegs can ride mud. 

mx519cali wrote:

He’s just willing to send it more. He has to, he went 0-22 after talking shit

JayDeerTay wrote:

Deegan never got lapped by Hunter. 

 

And definitely not twice in the same day. 

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9/12/2026 6:00pm Edited Date/Time 9/12/2026 6:00pm

Only 8 pages?

truck wrote:
This was the most bored I've been watching a race in years. Not being a hater, but everything about it was just bare minimum, going through...

This was the most bored I've been watching a race in years. Not being a hater, but everything about it was just bare minimum, going through the motions, zero excitement. It was a dumbed down supercross track in an old fairgrounds stadium day race in the mud with shortened motos and no qualifying so everyone was as flat as can be. Perfect storm of meh. 

Yea, I skipped through the majority of it. Just much quieter around here than I expected it too be after the results. 

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9/12/2026 6:23pm
mx519cali wrote:

He’s just willing to send it more. He has to, he went 0-22 after talking shit

JayDeerTay wrote:

Deegan never got lapped by Hunter. 

 

mx519cali wrote:
This is why he has haters. His fans act like this was a straight up race. If he did this on a dry track it would...

This is why he has haters. His fans act like this was a straight up race. If he did this on a dry track it would be totally different and I would be scratching my head

It was a "straight up race", motocross is an outdoor, all weather sport. The event was a shit storm for everyone, even the fans. Every competitor started with the same chance to reach the finish line first and Deegan did do just that twice. 

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9/12/2026 6:33pm
JayDeerTay wrote:

Deegan never got lapped by Hunter. 

 

mx519cali wrote:
This is why he has haters. His fans act like this was a straight up race. If he did this on a dry track it would...

This is why he has haters. His fans act like this was a straight up race. If he did this on a dry track it would be totally different and I would be scratching my head

Spoonguy wrote:
It was a "straight up race", motocross is an outdoor, all weather sport. The event was a shit storm for everyone, even the fans. Every competitor...

It was a "straight up race", motocross is an outdoor, all weather sport. The event was a shit storm for everyone, even the fans. Every competitor started with the same chance to reach the finish line first and Deegan did do just that twice. 

But this is Supercross. 

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9/12/2026 6:34pm
JJO741 wrote:

Deegs can ride mud. 

mx519cali wrote:

He’s just willing to send it more. He has to, he went 0-22 after talking shit

Damn your back. That really sucks.

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9/12/2026 6:59pm

I hope SMX chooses to never have a race at this location again. The facility was in no ways prepared to handle an event of this size. 

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Yea, I skipped through the majority of it. Just much quieter around here than I expected it too be after the results. 

Because the Deegan fanatics on here always fantasize about how “vital will melt down once Deegan finally wins” but the reality is no one really cares besides a couple people that want to discount it since it was a mudder. He rode well and earned the win. Good job, not much else to say. 

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9/12/2026 8:03pm
aeffertz wrote:
Because the Deegan fanatics on here always fantasize about how “vital will melt down once Deegan finally wins” but the reality is no one really cares...

Because the Deegan fanatics on here always fantasize about how “vital will melt down once Deegan finally wins” but the reality is no one really cares besides a couple people that want to discount it since it was a mudder. He rode well and earned the win. Good job, not much else to say. 

I’m not a Deegan fanatic but I think it would be very interesting to read comments/posts on here from a large group of members who have hated on him for years. You severely belittle the amount of anti-Deegan members here to “a couple people”. He is the most polarizing rider in the sport right now and most of it is based on people just being dug in on disliking everything about him.

I haven’t heard anything outside of the podium and post race show interviews today but he came off pretty respectful in both of those.

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9/12/2026 8:20pm

Good win for Deegan but we need to see it on a dry track. He is a very good mud rider for some reason. 

Hunter bros are not good in the mud for some reason. Kenny is not a great mud rider either. I expect to see Kenny beat Deegan next week.

AP7 is way overrated in the mud for some reason.

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9/12/2026 8:25pm
aeffertz wrote:
Because the Deegan fanatics on here always fantasize about how “vital will melt down once Deegan finally wins” but the reality is no one really cares...

Because the Deegan fanatics on here always fantasize about how “vital will melt down once Deegan finally wins” but the reality is no one really cares besides a couple people that want to discount it since it was a mudder. He rode well and earned the win. Good job, not much else to say. 

TheMilkman wrote:
I’m not a Deegan fanatic but I think it would be very interesting to read comments/posts on here from a large group of members who have...

I’m not a Deegan fanatic but I think it would be very interesting to read comments/posts on here from a large group of members who have hated on him for years. You severely belittle the amount of anti-Deegan members here to “a couple people”. He is the most polarizing rider in the sport right now and most of it is based on people just being dug in on disliking everything about him.

I haven’t heard anything outside of the podium and post race show interviews today but he came off pretty respectful in both of those.

You’re not understanding the context of my post. He said he was surprised there’s so little chatter in here considering who won (Deegan) and I said other than just a couple people (in respect to this race) have belittled his win, there isn’t a lot to say. When he rides well and doesn’t act like an asshole, what would “the haters” swarm to the board to say?

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9/12/2026 9:18pm
JJO741 wrote:

Deegs can ride mud. 

mx519cali wrote:

He’s just willing to send it more. He has to, he went 0-22 after talking shit

Sandusky26 wrote:

Damn your back. That really sucks.

It's funny because I know exactly who it is and remember him getting the boot a week or so ago but already forgot what the previous user name was. The shtick is unmistakable though. 

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9/12/2026 9:34pm

SMX 450 

Overall wins 

1 = Haiden Deegan 

Overall podium 

1 = Haiden Deegan 
1 = Ken Roczen 
1 = Jorge Prado 

Moto wins 

2 = Haiden Deegan 

Moto top 3 

2 = Haiden Deegan 
2 = Ken Roczen 
1 = Jorge Prado 
1 = Cooper Webb 

Laps lead 

26 = Haiden Deegan 
1 = Jorge Prado 

Fastest lap of the race 

1 = Haiden Deegan 
1 = Ken Roczen 

Holeshot 

1 = Jorge Prado 
1 = Haiden Deegan 

Pole in practice

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9/12/2026 9:35pm

SMX 250 

Overall wins 

1 = Levi Kitchen 

Overall podium 

1 = Levi Kitchen 
1 = Daxton Bennick 
1 = Ryder Difrancesco 

Moto wins 

1 = Daxton Bennick 
1 = Cole Davies 

Moto top 3 

2 = Levi Kitchen 
2 = Daxton Bennick 
1 = Ryder Difrancesco 
1 = Cole Davies 

Laps lead 

22 = Cole Davies 
4 = Daxton Bennick 

Fastest lap of the race 

2 = Cole Davies 

Holeshot 

1 = Cole Davies 
1 = Daxton Bennick 

Pole in practice

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9/12/2026 9:42pm

Fastest laps of the races 

250 race 1 

1.02.512 = Cole Davies 
1.05.397 = Daxton Bennick
1.05.758 = Levi Kitchen 
1.06.022 = Landen Gordon
1.06.143 = Caden Dudney
1.06.560 = Nicholas Romano 
1.07.374 = Ryder Difrancesco 
1.07.848 = Maximus Vohland 
1.09.056 = Nate Trasher 
1.10.357 = Drew Adams 

450 race 1 

1.07.139 = Haiden Deegan 
1.07.645 = Ken Roczen 
1.11.277 = Jorge Prado 
1.11.666 = Dylan Ferrandis 
1.12.027 = Joey Savatgy 
1.12.062 = Jason Anderson 
1.13.027 = Aaron Plessinger 
1.13.642 = Malcolm Stewart 
1.14.619 = Cooper Webb
1.14.636 = Garrett Marchbanks 

250 race 2 

1.08.497 = Cole Davies 
1.13.641 = Daxton Bennick
1.15.617 = Chance Hymas
1.18.387 = Ryder Difrancesco 
1.18.457 = Kayden Minear 
1.18.568 = Levi Kitchen 
1.20.672 = Caden Dudney
1.21.879 = Landen Gordon 
1.22.118 = Drew Adams
1.22.178 = Maximus Vohland 

450 race 2 

1.11.753 = Ken Roczen 
1.12.236 = Haiden Deegan 
1.16.520 = Aaron Plessinger 
1.16.569 = Joey Savatgy 
1.16.910 = Cooper Webb
1.17.218 = Jorge Prado 
1.19.769 = RJ Hampshire 
1.20.140 = Jason Anderson 
1.20.175 = Hunter Lawrence 
1.20.425 = Jordon Smith

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9/12/2026 9:45pm
aeffertz wrote:
Because the Deegan fanatics on here always fantasize about how “vital will melt down once Deegan finally wins” but the reality is no one really cares...

Because the Deegan fanatics on here always fantasize about how “vital will melt down once Deegan finally wins” but the reality is no one really cares besides a couple people that want to discount it since it was a mudder. He rode well and earned the win. Good job, not much else to say. 

TheMilkman wrote:
I’m not a Deegan fanatic but I think it would be very interesting to read comments/posts on here from a large group of members who have...

I’m not a Deegan fanatic but I think it would be very interesting to read comments/posts on here from a large group of members who have hated on him for years. You severely belittle the amount of anti-Deegan members here to “a couple people”. He is the most polarizing rider in the sport right now and most of it is based on people just being dug in on disliking everything about him.

I haven’t heard anything outside of the podium and post race show interviews today but he came off pretty respectful in both of those.

aeffertz wrote:
You’re not understanding the context of my post. He said he was surprised there’s so little chatter in here considering who won (Deegan) and I said...

You’re not understanding the context of my post. He said he was surprised there’s so little chatter in here considering who won (Deegan) and I said other than just a couple people (in respect to this race) have belittled his win, there isn’t a lot to say. When he rides well and doesn’t act like an asshole, what would “the haters” swarm to the board to say?

Apologies for misunderstanding the context of “here” as just this thread or today. I hadn’t kept count of users that dislike him today but will trust your judgment rather than going back and counting.

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Deegandashian kicked everyone’s ass today and it wasn’t close.

Bummed for Jason, it was a top 5 day for him before he got landed on.

And outside of a shitty first lap in the first race, Shane was the 6th to 7th best guy today on his first ride on the Beta.

Should be dry next week, going to be interesting with the double points.

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Fastest laps of the races 250 race 1 1.02.512 = Cole Davies 1.05.397 = Daxton Bennick1.05.758 = Levi Kitchen 1.06.022 = Landen Gordon1.06.143 = Caden Dudney1.06.560 = Nicholas Romano 1.07.374 =...

Fastest laps of the races 

250 race 1 

1.02.512 = Cole Davies 
1.05.397 = Daxton Bennick
1.05.758 = Levi Kitchen 
1.06.022 = Landen Gordon
1.06.143 = Caden Dudney
1.06.560 = Nicholas Romano 
1.07.374 = Ryder Difrancesco 
1.07.848 = Maximus Vohland 
1.09.056 = Nate Trasher 
1.10.357 = Drew Adams 

450 race 1 

1.07.139 = Haiden Deegan 
1.07.645 = Ken Roczen 
1.11.277 = Jorge Prado 
1.11.666 = Dylan Ferrandis 
1.12.027 = Joey Savatgy 
1.12.062 = Jason Anderson 
1.13.027 = Aaron Plessinger 
1.13.642 = Malcolm Stewart 
1.14.619 = Cooper Webb
1.14.636 = Garrett Marchbanks 

250 race 2 

1.08.497 = Cole Davies 
1.13.641 = Daxton Bennick
1.15.617 = Chance Hymas
1.18.387 = Ryder Difrancesco 
1.18.457 = Kayden Minear 
1.18.568 = Levi Kitchen 
1.20.672 = Caden Dudney
1.21.879 = Landen Gordon 
1.22.118 = Drew Adams
1.22.178 = Maximus Vohland 

450 race 2 

1.11.753 = Ken Roczen 
1.12.236 = Haiden Deegan 
1.16.520 = Aaron Plessinger 
1.16.569 = Joey Savatgy 
1.16.910 = Cooper Webb
1.17.218 = Jorge Prado 
1.19.769 = RJ Hampshire 
1.20.140 = Jason Anderson 
1.20.175 = Hunter Lawrence 
1.20.425 = Jordon Smith

Damn. The fastest lap gap from deegan/kenny to the rest of the field is insane!  Those boys were flying.  Great ride by both.  

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9/12/2026 9:52pm
Fastest laps of the races 250 race 1 1.02.512 = Cole Davies 1.05.397 = Daxton Bennick1.05.758 = Levi Kitchen 1.06.022 = Landen Gordon1.06.143 = Caden Dudney1.06.560 = Nicholas Romano 1.07.374 =...

Fastest laps of the races 

250 race 1 

1.02.512 = Cole Davies 
1.05.397 = Daxton Bennick
1.05.758 = Levi Kitchen 
1.06.022 = Landen Gordon
1.06.143 = Caden Dudney
1.06.560 = Nicholas Romano 
1.07.374 = Ryder Difrancesco 
1.07.848 = Maximus Vohland 
1.09.056 = Nate Trasher 
1.10.357 = Drew Adams 

450 race 1 

1.07.139 = Haiden Deegan 
1.07.645 = Ken Roczen 
1.11.277 = Jorge Prado 
1.11.666 = Dylan Ferrandis 
1.12.027 = Joey Savatgy 
1.12.062 = Jason Anderson 
1.13.027 = Aaron Plessinger 
1.13.642 = Malcolm Stewart 
1.14.619 = Cooper Webb
1.14.636 = Garrett Marchbanks 

250 race 2 

1.08.497 = Cole Davies 
1.13.641 = Daxton Bennick
1.15.617 = Chance Hymas
1.18.387 = Ryder Difrancesco 
1.18.457 = Kayden Minear 
1.18.568 = Levi Kitchen 
1.20.672 = Caden Dudney
1.21.879 = Landen Gordon 
1.22.118 = Drew Adams
1.22.178 = Maximus Vohland 

450 race 2 

1.11.753 = Ken Roczen 
1.12.236 = Haiden Deegan 
1.16.520 = Aaron Plessinger 
1.16.569 = Joey Savatgy 
1.16.910 = Cooper Webb
1.17.218 = Jorge Prado 
1.19.769 = RJ Hampshire 
1.20.140 = Jason Anderson 
1.20.175 = Hunter Lawrence 
1.20.425 = Jordon Smith

prozach wrote:

Damn. The fastest lap gap from deegan/kenny to the rest of the field is insane!  Those boys were flying.  Great ride by both.  

So did Davies.

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9/12/2026 10:10pm

This whole race was weak and boring. Does anyone even count the champion from the play off season as an actual champion? Doesn’t even look like anyone is trying. Albeit the mud, pretty boring overall. Bring back straight rhythm or the US Open or the monster energy cup. 
 

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Only 8 pages?

truck wrote:
This was the most bored I've been watching a race in years. Not being a hater, but everything about it was just bare minimum, going through...

This was the most bored I've been watching a race in years. Not being a hater, but everything about it was just bare minimum, going through the motions, zero excitement. It was a dumbed down supercross track in an old fairgrounds stadium day race in the mud with shortened motos and no qualifying so everyone was as flat as can be. Perfect storm of meh. 

Yea, I skipped through the majority of it. Just much quieter around here than I expected it too be after the results. 

It's only quiet here because Deegan did win. If he lost, it would be loud AF, 

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9/13/2026 7:33am

Great ride by Deegan, and Kenny, and the 250 field.  Hope the others step up next week.

They need to come up with better venues for these "hybrid" events (mud or no mud), especially if they run during the daytime, but not sure what they can do about that with football and baseball occupying the stadiums in fall. 

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I think as soon as WSX goes belly up as they are trying to sell this gimmick for the 3rd or 4th time...I mean who is going to buy this thing? I am all for riders getting more opportunities to get paid but as soon as Feld doesn't have any competition I can see this play off thing going away-I mean, I hope not, as it is a cash cow for the riders and I hope it stays but I couldn't shake the feeling that not too many guys gave a shit, or it could just be the mud and misery of it especially at the end of a long ass season. Props to Deegs, he came to win and smashed it.

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Great ride by Deegan, and Kenny, and the 250 field.  Hope the others step up next week.They need to come up with better venues for these...

Great ride by Deegan, and Kenny, and the 250 field.  Hope the others step up next week.

They need to come up with better venues for these "hybrid" events (mud or no mud), especially if they run during the daytime, but not sure what they can do about that with football and baseball occupying the stadiums in fall. 

It's not a lack of options that's the problem, it's the desire to do it on the cheap that has driven these decisions. The drag strip thing was a little awkward but think of how many race tracks there are that would work great. They need to start thinking of these things more like the purpose built mxgp tracks, scaled down to have a few rhythm sections and lap times 1:30-2:00. They mentioned talking to Churchill downs. What was the holdup there? There's been talk of a motocross track being built at barber. COTA? Charlotte mxgp redo? Bristol put a football stadium in with giant video boards, could have all the supercross stuff but much bigger stadium to work with. 

9/13/2026 9:24am

Sorry. Lifelong fan. SMX playoffs is a complete embarrassment. 

Whoever makes the decisions for location and track design seriously should be replaced with anybody else. 

A cornfield with SX track would be way better. 
Literally like Dungey cornfield video.

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