Prado Grabs SMX Playoff Lead Heading Into The Final

Anything can happen with triple points available in the final

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Jorge Prado will enter this weekend’s 450SMX Playoff finally with the lead after taking the overall victory on the back of two runner-up finishes at Playoff 2. Prado’s consistency gave him the slim edge over Ken Roczen and Hunter Lawrence, who each earned a moto win and a fourth-place finish. With double points on offer, that small edge added up to a real cushion in the championship chase heading into the Final.

The first 20-minute-plus-one-lap moto belonged to Roczen after a sustained duel with Prado. The Spaniard grabbed the holeshot and led early, trading fast laps with the Progressive Insurance Cycle Gear Suzuki rider before Roczen made an aggressive pass just before halfway and opened a gap of more than two seconds.

Prado clawed it back through lapped traffic and drew within a second on the final lap, but Roczen held on to win by 1.3 seconds. Haiden Deegan took a close third ahead of Lawrence and Cooper Webb.

Moto 2 was the wilder of the two. Lawrence launched his CRF450RWE to the holeshot, briefly ceded the lead to Prado, then reclaimed it and pulled clear, ultimately winning by 14.9 seconds.

Behind him the race for the overall descended into chaos with a four-way tie for the lead in play. Prado went down in the sand at the midpoint and remounted in fourth before charging back past Roczen for third.

An intense battle for second between Prado and Deegan ended when Deegan crashed in the sand. Deegan and Roczen then got tangled on the reentry, Webb slipped past both, and contact during a pass by Deegan put Webb on the ground. Second went to Prado, ahead of Deegan and Roczen.

Under Supermotocross’ Olympic scoring system, Prado’s 2-2 gave him the lead for the overall victory. Lawrence (4-1) and Roczen (1-4) finished level for second, but Lawrence’s win in the second moto broke the tie in his favor. Two moto podiums (3-3) were not enough for Deegan, who came up just short of the box in fourth.

The double points swung the title picture in Prado’s favor, moving him 16 points clear of Deegan and Lawrence, who share second. Roczen sits fourth, 18 points back, with Webb (5-5) another two points adrift in fifth.

With triple points up for grabs, anything can happen at the SMX Final, September 26 at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in Ridgedale, Missouri.

2026 Supermotocross Playoff 2 Results

Pos.

#

Rider

Bike

Finish

Team

1

26

Jorge Prado

KTM

2-2

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

2

96

Hunter Lawrence

Honda

4-1

Honda HRC Progressive

3

94

Ken Roczen

Suzuki

1-4

Progressive Insurance / Cycle Gear / Ecstar Suzuki

4

38

Haiden Deegan

Yamaha

3-3

Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha

5

2

Cooper Webb

Yamaha

5-5

Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha

6

24

R.J. Hampshire

Husqvarna

9-6

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna

7

36

Garrett Marchbanks

Kawasaki

10-8

Monster Energy Kawasaki

8

27

Malcolm Stewart

Husqvarna

7-11

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna

9

3

Eli Tomac

KTM

6-12

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

10

0

Jordon Smith

Triumph

14-7

5.11 Triumph Racing Factory Team

11

7

Aaron Plessinger

KTM

8-13

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

12

14

Dylan Ferrandis

Ducati

13-9

Troy Lee Designs Red Bull Ducati Factory Racing

13

46

Justin Hill

KTM

12-10

Team Tedder Racing

14

28

Christian Craig

Honda

11-14

Quadlock Honda Racing

15

54

Benny Bloss

Honda

15-16

Liqui Moly Beta Factory Racing

16

12

Shane McElrath

Beta

16-17

Liqui Moly Beta Factory Racing

17

719

Vince Friese

Kawasaki

17-18

ISRT Kawasaki

18

45

Colt Nichols

Suzuki

-20

Twisted Tea Suzuki presented by Progressive Insurance

19

63

Freddie Noren

Yamaha

19-19

Gizmo Racing Yamaha

20

41

Mitchell Harrison

Kawasaki

18-20

Partzilla Blaster PRMX Racing

21

31

Mikkel Haarup

Triumph

20-21

5.11 Triumph Racing Factory Team

22

17

Joey Savatgy

Honda

21-

Quadlock Honda Racing

23

62

Grant Harlan

KTM

-22

Champion Tool Storage KMR KTM

24

51

Justin Barcia

Ducati

22-

Troy Lee Designs Red Bull Ducati Factory Racing

2026 Supermotocross Standings After Playoff 2

Pos.

#

Rider

Bike

Points

1

26

Jorge Prado

KTM

92

2

38

Haiden Deegan

Yamaha

76

3

96

Hunter Lawrence

Honda

76

4

94

Ken Roczen

Suzuki

74

5

2

Cooper Webb

Yamaha

72

6

36

Garrett Marchbanks

Kawasaki

58

7

14

Dylan Ferrandis

Ducati

53

8

24

R.J. Hampshire

Husqvarna

51

9

3

Eli Tomac

KTM

48

10

20

Jordon Smith

Triumph

45

11

7

Aaron Plessinger

KTM

44

12

27

Malcolm Stewart

Husqvarna

44

13

12

Shane McElrath

Beta

26

14

28

Christian Craig

Honda

25

15

46

Justin Hill

KTM

24

16

17

Joey Savatgy

Honda

20

17

1

Jett Lawrence

Honda

18

18

54

Benny Bloss

Honda

14

19

41

Mitchell Harrison

Kawasaki

13

20

51

Justin Barcia

Ducati

12

21

32

Justin Cooper

Yamaha

11

22

21

Jason Anderson

Suzuki

10

23

719

Vince Friese

Kawasaki

10

24

4

Chase Sexton

Kawasaki

10

25

31

Mikkel Haarup

Triumph

9

26

45

Colt Nichols

Suzuki

8

27

63

Freddie Noren

Yamaha

6

28

417

Cornelius Tøndel

Kawasaki

2

23

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