Prado Grabs SMX Playoff Lead Heading Into The Final
Anything can happen with triple points available in the final
Photos by Align Media.
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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