Results, Quotes, Highlights: All the Important Stuff From San Diego

Two mud races in a row! Has that ever happened? It was a tale of two different mudders. Last week was basically a survival race, but this one turned out to be quite the battle in both main events.

The Cowboy, Aaron Plessinger, finally got redemption from Detroit last season and everyone in the universe has reached out to congratulate him on the accomplishment. He’s now the point’s leader by one point over his teammate Chase Sexton.

Star Racing’s Nate Thrasher got redemption as well taking his first win of the season after not starting the year the way he’d liked. That’s Thrasher’s fifth career victory of his career.

Scroll below for podium quotes, results and more from round 3 of the 2024 Monster Energy Supercross Championship.

450SX Podium Quotes

Aaron Plessinger
“It feels really, really good. I guess it feels like it should. I got off to a good start and just rode a good race. Kenny was out front, I ended up just applying a little pressure and he ended up going down. Coop was right there behind me, he was keeping me on my toes. It was a really good race. I just got a good lead and just rode my own race.”

Cooper Webb
“It was much needed. I’ve had a great season so far, but on paper, it hasn’t been. Anaheim 1 was great, but last weekend was not. I’m hoping that was the bad one and I can charge on from here. Tonight was great. To get those points back and get in the mix, I felt great on the track, and I felt great all day. I really wanted that win, but it was overall a really good bounce back for me just to know that I’m in this thing for sure.”

Justin Barcia
“The sickness last weekend was the most bizarre thing I’ve ever experienced. I had a crazy rash and wasn’t well. I don’t know how I raced last weekend. I mean you guys saw me going down the start straight almost tanking it because I couldn’t even hold on. The rebound this weekend was absolutely awesome. I felt really good just staying in my lane. I didn’t feel the greatest, but I ride well in those conditions, and this is a really cool podium.”

250SX Podium Quotes

Nate Thrasher
“It definitely feels good to be back up here after a long year for sure,” said Thrasher on his fifth career victory. “I felt good at A1, but just an unfortunate crash. We’re feeling good now and ready to fight for some more wins.”

Garrett Marchbanks
“Honestly, once I passed RJ for the lead, I’d say the first lap I was like, ‘Holy crap, I’m leading! It’s been a really long time since Daytona where I led some laps. I’d say after that, it was just putting my head down and treating it like I was at the practice track doing some normal laps at ClubMX. It is what it is. I got caught up with some lappers trying to change some lines up and it wasn’t the best I could do. Nate got around me and Nate was riding good. It is what it is.”

Jordon Smith
“It means a lot. It means everything we’ve been doing in the offseason has been working. Two mud races in the first three rounds, I wouldn’t necessarily have expected them to go that well for myself. I’ve definitely grown as a rider over the last couple of years and I think it’s showing in situations like today and last week.”

450SX Results

1 Aaron Plessinger

2 Cooper Webb

3 Justin Barcia

4 Jett Lawrence

5 Jason Anderson

6 Dylan Ferrandis

7 Hunter Lawrence

8 Chase Sexton

9 Eli Tomac

10 Dean Wilson

11 Jorge Prado

12 Ken Roczen

13 Adam Cianciarulo

14 Justin Cooper

15 Benny Bloss

16 Shane McElrath

17 Freddie Noren

18 Cade Clason

19 Malcolm Stewart

20 Christian Craig

21 Justin Rodbell

22 Vince Friese

250SX Results

1 Nate Thrasher

2 Garrett Marchbanks

3 Jordon Smith

4 Jo Shimoda

5 Levi Kitchen

6 RJ Hampshire

7 Mitchell Oldenburg

8 Ryder DiFrancesco

9 Hunter Yoder

10 Anthony Bourdon

11 Robbie Wageman

12 Cole Thompson

13 Josh Varize

14 Matti Jorgensen

15 Carson Mumford

16 Julien Beaumer

17 Max Sanford

18 Lance Kobusch

19 Talon Hawkins

20 Tj Albright

21 Alex Nagy

22 Phil Nicoletti