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Supercross 2024: Results and points after Round 2 in San Francisco
In a muddy race at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, Chase Sexton became to first rider to beat Jett Lawrence twice in the 450 division. With this victory, he reclaimed the red plate and establishes himself as one of the contenders for the 2024 championship.
At both Anaheim Sexton overcame a modest showing in his heat race, finishing only sixth in the 20-rider field. In San Francisco, he was second in his heat to Jorge Prado, who made his second of three starts before returning to Spain. Sexton easily had the most momentum of the day but while the points are the same in every race, mud races don’t necessarily prove how strong riders will be on a clear track.
Eli Tomac rebounded from a disappointing showing in Anaheim to finish second. In this case, the mud podium may actually have answered a few questions regarding Tomac’s health going forward. During his career, he has not been immune to slow starts. Along with a poor showing by Jett Lawrence in San Francisco, Tomac climbed to third and is only three points behind the inaugural SuperMotocross Champion.
RESULTS: Click here for full 450 Results; Click here for 250 Results
Ken Roczen was a distant third, but points don’t get taken away for the size of the deficit. Finishing 27 seconds behind Sexton, he was undoubtedly happy simple to finish at all, just like all the other riders in the field.
Riding for Rick Ware Racing, Shane McElrath earned his first top-five since finishing fifth last year at Denver, which was his only top-five of the 2023 season. He was fourth.
Click here for 450 Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Last Chance Qualifier | Lap Chart
Aaron Plessinger rounded out the top-five in fifth and is the only rider to join Sexton with a sweep of the top five. He was fourth last week in Anaheim and now sits fourth in the standings.
It was an uncharacteristically bad day for Jett Lawrence, who struggled in both his heat (fifth) and the race. He finished ninth in the Main Event and lost the red plate to Sexton by seven points. That is not something his fans need to be concerned with, because he can make up the deficit in short order if he is capable of finishing ahead of Sexton each week.
Click here for 450 Overall results | Rider Points | Manufacturer Points
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Jordon Smith followed up his second-place finish last week in Anaheim with a victory in San Francisco. As in the 450 division, the red plate will move this week after a rough showing for RJ Hampshire, who finished ninth in the mud. Smith now has a five-point advantage over Levi Kitchen.
Kitchen joins Smith as the only two riders to score podiums in both early rounds. He finished third in Anaheim and second in San Francisco. There is only one position left to improve.
Garrett Marchbanks showed why he was so excited to return to the 250 division by earning his first podium since Orlando in February 2021 – the year races were run in pods due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click here for 250 Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Last Chance Qualifier | Lap Chart
To earn that podium, he had to ride with his elbows out and get around teammate Phil Nicoletti, who finished eight seconds behind Marchbanks in fourth. Afterward, Nicoletti said that if he had to be beaten by anyone, he was glad it was his teammate.
Carson Mumford rounded out the top five in fifth. With a 10th-place finish last week in Anaheim, he settled into fifth in the points standings with two races remaining in the current West Coast stint.
Click here for 250 Overall results | Rider Points
Hampshire simply couldn’t get going in the mud. After winning last week in Anaheim, he faded to ninth in San Francisco and dropped to third in the points, nine behind Smith.
Jo Shimoda needs to make up some ground. He struggled in his heat at Anaheim but rebounded to finish fourth in the Main. He had a miserable day in San Francisco and marked as the first rider out in 22nd. He is now a distant 13th in the points standings on a bike that one a 250 divisional championship last year.
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Round 1: Jett Lawrence, RJ Hampshire win
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SAN FRANCISCO — A gas explosion started a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood on Thursday, damaging several homes and sending heavy smoke into the air.
Local outlets said there are possible injuries from the Hayward explosion.
A spokesperson with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said a construction crew damaged an underground gas line around 7:35 a.m. The company said it was not their workers.
Utility workers isolated the damaged line and stopped the flow of gas at 9:25 a.m., PG&E said. The explosion occurred shortly afterward.
It’s another packed night at La Cigale in San Francisco, where chef Joseph Magidow works the hearth like a conductor, each dish part of a high-end Southern French feast for the fifteen diners lucky enough to score a front-row seat.
It feels like the beginning of any great night out, until you realize this restaurant has quietly removed the part of dining that usually causes the most indigestion.
“You get to the end and all of a sudden you have this check and it’s like a Spirit Airlines bill where it’s like plus this plus plus that,” Magidow said.
So La Cigale made a rare move: they “86ed” the surprise charges, restaurant-speak for taking something off the menu. Dinner here is all-inclusive at $140 per person, but with no tax, no tip, no service fees. Just the price on the menu and that’s the price you pay.
“There’s no tip line on the check. When you sign the bill, that’s the end of the transaction,” Magidow said.
Though still rare, across the country, more restaurants are test-driving tip-free dining, a pushback against what many now call “tip-flation.” A recent survey found 41% of Americans think tipping has gotten out of control.
La Cigale customer, Jenny Bennett, said that while she believes in tipping, she liked the idea of waiters being paid a fair wage.
“Everywhere you go, even for the smallest little item, they’re flipping around the little iPad,” she said.
At La Cigale, servers make about $40 an hour whether the night is slow or slammed. The upside is stability. The downside? No big-tip windfalls.
But for server and sommelier Claire Bivins, it was a trade she was happy to take.
“It creates a little bit of a sense of security for everyone and definitely takes a degree of pressure off from each night,” she said.
The stability doesn’t end there. La Cigale offers paid vacation, a perk most restaurant workers only dream of.
For Magidow, ditching tips also means leaving behind a system rooted in America’s painful past.
“It was a model that was created to take former enslaved people, who many of them went into the hospitality industry, after slavery and put them in a position where they are still being controlled by the guest.”
And as for the bottom line? It hasn’t taken a hit.
“It seems like everyone is leaving happy,” Magidow said. “That’s really all we can hope for.”
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A driverless Waymo vehicle turned into a temporary birthing center when a woman gave birth to a baby inside the car before she reached a hospital, according to the autonomous vehicle company.
The pregnant woman was apparently in labor and attempting to reach a University of California San Francisco hospital when the baby arrived.
Waymo’s remote Rider Support Team detected unusual activity, initiated a call to check on the rider, and contacted 911. The mother and her new baby arrived safely in the Waymo at the hospital, according to the company.
The newborn is likely the youngest-ever person to ride in a driverless vehicle in the Bay Area.
A Waymo spokesperson told KRON4, “We’re proud to be a trusted ride for moments big and small, serving riders from just seconds old to many years young. We wish the new family all the best, and we look forward to safely getting them where they’re going through many of life’s events.”
Waymo immediately removed the vehicle from service for cleaning.
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