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Free Practice

250SX

The first 250SX group A free practice for the season got underway. Seth Hammaker, Pierce Brown, and RJ Hampshire were trading the top spot until Levi Kitchen took the top spot late in the session. Kitchen's 57.770 was barely faster than Hampshire's 57.858, but remember, these times do not count for overall qualifying.

450SX

Ken Roczen, Eli Tomac, and Chase Sexton were all at the top of the board but it was Jason Anderson who put down a blazing 56.890 to barely top Sexton's 56.989. Again, these times do not count for overall qualifying.

First Qualifying Sessions

250SX

Maximus Vohland led the first 250SX group A qualifying session around as the green flag waived. He was also at the top of the board early. Tom Vialle had a big crash in the whoops, but he got up and got going again. Yamaha teammates Nate Thrasher, Pierce Brown, and Max Anstie then shuffled for the top spot on the board. Late in the session, Seth Hammaker’s 57.117 took over as the top time. Chance Hymas went down in the first turn late in the session but got up and going again after a few seconds.

450SX

Joey Savatgy and Mitchell Harrison led the first 450SX group A qualifying session. Eli Tomac’s 55.547 was the top time early. Tomac put in a hot lap and then went down in the sand section right after in the finish line. Benny Bloss also went down in the sand turn section. Cooper Webb went 55.519 but then Tomac went 55.265 to retake the top spot right back! Malcolm Stewart went down in the long sand section, which has been tricky so far today for all riders.

Breaking News: Dylan Ferrandis out for Tonight

The SMX series page posted that Dylan Ferrandis is out for tonight's racing after a practice crash left him banged up earlier this week. Ferrandis did not get a full lap in the first qualifying session.

Second Qualifying Sessions

250SX

Max Anstie got the holeshot off the fake start in the 250SX group A qualifying session. Daxton Bennick (56.755) and RJ Hampshire (56.942) were the top of the board. Then, Levi Kitchen and Anstie got to the top of the board, trading spots. Anstie’s 54.827 topped the overall 250SX qualifying.

450SX

Justin Hill got the fake holeshot on the start of the second 450SX group A qualifying session. Cade Clason had a big crash in the whoops. He walked off the track with Alpinestars medics. Chase Sexton put down a 54.322 to move into P1 after Cooper Webb was initially at the top. Then, Eli Tomac was suddenly riding alongside the track and favoring his left lower ankle. He was talking to the medics before riding up the tunnel. Then, Tomac was seen limping to the pits as his mechanic pushed his bike in the dead engines zone. Sexton topped the board in the session, but it seemed like the air went out of the stadium when Tomac pulled off the track. We will provide an update as soon as more information is learned.

Update: Tomac is IN for Tonight

Yamaha has announced Eli Tomac is in fact IN for tonight's racing.

Night Show

250SX Heat Race 1

After an awesome opening ceremonies, it was time to go racing! Izaih Clark got the holeshot and had the race lead exiting turn one but RJ Hampshire jumped into the inside of Clark on the second turn and took over the lead, shuffling Clark back a handful of spots. Hampshire lead Tom Vialle, Cameron McAdoo, Nate Thrasher, Maximus Vohland, and Daxton Bennick. McAdoo jumped into second using some good lines and closed in on Hampshire, although he never got close enough for a pass attempt. Austin Forkner made a mistake and got shuffled back a little. Hampshire held on for the race win, striking with the first 250SX East heat race win of the season! McAdoo, Vialle, Thrasher, Vohland, Bennick, and Forkner came through in the top seven.

250SX Heat Race 2

The second heat got underway, and Pierce Brown was leading until Carter Stephenson went down off the finish line jump, causing a red flag. He gave a fist pump and a thumbs up as he sat up on the back of the Alpinestars medical cart with a soft neck brace on.

After a staggered restart, Brown was passed by both Carson Mumford and Max Anstie. Mumford led a few laps before Anstie got around and Brown got back by the Honda rider. Chance Hymas, Seth Hammaker, and Levi Kitchen all got around Mumford. Kitchen was slowed up after a quick pit stop before the restart and he was about ninth off the restart, so it was good for him to charge to finish inside the top five.

450SX Heat Race 1

The first 450SX heat race got out of the gates and it was Cooper Webb and Hunter Lawrence out front. Unfortunately, Lawrence had a huge crash into the face of the finish line jump, which ended his race early. He rode off on the back of the Alpinestars medical cart. Aaron Plessinger, Jason Anderson, and Justin Barcia got by Justin Hill as Eli Tomac looked to be bothered by his lower leg injury from earlier in the second qualifying session. It looked like Tomac was not putting his left leg down all the way with full pressure when he was going through the whoops, as his leg kept coming off the pegs as he went through the whoops. Tomac came through seventh. Tristan Lane and Jeremy Hand took the final two transfer spots. 

450SX Heat Race 2

The second 450SX heat race was out of the gates and it was Jerry Robin, Justin Cooper and Mitchell Oldenburg leading the field out of the first turn. Ken Roczen went down in turn one and was dead last early on. Robin had a huge crash in the whoops, setting him back early. He finished 22nd officially. Oldenburg crashed in the sand and then went down in the following turn, remounting behind Roczen (11th by that time). Chase Sexton jumped by Cooper and then Malcolm Stewart blitzed by Cooper in the whoops. Sexton took the race win with a whip. Shane McElrath and Benny Bloss came through fourth and fifth. Joey Savatgy was sixth and Roczen was seventh. Oldenburg came through tenth and will have to go to the LCQ, along with Kyle Chisholm, who went down and dropped back to an 11-place finish.

250SX LCQ

450SX LCQ

250SX Main Event

Pierce Brown was leading the main event until he had a huge crash in the whoops. RJ Hampshire got stuck on a Tuff Block and lost an entire lap trying to get his Husqvarna unstuck from one of those huge Tuff Blox. The race was red flagged in order for the Alpinestars medical crew to tend to the Utah native. Maximus Vohland looked to have a bike issue. He did not join the restart.

Anstie blasted off as the green flag waved and took the race win, striking first in the 250SX East! Bennick came through second for his second career podium and a new career best. Cameron McAdoo rounded out the overall podium as Seth Hammaker and Tom Vialle rounded out the top five. Levi Kitchen and Nate Thrasher were buried for the restarted but got to work. Thrasher came through to finish eighth, as Kitchen came through ninth.

Austin Forkner had a crash after Cullin Park put a block pass on him. Forkner came through 17th. Park had a sneaky solid seventh. 

450SX Main Event

The 450SX main event gates dropped and it was Chase Sexton who found himself in the early race lead over Justin Cooper, Jason Anderson, Ken Roczen, and Shane McElrath as Eli Tomac was about last exiting the first turn. Sexton got out front and was rolling, but he was not the only one rolling: Malcolm Stewart was also on the move. Roczen was in third and trying to thread the needle between lappers when he collided with Jeremy Hand and Tristan Lane on accident. Roczen went to restart his Suzuki but he could not and his chain had derailed, meaning the end of his night. Sexton clicked off the first 18 laps of the race until Stewart caught him. Sexton crashed in the whoops, allowing Stewart to take over the race lead. Stewart led the final four laps before taking the checkered flag, earning his first career 450SX main event win in his home state! Cooper Webb charged to a second-place finish, partly by blitzing the whoops, as Anderson rounded out the podium. Cooper finished fourth as Sexton came through fifth with what looked like his rear brake pointing straight up in the air. Tough night for Sexton, who also crashed in the whoops while leading the 2023 Tampa SX in this very stadium. Still, big picture Sexton leaves with the championship lead. Tomac, who was nursing a lower left leg injury suffered in qualifying today, came through 17th.