Practice concluded Friday at the inaugural Red Bull Straight Rhythm at Pomona Raceway. Timed practice yesterday determined today's seeds (1-16), with riders going head-to-head in a best two of three format with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals. The higher seed will have the choice of which side they want to run.
In 250cc, Red Bull KTM's Marvin Musquin (1) will be the top seed and will square off against Jarryd McNeil (16). Musquin's new Red Bull KTM teammate, Justin Hill (2), finished second and will face Michael Leib (15). Lucas Oil/TLD KTM's Jessy Nelson (3) made it a clean sweep for KTM. He will face Keith Tucker (14). The GEICO Honda duo of Justin Bogle (4) and Jordon Smith (5) rounded out the top five. Bogle will take on amateur Ryan Surratt (13), while Smith will take on veteran Cody Gilmore (12).
In the Open Class, Yoshimura Suzuki's James Stewart (1) took the top spot. He will face Scott Champion (16). Red Bull KTM's newest recruit, Dean Wilson (2), was second fastest and he will take on current Lucas Oil Pro Motocross color analyst Grant Langston (15). Justin Brayton (3), who recently announced a new deal with BTOSports.com KTM, will be the third seed and face former factory rider Ryan Morais (14). Malcolm Stewart (4) will take on Brett Metcalfe (13), while Josh Hill (5) will face Vince Friese (12). The high profile matchup today, though, will see Travis Pastrana (8) take on Josh Hansen (9) with the winner possibly facing James Stewart in the next round.
Open Class Times
1. James Stewart 50.766
2. Dean Wilson 50.926
3. Justin Brayton 51.313
4. Malcolm Stewart 51.424
5. Josh Hill 51.533
6. Kyle Partridge 51.638
7. Shane McElrath 51.938
8. Travis Pastrana 52.264
9. Josh Hansen 52.271
10. Jake Canada 52.840
11. Kyle Chisholm 52.987
12. Vince Friese 53.263
13. Brett Metcalfe 53.496
14. Ryan Morais 54.169
15. Grant Langston 54.365
16. Scott Champion 54.617
250 Class Times
1. Marvin Musquin 51.849
2. Justin Hill 52.448
3. Jessy Nelson 52.660
4. Justin Bogle 52.666
5. Jordon Smith 52.782
6. Chris Blose 53.863
7. Nico Izzi 53.992
8. Darryn Durham 54.009
9. Zack Freeberg 54.740
10. Tevin Tapia 56.010
11. Austin Politelli 56.046
12. Cody Gilmore 56.779
13. Ryan Surratt 58.175
14. Keith Tucker 58.408
15. Mike Leib 1.00.224
16. Jarryd McNeil 1.00.471
Red Bull Straight Rhythm will be webcast live at 5:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. PT on Saturday, October 4th via the Red Bull TV player on www.redbull.com/straightrhythm.
Accessible via the web and its Android and iOS applications, Red Bull TV is also available as a pre-installed channel on Samsung Smart TVs and Apple TV and as a free, downloadable app on Amazon Fire TV, Kindle Fire and XBox 360 devices, so viewers can watch Red Bull Straight Rhythm on the go or from any screen in the house.
