250SX  Qualifying – First Timed SessionS

Group B

Carson Mumford and Jerry Robin were the first to start setting fast times in this session, but when things started settling down it was Dominque Thury who boosted himself to the top of the board. He stayed there for several minutes before Robin came roaring back with a 47.286, just over two tenths faster than Thury. Thury quickly lowered his own time in response, but not enough to displace Robin. Robin left the first Group B session as the man to beat.

Group C

Cheyenne Harmon kicked off timed qualifying in the C Group by laying down a 48.587. Later, on his seventh lap, Harmon lowered his own time slightly, turning a 48.558. Other than that, this one was pretty uneventful, as nobody was every able to get close to Harmon.

Group A

When qualifying got underway it was none other than the championship leader, Cameron McAdoo, and Justin Cooper, who’s second in points, who were immediately fast. Cooper set a 46.236 right away, only to see McAdoo bang out a 46.104. McAdoo later improved his own time, dropping it down to a 45.947. Not to be outdone, Cooper shrugged his shoulders and busted out a 45.652 a couple laps later. Hunter Lawrence was on the move too, and with about four minutes left he moved past McAdoo with a 45.947. Jordon Smith, who received about twenty stitches in his backside last week after getting gashed by a footpeg, looked spicy as well, and on lap eleven moved into second place after posting a 45.834. When the checkers flew it was Cooper who maintained the fastest lap time, but positions one through eight were separated by less than a second.

450SX  Qualifying – First Timed Session

Group A

There were plenty of changes up front in the initial stages of this qualifier, but things got serious when Webb all of a sudden posted a lap time, a 44.516, about a second faster than the closest time. Roczen responded with a 44.618, but Webb stepped it up again, inching toward the 43-second range with a 44.389. Elsewhere Marvin Musquin was quietly spinning fast laps, and was the third rider to dip below the 45-second mark with a 44.985. When the qualifier ended, Webb’s 44.389 held strong, and Webb celebrated by throwing a whip before rolling off the track.

Group B

Tyler Bowers put his Kawasaki up front to get things going in this one, but Alex Ray narrowly nudged him out of the way, posting a 46.984. Fredrik Noren and Brandon Hartranft also got in the mix on top of the board as the qualifier progressed, but when it was over it was Hartranft’s 46.933 that was the fastest lap. Ray had a crash in the whoops in this one that sent his bike flying, but fortunately Ray appeared to be okay after taking a moment to gather himself.

Group C

Theodore Pauli was fastest in this one in the opening laps with a 49.191, but Josh Cartwright, who’s in his first race back after an injury that kept him sidelined for a while, bested him with a 48.106. That time would hold strong, making Cartwright the fastest qualifier in the C Group.

250SX Qualifying – Second Timed Session

Group C

Just like in his first qualifier, Cheyenne Harmon struck first in this one , setting a 47.383 to top the field on his second lap. But he had some challengers in this one. Calvin Fonvieille was just over a tenth off Harmon’s initial pace, and on lap six Michael Hicks turned a 47.005 to shove his way to the front. Hicks looked like he was enjoying himself too, throwing a whip here and there and even tossing a one-footer out. Harmon looked like he was on a heater with about three minutes left, but he low-sided right before the finish line, ruining his lap. Hicks’ 47.005 ended up being the fastest of the session.

Group B

The final 250 B qualifier saw Carson Mumford jump out of the gate hard, immediately setting a 46.952. A few laps later, he lowered it more, dropping down to a 46.940. Jerry Robin didn’t have the fastest times initially, but he kept steadily shaving off time, and late in the session he was able to displace Mumford for the lead with a 46.775. Mumford wasn’t able to respond, and Robin once again was the fastest man in his qualifier.

Group A

Jalek Swoll nabbed the “practice” holeshot in this final 250SX qualifier of the day, but Cameron McAdoo jumped in right behind him and shadowed him, even showing him a wheel in places. McAdoo went on to set a fast time in his fourth lap, a 45.435, but Justin Cooper tapped him on the shoulder a few laps later and said, “I’ll take that,” and busted out a 45.299. Hammaker was next to pass McAdoo, recording a 45.358, but with less than a minute left in the session McAdoo was on a heater and looking to make some time back up. He seemed to slow slightly on the second half of the lap, however, but he crossed the line with enough time for another lap. Unfortunately for McAdoo he wasn’t able to climb any higher. Cooper held on to be the fastest 250SX rider in Qualifying at Arlington 1.

"The track is pretty tight tonight," Cooper said afterward. "Times are close and it’s going to come down to fitness. I’m good there, so I’m looking forward to the main event."

450SX  Qualifying – Second Timed Session

Group A

Marvin Musquin showed some serious speed right away in this one, coming extremely close to the 43-second range on lap five with a 44.151. Eli Tomac showed signs of speed too when he notched a 44.551 on the seventh lap, but Dylan Ferrandis quickly shoved Tomac a spot back when he turned a 44.454. Cooper Webb was next to shuffle Tomac back, posting a 44.537, but nobody was getting anywhere near Musquin’s 44.120. Jason Anderson came out of nowhere to take over second with a 44.335 near the end of the qualifier, but Musquin would not be caught. Times are pretty tight—the top twelve riders ended this session separated by less than a second. Afterward Musquin remarked that, although the whoops are tricky, he didn’t find the track very difficult.

Group B

Tyler Bowers was quick initially in this one, but it wasn’t long before Cade Clason took over, setting a 46.609. The time held for a few laps, but on Brandon Hartranft’s tenth lap he set a 46.460, which would hold up for the rest of the session.

Group C

The boss of the second C Group session was the same as the first—Josh Cartwright went to the top of the board on his third lap with a 48.335, just a hair faster than Lane Shaw’s 48.373. Cartwright went on to lower his own time to 47.575, becoming the only rider in the group to dip into the 47-second range.

250SX Heat 1

As the gates finally dropped on the first heat race of the night, it was Seth Hammaker grabbing the holeshot ahead of his Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki teammate Jordon Smith. The duo went at it early our front with Alex Martin giving chase. Garrett Marchbanks was off to a bad start and had to work his way from outside a transfer spot to make the pass on Derek Kelley for ninth at the halfway mark.

Jordan Bailey was the man on the move as he worked up from a mid-pack start to get around Kyle Peters and then Jace Owen for fourth place. Peters, fresh off a perfect Kicker Arenacross season, was also able to work around Owen to land himself up inside of the top five. Marchbanks continued his march to the front as well, catching his teammate Owen for sixth and getting around him as the clock expired.

Smith caught right up to Hammaker on the final lap of the race but was unable to make a pass happen as the rookie Hammaker held on for the heat race victory. Martin had slid to about six seconds back of the two by the end of the race but was able to hold on for third bringing Bailey, Peters, Marchbanks, Owen, Cedric Soubeyras, and Ramyller Alves to the main event with him.

"It feels great to get the first heat race win of my career...Felt like I rode pretty good. Pumped to get that first heat race win,” Hammaker said.

250SX Heat 2

The second 250SX heat race saw Jalek Swoll grab the holeshot from Hunter Lawrence. Justin Cooper was right in the mix with the leaders early on as Swoll worked on opening a gap out front. Points leader Cameron McAdoo was left a little further back but quickly made a few passes to end up fourth by the halfway mark.

McAdoo was actually catching the leaders and Cooper seemed to sense it as he quickly went up the inside of Lawrence after the whoops to move into second and set sail after Swoll. McAdoo was able to make the pass on Lawrence as well just a lap later, but Cooper had already caught Swoll for the race lead out front.

Cooper made the pass for the lead on Swoll but the contact between the two allowed McAdoo to quickly pounce on Swoll as well for second leaving the top two in the championship out front to settle the heat race victory amongst each other.

In the end, Cooper was able to outduel McAdoo and claim the heat race victory. Lawrence then also got around Swoll with a lap to go to take third as they both transferred along with Chris Blose, Robbie Wageman, Stilez Robertson, Nate Thrasher, and Jarrett Frye.

450SX Heat 1

Dean Wilson shot out to the holeshot in the first 450SX heat race of the night ahead of his Rockstar Energy Husqvarna teammate Jason Anderson. Dylan Ferrandis sat in third place early on with championship leader Ken Roczen hot on his heels. Anderson wasted little time to take over the race lead from Wilson while Roczen pounced on Ferrandis early for the third spot.

Roczen wanted to keep tabs on Anderson out front and closed right up on Wilson for P2 before long. The trio, with Ferrandis still just a tick off, suddenly found themselves in a close battle for the lead. Justin Barcia was also sneaking into the picture out front as well and made a quick pass on Ferrandis to get into fourth.

Roczen and Wilson swapped second place a few times which allowed Barcia to close right up on the duo while Anderson opened up a gap out front. Roczen made a slight mistake out of a corner before a tricky triple in and cased the jump causing him to go down. He was able to quickly remount while still in transfer spot but had immediately lost touch with the leaders.

Anderson was able to take the opening out front to cruise to the race victory ahead of his teammate Wilson and Justin Barcia. Ferrandis held on for fourth with Chase Sexton, Justin Brayton, Roczen, Justin Bogle, and Kyle Chisholm going to the main event with him.

450SX Heat 2

Marvin Musquin used first gate pick to shoot out to the holeshot in the second 450SX heat race, but Aaron Plessinger quickly passed him into the second corner. Joey Savatgy came flying overhead of Plessinger to then steal the race lead away quickly in the very next section.

Plessinger stalked Savatgy for a few laps and then snagged the lead away from Joey on the third lap of the race. Musquin was quickly on Savatgy for second as well looking to keep Plessinger close out front and not let the Yamaha rider sneak off with the win. Savatgy held tough though allowing Plessinger to stretch out the lead a bit.

Musquin was finally able to get by Savatgy just past the halfway mark of the heat race. Coming from behind though was a quick trio featuring Malcolm Stewart, Eli Tomac, and Cooper Webb as the battle for second feature five different riders.

Marvin Musquin then had a massive crash from second place and would not finish the race. That crash allowed Savatgy to get up into second place, but he was quickly challenged by Webb for the two spot.

Aaron Plessinger held on for his first career heat race victory of his career leading home Savatgy, Webb, and Tomac closely behind. Stewart, Martin Davalos, Vince Friese, Benny Bloss, and Max Anstie also transferred to the main event as well.

250SX Last Chance Qualifier

Mitchell Harrison grabbed the holeshot in the 250SX LCQ but quickly coughed up the lead to Ryan Surratt. Ty Masterpool also shot by for second place while Harrison settled back into third right ahead of Hardy Munoz. Coty Schock was quick to get around Munoz for the final transfer spot as Harrison also made it around Masterpool for second.

The front four were establishing a gap on everyone else as Harrison then pounced on Surratt for the lead and Schock also got around Masterpool for the third position while the lead group ran nose to tail. Schock then also got around Surratt for second while Harrison stretched out the lead on his way to the win.

Harrison would claim the win by just over a second from Schock in the end as Surratt and Masterpool followed them through to complete the four transfer spots into the main event.

450SX Last Chance Qualifier

Marvin Musquin would not make it back for the LCQ unfortunately as Cade Clason grabbed the holeshot ahead of Kevin Moranz. Carlen Gardner and Scott Champion were the other two riders up in transfer spots early on as Alex Ray worked on closing down from fifth place.

Gardner then crashed out of fourth spot before the supercross triple allowing Ray through for the final transfer spot. Clason continued to lead for much of the race while Moranz just stayed right in his shadow out front.

Broc Tickle got a bad start in the LCQ and had to spend the entire race to make it up to fifth spot. He ran the fastest lap of the race as the white flag waved while he was desperately trying to close down on Ray for that last spot in the main event.

Scott Champion went from third to first on the last lap while Clason went from the lead to the fourth and Tickle who had caught all of them was working on sizing up a pass into the last corner when his front end knifed into the ground and he crashed right before the finish line. Champion took the win ahead of Moranz, Ray, and Clason in the end.

250SX Main Event

The third round of the 250SX West Championship got underway and it was Seth Hammaker with the holeshot ahead of Smith and Swoll. Hunter Lawrence quickly hopped around Swoll to take over P3 with Alex Martin rounding out the top five early on.

Cameron McAdoo and Justin Cooper both suffered mid-pack starts just inside of the top 10 as they would both have their work cut out for them to make it to the front. McAdoo was the first to really start making quick moved as he found his way up into fourth very early on.

Smith made a slight bobble out of second allowing Lawrence by and giving a sizable early lead to the rookie Hammaker. With Smith dropping back to third, McAdoo was suddenly right on his Kawasaki teammate for the last spot on the podium making it three Pro Circuit Kawasaki riders inside of the top four.

Smith then crashed heavily out of third as he was trying hard to hold off McAdoo. He was able to remount the bike but was way down and would eventually pull off the track with an apparent shoulder injury.

McAdoo then found himself into third as Cooper had worked his way forward and was right behind him in fourth. Nobody was close to Hammaker out front aside from Lawrence who was about five seconds down for much of the mid-part of the race. With the two title contenders in clear air for the first time, the lap times began to drop.

As time continued to wear on in the main event, the pressure was setting in for Hammaker to win his first career professional race in just his third start. As such, Hunter Lawrence was slowly chipping the lead away to get it under three seconds with four minutes still left in the race.

Cooper then caught McAdoo for the final podium position and the two went to battle for huge championship implications. While Cooper was working on trying to pass McAdoo, he tucked the front end with just a couple of corners to go and would have to remount in fourth.

In the end, Seth Hammaker completed an incredible night to claim his first career victory in just his third start. Lawrence and McAdoo rounded out the podium. "Oh man that was the longest race of my life!" said Hammaker. "Literally every time around the flaggers I was like, 'Where is the white flag!?' I'm not going to lie, I was getting tired out there...I was just trying to hit my lines clean."

450SX Main Event

In the 450X main event, it was Dean Wilson with the early lead, but Cooper Webb quickly shot into the race lead as Ferrandis jumped up into second. Roczen was buried mid-pack early on with Eli Tomac even further back of him.

Ferrandis had an early mistake dropping from second back to fifth as Webb continued to extend his lead on Justin Barcia who moved up into second place. Malcolm Stewart then crashed out of fifth place as he was trying to pass Anderson back for the position.

Chase Sexton was the next rider to shuffle Dean Wilson backwards as he moved around the Scotsman for the third spot and set sail after Barcia ahead of him. Ferrandis then fell out of fifth spot as Anderson cut up his inside and put the Frenchman on the ground.

Anderson then moved on and passed Wilson for fourth and Plessinger was soon to follow as the Monster Energy/Star Yamaha Racing man also got around Wilson for fifth. Wilson put a fight back in the very next corner, however, to get Plessinger right back. Plessinger finally got around Wilson as the halfway mark of the race hit but the damage had been done as Anderson had opened up five seconds ahead of him.

Webb continued to lead by a slight two second margin over Justin Barcia, but all eyes were on Roczen who was caught in a close battle with Wilson and Savatgy. The championship leader finally got around Wilson for sixth and then sat a few seconds back of Plessinger for the top five with eight minutes to go.

Anderson continued his march to the front as he got around Chase Sexton for third with around eight minutes to go as well making it an all-Austrian manufacturer top three.

Eli Tomac was finally working his way up to the main group from his rough start as he ran ninth but closed down on Dean Wilson for the eight position with about five minutes to go. Joey Savatgy had passed Wilson a few laps before then as the Rocky Mountain KTM rider look to put in one of his best rides on the season.

The only late race pass came in the form of Tomac getting around Wilson for eighth, but the rest of the field would stay the same on an otherwise very fast and simple racetrack. Webb would take the white flag four second ahead of Barcia.

For Cooper Webb, it was his fourth win of the season and the 15^th win of his career. He led home an all-Austrian manufacturer podium of Justin Barcia (GasGas) and Jason Anderson (Husqvarna).