In the 250SMX class, just seven points separate three riders in another winner-take-all showdown. Hunter Lawrence in the points leader in that class by three points over Jo Shimoda and seven points over Haiden Deegan. Simply put, whoever wins tonight of the three walks away as the 250SMX champion.

It's a beautiful day in Southern California inside the birthplace of Supercross at the LA Coliseum and in just about 10 hours, we will see how this all shakes out. Be sure to tune into Race Day Live and the night show by checking out the broadcast schedule below, or you can also check back here for regular updates of the action as it happens. Here we go!

First Qualifying Sessions

Since the free practice sessions on Friday, a single was added to the section out of the first corner to slow the speeds down where Seth Hammaker and Parker Ross both has big crashed yesterday. Speeds were still quick as the unseeded group hit the track and Mitchell Oldenburg set the early mark at a 1.11.058. Preston Kilroy was just off him at a 1:11.080 but then Derek Kelley shot to the top of the board right at the end of the session with a 1:10.573.

The seeded 250SMX group hit the track next and it was Pierce Brown laying it down early, but Max Vohland found his way to the top spot with a 1:09.774. Haiden Deegan then checked in with a 1:09.659 as the hot lap war began. Jalek Swoll lost the front end in a bowl corner halfway through the session but continued on.

Justin Cooper shot to the top of the board with about a minute left in the session as he dipped down to a 1:09.507 but it wasn’t over yet. As the checkered flag waved, Haiden Deegan again launched back to the top of the board with a 1:08.887 which ended up being a half second above RJ Hampshire who moved into second place with a 1:09.424.

Next up came the first round of qualifying for the 450SMX seeded group as Cooper Webb found his way to the top of the board early on laying in a 1:09.248. Chase Sexton put in a 1:08.392 on his fourth lap around to go to the top of the board as the group inched towards the 1:07 mark for the first time.

Fredrik Noren laid it down in the mechanics area as the slick conditions of the track were also shining through a bit, but he continued on. Sexton became the first rider to hit the 1:07’s as he put in a 1:07.986 and had nearly a second on the field with a few minutes to go in the session. That time would hold up despite Jett Lawrence jumping to second with a 1:08.762 in the end but it’s Chase Sexton P1 after Q1.

In the unseeded 450SMX group, Jeremy Hand had a big crash in the rhythm section before the supercross triple. He seemed a little bit banged up but he did remount and continue for the rest of the session. Jerry Robin was the man of the session as he was flying and put in a 1:10.343 which actually put him just outside of the top 10 times overall.

The 250 All-Stars were the final group to hit the track for the first round of qualifying. This is essentially a mix of the 250 A and 250 B amateur classes similar to what we see in Supercross Futures. Blake Gardner and Jordan Renfro had some early falls, but both were okay and kept going. Gavin Towers ended up fastest in the session with a 1:12.899 but he was just four hundredths of a second ahead of Drew Adams who put in a 1:12.939.

Second Qualifying Sessions

Quite a bit of track work went on between sessions and a lot of water was laid down as they try to keep the California sun from drying the track completely out. Thanks to the slickness of the track, times were a bit slower as Derek Kelley ended up on top but his 1:10.573 from the first session was still fastest from the group.

Next up came the final qualifying session of the year for the A group in the 250SMX class as Justin Cooper shot to the top early with a 1:09.365. Max Vohland became the second rider in the class to jump into the 1:08’s as he put in a 1:08.938 to shoot to the top for the session.

Hunter Lawrence pulled in with a few laps to go in the session and he did not return to the track. Lawrence has not had a good day in qualifying and he ended up outside of the top 10 in qualifying. Justin Cooper ended up leapfrogging to the top ahead with a 1:08.512 but he was just barely ahead of RJ Hampshire on a 1:08.529 as the flag waved.

The track had dried back out to normal by the time the 450SMX seeded group hit the track for their final round of qualifying. Chase Sexton started out front of the practice start but then he got off line in the sweeper and ran over a Tuff Block and went down. He actually hit the ground pretty solid but seemed to be okay as he remounted.

Jason Anderson shot to the top of the board with a 1:08.975 but was soon eclipsed by Ken Roczen at a 1:08.869. Chase Sexton proved he was still totally fine as he laid in a 1:08.350 but then Jason Anderson got him again to go down to a 1:08.025. That is where the top time for the session would stay but it was still the 1:07.986 out of Sexton from the first session that would remain the top time.

Jerry Robin was once again the man to beat in the final round of unseeded qualifying as he put in a 1:10.460. Max Miller was also quick as he went faster than Phil Nicoletti for second fastest.

Gavin Towers topped qualifying in the final session for the 250 All-Stars with a 1:12.187. Their race this weekend goes off before opening ceremonies so they will be back out here in two hours for their main event.

250SMX Last Chance Qualifier

Hunter Yoder grabbed the holeshot in the 250SMX last chance qualifier while the field stacked up in the second corner putting Christ Blose and Cullin Park down and behind the pack. Mitchell Oldenburg took out Joshua Varize on the second lap while they were battling for fifth place and that put Varize back out of a transfer spot. The top seven riders out of the 10 in the race would make it through this one.

The battle for the final transfer spot turned into a fight between Robbie Wageman and Chris Blose. Blose was able to get down the inside in the sand section to make the pass. Wageman then crashed a few corners later which ended his chance at making it through.

Joshua Varize made it back to Blose for the final transfer spot and got around him but then Blose punted him in the next corner and put Varize off the track. Blose would hold on to transfer. Hunter Yoder won and brought Preston Kilroy, Mitchell Oldenburg, Coty Schock, Luke Neese, Derek Kelley, and Chris Blose with him to the motos.

450SMX Last Chance Qualifier

Phil Nicoletti grabbed the holeshot in the 450SMX LCQ as he got into it in the first corner with Kevin Moranz. Moranz messed up the first rhythm section and allowed several people through. Bryce Shelly was caught in a pileup in the third corner and ended up in last place before the first lap was over. On the second lap, Max Miller went down in the sand section, and he was way back once he got going again.

Jeremy Hand was holding onto second place in the early running, but Jerry Robin was all over him. Robin was able to get to the inside in the sand section on the third lap to move into second place as Hand slipped back to third.

Phil Nicoletti would hold on to take the win in the LCQ. Jerry Robin and Jeremy Hand came through the LCQ with him.

250 All-Stars

Off the start in the 250 All-Stars race it was Slade Varola with the holeshot ahead of Noah Viney. Preston Boespflug slid out trying to get into second place in the second corner and it held up some of the field. Enzo Temmerman also went down on the first lap with Kelana Humphrey, and they were both way back.

Gavin Towers crashed hard while in fourth place on the second lap and was then being tended to by the medics as he finally got up and walked off under his own power. Drew Adams took over the lead as he passed Slade Varola by jumping just beyond the red cross flag area which was out for Towers. Mark Fineis also moved through into second place while Krystian Janik was all over Slade Varola for third.

Adams held a two second lead over Mark Fineis as they opened up the gap on Varola and Janik. The battle really was for third place as Janik was all over Varola trying to find a way to make the move.

Drew Adams would take the win in the 250 All-Stars ahead of Mark Fineis, Slade Varola, Krystian Janik, and Blake Gardner.

250SMX Moto 1

Hunter Lawrence was ruled out for the night after qualifying due to back tightness which took away one of our title contenders right away. As the gates dropped in 250SMX Moto 1, it was Jalek Swoll grabbing the holeshot alongside Haiden Deegan, but Tom Vialle snuck down the inside in the second corner to take over the lead.

Ryder DiFrancesco was up front early on, but he went down before the end of the second lap and was nearly dead last. Jo Shimoda crossed the line in 11^th at the end of the first lap but was already up to eighth by the end of the second lap.

Jordon Smith made his way around Jalek Swoll for third while Deegan was going after Vialle for the lead, but Swoll passed him right back. Smith finally made it stick just a few turns later and Swoll now had RJ Hampshire breathing down his neck for the four spot. Hampshire got down the inside of Swoll the next lap and made the move into fourth place.

All of this battling was allowing Jo Shimoda to close up to the back of the group as it was still basically nose to tail at the front of the field. Shimoda made the move stick on Justin Cooper to get into sixth and he was also the fastest rider on the track as the race approached the mid-point.

Smith began catching Haiden Deegan for second and it lit a fire back under Deegan who closed back onto Vialle. It didn’t matter though as Smith passed Deegan into second place and it was a three-rider battle for the lead. Smith then went and passed Vialle for the lead as Deegan got passed by Hampshire for third! Suddenly Jo Shimoda was there in fifth right behind the man he needs to beat in Haiden Deegan.

Hampshire got around Vialle for second and then Deegan was trying to get Vialle for third when Shimoda snuck up and used a bit of a surprise attack to hit Deegan and push him off the track. Shimoda immediately went to work on Vialle for third to make sure he had a buffer between he and Deegan, but Vialle defended well.

Jordon Smith would take the win just narrowly holding off Hampshire as the checkered flag waved. Tom Vialle held onto third as he stuffed Shimoda to hold onto the spot on the final lap of the race.

450SMX Moto 1

The holeshot in the first 450SMX moto went to Adam Cianciarulo ahead of Justin Barcia. Dylan Ferrandis went down hard in the first corner and was down with Grant Harlan and Shane McElrath. Ferrandis would eventually get back on his bike and continue.

Cianciarulo led from Barcia with Anderson third and then the three title contenders of Roczen, Sexton, and Jett Lawrence. Barcia was able to nab the lead from Cianciarulo and immediately had a huge endo and went down hard from the race lead. Cianciarulo led for two more corners and then he too crashed on top of the wall jump tabletop.

Jason Anderson took over the lead for a couple of laps, but the red flag would wave as Justin Barcia was being worked on by the medics. Apparently, three laps had been completed by enough riders, so a staggered restart was in order.

The race restarted, and it was Anderson sprinting away at the front with Sexton trying to sneak by Ken Roczen into second place. Aaron Plessinger went down hard in the sand section which put an end to his moto early.

Jett Lawrence started cooking as Roczen took the lead away from Anderson but then Jett Lawrence started doing the quad onto the table line before the supercross triple and easily passed Anderson to get into second. He tried the move on Roczen the next lap and it didn’t work but then he did get it done the very next lap to take the lead away from Lawrence.

Suddenly Lawrence, Roczen, Sexton, and Anderson were all able to uncork the quad as they remained a few seconds apart from each other. Roczen with the quad line was able to keep Jett closer but the lap times kept coming in and they were almost identical amongst the top four riders.

As close as it got at the front, Jett Lawrence hung on to win 450SMX moto one ahead of Roczen, Sexton, and Anderson. It sets up just about a winner take all final moto in this situation now.

250SMX Moto 2

As the gate dropped for the 250SMX finale, it was Levi Kitchen just ahead of Haiden Deegan. Jordon Smith and Tom Vialle were both down on the first lap and ended up at the very back of the pack. Justin Cooper was in third just ahead of Jo Shimoda and Talon Hawkins as everyone was jockeying for position.

The front three riders were somewhat inching away from Shimoda in fourth who just couldn’t quite get eh ball rolling. The Star riders out front were nailing a line where they were going three-two to the inside after the sand and Shimoda was instead going two-three to the outside and it looked like he was losing a lot of time by doing that.

As the laps continued to tick off, the track seemed to look harder and harder to gain any time. Pierce Brown moved into the top five as he got around Talon Hawkins and then Max Vohland and RJ Hampshire were soon to follow suit as well, but that was almost the only passing really going on.

Shimoda was trying to inch the gap down and started to put on a charge late in the moto, but the gap had already ballooned out to five seconds. Justin Cooper started to close the gap down on Deegan but then Deegan picked it up as the white flag waved.

Levi Kitchen crossed the line to win the moto, but the championship would go to Haiden Deegan! Justin Cooper finished third in the moto and then Jo Shimoda crossed the line in fourth to secure second in the championship.

450SMX Moto 2

Chase Sexton grabbed the holeshot in the final 450SMX race ahead of Adam Cianciarulo. Jett Lawrence was initially in about sixth place, but he shot down the inside in the second corner and stuffed into a group of riders and somehow came out on the other side in third place.

Ken Roczen then found himself in about sixth spot but quickly found his way around Jason Anderson and Cooper Webb. Lawrence worked around Cianciarulo into second place and Roczen was quick to follow suit. Roczen looked fired up in the early running to stick with Jett Lawrence and not let the #18 machine get away.

Cooper Webb found his way around Adam Cianciarulo to get into fourth place with about 13 minutes left to go and Cianciarulo also had an earful from a good ride out of Colt Nichols who was up in sixth place. Jason Anderson had a crash early on after being shuffled out of the top three and was fine but elected to pull off the track and out of the race.

Chase Sexton suddenly had a massive crash out of the lead in the sand section. He dragged a foot peg on the right side and nosed into the sand which caused him to faceplant. He immediately crawled to the side of the track and out of the race as Lawrence and Roczen flew by.

Suddenly the math was easy. Jett was leading and Roczen was second. Whoever beat who of the duo would walk away as the champion when the checkered flag waved. Roczen tried to keep inching closer, but it felt identical to the 250 race where he just couldn’t quite make up the time necessary to get close enough to try to make a move. Roczen then got help up badly by Josh Hill with a couple laps to go and it gave Jett a big advantage.

Jett Lawrence would go on to win the race, the overall, and with it, the SuperMotocross World Championship. After his perfect season, Lawrence is now $1,000,000 richer as he completed a never-before-seen rookie season on a 450.