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Morning Report

Good morning, race fans! Welcome to the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania here for the first East Coast race of the 2026 AMA Pro Motocross Championship. We should be set for a true, “Chamber of Commerce Day” at the one and only Country Club of Motocross. High today is about 78° and sunny. But you never know when rain will come during the summer so that could factor in at some point. You can never count out a random, 12-minute rain shower throughout the day.

On track, the racing should continue to be great. The first three rounds have been epic and we expect today to deliver as well. We already had a fantastic first moto in the Women’s Motocross (WMX) Championship powered by Synchrony when WMX rookie Mayla Herrick holeshot and won the race, stopping Lachlan Turner’s four-moto win streak to start the season. Their second moto will be in the middle of today’s Pro Motocross race day.

In the 450 Class, Jett Lawrence is leading the championship after a four-moto win streak of his own. Hunter Lawrence and Haiden Deegan will look to best the #1, as will Jorge Prado and the rest of this stacked field.

Speaking of stacked, check this stat out: only five riders have finished inside the top ten in all six of their motos to start the season—and Jo Shimoda is the only rider to do so in the 250 Class! 

The 250 Class will be led by Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki teammates Levi Kitchen and Seth Hammaker. Jo Shimoda is lurking just six points behind, so it would not be shocking to see the #30 lead with the championship lead at the end of the day. The Kawasaki duo will be hard to beat though. Hammaker has been sneaky good in his two Pro Motocross starts here at High Point Raceway. Who knows, the consistently inconstant 250 Class could provide a big shake up any given second—even from moto to moto!

In both classes it will be fun to see who does better in these East Coast conditions.

As always, riders' meeting starts at 7:15 a.m. with Pastor Jake, then bikes on are track at 8 a.m. Here we go!

First Qualifying Sessions

250 Class

Local Luke Fauser topped the first qualifying session of the day with a 2:09.354 on his #462 KTM 250 SX-F to lead the 250 Class group B session. In the 250 Class group A session, it was championship leading teammates Levi Kitchen and Seth Hammaker with 2:04 and 2:05 laps, respectively, leading the field early on, as Cole Davis, Lux Turner, and Nick Romano were running tip five on the results page after fast opening laps. Julien Beaumer and Ryder DiFrancesco moved into the top three positions behind Kitchen. Then, on the very last lap, Davies put in his best lap—a 2:04.433—to top the field. Kitchen’s 2:04.658 was second fastest as the only other sub-2:05. DiFrancesco’s 2:05.059 was third fastest, then Beaumer (2:05.293) and Hammaker (2:05.406) rounded out the top five. Caden Dudney put in a fast lap that was sixth fastest with a 2:05.558.

The first sessions the track was moist but not too bad. The sun is out and will harden up the track more throughout the day so the motos this afternoon. For being only 65 degrees, it is starting to get hot already with 64 percent humidity.

450 Class

In the 450 Class, it was the Lawrence duo of Jett and Hunter leading the field when the green flag waived, with Haiden Deegan right behind them. Deegan and Jett went back and forth a few times both on the track and on the results page as Garrett Marchbanks put in a P3 lap early. Deegan’s 2:01.317 was leading Jett Lawrence’s 2:02.996 and they two were gesturing back and forth a few times after it looked like they got in each other’s day. Jorge Prado put in two very slow roll laps then went for a fast lap but went down at one point because he came back through the finish line jump with dirt on his right shoulder. Once he finally got in a good lap—a. 2:03.248—Prado moved into P3. When the session ended, Deegan’s time held up over Jett Lawrence’s as Prado was third, then Hunter Lawrence and Mikkel Haarup rounded out the top five. The #31 Triumph could be a sleeper pick here, as could be RJ Hampshire (sixth), Marchbanks (seventh), Dylan Ferrandis (eight), and Christian Craig (ninth). Those guys were all ripping! Jordon Smith threw down a few scrubs on his fast laps as the riders navigated the slick dirt that saw several squirrely lines up the faces of different jumps.

Conner Mowry topped the 450 Class group B session.

Second Qualifying Sessions

250 Class

The second session was again led by Cole Davies, Levi Kitchen, and Ryder DiFrancesco. Davies' 2:02.283 was the top time, besting his 2:04.433 from the first session to stand as the top overall 250 Class qualifier. 

450 Class

The second 450 Class group A session saw more of the same back and forth on the results and on the track between Jett Lawrence and Haiden Deegan. The Lawrences and Deegan were the first three off the line when the session started. Jett Lawrence had a big get off then Deegan went by and looked to have said something. Watch the interaction this session as Jett Lawrence looked to give a gesture to Deegan.

Things could get interesting this afternoon if the #1 and the #38 find one another during the motos!

Dylan Ferrandis also had a get-off in the same section as Jett Lawrence did. He got up and got back on his bike and returned to the track as well, which was a good sign. Check out that sequence below! He was okay but not happy with the flagging because of his awkward local while trying to pick up his bike.

On the results page, Jett put in a blazing 1:59.977 to take P1 overall on the day, besting Deegan's 2:01.317 from the first session to take the fastest overall 450 Class qualifying spot. Hunter Lawrence, Jorge Prado, Deegan, and Mikkel Haarup rounded out the top five.

First Motos

250 Class

During rider introductions after the sight lap, it was Pennsylvania’s own Seth Hammaker who got the most cheers before the 30-second board went up.

The gate dropped on the first moto of the day, and it was Casey Cochran with the holeshot and early lead! Julien Beuamer made a pass into the race lead as Cole Davies and Jo Shimoda both made their way forward. Beaumer had a lead of about five seconds but then went down on the finish line jump, losing a position as Davies got by, inheriting the lead from the #13’s bad luck. Davies and Beaumer would start to break away from the field, but the top six riders were still pretty close. Beaumer kept Davies honest but was not able to make a pass attempt. At the finish line, it was Davies taking the win over Beaumer by 1.5 seconds, then Shimoda, Cochran, and co-championship leader Seth Hammaker rounding out the top five. Hammaker’s co-championship leading teammate Levi Kitchen had a crash but came through sixth. Dudney came through eighth after running third for the early portion of the moto. Carson Mumford had a bike problem on the first few laps, which ended his moto early. We also saw DNFs from Maximus Vohland, Enzo Temmerman, Cole Timboe, and Aden Keefer.