In the 250 class the points are still really close, Levi Kitchen leads by only one point over Jo Shimoda. Shimoda has one point over Julien Beaumer, who has five points over Cole Davies. Only seven points between the top four and no repeat winners in four races. No rider has yet to find consistency in this series, and if the track is muddy, it is doubtful today will be the day someone does.

The first round of qualifiers is set to begin shortly, so check back soon for a look at who’s leading the pack here at RedBud.

Until then check out First Look:

First Qualifiers

All morning we were waiting on the word that first qualifiers were canceled, but the track crew did an amazing job of pushing most of the mud off of the track. Cole Davies carried his confidence over from Hight Point, getting the fastest time in the first session. He was even penalized for failing sound, losing his fastest lap but fortunately his second time was still faster than everyone else.

In the 450 class it was Jett Lawrence who was a full second faster than Hunter Lawrence, with RJ Hampshire coming through in third. Haiden Deegan was third fastest but lost his fast lap for jumping the leap on the site lap.

Second Qualifiers

Second qualifying session and once again Cole Davies shot to the top of the board. No one could challenge his time, on the rough and rutted track. Davies’ teammate Caden Dudney was second fastest and Kitchen in third.

450 class Jett Lawrence set the fastest lap in the first session, and that time would hold, however Haiden Deegan was fastest in the second session. Every rider had their fair share of troubles out on the rough track, Jett went down and Jorge Prado hit his bike going for a wild ride. The ruts are super deep with lines going everywhere. It will be interesting to see who can stay the smoothest and most consistent in the motos.  

LCQ's

In the 250 LCQ it was Christopher Schroeder with the holeshot but Reece Wheaton made it to the lead on the second lap. At the end Trevor Hazlett and Nico Isreal rounded out the top four and made it through to the motos.

In the 450 LCQ Ronnie Orres pulled the holeshot but Michigan’s own Joey Crown quickly found his way to the lead as he has made many laps around this track over the years. Tyler Stepek found his way into second, Vinny Luhovey in third and Orres held on for the final transport position. 

SMX Next Moto 2

Moto one was held on Friday, but moto two got rained out and was moved to today. Landon Gibson pulled the holeshot but it was moto 1 winner Carson Wood who moved to the lead right away. Though Gibson started coming on strong about halfway through and applied pressure all the way to the end, it looked at one point he was even going to go for the pass but couldn’t make anything stick. Meanwhile Kade Johnson had made his way to third place but on the last lap Kayd Kingsford was able to make the pass going up LaRocco’s Leap, pushing Johnson off the track and claiming third. Though Johnson was able to make the overall podium in third.