First Qualifying Sessions

In the first qualifying sessions, Levi Kitchen set the tone early in the 250 class, setting a time that was 1.6 second faster than everyone else. However, his closest title rival was second fastest, Cole Davies, with his Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing teammate Michael Mosiman in third. Drew Adams had one of his best times of the year in fourth and Casey Cochran who is becoming known for setting fast qualifying times in fifth.

In the 450 class it was Haiden Deegan setting the fastest time in the first session, 0.344 faster than red plate holder Jett Lawrence. A little further back in time was Hunter Lawrence in third, Jorge Prado in fourth and a welcome back to Eli Tomac in fifth. The question is, will these times hold or will the track get faster for the second session and as the day goes on?

Second Qualifying Sessions

Qualifying session number two and Cole Davies topped his first session time on the second lap, setting the tone early. However, it was the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki duo of Drew Adams and Levi Kitchen swapping pole position. Both riders were flying but in the end it was Drew Adams with the fastest time 0.198 over Kitchen. Davies was third, Ryder DiFrancesco fourth and Michael Mosiman rounded out the top five.

In the 450 class, second session was again faster than the first with all the the riders shuffling for fastest position. But in the end it was Hunter Lawrence to top the board by more than a half of a second over Deegan. Jett Lawrence was third with RJ Hampshire in fourth and Jorge Prado in fifth. The track is bound to change as the day goes on, and starts play a huge role in the finish so we will see how these results look after 30 minutes plus two.

LCQ’s

In the 250 last chance qualifier it was Tre Fierro who got out to the early lead and was setting a fast pace out front. However it was the local boy from Wisconsin, McGrath who set the fastest time of the race and came from out of the top four to move into qualifying position. He eventually got into third before settling in behind Jace Hinrichs in second. Christopher Schroder took the final qualifying spot.

In 450 LCQ and it was Minnesota’s Zach Williams with the early lead. These LCQ’s are quick so first lap position is important. Ayden Shive started further back but was able to make moves into the qualifying positions. In the end it was Williams, Brett Heidorn, Kyle Petrie, and Ayden Shive. 

250 Moto 1

In 250 moto 1 there were two massive crashes in the first two corners, in the second corner both championship contenders Davies and Kitchen went down hard when Carson Wood came into Davies. Both Kitchen and Davies got up quickly and started working their way up, until disaster struck and Davies bike let go. Out front it was the rookie Kayden Minear leading laps until his teammate Michael Mosiman made pass. But it was Julien Beaumer who was coming on strong, trying to take advantage of the top two in points having a rough moto. Beaumer caught and passed Minear for second. Then with only a couple of laps to go Beaumer caught Mosiman and those two fought one of the hardest battles of the year the entire last lap, with Beaumer barely edging him out for the win. Meanwhile charging from the back was Levi Kitchen, fifth through ninth was in an intense five-way battle, Kitchen was able to catch the group but was only able to get around Chance Hymas for eighth. Still even with the bad moto for Kitchen he will take the points lead over from Davies who was unable to finish.