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250SX qualifying one:

Team Honda HRC’s current 250SX East points leader Hunter Lawrence set the fastest time in the first qualifying session with a 47.440s lap-time, just ahead of Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing pairing of Nate Thrasher and Jordon Smith. TLD Red Bull GasGas’s Michael Mosiman and Muc-Off FXR ClubMX Yamaha’s Jeremy Martin rounded out the top three, with Max Anstie (Fire Power Honda), Michael Hicks (TiLube Honda Racing), Haiden Deegan (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing), Tom Vialle (Red Bull KTM) and Chris Blose (Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki) completing the top 10.

450SX qualifying one:
Team Honda HRC’s championship contender Chase Sexton posted the quickest qualifying time in the first 450SX session, with a 46.339s lap, almost a full second quicker than Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jason Anderson. Series leader Eli Tomac (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing) was third, with Ken Roczen (Progressive Insurance Ecstar Suzuki) and Cooper Webb (Red Bull KTM) completing the top five. The remaining top 10 positions were filled by Christian Craig (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna), Justin Barcia (TLD Red Bull GasGas), Dean Wilson (Fire Power Honda), Joe Savatgy (Rick Ware Racing) and Benny Bloss (Yamaha).

250SX qualifying two:
Lawrence was again the man to beat in the second qualifying session, and was the only rider to drop beneath the 47-second mark, with a 46.747 lap-line. Just less than half a second behind him was Thrasher, with Anstie putting in an improved performance to finish the session in third. Smith and Martin finished fourth and fifth-fastest, as Vialle, Blose, Mosiman, Chance Hymas (Honda HRC) and Deegan filled the remaining top 10 spots.

450SX qualifying two:
Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jason Anderson came out swinging in the second qualifying session to take the fastest lap-time from both sessions with a searing time of 46.280 seconds. In a session that saw the top nine riders separated by less than 0.7 seconds, Roczen crossed the line with a second-fastest time, ahead of initial qualifying leader Sexton. Tomac and Webb finished fourth and fifth, as Craig, Wilson, Bloss, Savatgy and Aaron Plessinger (Red Bull KTM) filled positions sixth through to 10^th.

250SX race one:
Hunter Lawrence claimed the opening Triple Crown win. Fire Power Honda’s Max Anstie scored the holeshot, but the 250SX East Championship leader quickly surged into the lead. From that point the Australian was never headed, although Nate Thrasher hung tough and kept the gap to within 1.5 seconds until the final laps. The pair finished more than 13 seconds ahead of Anstie, with Jordon Smith and Tom Vialle finishing inside the top five. Jeremy Martin placed sixth ahead of Michael Mosiman, who was down as low as 15^th on the opening lap. Chris Blose, Chance Hymas and Cullin Park (Phoenix Honda Racing) rounded out the top 10.

450SX race one:
Eli Tomac grabbed the holeshot of the first 450SX main event, and lead to the checkered flag, despite constant pressure from Ken Roczen throughout the race. Chase Sexton put in the fastest laps of the race as he came from deep in the pack to finish a hard-fought third, ahead of Justin Barcia and Cooper Webb. Aaron Plessinger, Christian Craig, and Jason Anderson – who initially remounted dead last after a first-turn crash – finished sixth to eighth, as Colt Nichols (Honda HRC) and Justin Hill (Team Tedder Monster Energy Mountain Motorsports KTM) filled the remaining top 10 places.

250SX race two:
Jordon Smith took well-earned wire-to-wire victory in the second 250SX race as Thrasher got the better of Lawrence after a moto-long battle. After Thrasher took Lawrence high on a berm on the opening lap, Lawrence quickly got back onto the back of the Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing pairing and commenced a three-way battle for the lead. It came to a head in the dying laps when Lawrence went down while trying to force a pass on Thrasher, but he was about to remount and finish a distant third. Anstie and Deegan completed the top five, as Mosiman, Hymas, Blose, Vialle and Park finished P6-10.

450SX race two:
Jason Anderson took a 2.8-second win in the second 450SX race. The Monster Energy Kawasaki rider claimed the holeshot, but temporarily surrendered the lead to Webb before retaking it one lap later and holding the rest of the pack at bay for the remainder of the race. Webb held off a hungry Sexton for second, as race one winner, Tomac, finished fourth. Plessinger, Roczen, Barcia, Craig, Justin Cooper (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing) and Dean Wilson completed the top 10.

Supercross Futures main event:
Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Daxton Bennick claimed the Supercross Futures holeshot and checked out to a comfortable seven-second victory over Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Casey Cochrane and Orange Brigade KTM pairing Preston Boespflug and Julien Beaumer. Brice Shelly (Yamaha) finished fifth, ahead of Kawasaki rider Trevor Colip. Cole Davies (Altherm JCR Yamaha) finished the race in P7, ahead of Slade Varola (Kawasaki), Avery Long (Yamaha) and Blake Gardner (Kawasaki).

250SX race three:
Jeremy Martin claimed the victory in a chaotic final 250SX race. Thrasher grabbed the holeshot as series leader Hunter Lawrence went down in the first turn with Max Anstie, and remounted at the back of the pack. Up front, Thrasher pulled out a commanding 10-second lead until, with two laps to go, he crashed in the whoops and handed the lead to Martin. Martin held on to take the checkered flag from Vialle as Thrasher finished third and claimed the overall win of the night. Deegan and Smith – who crashed twice in the race – finished fourth and fifth, as Lawrence clawed his way back to sixth. Mosiman, Blose, Anstie and Jace Owen (Honda) completed the remaining top 10 placings.

450SX race three:
Cooper Webb won a thrilling final 450SX race that saw three different leaders, and claimed the round win in the process. Tomac grabbed the holeshot and tried to pull away, but Sexton stayed with him before he washed his front wheel in a corner. Although he didn’t lose a position, he soon inherited the lead when Tomac made an uncharacteristic error. Webb put in a late-race surge to pass Anderson, then take advantage of a lapped rider to take the lead from Sexton and win the race. Sexton and Anderson claimed the top three positions, ahead of Roczen and Plessinger. Tomac eventually finished P6, ahead of Barcia, Craig, Cooper and Hill.