250 QUALIFYING RESULTS | 2020 THUNDER VALLEY NATIONAL

The 2020 AMA Nationals has just two rounds left, and for the Thunder Valley National located in Lakewood Colorado, the championship is separated between two veteran 250 riders. Dylan Ferrandis and Jeremy Martin were head to head for the points chase and with Dylan doing exceptionally well at the previous round scoring a 1-1 at WW Ranch, Jeremy was going to have to play the catch-up game. 13 Points separated the two time 250 champion and the Frenchman and this season of Pro Motocross has shown us that anything could happen. Will Dylan Ferrandis win by a points lead or will Jeremy Martin close the gap and lay it down at the final round of the 2020 Pro Motocross Season?

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250 OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS

Shane McElrath

The second session of timed qualifying for the 250 class showed us slower laptimes by more than 5 seconds across the board in the first half of the session. After only having three qualifying sessions on the track, large ruts were already forming and the track looked pretty rough for how little seat time took place on it. For the second session Jarrett Frye and Hunter lawrence held the top two positions. Second place points leaser Jeremy Martin jumped ahead of Hunter Lawrence for second place and then Dylan Ferrandis jumped to first with a 2:09. However the rookie on the 134 bike, took his second place spot back. The second place position played a game of hot potato as Shane McElrath then took the position leading to Justin Cooper jumping to the top and Dylan falling into second. One thing we noticed was that the 250s were struggling significantly in one section of the track despite clearing it consistently. A large step up in the track was forcing the 250 riders to hit it wide open and barely make it. Rj Hampshire then threw down a heater jumping up to the fourth position with Frye now sitting behind him. However the last lap involved Jeremy Martin trying his hardest and then sitting in fourth and Dylan Ferrandis just squeezing by Cooper for the top position. 

POS.	#	NAME	BEST TIME
1	32	Justin Cooper	2:07.574
2	12	Shane McElrath	2:07.690
3	14	Dylan Ferrandis	2:08.097
4	24	RJ Hampshire	2:09.088
5	6	Jeremy Martin	2:09.667
6	35	Hunter Lawrence	2:10.238
7	134	Jarrett Frye	2:10.386
8	488	Nathanael Thrasher	2:10.607
9	220	Carson Mumford	2:11.369
10	30	Brandon Hartranft	2:11.392
11	84	Jo Shimoda	2:11.552
12	57	Derek Drake	2:11.598
13	26	Alex Martin	2:11.720
14	74	Mitchell Harrison	2:11.834
15	29	Cameron Mcadoo	2:12.043
16	83	Jett Lawrence	2:12.152
17	60	Mitchell Falk	2:12.423
18	67	Jerry Robin	2:12.690
19	239	Mason Gonzales	2:12.909
20	374	Dilan Schwartz	2:13.188
21	387	Joshua Varize	2:13.633
22	667	Jesse Flock	2:13.869
23	355	Joseph Crown	2:14.382
24	68	Nick Gaines	2:14.859
25	554	Wade Brommel	2:15.118
26	310	Kai Aiello	2:15.298
27	874	Zack Williams	2:15.555
28	726	Gared Steinke	2:16.119
29	135	Robert Fitch, Jr.	2:16.474
30	188	Gage Schehr	2:16.501
31	227	Derek Kelley	2:16.539
32	77	Kevin Moranz	2:16.734
33	380	Preston Kilroy	2:16.825
34	504	Gerhard Matamoros	2:16.940
35	495	Blake Ashley	2:17.376
36	124	Lane Shaw	2:17.605

 

TOP 36 QUALIFY FOR THE MOTOS 

37	158	Tre Fierro	2:17.780
38	981	Curren Thurman	2:18.212
39	251	Ezra Hastings	2:18.349
40	469	Josh Boaz	2:18.619
41	162	Maxwell Sanford	2:18.943
42	266	Brett Greenley	2:19.084
43	494	Luc Santos	2:19.427
44	410	Tyler Lowe	2:19.672
45	186	Tyler Monks	2:20.086
46	204	Kyle Greeson	2:20.767
47	815	Colton Eigenmann	2:20.942
48	289	Otto Berton	2:21.212
49	364	Chad Saultz	2:21.308
50	183	Brandon Yates	2:21.312
51	701	Jake Pinhancos	2:21.611
52	670	Tyler Ducray	2:21.677
53	301	Jordan Jarvis	2:23.551
54	767	Mason Wharton	2:23.954
55	127	Jacob Bork	2:24.100
56	737	Zachary Butkiewicz	2:24.485
57	631	Brandon Dickson	2:24.966
58	245	Andrew Barros	2:25.438
59	924	Gage Hulsey	2:28.972
60	622	Zac Maley	2:28.973
61	203	Andrew Boccarossa	2:29.187
62	168	Cale Kuchnicki	2:29.571
63	721	Zachary Harris	2:29.755
64	354	Jason Lutton	2:33.397

 

250 FIRST SESSION QUALIFYING RESULTS

Justin Cooper qualified fastest in the first session.

Star Yamaha flew into the first session of timed qualifying with a remarkable lineup first through sixth featuring Justin Cooper, Shane McElrath, Dylan Ferrandis, rookie debut Nate Thrasher, and Jarrett Frye. This season we have seen a handful of rookies perform exceedingly well in qualifying but struggled to find their footing when it came to racing. It is always exciting to see someone who’s first time racing with the top pros performs a lot better than most of them in qualifying. Second in points Jeremy qualified in eighth. After Pro Motocross fixed an issue with live timing, these were the final times for the first round of timed qualifying.

POS.		#	NAME	BEST TIME
1		32	Justin Cooper	2:07.574
2		12	Shane McElrath	2:07.690
3		14	Dylan Ferrandis	2:08.879
4		24	Rj Hampshire	2:08.879
5		488	Nate Thrasher	2:10.607
6		134	Jarrett Frye	2:10.720
7		35	Hunter Lawrence	2:10.720
8		6	Jeremy Martin	2:10.890
9		57	Derek Drake	2:11.598
10		26	Alex Martin	2:11.720
11		84	Jo Shimoda	2:12.172
12		72	Mitchell Harrison	2:12.673
13		83	Jett Lawrence	2:12.786
14		29	Cameron McAdoo	2:12.870
15		239	Mason Gonzales	2:12.909
16		220	Carson Mumford	2:13.527
17		387	Joshua Varize	2:13.633
18		60	Mitchell Falk	2:13.712
19		667	Jesse Flock	2:13.633
20		30	Brandon Hartranft	2:14.207
21		67	Jerry Robin	2:14.211
22		355	Joey Crown	2:14.382
23		68	Nick Gaines	2:14.859
24		726	Garrett Steinke	2:16.119
25		227	Derek Kelley	2:16.965
26		77	Kevin Moranz	2:17.167
27		124	Lane Shaw	2:17.605
28		981	Curren Thurman	2:18.212
29		188	Gage Schehr	2:18.257
30		251	E Hastings	2:18.349
31		162	Maxwell Sanford	2:19.083
32		266	Brett Greenley	2:19.084
33		815	Colton Eigenmann	2:21.453
34		204	Kyle Greeson	2:21.453
35		701	Jake Pinhancos	2:21.959

 

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