250 OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS | 2021 HOUSTON SUPERCROSS 1

Ah it’s finally that time of the year when we all wake up, get a warm cup of coffee, and watch the early morning qualifying rounds of Supercross. It took a whole village to get the 2021 Supercross season to start running in the 2021 year but we’re grateful that despite the crazy schedule, we still get Supercross. Unlike most years, a lot of the riders don’t really know the speed of their competition. With teams being sectioned off during training and testing days, one of the most common answers we heard when asking riders questions during the opening round press conference was that they had no real gauge of where everyone was at riding wise. Another factor heading into the opening round of Supercross was that the offseason was extremely short. What turned into months of testing turned into weeks for many and after the 2020 outdoors season ended, most teams and riders were full gas heading into the new year to get their bikes ready for Supercross. So who do you think will be the fastest 250 rider in the first round of Houston? Go down below to see the results.

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Photos by Brian Converse

250 OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS

Mitchell Oldenburg put the Muc-Off Honda in seventh place during the first round of qualifying.

The second qualifying session for Group A started qualifying being led by Michael Mosiman on the GasGas. Jett Lawrence and Christian Craig took the lead closely following each other but Christian shortly passed Jett after Jett made an attempt to jump into the whoops. Rj Hampshire took the third position with Colt Nichols speeding in fourth and Michael Mosiman then in fifth.  Austin Forkner in his fourth lap sped to the fourth position while Christian held on to the first place position. Jett and Christian went back and forth for the first place spot as the two remained in 44 second lap times merely hundredths of a second from each other. Thomas Do, who qualified first in Group B’s qualifying session, currently sat in an impressive eighth place amongst the Group A riders at four minutes left in the session. Christian Craig’s teammate Colt Nichols, pushed towards the third place position after having a hiatus off the bike during the 2020 outdoors season. Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider, Jo Shimoda, put down his fastest lap of the day and sat in sixth with two minutes left. Many riders chose to jump through the whoops instead of skimming the top which was uncharacteristic of the first qualifying session as they tried to improve their lap times. Rookie RedBull KTM rider Max Vohland, sat in the tenth position with one minute remaining. At the end of the second qualifying session, Christian Craig remained to be the only rider who broke into the 43-second laptime.

POS.	#	NAME			BEST TIME
1	29	Christian Craig			43.765
2	18	Jett Lawrence			44.585
3	64	Colt Nichols			44.770
4	38	Austin Forkner			44.798
5	24	Rj Hampshire			44.857
6	30	Jo Shimoda			45.443
7	42	Michael Mosiman			45.582
8	773	Thomas Do			45.755
9	49	Mitchell Oldenburg			45.788
10	115	Max Vohland			46.166
11	50	Enzo Lopes			46.621
12	95	Joshua Osby			46.714
13	122	Jeremy Hand			46.804
14	134	Jess Pettis			46.824
15	99	Hunter Sayles			46.914
16	88	Logan Karnow			47.004
17	604	Max Miller			47.025
18	55	John Short			47.075
19	116	Tj Albright			47.192
20	124	Lane Shaw			47.207
21	241	Joshua Varize			47.245
22	193	Hunter Schlosser			47.346
23	260	Dylan Woodcock			47.389
24	87	Curren Thurman			47.423
25	76	Grant Harlan			47.479
26	85	Kevin Moranz			47.519
27	170	Devin Simonson			47.604
28	384	Lorenzo Camporese			47.607
29	914	Geran Stapleton			47.998
30	162	Maxwell Sanford			48.201
31	216	Devin Harriman			48.234
32	151	Carter Gordon			48.457
33	185	Wilson Fleming			48.534
34	125	Luke Neese			48.635
35	364	Chad Saultz			48.936
36	512	Austin Cozadd			49.251
37	551	Guillaume St-Cyr			49.500
38	625	Jonah Geistler			50.092
39	160	Vincent Murphy			50.194
40	181	Wyatt Lyonsmith			50.225

Jo Shimoda aboard his Pro Circuit Kawasaki

250 SESSION 1 QUALIFYING GROUP A

Austin Forkner qualified in the sixth position in the first round of timed qualifying for Group A

As the first round of qualifying began for the 250 class Rj Hampshire jumped in front of the pack followed by Yamaha riders Christian Craig and Colt Nichols. Despite being in front, Christian Craig took the top position for the first round of timed 1qualifying with a 45.8 lap time followed by Rj’s 46.1. It wasn’t long for the top position to be traded with the Husky rider as Rj took the lead after several laps and then Jett Lawrence taking the second position with a 45.33.  With 5 minutes left in the qualifying round, Rj Hampshire led followed by Jett Lawrence, Christian Craig, Michael Mosiman, and then Muc-Off Honda rider Mitchell Oldenburg. Austin Forkner then passed Mitchell Oldenburg. At 3 minutes left, Rj Hampshire got side-swapped through one of the rhythm sections resulting in him hitting a tough block and going down. After being shaken up, Rj pulled off the track letting Jett Lawrence slide by for the top qualifying position.

POS.		#	RIDER		BEST TIME
1		18	Jett Lawrence		44.762
2		29	Christian Craig		45.125
3		24	Rj Hampshire		45.315
4		64	Colt Nichols		45.335
5		42	Michael Mosiman		45.582
6		38	Austin Forkner		45.847
7		49	Mitchell Oldenburg		45.965
8		30	Jo Shimoda		46.076
9		50	Enzo Lopes		46.621
10		115	Max Vohland		46.679
11		134	Jess Pettis		46.824
12		99	Hunter Sayles		47.849
13		95	Joshua Osby		47.970
14		76	Grant Harlan		48.022
15		87	Curren Thurman		48.478
16		88	Logan Karnow		48.565
17		55	John Short		48.986
18		85	Kevin Moranz		49.441
19		914	Geran Stapleton		49.592
20		185	Wilson Fleming		50.220
21		125	Luke Neese		50.415

Austin Forkner going down during the first qualifying round.

Jett Lawrence eagerly waiting for his chance to set a fast qualifying time.

Christian Craig staying focused for the first round of Supercross.

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