250 OVERALL RACE RESULTS // 2023 SOUTHWICK NATIONAL

We’ve arrived at the halfway point of the 2023 Pro Motocross season and what better Summer race to go to than Southwick. The weather is warm but the conditions are prime as the 250 class lines up on the gate. Hunter Lawrence remains in command of the championship but not without a season altering scare in the second moto at Red Bud. After going down in the first turn, Hunter was pitted off the track by the medic mule but thankfully checked out to have no serious injury. Now, the points gap has shrunk after Hunter’s previous DNF and things are finally getting interesting amongst the lites.

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250 MOTO 2 RACE RESULTS

Tom Vialle made it clear he was on a mission, secruing the holeshot. Pro Circuit teammates Jo Shimoda and Seth Hammaker chased in second and third while Honda’s Hunter Lawrence was all the way back in 11th.

After 12 minutes, a light precipitation came from the sky but nothing crazy. Hunter Lawrence and Haiden Deegan would also migrate into the top 10 while a three-way battle for third would emerge. Both Justin Cooper and Rj Hampshire would make the move on Seth Hammaker for third and fourth. Jo Shimoda would also gain possession of the lead.

The right handers continued to stump the riders as another turn would take Haiden Deegan down a position.

With just under seven minutes left, Justin Cooper snuck past Tom Vialle for second place.

But the right handers still had more fight in them, knocking over Justin Cooper to close the gap between Justin and Tom.

Jo would win the moto and Tom Vialle would win the overall.

POS.	#	RIDER	FINISHES			POINTS
1	128	Tom Vialle	1	3	45
2	32	Justin Cooper	2	2	44
3	30	Jo Shimoda	6	1	40
4	24	RJ Hampshire	3	4	38
5	35	Seth Hammaker	7	5	30
6	238	Haiden Deegan	4	10	29
7	34	Maximus Vohland	8	6	28
8	43	Levi Kitchen	5	9	28
9	38	Jalek Swoll	11	7	24
10	243	Caden Braswell	9	11	22
11	339	Talon Hawkins	10	14	18
12	75	Ryder DiFrancesco	13	13	16
13	96	Hunter Lawrence	26	8	13
14	241	Daxton Bennick	17	12	13
15	613	James DeCotis	12	17	13
16	108	Jorgen Talviku	14	16	12
17	337	Slade Smith	18	15	9
18	85	Dilan Schwartz	15	18	9
19	777	James Harrington	16	22	5
20	245	Matti Jorgensen	37	19	2
21	473	Lux Turner	19	38	2
22	41	Derek Kelley	20		1
23	159	Tyson Johnson	27	20	1
24	426	Josh Toth	22	21	0
25	889	Cody Williams	23	25	0
26	560	Kyle Murdoch	21	27	0
27	435	Marcus Phelps	24	26	0
28	99	Hardy Munoz	35	23	0
29	771	Jack Zarse	28	30	0
30	375	Lawrence Fortin III	30	29	0
31	162	Maxwell Sanford	33	28	0
32	702	Hunter Cross	25	36	0
33	962	Joseph Tait	39	24	0
34	537	Travis Mecking	31	32	0
35	268	Gage Stine	34	31	0
36	664	Hunter Stempel	32	35	0
37	294	Nicholas McDonnell	29	40	0
38	769	Andrew Rossi	36	37	0
39	152	Hunter Calle	38	39	0
40	392	Pawel Maslak		33	0
41	540	Leo Tucker		34	0
42	465	Conor Sheridan	40	0

250 MOTO 1 RACE RESULTS

Justin Cooper showed up across the holeshot line first with Jalek Swoll and Tom Vialle chasing in second and third. By the third corner, Tom Vialle was already in second place and begun to put on a charge for Star Yamaha’s Justin Cooper. Hunter Lawrence wasn’t as fortunate with his start in the first moto and would make his way up to fifth after eight minutes.

With 13 minutes left, the battle for third place had started to heat up as Rj Hampshire made the pass on third place’s Seth Hammaker and Hunter lawrence would follow through moving into fourth as well. Unfortunately for Seth, he would tip over in a corner later but the gap between fifth and sixth meant that he would keep his position.

With just over 5 minutes remaining, Justin Cooper would tip over allowing Tom Vialle to take the lead spot.

But with just two laps left, Hunter’s bike would suffer a mechanical and would be hit with another DNF this season.

Tom Vialle would take his first Pro Motocross moto win.

POS.			#	RIDER
1			128	Tom Vialle
2			32	Justin Cooper
3			24	RJ Hampshire
4			238	Haiden Deegan
5			43	Levi Kitchen
6			30	Jo Shimoda
7			35	Seth Hammaker
8			34	Maximus Vohland
9			243	Caden Braswell
10			339	Talon Hawkins
11			38	Jalek Swoll
12			613	James DeCotis
13			75	Ryder DiFrancesco
14			108	Jorgen Talviku
15			85	Dilan Schwartz
16			777	James Harrington
17			241	Daxton Bennick
18			337	Slade Smith
19			473	Lux Turner
20			41	Derek Kelley
21			560	Kyle Murdoch
22			426	Josh Toth
23			889	Cody Williams
24			435	Marcus Phelps
25			702	Hunter Cross
26			96	Hunter Lawrence
27			159	Tyson Johnson
28			771	Jack Zarse
29			294	Nicholas McDonnell
30			375	Lawrence Fortin III
31			537	Travis Mecking
32			664	Hunter Stempel
33			162	Maxwell Sanford
34			268	Gage Stine
35			99	Hardy Munoz
36			769	Andrew Rossi
37			245	Matti Jorgensen
38			152	Hunter Calle
39			962	Joseph Tait
40			465	Conor Sheridan

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