250 OVERALL RACE RESULTS | 2021 THUNDER VALLEY NATIONAL

The 250 class is in full force at the second round of the 2021 Pro Motocross season located in Lakewood, Colorado. Thunder Valley hosts one of the most vertically inclined rounds with the riders heading up and down the green hillside. In timed qualifying, we saw Justin Cooper smoke the rest of the field with a 2-second advantage on second place’s Jeremy Martin and Nate Thrasher in third. The 2021 season is already full of surprises as the top 10 are filled with older and younger 250 riders alike. Unfortunately for the 250 class, Alex Martin had a nasty crash in timed qualifying, find out more HERE.

So who do you think will win come out on top in the motos in the lites class? Will Jett Lawrence grab another overall or will we see another one of the many riders get the win? Scroll down below as we report all the action LIVE from Thunder Valley MX.

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Photos by Chad Murray

250 OVERALL RACE RESULTS

The 250 Motos may not have been as exciting as the 450 class, but the racing was close nonetheless. 

Justin Cooper took the holeshot with Jett Lawrence chasing in second place. The other Lawrence brother, Hunter ran in third place. Jett and Justin went back and forth making passing and blocking attempts on each other for the lead. Rj Hampshire ran in fourth place with Jarrett Frye in fifth. Rj went down hard at the bottom of one of the downhill sections, being ejected from the bike. Jarrett Frye moved up to fourth place with Jalek Swoll in fifth. After five minutes, Jett Lawrence was right up behind Justin Cooper for the lead.

Jeremy Martin found himself on the side of the track after a crash and it would be an unfortunate weekend for the Martins. Jett nearly took out Justin with a very close pas leading up one of the hills. The two race leaders were remarkably ahead of the rest of the field, more than nine seconds ahead of third place. At half of the race remaining, Jett proceeded to create a gap in between himself and Justin Cooper. At six minutes remaining, Michael Mosiman made the pass on Jo Shimoda for fourth place. Jett won the moto but Justin Cooper grabbed the overall.

POS.	#	RIDER	Motos
1	32	Justin Cooper	2	2
2	18	Jett Lawrence	4	1
3	41	Hunter Lawrence	5	3
4	30	Jo Shimoda	6	4
5	64	Colt Nichols	9	5
6	48	Garrett Marchbanks	7	7
7	47	Jalek Swoll	10	6
8	6	Jeremy Martin	1	40
9	90	Dilan Schwartz	8	12
10	24	RJ Hampshire	3	19
11	38	Austin Forkner	13	8
12	91	Nathanael Thrasher	11	10
13	59	Jarrett Frye	12	13
14	39	Carson Mumford	14	14
15	45	Pierce Brown	36	9
16	42	Michael Mosiman	34	11
17	241	Joshua Varize	16	16
18	115	Maximus Vohland	15	17
19	75	Ty Masterpool	33	15
20	73	Derek Kelley	17	20
21	220	Ramyller Alves	21	18
22	667	Jesse Flock	18	39
23	604	Max Miller	19	21
24	33	Derek Drake	20	22
25	158	Tre Fierro	23	23
26	874	Zack Williams	24	25
27	432	Kaeden Amerine	26	24
28	310	Kai Aiello	25	27
29	554	Wade Brommel	27	26
30	195	Blake Ashley	28	28
31	726	Gared Steinke	22	34
32	352	Bronson McClure	29	30
33	124	Lane Shaw	32	29
34	841	Jeffrey Walker	31	37
35	162	Maxwell Sanford	30	38
36	995	Christopher Prebula	37	33
37	959	Max Groom	35	36
38	67	Stilez Robertson	38	35
39	286	Brandon Sussman		31
40	299	Konnor Visger		32
41	742	TJ Uselman	39
42	112	Xylian Ramella	40

250 MOTO 1 RACE RESULTS

Austin Forkner didn’t get the start he wanted in the first moto.

It was Jeremy Martin and Jett Lawrence who had a photo holeshot with Justin Cooper racing in third place. The track was slick as the track was freshly watered by the track crew. Michael Mosiman and Ty Masterpool battled for fourth place on the first lap. A red flag was waved after Jerry Robin had a nasty tumble leading to a restart of the race. Justin Cooper grabbed the holeshot and it was Joshua Varize who made his way passed Jeremy Martin for second. Both Jeremy and Rj Hampshire made their passed Varize all within a handful of turns. Hunter Lawrence got redemption from a poor start before the red flag was waved as he now sat in fifth place.

His brother Jett Lawrence sat in fourth and he had begun to make progress on Rj Hampshire who sat in third. With just over nine minutes passed, Jeremy Martin made a significant gain on his teammate, closing the gap on Cooper. Rj Hampshire also made progress on the two race leaders, giving some breathing room between himself and Jett Lawrence. Jeremy Martin made a close squeeze on Justin Cooper just after the start straight, and later becoming successful on the doubles heading up the hill.

Justin Cooper led the majority of the race but his teammate would make the pass.

With less than ten minutes remaining, the leaders began to run into lap traffic. But unlike the entirety of the 2021 Supercross season, these guys moved over for the leaders. Jeremy Martin’s lead grew to over two seconds on Justin Cooper. Michael Mosiman who was running in sixth had a mechanical issue, pulling off into the mechanic’s area.

POS.		#	RIDER
1		6	Jeremy Martin
2		32	Justin Cooper
3		24	RJ Hampshire
4		18	Jett Lawrence
5		41	Hunter Lawrence
6		30	Jo Shimoda
7		48	Garrett Marchbanks
8		90	Dilan Schwartz
9		64	Colt Nichols
10		47	Jalek Swoll
11		91	Nathanael Thrasher
12		59	Jarrett Frye
13		38	Austin Forkner
14		39	Carson Mumford
15		115	Maximus Vohland
16		241	Joshua Varize
17		73	Derek Kelley
18		667	Jesse Flock
19		604	Max Miller
20		33	Derek Drake
21		220	Ramyller Alves
22		726	Gared Steinke
23		158	Tre Fierro
24		874	Zack Williams
25		310	Kai Aiello
26		432	Kaeden Amerine
27		554	Wade Brommel
28		195	Blake Ashley
29		352	Bronson McClure
30		162	Maxwell Sanford
31		841	Jeffrey Walker
32		124	Lane Shaw
33		75	Ty Masterpool
34		42	Michael Mosiman
35		959	Max Groom
36		45	Pierce Brown
37		995	Christopher Prebula
38		67	Stilez Robertson
39		742	TJ Uselman
40		112	Xylian Ramella

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