FOX RACEWAY RD.1 PRO MOTOCROSS // From the Starting Gate to the Finish Line

On May 1, 2023 Last updated May 27, 2023

FOX RACEWAY RD.1 PRO MOTOCROSS // From the Starting Gate to the Finish Line

From the Starting Gate to the Finish Line will bring you all the info from the day of racing from the first round of the AMA Pro Championship series from Fox Raceway. There was only a few-week hiatus after the conclusion of the 2023 Supercross series. For 2023 there’s a notable change. The SX and MX series have been combined into a single extensive championship called the Supermotocross World Championship. The merged series consists of 31 rounds, with the final three taking place in North Carolina, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Completing this challenging series will undoubtedly test the endurance of the riders.

JETT HOLSHOTS & NEVER LOOKS BACK

450 MOTO 1 RESULTS

Jett won the first moto in dominating fashion.

It was Jett Lawrence with the start with Ferrandis and Sexton right behind him. Webb made his way into third fast. Sexton made his way back passed Webb at the beginning of lap two. Aaron Plessigner made the pass on Webb for 4th place.

Only five laps into the race Jett has almost a 10-second lead. Plessinger went down letting Web get back into 4th.

On the 6th lap Sexton passed Ferrandis for second place.

Lap 9 Plessigner passed his teammate back Webb for fifth. With 3 laps to go Plessigner went down again with Webb again going by.

The top 5 were Lawrence, Sexton, Ferrandis, Webb and Plessigner.

POS.	#	RIDER	INTERVAL
1	18	Jett Lawrence	15 Laps
2	23	Chase Sexton	+10.082
3	14	Dylan Ferrandis	+17.150
4	2	Cooper Webb	+21.203
5	7	Aaron Plessinger	+29.788
6	9	Adam Cianciarulo	+1:05.273
7	103	Lorenzo Locurcio	+1:28.293
8	93	Jerry Robin	+1:32.486
9	78	Grant Harlan	+1:34.608
10	107	Jose Butron	+1:43.112
11	77	Ryan Surratt	+1:58.829
12	11	Kyle Chisholm	+2:13.838
13	47	Fredrik Noren	+2:15.645
14	89	Kaeden Amerine	+2:42.686
15	563	Dante Oliveira	14 Laps
16	126	RJ Wageman	+01.576
17	511	Jace Kessler	+22.580
18	174	Luca Marsalisi	+22.632
19	388	Brandon Ray	+30.032
20	141	Richard Taylor	+30.767
21	995	Christopher Prebula	+36.092
22	140	Alex Ray	+52.988
23	444	Romain Pape	+58.269
24	483	Bryton Carroll	+1:00.992
25	491	Gabe Gutierres	+1:14.276
26	226	Cameron Horner	+1:18.495
27	227	Jacob Runkles	+1:22.017
28	411	Scott Meshey	+1:23.299
29	469	Giacomo Redondi	+1:23.423
30	841	Jeffrey Walker	+1:24.830
31	50	Marshal Weltin	+1:47.075
32	820	Matthew Burkeen	+2:00.016
33	171	Josh Mosiman	+2:17.764
34	162	Maxwell Sanford	+2:23.943
35	123	Kayden Palmer	13 Laps
36	517	Ty Freehill	+58.381
37	53	Derek Drake	10 Laps
38	928	Bryce Hammond	5 Laps
39	926	Robert Martin	3 Laps
40	90	Tristan Lane	12 Laps

JO SHIMODA GOING DOWN IN THE FIRST 250 MOTO

TIRE OF CHOICE FOR FOR ROUND 1 // DUNLOP GEOMAX MX14

It can be surprising when you see National riders run a sand tire. However, the Dunlop MX14 is a very versatile tire that works great in deep loam like the Fox Raceway track in the morning. As some riders will switch to the mid-soft tire for the motos some riders will stick to the sand tire. Check out the full test we did on the Dunlop MX14.

FIRST TIME FOR METAL GRATES IN AMA PRO MOTOCROSS

The days of the dirt starts are over at the Pro-level of our sport. Pro Motocross is changing to metal grates which takes out some of the skill of packing your gate but also adds consistency for the riders and teams who’ve been using these in Supercross for over six years now.

250 MOTO 1 RACE RESULTS

RJ Hampshire dominated the field in the first moto.

Off the start, it was Jalek Swoll with the holeshot, but Jo Shimoda made the pass in the second turn. RJ Hampshire made the pass on his teammate Swoll on the first lap. On the opening lap Cooper was in 9th and Lawrence behind him in 10th. It wasn’t long before Hampshire got passed Shimodo to take the lead. The two factory KTM riders were 3rd and 4th place making time on the leaders. Hampshire went down in a rut in a lead put got stuck behind him letting Vohland catch up to them.

Jo Shimoda went down with about 20 minutes to go putting Max in second and Vialle in third.

With 12 minutes on the clock, Hunter Lawrence and Justin Cooper made it up to the top five riders. Jo made the pass on Vialle into third with Lawrence doing the same moments later putting Vialle to fifth.

On the last lap, it was a three-rider dual for second between Max, Jo and Hunter. Hunter passed Jo and started working on Max. At the finish, it was RJ, Max, Hunter, Jo, and Justin in the top 5.

POS.	#	RIDER	INTERVAL
1	24	RJ Hampshire	15 Laps
2	34	Maximus Vohland	+06.126
3	96	Hunter Lawrence	+07.287
4	30	Jo Shimoda	+10.234
5	32	Justin Cooper	+17.409
6	238	Haiden Deegan	+18.617
7	128	Tom Vialle	+37.930
8	88	Guillem Farres	+50.682
9	75	Ryder DiFrancesco	+51.634
10	43	Levi Kitchen	+52.023
11	52	Carson Mumford	+54.931
12	124	Jett Reynolds	+58.927
13	58	Jordon Smith	+1:01.446
14	81	Ty Masterpool	+1:14.938
15	832	Chance Hymas	+1:15.560
16	6	Jeremy Martin	+1:16.708
17	36	Garrett Marchbanks	+1:18.313
18	243	Caden Braswell	+1:24.930
19	31	Michael Mosiman	+1:32.312
20	339	Talon Hawkins	+1:35.665
21	42	Joshua Varize	+1:52.072
22	85	Dilan Schwartz	+1:59.028
23	71	Preston Kilroy	+2:05.804
24	334	Brad West	+2:17.278
25	99	Hardy Munoz	+2:18.409
26	159	Tyson Johnson	+2:35.708
27	350	Chandler Baker	14 Laps
28	604	Max Miller	+16.884
29	41	Derek Kelley	+21.411
30	177	Tyler Stepek	+31.038
31	361	Chase Yentzer	+47.410
32	435	Marcus Phelps	+53.431
33	337	Slade Smith	+55.211
34	670	Gavin Brough	+1:05.867
35	377	Austin Black	+1:59.286
36	777	James Harrington	+2:28.386
37	409	Carter Dubach	13 Laps
38	188	Brantley Schnell	+1:50.209
39	59	Robbie Wageman	11 Laps
40	38	Jalek Swoll	3 Laps

CHASE SEXTON GOES DOWN DURING 450 QUALIFYING

450 OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS

This time around Jett Lawrence started out with more speed and was on top of the pole right away with Adam Cianciarulo in tow. Chase Sexton started to put in a fight and got into second behind Jett but couldn’t seem to run his pace. Jett was more than 2.5 seconds faster than Chase Sexton. This kid is business.

POS.	#	NAME	BEST TIME
1	18	Jett Lawrence	2:20.539
2	23	Chase Sexton	2:23.053
3	9	Adam Cianciarulo	2:23.251
4	2	Cooper Webb	2:23.507
5	14	Dylan Ferrandis	2:24.190
6	7	Aaron Plessinger	2:24.862
7	53	Derek Drake	2:25.889
8	563	Dante Oliveira	2:26.862
9	93	Jerry Robin	2:28.019
10	47	Fredrik Noren	2:28.049
11	103	Lorenzo Locurcio	2:28.477
12	50	Marshal Weltin	2:28.697
13	77	Ryan Surratt	2:28.874
14	444	Romain Pape	2:29.509
15	107	Jose Butron	2:30.314
16	89	Kaeden Amerine	2:30.354
17	11	Kyle Chisholm	2:30.377
18	78	Grant Harlan	2:30.653
19	469	Giacomo Redondi	2:30.802
20	174	Luca Marsalisi	2:30.812
21	926	Robert Martin	2:30.855
22	140	Alex Ray	2:31.167
23	123	Kayden Palmer	2:31.599
24	126	RJ Wageman	2:31.901
25	171	Josh Mosiman	2:32.079
26	995	Christopher Prebula	2:32.323
27	388	Brandon Ray	2:32.629
28	511	Jace Kessler	2:32.663
29	90	Tristan Lane	2:33.258
30	162	Maxwell Sanford	2:34.018
31	483	Bryton Carroll	2:34.043
32	141	Richard Taylor	2:34.079
33	841	Jeffrey Walker	2:34.390
34	820	Matthew Burkeen	2:34.404
35	226	Cameron Horner	2:34.965
36	411	Scott Meshey	2:35.184

TOP 36 QUALIFY TO MOTOS

37	234	Mccoy Brough	2:35.273
38	429	Justin Jones	2:35.550
39	227	Jacob Runkles	2:36.018
40	928	Bryce Hammond	2:36.050
41	830	Ezra Lewis	2:36.110
42	491	Gabe Gutierres	2:36.201
43	454	Layton Smail	2:36.247
44	315	Cody Groves	2:36.462
45	671	Tyler Ducray	2:36.490
46	190	Dominic DeSimone	2:36.665
47	645	Colby Copp	2:36.763
48	206	Griffin Dexter	2:36.969
49	281	Cory Carsten	2:37.107
50	798	Billy Ainsworth	2:37.702
51	417	Dylan Gaszak	2:38.139
52	169	Dylan Kappeler	2:38.455
53	149	Chad Heishman	2:39.393
54	672	Brandon Pederson	2:39.497
55	600	Connor Olson	2:40.569
56	517	Ty Freehill	2:40.583
57	822	Riley Ripper	2:40.721
58	538	Addison Emory IV	2:40.975
59	767	Mason Wharton	2:41.077
60	319	Devon Bates	2:42.610
61	481	Jonah Schmidt	2:43.283
62	993	Jakob Rassa	2:44.955
63	973	Philipp Klakow	2:45.211
64	618	Talon Gorman	2:45.760
65	951	Kyle Murphy	2:46.505
66	267	Robert Nalezny	2:47.449
67	134	Chase Adams	2:47.740
68	720	Jordon Fancher	2:49.427
69	209	Lucas Lamborn	2:49.797
70	821	Jeffrey Gorman	2:57.528
71	641	Tommy Flora	3:07.939

250 OVERALL QUALIFYING RACE RESULTS

Hunter was the fastest in the second qualifying session but it was not enough to overtake Justin Cooper’s hot lap in the first session.

Hunter Lawrence was the first to lay down a hot lap to get on the pole. After a lap, Justin Cooper came back swinging to overtake Hunter for the top spot. Hunter retaliated and bumped Justin from the top spot with a 2:22.225. Max Volhand also passed up Justin for second in qualifying. However, Hunter and Max’s time wasn’t fast enough to beat out Cooper’s first qualifying session time of 2:21 making Justin Cooper the fastest 250 rider in overall qualifying.

POS.	#	NAME	BEST TIME
1	32	Justin Cooper	2:21.308
2	34	Maximus Vohland	2:22.200
3	96	Hunter Lawrence	2:22.225
4	43	Levi Kitchen	2:23.550
5	30	Jo Shimoda	2:23.804
6	238	Haiden Deegan	2:23.938
7	24	RJ Hampshire	2:24.056
8	6	Jeremy Martin	2:24.311
9	88	Guillem Farres	2:24.488
10	75	Ryder DiFrancesco	2:24.532
11	832	Chance Hymas	2:24.612
12	38	Jalek Swoll	2:25.097
13	58	Jordon Smith	2:25.159
14	31	Michael Mosiman	2:25.235
15	52	Carson Mumford	2:25.492
16	128	Tom Vialle	2:25.604
17	124	Jett Reynolds	2:25.778
18	81	Ty Masterpool	2:26.314
19	36	Garrett Marchbanks	2:26.824
20	339	Talon Hawkins	2:27.469
21	85	Dilan Schwartz	2:27.573
22	42	Joshua Varize	2:27.991
23	71	Preston Kilroy	2:28.059
24	59	Robbie Wageman	2:28.425
25	41	Derek Kelley	2:28.560
26	243	Caden Braswell	2:28.736
27	159	Tyson Johnson	2:29.043
28	334	Brad West	2:29.603
29	435	Marcus Phelps	2:30.375
30	177	Tyler Stepek	2:30.517
31	99	Hardy Munoz	2:31.085
32	361	Chase Yentzer	2:31.267
33	350	Chandler Baker	2:32.320
34	377	Austin Black	2:32.421
35	604	Max Miller	2:33.166
36	337	Slade Smith	2:33.562
37	777	James Harrington	2:33.588
38	844	Robert Fobbe	2:34.237
39	983	Ethan Lane	2:34.623
40	366	Blaze Cremaldi	2:35.941
41	746	Trevor Schmidt	2:36.041
42	670	Gavin Brough	2:36.149
43	409	Carter Dubach	2:36.709
44	332	Colton Eigenmann	2:36.994
45	819	Blake Hoag	2:37.033
46	866	Ashton Bloxom	2:37.204
47	119	Logan Boye	2:37.870
48	299	Konnor Visger	2:38.549
49	188	Brantley Schnell	2:38.700
50	276	Jaret Finch	2:38.820
51	211	Jason Fichera	2:38.895
52	158	Tre Fierro	2:39.350
53	934	Brian Medeiros	2:41.006
54	470	Ethan Day	2:41.122
55	694	Nicholas Inman	2:42.291
56	301	Jordan Jarvis	2:45.461
57	424	Nolan Dickinson	2:46.183
58	433	Anthony Gonsalves	2:49.087
59	971	Brian Saunier	2:49.688
60	326	Rafael Chao	2:50.906
61	312	Trevor Dunn	2:51.286
62	270	Bryson Olson	2:53.400
63	225	Brett Stralo	2:53.400
64	138	David Pulley Jr	2:53.542

2023 FOX RACEWAY NATIONAL // 450 QUALIFYING RESULTS

Many of the 450 class riders fell like flies during the season with only four riders scoring points every round. The riders injured and others skipping the Nationsl to race the WSX series the 450 class is a lot lighter than it has been in the past. All eyes will be on the two Factory Honda riders, Jett Lawrence and Chase Sexton. Let’s see how 450 qualifying panned out at the first AMA Pro Motocross round at Fox Raceway.

To be involved in the action be sure to create a team with our MX Fantasy team to win big prizes like a 2024 Beta 300RX and a Boxo MotoBox full of tools.

Right now the consensus in the MXA Fantasy League is Chase Sexton is going to beat Jett Lawrence in the first round. According to the first qualifying session Jett has the upper hand thus far. Remember you have till 12:30 pm to lock in your teams before it is locked.

450 QUALIFYING RESULTS // SESSION 1

Jett Lawrence just proved he is here to win.

Cooper Webb was on top of the pole in the opening laps with privateer riders, Marshal Weltin, Jerry Robin and Ryan Surratt in tow for the first few laps. On the third lap Adam Cainciarulo took the pole with Chase Sexton in tow. Jett Lawrence and Dylan Ferrandis were off to a slow start as they were both outside the top 10 in the opening laps our very own Josh Mosiman ran 12th in timing until Jett Lawrence put in a heater and put in the fastest lap of the day with a 2:22.709.

POS.	#	RIDER	BEST TIME
1	18	Jett Lawrence	2:22.582
2	9	Adam Cianciarulo	2:23.395
3	23	Chase Sexton	2:23.437
4	2	Cooper Webb	2:23.507
5	7	Aaron Plessinger	2:24.862
6	53	Derek Drake	2:26.185
7	93	Jerry Robin	2:28.019
8	47	Fredrik Noren	2:28.049
9	103	Lorenzo Locurcio	2:28.477
10	50	Marshal Weltin	2:28.697
11	77	Ryan Surratt	2:28.874
12	11	Kyle Chisholm	2:30.377
13	14	Dylan Ferrandis	2:30.709
14	89	Kaeden Amerine	2:30.754
15	140	Alex Ray	2:31.727
16	174	Luca Marsalisi	2:31.925
17	78	Grant Harlan	2:31.951
18	171	Josh Mosiman	2:32.079
19	511	Jace Kessler	2:32.663
20	90	Tristan Lane	2:33.636
21	141	Richard Taylor	2:34.079
22	841	Jeffrey Walker	2:34.636
23	820	Matthew Burkeen	2:34.852
24	483	Bryton Carroll	2:35.655
25	227	Jacob Runkles	2:36.018
26	830	Ezra Lewis	2:36.110
27	429	Justin Jones	2:36.305
28	645	Colby Copp	2:36.763
29	411	Scott Meshey	2:36.783
30	281	Cory Carsten	2:37.593
31	928	Bryce Hammond	2:38.181
32	107	Jose Butron	2:40.229
33	600	Connor Olson	2:40.593
34	538	Addison Emory IV	2:40.975
35	767	Mason Wharton	2:41.156
36	234	Mccoy Brough	2:43.465

450 QUALIFYING RESULTS GROUP B

Off-road champ Dante Oliveira is trying his hand at some Pro Nationals. He qualified first in the B Group and would be 7th overall. Not bad.

POS.	#	RIDER	BEST TIME
1	563	Dante Oliveira	2:26.862
2	444	Romain Pape	2:29.509
3	469	Giacomo Redondi	2:30.802
4	926	Robert Martin	2:30.855
5	126	RJ Wageman	2:31.901
6	388	Brandon Ray	2:32.629
7	123	Kayden Palmer	2:32.707
8	995	Christopher Prebula	2:33.461
9	162	Maxwell Sanford	2:34.018
10	226	Cameron Horner	2:34.965
11	491	Gabe Gutierres	2:36.231
12	671	Tyler Ducray	2:36.490
13	190	Dominic DeSimone	2:36.665
14	206	Griffin Dexter	2:36.969
15	315	Cody Groves	2:37.289
16	798	Billy Ainsworth	2:38.666
17	454	Layton Smail	2:38.842
18	672	Brandon Pederson	2:39.497
19	417	Dylan Gaszak	2:39.953
20	517	Ty Freehill	2:40.583
21	822	Riley Ripper	2:42.542
22	319	Devon Bates	2:42.610
23	169	Dylan Kappeler	2:42.712
24	481	Jonah Schmidt	2:43.283
25	149	Chad Heishman	2:45.137
26	973	Philipp Klakow	2:45.211
27	618	Talon Gorman	2:45.760
28	993	Jakob Rassa	2:46.227
29	267	Robert Nalezny	2:47.449
30	951	Kyle Murphy	2:47.694
31	134	Chase Adams	2:49.078
32	720	Jordon Fancher	2:49.427
33	209	Lucas Lamborn	2:49.797
34	821	Jeffrey Gorman	2:57.528
35	641	Tommy Flora	3:07.939

2023 FOX RACEWAY NATIONAL // 250 QUALIFYING RESULTS

We are excited to see what the two-time World Champion Tom Vialle can do on U.S. soil.

The first round of the AMA Pro Motocross series is held at Fox Raceway in Southern California. The 250 class is going to be stakce3d with riders like Hunter Lawrence, Tom Vialle and RJ Hamshire going for the National title. Let’s see how things shape up in qualifying.

250 A QUALIFYING RESULTS // SESSION 1

Ryder DiFranceso was 7th in the first 250 qualifying session.

It was Levi Kitchen was on the gas in the opening laps of 250 qualifying as he clocked in a 2:24.308 which stood at the top of the pole for four laps. Then Max Volhand knocked him off the top step but only for a moment. Justin Cooper put in a hot lap that blew the doors off the competition with s 2:21.308. Nobody was within two seconds of Cooper in the first 250 qualifying sessions. Behind him was Max Vohland, Levi Kitchen, RJ Hampshire, Jeremy Martin Ryder DiFrancesco, Hunter Lawrence, Jo Shimoda, Haiden Deegan and Casron Mumford rounding out the top 10 riders.

POS.	#	RIDER	BEST TIME
1	32	Justin Cooper	2:21.308
2	34	Maximus Vohland	2:22.200
3	43	Levi Kitchen	2:23.630
4	24	RJ Hampshire	2:24.056
5	6	Jeremy Martin	2:24.311
6	75	Ryder DiFrancesco	2:24.733
7	96	Hunter Lawrence	2:24.924
8	30	Jo Shimoda	2:24.925
9	238	Haiden Deegan	2:25.311
10	52	Carson Mumford	2:25.492
11	128	Tom Vialle	2:25.604
12	832	Chance Hymas	2:26.140
13	88	Guillem Farres	2:26.260
14	81	Ty Masterpool	2:26.314
15	58	Jordon Smith	2:26.335
16	31	Michael Mosiman	2:26.479
17	36	Garrett Marchbanks	2:27.812
18	38	Jalek Swoll	2:27.903
19	71	Preston Kilroy	2:28.059
20	339	Talon Hawkins	2:28.090
21	85	Dilan Schwartz	2:28.536
22	41	Derek Kelley	2:28.560
23	159	Tyson Johnson	2:29.043
24	59	Robbie Wageman	2:29.570
25	334	Brad West	2:29.603
26	243	Caden Braswell	2:29.646
27	42	Joshua Varize	2:30.450
28	99	Hardy Munoz	2:31.085
29	435	Marcus Phelps	2:31.887
30	177	Tyler Stepek	2:32.110
31	350	Chandler Baker	2:32.320
32	777	James Harrington	2:34.396
33	337	Slade Smith	2:34.652
34	377	Austin Black	2:35.613

2023 Fox Raceway National 450 mx results