HIGH POINT NATIONAL // 250 RACE RESULTS

The 2023 Pro Motocross season has arrived at Mt. Morris for the High Point National. So far, the weather has caused a turn of events for the track as the combination of soils used created a surface that was incredibly difficult to ride on. Slick, rutty, and sticky, the High Point National dirt has managed to get in between the treads of most tires and compacting to create a filled tread pattern. In qualifying we noticed riders going down left and right but as the day goes on, we can only hope that the conditions get better for the races.

Haiden Deegan was your fastest qualifier in the day and series rival, and teammate, Justin Cooper would go down hard in the second session. Star Racing has confirmed that Justin will not be lining up. Scroll down below to find out everything you need to know when the gate drops at the High Point National.

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250 OVERALL RESULTS // HIGH POINT NATIONAL

A group of young guns led the field with Levi Kitchen, Chance Hymas, and Ryder DiFrancesco in the front. However, there would be friendly fire in between teammates as the Rockstar Husqvarna riders would topple over each other. Many of the frontrunners were caught up in the pileup with series points leader Hunter Lawrence being held up. Eventually, Chance Hymas would grab the lead and his Honda teammate Hunter Lawrence would slice his way into fifth place.

Halfway through the second moto, Chance Hymas would lose his impressive lead to Hunter. 5 minutes later, Tom Vialle would also make the pass on Chance.

*Hunter Lawrence was penalized.*

POS.	#	RIDER	FINISH M1 M2				POINTS
1	24	RJ Hampshire		1	7	39
2	96	Hunter Lawrence		3	1	38
3	238	Haiden Deegan		2	6	37
4	30	Jo Shimoda		7	3	34
5	128	Tom Vialle		11	2	32
6	832	Chance Hymas		8	5	29
7	75	Ryder DiFrancesco		5	8	29
8	38	Jalek Swoll		4	11	28
9	43	Levi Kitchen		12	4	27
10	34	Maximus Vohland		6	12	24
11	243	Caden Braswell		9	13	20
12	85	Dilan Schwartz		14	9	19
13	58	Jordon Smith		15	10	17
14	71	Preston Kilroy		10	15	17
15	339	Talon Hawkins		13	14	15
16	41	Derek Kelley		16	16	10
17	361	Chase Yentzer		17	17	8
18	337	Slade Smith		19	18	5
19	162	Maxwell Sanford		18	19	5
20	703	Mitchell Zaremba		24	20	1
21	351	Jack Rogers		20	22	1
22	560	Kyle Murdoch		22	23	0
23	159	Tyson Johnson		25	21	0
24	366	Blaze Cremaldi		23	27	0
25	281	Cory Carsten		21	29	0
26	620	Peyton Jackson		29	24	0
27	777	James Harrington		28	28	0
28	391	Rody Schroyer		27	30	0
29	504	Gerhard Matamoros		33	25	0
30	738	Steve Roman		37	26	0
31	258	Tyler Evans		30	34	0
32	283	Aidan Dickens		34	32	0
33	962	Joseph Tait		26	40	0
34	946	Cole Jones		35	33	0
35	881	Gerald Lorenz III		31	37	0
36	715	Ian Kearon		40	31	0
37	341	Evan Haimowitz		32	39	0
38	340	Skyler Leaf		36	36	0
39	215	Jason Neidigh			35	0
40	598	Tyler Conner		38		0
41	346	Charles Tolleson			38	0
42	245	Matti Jorgensen		39		0

250 MOTO 1 RESULTS // HIGH POINT NATIONAL

Rj Hampshire grabbed the holeshot with Jo Shimoda tipping over in the second corner. What proceeded would resemble one of those Tour de France crashes where the entire fields piles up on one another. The series leader Hunter Lawrence sat all the way back in 14th, but would struggle to make ground like he’s used to due to the track conditions still be extremely difficult. Several laps later, he would maneuver his way into 9th place.

While everyone struggled on the High Point track, Rj Hampshire seemed to be in his element, picking a line two turns ahead and just riding very smart. Haiden Deegan was holding on five seconds behind, and Jalek Swoll was more than 16 seconds behind. But as we were talking about Rj’s impressive riding, Rj nearly J-Cooped himself in the same roller section.

12 minutes into the moto, Hunter Lawrence had found his groove, racing in fifth place. With just 12 minutes left in the moto, Rj would make a mistake losing the lead to Haiden Deegan.

But the chaos continued as a lapped rider would get stuck in a rut just before Haiden causing the Star Yamaha rider to allow Rj to catch up. But just as Rj caught up, he nearly high-sided in the following rollers resulting in very little ground gained.

With two laps left, Hunter Lawrence had moved into third place passing Jalek Swoll. With just a few turns left in the race, Rj Hampshire just squeaked by Haiden for the win.

POS.			#	RIDER		INTERVAL
1			24	RJ Hampshire		15 Laps
2			238	Haiden Deegan		+02.669
3			96	Hunter Lawrence		+22.449
4			38	Jalek Swoll		+31.161
5			75	Ryder DiFrancesco		+1:18.887
6			34	Maximus Vohland		+1:23.524
7			30	Jo Shimoda		+1:24.316
8			832	Chance Hymas		+1:27.222
9			243	Caden Braswell		+1:41.150
10			71	Preston Kilroy		+1:57.598
11			128	Tom Vialle		+2:04.671
12			43	Levi Kitchen		+2:11.310
13			339	Talon Hawkins		+2:32.748
14			85	Dilan Schwartz		14 Laps
15			58	Jordon Smith		+23.726
16			41	Derek Kelley		+57.709
17			361	Chase Yentzer		+1:28.378
18			162	Maxwell Sanford		+2:02.247
19			337	Slade Smith		+2:07.436
20			351	Jack Rogers		13 Laps
21			281	Cory Carsten		+20.876
22			560	Kyle Murdoch		+53.859
23			366	Blaze Cremaldi		+54.708
24			703	Mitchell Zaremba		+1:07.541
25			159	Tyson Johnson		+1:12.966
26			962	Joseph Tait		+1:31.320
27			391	Rody Schroyer		+1:37.291
28			777	James Harrington		+1:42.133
29			620	Peyton Jackson		+2:24.679
30			258	Tyler Evans		+2:31.996
31			881	Gerald Lorenz III		12 Laps
32			341	Evan Haimowitz		+29.733
33			504	Gerhard Matamoros		+29.733
34			283	Aidan Dickens		+40.644
35			946	Cole Jones		+1:36.417
36			340	Skyler Leaf		+2:06.043
37			738	Steve Roman		11 Laps
38			598	Tyler Conner		10 Laps
39			245	Matti Jorgensen		4 Laps
40			715	Ian Kearon		DNF

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