The Malcolm Effect

250 SMX Points (thru 2 of 3 rounds):

450 SMX Points (thru 2 of 3 rounds):

Haiden Deegan is your fastest qualifier for the second week in a row. Brings his SMX playoffs total to 2x fastest qualifier and season total to 6x.

Important: 7 of 8 riders will transfer out of the 250 LCQ today. There are 5 seeded riders (Bennick, Savatgy, Swoll, Hymas, Cochran) that are not racing today.

Haiden Deegan is the fastest qualifier in the 250’s today. It’s the first time he’s been fastest qualifier in a SMX World Championship round.

Jett Lawrence is your fastest 450 qualifier today. It’s the second time he’s topped the qualifying charts in an SMX World Championship round (Charlotte 2023). His 1:31.201 is +1.238 seconds faster than Eli Tomac who was third fastest.

RJ Hampshire (1:41.617) is your fastest qualifier here in Concord, NC for SMX Playoff 1. Haiden Deegan (1:42.102) and rookie Julien Beaumer (1:42.131) rounds out the top 3.

Justin Cooper (1:59.574) is your fastest qualifier in the 450 premier class – he was a mere 0.080 faster than Jett Lawrence (1:39.654). Chase Sexton, Eli Tomac, and Hunter Lawrence round out the top 5.

250 LCQ holeshot goes to Lux Turner of AEO Powersports KTM.

Levi Kitchen “I'm gonna whoop his butt” referring to racing against veteran, all-timer, and friend Ken Roczen who’s dropping down to race the 250’s.

Haiden Deegan is your fastest qualifier for the finale here at Ironman Raceway. It’s the 3rd time he’s been fastest qualifier this season, tying Tom Vialle for most in the season.

Chase Sexton is your 450 fastest qualifier – 3rd round he’s swept both sessions of qualifying this season.

Haiden Deegan (2:04.760) is the fastest overall qualifier for 250MX at Budds Creek. He was fastest in both sessions but his first session time held as the fastest overall.

Chase Sexton (2:01.044) is the fastest qualifier here at Budds Creek. That’s his 4th Fastest Q of the season.

250MX Moto 1 Holeshot goes to Haiden Deegan (6th of the year) who started on the far inside line. MASSIVE pileup in the first corner

Chance Hymas is your fastest 250 qualifier today. It’s the first time he’s been fastest qualifier in Pro Motocross. He’d been second fastest twice this season (High Point) and (Red Bud).

Chase Sexton is your fastest qualifier in the 450’s. It’s the third time he’s been fastest this season. He’s won the overall in both rounds he was fastest qualifier this season (3-1 for 1st at Southwick and 1-1 for 1st at RedBud).

Chance Hymas crashes after leading 25 minutes and the first 10 laps of the moto. He’d led 10 laps to start the moto.

Hunter Lawrence (2:16.403) tops his 2nd qualifying session of the season and in the process is today’s fastest 450 qualifier. It’s his first career fastest qualifier in the 450’s.

Tom Vialle is the 250 fastest qualifier again for the 3 rounds in a row. He was over 1.5 seconds faster than hometown favorite Levi Kitchen.

Chase Sexton wins moto 1 – his 6th straight moto win dating back to Rd 5 Southwick moto 2.

Jason Anderson is the fastest qualifier in 450MX at Spring Creek! That’s his first qualifying win since High Point 2022 (9th career) and he’s the third different rider this season to top 450MX Qualifying.

Tom Vialle is the fastest Qualifier in 250MX at Spring Creek. Even his second fastest time would have won qualifying. He was the only rider to get under 2:08. He’s the first rider to do it twice this season. That’s also Vialle’s second career win (and second in a row).

Chase Sexton wins 450MX Moto 1 at the Spring Creek National. Not only is that his first ever moto win here, it’s his 4th consecutive moto win, which is a PR for Sexton. At rounds 8-9 in 2022, Sexton won three consecutive motos.