2025 Charlotte SMX
RD 1 | Concord, NC
The opening round of the SuperMotocross playoffs is at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s zMax Dragway for the third year in a row. Below you’ll find recaps of each class and the stats and data feed of info that was typed out live during the event.
Star Racing Yamaha’s Haiden Deegan (1-5/3rd) owns the trivia question answer of “who scored the first ever SuperMotocross moto victory”. After Seth Hammaker (5-8) grabbed the first ever holeshot, Dangerboy tracked down Levi Kitchen (2-11) and led the final six laps.
Jo Shimoda (4-1) won the second moto to take the overall victory. Tom Vialle (3-2/2nd) led 10 laps of the second moto but missed out on the overall win by one point. Hunter Lawrence (9-7/8th) had a rare bad day.
Chase Sexton (1-1) played it masterfully to win the first ever round of the SuperMotocross World Championships in the 450 class. Jett Lawrence (7-2/4th) struggled to his first ever loss on a 450.
The top four in the overall results were represented by 3 different nationalities, as the American Sexton was joined by Germany’s Ken Roczen (3-3/2nd) in second and France’s Dylan Ferrandis (2-4) in third.
Notably, pure privateer Ty Masterpool (11-12/11th) who delayed an appendectomy to race the SMX Playoffs, pulled both holeshots at zMax.
Just 66 days after surgery on his left thumb, Jett Lawrence (2-1) won the opening round of the 2024 SuperMotocross World Championships by tracking down Eli Tomac (1-2) in the second moto.
Of the 26 laps run in Charlotte, Tomac led all but 4; he led wire to wire for the moto 1 win and had to work around his teammate Justin Cooper in moto two. Chase Sexton (4-3) finished third overall.
Haiden Deegan (1-1) started moto 1 in 9th and moto two in 7th and was in the lead on laps 9 and 10, respectively.
Julien Beaumer (2-4) led the most total laps (17) and was the biggest surprise of the day. He pulled both holeshots and finished second overall, shocking given that his best individual race finish (moto or main event) was a 4th in moto 1 at Budds Creek, his only top five finish as a pro. Levi Kitchen (5-2) finished third overall. He led eight laps in the second moto.
