Red Bud 2024
RD 6 | Red Bud
RedBud MX gets its name from the trees of the same name that line this southwestern Michigan motocross track. The energy ‘America’s Motocross Track’ is known for comes from the ultra patriotic Midwestern crowd that descends upon this rolling farmland on the first Saturday each July. This will be the 45th time Pro Motocross visits Buchanan, Michigan.
As Jett Lawrence bowed out of the series, Chase Sexton made a major statement in the championship battle and in front of a large group of visiting family and friends (Chase’s roots are in nearby La Moille, Illinois). He put up a stellar 1-1 performance and claimed the red plate in a dream day where he doubled his season laps led count in the second moto alone.
Hunter Lawrence entered RedBud as the points leader and led the majority of the first moto before a rough crash knocked him out of a chance of winning. He got up to finish second but said he still felt the effects of the wreck in moto two where a miscalculated tire choice hurt his start. He could only catch up to fourth.
Sexton dominated moto two, beating teammate Aaron Plessinger by over 21 seconds, the largest win margin of the season. Sexton left RedBud with a 7 point lead over Lawrence.
For the first time in his career, Chance Hymas stood at the top step of a Pro Motocross podium. The Honda HRC rider claimed his first moto win a month earlier at Thunder Valley but now he’s officially in the record books as a winner.
The first moto of the day yielded one of the closest finishes in 250MX history in a moment of deja vu. Hymas led most of the race until he drifted back to fourth and Ty Masterpool and Haiden Deegan drag raced to the checkered flag for a win margin of 0.369
Hymas led wire to wire in moto with teammate Jo Shimoda behind him. While the gap grew to 8 seconds at one point, Shimoda put in a late charge but fell short of the moto win. Hymas broke Deegan’s streak of five straight nationals with at least one moto win.
Deegan had his worst moto of the season (6th) after a bad start and landing on a lapper’s downed bike cost him a shot at the podium.
