Lets go Glendale! Round five of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship and SuperMotocross World Championship is set to take over State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. This is the largest stadium floor of the year and the track is already shaping up nicely for tonight’s racing. Here’s what’s happening in Arizona.
QUALIFYING #2
450 qualifying brought the heat as all the top dogs went at it and set the fastest times. First it was Ken Roczen, then Eli Tomac, then Joey Savatgy, then Jorge Prado. Prado’s lap held up as the fastest time of the day with a 56.4 late in the session. Tomac uncorked a huge quad line before the mechanics area but it still wasn’t enough to dethrone his KTM teammate Prado. He was 0.009 behind Prado. Ken Roczen’s time held up for third, just three-tenths off of Prado. Hunter Lawrence and Chase Sexton rounded out the top five overall.
450SMX OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS (Top 10)
| 1. | Jorge Prado | (KTM) | 56.451 |
| 2. | Eli Tomac | (KTM) | 56.440 |
| 3. | Ken Roczen | (Suz) | 56.777 |
| 4. | Hunter Lawrence | (Hon) | 56.849 |
| 5. | Chase Sexton | (Kaw) | 56.867 |
| 6. | Cooper Webb | (Yam) | 56.954 |
| 7. | Joey Savatgy | (Hon) | 57.146 |
| 8. | Justin Cooper | (Yam) | 57.223 |
| 9. | Aaron Plessinger | (KTM) | 57.235 |
| 10. | Justin Hill | (KTM) | 57.245 |
The second 250 qualifying session put on a show as the riders all traded top times in quick succession. Ryder DiFrancesco, Levi Kitchen, and Haiden Deegan all picked up their pace as the session wore on and slowly brought their times down. In the end Haiden Deegan put in a burner lap and set the time to beat. This makes up for his penalty earlier as he goes to the line with the first gate pick. “I can’t let these guys think they have a chance,” Deegan said.
Levi Kitchen was second overall, just one-tenth back from Deegan. These two were the only riders on the 56-second lap. Kitchen towed his Pro Circuit teammate Cameron McAdoo in on the fast lap as the two finished second and third respectively. McAdoo was nine-tenths back from Deegan’s pace. Max Vohland clocked the fourth best time with Ryder DiFrancesco rounding out the top five.
250SMX OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS (Top 10)
| 1. | Haiden Deegan | (Yam) | 56.638 |
| 2. | Levi Kitchen | (Kaw) | 56.768 |
| 3. | Cameron McAdoo | (Kaw) | 57.522 |
| 4. | Max Vohland | (Yam) | 57.599 |
| 5. | Ryder DiFrancesco | (Hus) | 57.644 |
| 6. | Parker Ross | (Yam) | 58.212 |
| 7. | Michael Mosiman | (Yam) | 58.264 |
| 8. | Lux Turner | (Yam) | 58.332 |
| 9. | Hunter Yoder | (Yam) | 58.373 |
| 10. | Max Anstie | (Yam) | 58.670 |
QUALIFYING #1
The 450 heavy hitters came out swinging in the first qualifying session. Eli Tomac snatched the fastest lap late in the session on his Red Bull KTM. Tomac is based out of Arizona during the first few rounds of Supercross so it comes as no real surprise that he’s on top early here in Glendale. Chase Sexton was a close second, just two tenths off the pace from Tomac. Aaron Plessinger rounded out the podium in Q1 with the third best time.
450SMX QUALIFYING 1 RESULTS (Top 10)
| 1. | Eli Tomac | (KTM) | 57.481 |
| 2. | Chase Sexton | (Kaw) | 57.647 |
| 3. | Aaron Plessinger | (KTM) | 57.779 |
| 4. | Jorge Prado | (KTM) | 57.813 |
| 5. | Cooper Webb | (Yam) | 57.999 |
| 6. | Ken Roczen | (Suz) | 58.017 |
| 7. | Justin Cooper | (Yam) | 58.116 |
| 8. | Hunter Lawrence | (Hon) | 58.227 |
| 9. | Joey Savatgy | (Hon) | 58.291 |
| 10. | Colt Nichols | (Suz) | 58.430 |
Haiden Deegan set the fastest lap in the first qualifying session but it appears his time was taken away after the times ended, likely due to a sound failure or another penalty from the AMA. This moved Ryder DiFrancesco to the top spot as he originally sat second at the end of Q1 and bumped Deegan to second. Levi Kitchen clocked third and looked good after scoring his first podium of the season one week ago.
250SMX QUALIFYING 1 RESULTS (Top 10)
| 1. | Ryder Difrancesco | (Hus) | 57.644 |
| 2. | Haiden Deegan | (Yam) | 57.890 |
| 3. | Levi Kitchen | (Kaw) | 58.185 |
| 4. | Michael Mosiman | (Yam) | 58.264 |
| 5. | Max Vohland | (Yam) | 58.947 |
| 6. | Lux Turner | (Yam) | 59.278 |
| 7. | Cameron McAdoo | (Kaw) | 59.536 |
| 8. | Parker Ross | (Yam) | 59.580 |
| 9. | Max Anstie | (Yam) | 59.640 |
| 10. | Josh Varize | (Kaw) | 1:00.062 |
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