Hello from Hangtown! Round two of the 2026 AMA Pro Motocross Championship takes to Prairie City SVRA in Rancho Cordova, California for the Hangtown National. Last week’s winners Hunter Lawrence and Seth Hammaker are looking to establish themselves as the ones to beat but it’s still anyones race with the series in its early stages. Here’s what happened in this morning’s qualifying sessions.
250 MOTO 1
Seth Hammaker absolutely dominated the first 250 moto with a holeshot and a wire-to-wire win. The 250 points leader stole the show early on and sprinted away with the fastest times in the first seven laps of the race. This allowed him to create a gap over second place and manage the race from the front. That’s another moto of maximum points for the current points leader.
Levi Kitchen crossed the line in second in 25o moto one. The Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider started outside the top five but slowly chipped away at the lead pack. Kitchen turned up the pace and was the fastest rider on track for the entire second half of the moto. Once again, that’s a Kawasaki 1-2 in the opening moto.
Jo Shimoda finished third for his best moto result of the year. He also came through traffic and made a number of strong passes around Nick Romano and Julien Beaumer to find his spot on the box. Shimoda faced off with Kitchen in the second half of the moto but lost the spot to the Kawasaki rider. Still, this is Shimoda’s strongest finish of the first two rounds.
450MX QUALIFYING
Haiden Deegan came out with a statement as he posted the fastest qualifying time in the first 450 session, but it was Jett Lawrence who ended up on top at the end of the second 450 session. The defending champ set the time to beat and went half a second quicker than anyone else on track. He’ll go to the line first for the first 450 gate drop. Deegan’s time still held up for second overall with Jorge Prado rounding out the top three. Last week’s winner Hunter Lawrence fell in the second session but still clocked fourth ahead of Justin Cooper in fifth.
450MX OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS (Top 10)
| 1. | Jett Lawrence | (Hon) | 1:49.886 |
| 2. | Haiden Deegan | (Yam) | 1:50.389 |
| 3. | Jorge Prado | (KTM) | 1:50.543 |
| 4. | Hunter Lawrence | (Hon) | 1:50.797 |
| 5. | Justin Cooper | (Yam) | 1:51.014 |
| 6. | RJ Hampshire | (Hus) | 1:51.829 |
| 7. | Chase Sexton | (Kaw) | 1:51.995 |
| 8. | Aaron Plessinger | (KTM) | 1:52.334 |
| 9. | Dylan Ferrandis | (Duc) | 1:52.607 |
| 10. | Christian Craig | (Hon) | 1:53.434 |
450 NOTES
- Eli Tomac is out for today’s racing after injuring his neck during the opening moto at Fox Raceway
- Malcolm Stewart will miss the next few rounds after tweaking his knee at round one
250MX QUALIFYING
Last week it was Levi Kitchen on top in both sessions but this week it was a different Pro Circuit Kawasaki at the front of the field with Seth Hammaker posting the time to beat. Last week’s winner has a point to prove as he’s 13 points clear in the championship lead. Hammaker’s time was two-tenths better than the rest of the field. Ryder DiFrancesco posted his best qualifying time in second overall with Jo Shimoda looking much faster this week and rounding out the top three. Cole Davies and Levi Kitchen completed the top five.
250MX OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS (Top 10)
| 1. | Seth Hammaker | (Kaw) | 1:52.621 |
| 2. | Ryder DiFrancesco | (Hus) | 1:52.871 |
| 3. | Jo Shimoda | (Hon) | 1:52.950 |
| 4. | Cole Davies | (Yam) | 1:53.046 |
| 5. | Levi Kitchen | (Kaw) | 1:53.058 |
| 6. | Chance Hymas | (Hon) | 1:53.568 |
| 7. | Julien Beaumer | (KTM) | 1:53.690 |
| 8. | Carson Mumford | (KTM) | 1:53.772 |
| 9. | Landen Gordon | (Yam) | 1:54.052 |
| 10. | Dilan Schwartz | (Yam) | 1:54.061 |
250 NOTES
- Enzo Temmerman is making his 2026 debut on the #92 Team Green Kawasaki
- Seth Hammaker leads the points by 13 over a three-way tie for second (Dudney, Davies, and Kitchen)
