LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Seth Hammaker (1:30.547) swept the two qualification sessions at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and will have the best gate pick for the evening session.
Ranked third in the SMX standings, he will need a little help to win the title, but all he can do is win and see where the rest of the cards land.
Jo Shimoda can win his first championship if he finishes first or second, regardless of whether Haiden Deegan wins the round. Shimoda was second fastest at 1:30.678.
Drew Adams was third fastest at 1:30.757.
Fourth-place Ryder DiFrancesco (1:30.832) and Tom Vialle (1:30.953) rounded out the top five.
Second-fastest in the first session, Levi Kitchen (1:31.028) fell to sixth in Q2.
Qualification rarely means much to Deegan (1:31.918) one way or another. Slow times or fast do not predict how he will run in race trim. Still, one can’t help but think he would like to be better than eighth-fastest in Q2 and 10th overall, 1.371 seconds behind Hammaker.
Qualification 2 Results
Combined Qualification
Qualification 1
Monster Energy Pro Circuit teammates Kawasaki Hammaker (1:32.637) and Kitchen (1:33.042) topped the first qualification chart with less than half a second separating them.
In the championship battle, Shimoda (1:33.099) landed third to outpace fifth-place Deegan (1:33.743).
DiFrancesco (1:33.248) landed fourth on the chart.
Cole Davies clipped a Tuff Blox and face-planted late in the first qualification session, but he was was delayed getting onto the track and had completed only two laps. Davies (1:32.053) recovered to finish 11th overall.
Wild Card
Ty Masterpool earned the holeshot and held his lead until the checkers to win the Wild Card race (Last Chance Qualifier).
Masterpool beat Gage Linville to the line by 3.878.
Max Anstie landed third on the chart.
Fourth-place Lux Turner and fifth-place Justin Rodbell were also the riders who advanced.
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