CONCORD, North Carolina: Chase Sexton’s Qualification 1 time of 1:55.592 held up for the fastest overall for Round 1 of the SuperMotocross World Championship at zMax Dragway as the first session speeds were overall fastest on the day.
Jett Lawrence (1:56.122) was fastest in the second session as the track roughened up.
Adverse conditions often favor Eli Tomac (1:57.161) and he moved to second in Qualification 2.
Sexton (1:57.636) kept the pace with the third fastest lap in Qualification 2 and should be expected to run well in the featured motos.
Fourth-place Hunter Lawrence (1:57.688) and Justin Cooper (1:58.043) rounded out the top five.
Cooper picked up the pace from his seventh ranking in Qualification 1displaced Ken Roczen in the top five at the conclusion of the second session.
Qualification 2 Results
Combined Qualification
Qualificatio 1
Sexton missed the final two rounds of the Pro Motocross season after a bizarre crash in the Ironman National, but he returned with a vengeance for the SuperMotocross World Championship at zMax Dragway with the fastest lap of 1:55.592 that narrowly nipped Jett’s 1:55.720.
Sexton has a history of showing up strong in the playoffs with a victory in the first round win in 2023 and a third place finish last year.
Jett won the championship in each of the first two seasons, so the cream rose to the top quickly.
Tomac (1:56.823) failed to win a Motocross round and he’s hungry. He ranked third in Qualification 1.
Hunter was the second-strongest rider overall at the end of the Motocross season. He was fourth in the morning session.
Returning to fulltime racing, Roczen (1:57.884) rounded out the top five.
The No. 1 seed entering the playoffs, Cooper (1:58.695) was seventh in Q1.
Wild Card Race
Coty Schock won the Wild Car (LCQ) race to advance into the feature program.
Second-place Benny Bloss and Harri Kullas rounded out podium.
Mitchell Oldenburg, Jeremy Hand, Dean Wilson, and Romain Pape also advance.
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