CARSON, California: Julien Beaumer capitalized on his holeshot to lead start to finish in Moto 1 of Round 2 of the SuperMotocross Playoffs at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
Beaumer earned the holeshot and gathered a comfortable margin over Ryder DiFrancesco in the opening laps as Cole Davies began to pick his way through the field.
Staring fifth, Davies was on the move, taking fourth from the points’ leader Levi Kitchen on Lap 5 and third from Drew Adams one laps later.
Those three riders remained in close formation during the middle stage of the race, but with five minutes remaining on the clock, Davies made a desperation move to the inside of the split lane, cut a corner too tight in the sand section and washed out his front wheel.
Davies regained his mount quickly, but was no longer a factor for the win after losing more than 10 seconds in the fall.
Kitchen crashed in the middle stage of the race, allowing Kayden Minear to move into the fifth position. Kitchen went on to finish seventh.
Adams inherited fourth with Davies’ crash and kept the Pro Motocross champion at bay for the remainder of the moto.
Chance Hymas was in contention for a top-five in the middle stage of the race, but a fall dropped him outside the top 10. Hymas finished 15th.
The defending champion, Jo Shimoda, finished sixth.
