ANAHEIM, California: Chase Sexton was the only rider to crack the one minute mark in qualification as he led the field with a time of 59.951, but his session was not without incident. With three minutes on the clock, Sexton took a tumble in the whoops after his bike started fishtailing.
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Justin Cooper’s lap of 1:00.453 was the second-best as he looks for some momentum at the start of the season.
RJ Hampshire (1:00.496) was another new face at the front with the third best lap.
Fourth-place Ken Roczen (1:00.509) and Joey Savatgy (1:00.652) rounded out the top five.
Eli Tomac (1:00.718) failed to find much speed. He was seventh on the chart.
Garrett Marchbanks (1:02.398) was once again the fastest rider from Group B.
Combined Qualification Results
Qualification 1
Tomac was filled with enthusiasm. He led the field onto the track.
Tomac had to fastest lap for much of the session, but with back-to-back heaters, Sexton jumped to the top of the board. His fastest lap of 1:01.970 was nearly one second faster than Tomac’s 1:02.903.
Ken Roczen (1:03.028) earned podiums in the first two rounds and is on pace to get another. He was third on the chart.
Fourth-place Cooper (1:03.353) and Hunter Lawrence (1:03.378) rounded out the top five.
Jason Anderson (1:04.742) came out a bowl turn into a rhythm lane with two minutes remaining on the clock, but his bike was faster than his body. Anderson hit the ground, and then found his bike to remount. He landed 14th on the chart.
Marchbanks (1:04.038) was the fastest rider in Group B.
Tomac set the fastest lap last week in San Diego qualification for Round 2 of the 250 West SuperMotocross World Championship.
