Haiden Deegan posted the fastest lap in the first session before it was stripped for failing a sound check. He rebounded in the second session and ended with the fastest time of the day.
Times picked up as the session continued. Several riders swapped the top spot, and Deegan wound up on top again after bettering his time to 56.638.
“I was like, ‘Do I risk it? It’s a little slick out there,” Deegan told Peacock’s Haley Shanley. “And then I was like, nah, I can’t let these guys think they have a chance, so I laid down a little burner at the end and landed P1.”
Levi Kitchen was second-fastest, with a time just over a tenth of a second slower than Deegan’s.
Cameron McAdoo (57.522) followed Kitchen around the track late in the session and landed third on the chart.
Fourth-place Maximus Vohland (57.599) and Ryder DiFrancesco (57.644) rounded out the top five.
Michael Mosiman (58.264) crashed midway through the second qualification session, but remounted without injury. He was fifth-fastest at the time, but fell to seventh at the completion.
Combined Qualification Results
Qualification 1
Deegan (57.617) narrowly edged DiFrancesco (57.644) by 0.028 as those two riders were the only ones to crack the 58-second mark in Q1.
“I feel solid,” Deegan told Race Day Live’s Haley Shanley. “Just got out here and did some solid laps today. We have a big points lead, so now it’s just go out and have some fun, baby.”
Deegan has a 19-point lead over teammate Max Anstie (59.640), who landed 10th on the chart.
Two other racers, Kitchen (58.186) and Mosiman (58.264) were just outside that mark and still have one qualification session to make up ground.
Vohland (58.947) rounded out the top five.
Deegan’s domination of the 2026 250 West division has begun with strong qualification efforts. He posted the fastest time last week at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.
