Seth Hammaker was the fastest rider in the first qualification session for Round 9 of the SuperMotocross World Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
For most of the top riders, the track slowed down in the second qualification, so Seth Hammaker’s time of 45.149 held up for fastest overall. Hammaker (45.380 - Q2) was also the fastest in the second session as the course got rougher.
Davies repeated his second-place effort in Q2 with a lap of 45.675. He remained second overall.
Jo Shimoda (45.742) was one of the riders who improved in the second session. He landed third overall.
Daxton Bennick (46.204) was the fourth-fastest rider in Q2 and overall, with Coty Schock (46.332) rounding out the top five.
Pierce Brown had a minor crash two minutes into the second session. That came on his first attempt at a fast lap. Championship leader Brown ended the second session ninth overall.
It took most of two sessions for Jalek Swoll (47.032) to find enough speed to move directly into the evening program. He ended up 13th overall.
Making his career debut, Leum Oehlhof (47.629) posted the fastest lap in Group C. That was the 11th-best overall time at the conclusion of the session. Oehlhof was 16th overall and moved directly into the evening program.
Combined 250 Qualification Results after Q2
Qualification 1
Seth Hammaker began the day quickly with the fastest lap in the first qualification session. His time of 45.148 was more than six-tenths of a second faster than Cole Davies (45.780).
“The track kind of surprised me,” Hammaker told Peacock’s Haley Shanley. “It’s not as soft as I expected it, especially after yesterday in Press Day. ... The track crew did a great job. I’m not sure what they did, but it’s holding up better than I expected.”
Rookie Caden Dudney (46.355) landed third on the chart. He has shown substantial speed in preliminary sessions and is on the cusp of scoring a solid race finish.
Group B contributed the fourth fastest rider. Luke Clout (46.615) is making a claim to move up.
Coty Schock (46.642) rounded out the top five.
Brown was sixth on the chart (46.654).
Qualification 1 Combined Results
Last Chance Qualifier
Luke Neese won the Last Chance Qualifier by two seconds over Kyle Peters.
Third-place Valentin Guillod and Marshall Weltin also advanced to the evening program.
Henry Miller crashed out of a transfer position early in the race.
Russell Buccheri ran fourth with one minute on the clock. He was looking for a little more before crashing off the back tire of Guillod.
Drew Adams was the fastest qualifier last week in Daytona, but a crash in the feature sidelined him for Indy.
