THUNDER VALLEY: 2022 AMA PRO MOTOCROSS RESULTS

450 OVERALL RESULTS

MOTO 1:

Red Bull KTM’s Antonio Cairoli nailed the holeshot but was quickly passed by Honda mounted Ken Roczen for the lead. Troy Lee Designs Gas Gas rider Justin Barcia would run up front early but eventually drop to sixth position by motos end. Local favorite Eli Tomac would put on a riding clinic in moto 1 coming from outside the top five eventually passing Ken Roczen for the lead in the closing minutes of moto 1. Monster Energy Kawasaki Jason Anderson had a scary moment hitting a course marker on the start straight while battling with Eli Tomac. Anderson would finish the moto in third ahead of Monster Energy Honda’s Chase Sexton.

MOTO 2:

Antonio Cairoli once again got the holeshot aboard his Red Bull KTM in moto 2 but just like in the first moto was quickly passed by Honda’s Ken Roczen for the lead. Chase Sexton passed Cairoli and Roczen on his way to the front. Cairoli finished a solid fourth and with 5-4 moto scores he was fifth overall for the day. Cairoli’s KTM teammate Ryan Dungey finished sixth overall with very consistent 7-7 moto finishes. First moto winner Eli Tomac could only muster up a third in moto 2 for second on the overall podium for the day. Chase Sexton had the moto 2 win in the bag but went down in a corner on the last lap handing the moto win and overall victory for the day to his HRC teammate Ken Roczen.

POS.	#	RIDER	Finishes
1	94	Ken Roczen	2	1
2	3	Eli Tomac	1	3
3	23	Chase Sexton	4	2
4	21	Jason Anderson	3	6
5	222	Antonio Cairoli	5	4
6	5	Ryan Dungey	7	7
7	51	Justin Barcia	6	8
8	12	Shane McElrath	12	5
9	17	Joseph Savatgy	8	9
10	35	Garrett Marchbanks	9	11
11	7	Aaron Plessinger	11	10
12	28	Christian Craig	10	12
13	285	Marshal Weltin	15	13
14	41	Brandon Hartranft	14	14
15	129	Henry Miller	17	15
16	55	Justin Rodbell	16	16
17	26	Alex Martin	13	32
18	711	Tristan Lane	27	17
19	837	Bryson Gardner	20	18
20	323	Josh Gilbert	18	20
21	65	Grant Harlan	22	19
22	93	Tyler Stepek	19	21
23	234	Mccoy Brough	25	22
24	57	Kevin Moranz	24	24
25	841	Jeffrey Walker	23	28
26	141	Richard Taylor	30	23
27	275	Matthew Burris	29	25
28	591	Charlie Putnam	28	26
29	97	Jerry Robin	21	37
30	311	Mitchell Gifford	31	29
31	746	Trevor Schmidt	26	34
32	958	Matthew Curler	35	27
33	149	Chad Heishman	34	31
34	148	Bryce Hansen	37	30
35	139	Nathen LaPorte	33	36
36	645	Colby Copp	32	40
37	204	Kyle Greeson	39	35
38	420	Jackson Gray	36	39
39	292	Kolton Dean		33
40	88	Jacob Runkles	38
41	251	Ezra Hastings		38
42	73	Benny Bloss	40

250 OVERALL RESULTS

MOTO 1:

In the first moto Star Racing Yamaha rider Levi Kitchen got the holeshot and would lead every lap on the way to his first AMA Pro Motocross moto win. Red Bull Honda’s Jett Lawrence would settle in to second place early while Star Racing Yamaha Justin Cooper would join his teammate Kitchen on the moto podium with a solid third place finish.

MOTO 2:

Factory HRC rider Hunter Lawrence finally got a holeshot in moto 2 and just like Levi Kitchen in moto 1 would lead every lap on his way to a moto victory. Hunter’s brother and Honda teammate Jett Lawrence again found himself in second position but this time received some pressure from Star Racing Yamaha’s Justin Cooper late in the moto. Lawrence would hold off the hard charging Cooper for second in moto 2 and claim the overall victory for the third time this season with 2-2 moto finishes. Justin Cooper went 3-3 on the day but was bumped off the overall podium by his Yamaha teammate Levi Kitchen’s 1-5 moto finishes.

POS.	#	RIDER	FINISHES
1	1	Jett Lawrence	2	2
2	96	Hunter Lawrence	4	1
3	59	Levi Kitchen	1	5
4	32	Justin Cooper	3	3
5	30	Jo Shimoda	7	6
6	50	Stilez Robertson	6	7
7	29	Michael Mosiman	13	4
8	329	Matthew Leblanc	10	9
9	47	Seth Hammaker	5	15
10	411	Nicholas Romano	9	13
11	44	Pierce Brown	11	12
12	74	Derek Kelley	14	10
13	38	Joshua Varize	12	14
14	533	Josiah Natzke	17	11
15	36	Maximus Vohland	40	8
16	49	Nathanael Thrasher	8	40
17	331	Derek Drake	15	16
18	194	Lance Kobusch	16	20
19	444	Romain Pape	39	17
20	388	Brandon Ray	20	18
21	192	Jack Chambers	18	39
22	68	Preston Kilroy	21	19
23	604	Max Miller	19	28
24	174	Luca Marsalisi	23	21
25	242	Garrett Hoffman	22	25
26	337	Slade Smith	26	22
27	874	Zack Williams	25	23
28	310	Kai Aiello	24	24
29	162	Maxwell Sanford	28	31
30	376	Thomas Welch	32	29
31	85	Hunter Sayles	31	30
32	167	Jesse Flock	35	27
33	430	William Crete	27	35
34	995	Christopher Prebula	38	26
35	352	Bronson McClure	34	32
36	847	Florian Miot	30	37
37	544	Noah Willbrandt	29	38
38	726	Gared Steinke	33	36
39	301	Jordan Jarvis		33
40	197	Collin Davis		34
41	31	Jalek Swoll	36
42	343	Carter Biese	37

 

Check out the complete video of Pro Motocross 250/450 qualifying sessions from Thunder Valley in Colorado. Top 30 results in both classes are also below.

450 THUNDER VALLEY QUALIFYING RESULTS

Honda rider Chase Sexton was the fastest rider in 450 class qualifying in Colorado and was the only rider to run a 2:14. Local favorite Eli Tomac put down a 2:15.3 late in the final qualifying session for second and Factory HRC rider Ken Roczen would claim third with a 2:15.6. The Red Bull KTM crew continues to impress with Antonio Cairoli qualifying fifth, Aaron Plessinger in tenth and Ryan Dungey right behind him in eleventh. Honda, Yamaha and Kawasaki factory teams also had two riders qualifying within the top ten. We have to give Kudos to Dirt Bike Magazine test rider Richard Taylor for qualifying 30th overall in the stacked 450 class.

POS.	#	NAME	BEST TIME
1	23	Chase Sexton	2:14.509
2	3	Eli Tomac	2:15.397
3	94	Ken Roczen	2:15.601
4	21	Jason Anderson	2:16.741
5	222	Antonio Cairoli	2:16.785
6	17	Joseph Savatgy	2:17.202
7	73	Benny Bloss	2:17.615
8	28	Christian Craig	2:17.793
9	51	Justin Barcia	2:18.015
10	7	Aaron Plessinger	2:18.258
11	5	Ryan Dungey	2:18.297
12	26	Alex Martin	2:18.772
13	12	Shane McElrath	2:18.794
14	323	Josh Gilbert	2:20.745
15	41	Brandon Hartranft	2:20.977
16	35	Garrett Marchbanks	2:20.984
17	55	Justin Rodbell	2:21.086
18	285	Marshal Weltin	2:21.585
19	97	Jerry Robin	2:22.404
20	93	Tyler Stepek	2:22.416
21	711	Tristan Lane	2:22.473
22	88	Jacob Runkles	2:23.545
23	837	Bryson Gardner	2:24.268
24	129	Henry Miller	2:24.308
25	841	Jeffrey Walker	2:24.521
26	65	Grant Harlan	2:24.673
27	139	Nathen LaPorte	2:26.250
28	57	Kevin Moranz	2:26.307
29	149	Chad Heishman	2:26.348
30	141	Richard Taylor	2:26.370

250 THUNDER VALLEY QUALIFYING RESULTS

After coming out strong last week at Hangtown winning a moto aboard his Troy Lee Designs Gas Gas Micheal Mosiman showed some serious speed in qualifying taking top honors in the 250 class at the Thunder Valley facility in Colorado. Mosiman was the only rider to run a 2:16 lap time as you can see below all the other riders within the top five were all in the 2:17 with Star Racing Yamaha rider Levi Kitchen rounding out the top ten with a 2:19.

POS.	#	NAME	BEST TIME
1	29	Michael Mosiman	2:16.916
2	1	Jett Lawrence	2:17.267
3	96	Hunter Lawrence	2:17.319
4	47	Seth Hammaker	2:17.434
5	32	Justin Cooper	2:17.598
6	49	Nathanael Thrasher	2:18.157
7	50	Stilez Robertson	2:18.509
8	31	Jalek Swoll	2:19.206
9	36	Maximus Vohland	2:19.561
10	59	Levi Kitchen	2:19.694
11	30	Jo Shimoda	2:19.733
12	44	Pierce Brown	2:20.013
13	329	Matthew Leblanc	2:20.662
14	331	Derek Drake	2:21.132
15	74	Derek Kelley	2:21.460
16	533	Josiah Natzke	2:21.552
17	38	Joshua Varize	2:21.808
18	194	Lance Kobusch	2:22.069
19	411	Nicholas Romano	2:22.115
20	604	Max Miller	2:22.623
21	192	Jack Chambers	2:23.341
22	337	Slade Smith	2:24.736
23	68	Preston Kilroy	2:24.903
24	310	Kai Aiello	2:25.336
25	388	Brandon Ray	2:26.204
26	847	Florian Miot	2:26.383
27	174	Luca Marsalisi	2:26.771
28	242	Garrett Hoffman	2:26.961
29	430	William Crete	2:27.131
30	995	Christopher Prebula	2:27.199