Pro Motocross: Hangtown 2021 Results – RM Rider Exchange

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The 12th and final round of the 2021 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Series took place at Hangtown MX in Rancho Cordova, CA on September 11. The 450MX title may have been settled at Fox Raceway, but the 250MX title came down to the wire. Catch up on all of the action – as well as the season-ending points standings and an extensive gallery of photos – in the race report below.

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450MX Report

Moto 1

Winning the title a race early didn’t slow Dylan Ferrandis down at Hangtown. Ken Roczen got the holeshot, but Ferrandis was not even a second behind. The two kept a tight formation for a few turns until Ferrandis made a small mistake that let Christian Craig slot into 2nd place. Rounding out the top 5 were Cooper Webb and Eli Tomac.

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With a few more laps down, Ferrandis made a pass on Craig to retake 2nd place. Craig lost positions to Webb and Tomac shortly after, but settled nicely into 5th place. The top 5 began to gap the rest of the race, and Roczen created a sizeable gap for himself in 1st place. There was still a lot of time left in the race, however, and Ferrandis was on fire. He caught up to Roczen and tried to make a move, though Roczen kept the pace from 1st place.

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Tomac was on the move as well, making it around Webb and laying down a lap almost two seconds faster than everyone else’s. With that speed, he could’ve caught up to Roczen and Ferrandis, but he made a mistake that put him back in 4th place. Back up front, Ferrandis had finally reeled Roczen in enough to make a pass in the final laps of the race. At the checkered flag, the running order was Ferrandis, Roczen, Webb, Tomac, and Craig.

Moto 2

Coty Schock was a one-man wrecking ball in the second 450 moto, taking both Roczen and Ferrandis down before the end of the first lap. Ferrandis and Schock resumed the race, though Schock seemed to be nursing an injured arm. As for Roczen, he slowly rolled into the pits. His mechanic had to help him off his bike and take off his boot, and it appeared that he had a broken foot.

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Back up front, Webb was leading the race after securing the holeshot. Craig brought up 2nd place until making a surprise pass on Webb for the lead. Craig held down 1st place for about 10 minutes until Webb retook the position, leading Tomac past Craig as well.

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Then in 2nd place, Tomac had his sights set on Webb. By the midpoint of the race, Tomac finally made his move, overtaking the lead and speeding off with a sizeable gap. Before anyone could wonder if Webb was going to make a pass of his own, Ferrandis burst onto the scene. He had made his way back into the top 5 and was trying to make it into 3rd place to secure the overall win.

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In the end, Ferrandis made the passes he needed to. The running order for the second moto was Tomac, Webb, Ferrandis, Craig, and Max Anstie. Those finishes made the overall podium Ferrandis, Tomac, and Webb with Craig and Brandon Hartranft rounding out the top 5.

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As for the overall points standings, Tomac passed Roczen to take 2nd overall. Roczen finished in 3rd, Webb finished in 4th, and Chase Sexton finished in 5th. The full points standings are included below.

450MX Results

Pos.	No.	Name	M1	M2	Points	Overall
1	14	Dylan Ferrandis	1	3	45	531
2	3	Eli Tomac	4	1	43	458
3	2	Cooper Webb	3	2	42	358
4	29	Christian Craig	5	4	34	292
5	28	Brandon Hartranft	7	6	29	188
6	34	Max Anstie	9	5	28	208
7	951	Ryan Surratt	8	8	26	98
8	19	Justin Bogle	10	7	25	181
9	94	Ken Roczen	2	40	22	446
10	69	Robbie Wageman	12	9	21	33
11	57	Justin Rodbell	11	12	19	105
12	72	Coty Schock	6	20	16	174
13	837	Bryson Gardner	18	10	14	15
14	85	Kevin Moranz	17	11	14	26
15	621	RJ Wageman	16	14	12	33
16	441	Scott Meshey	14	16	12	36
17	466	Jake Mohnike	22	13	8	11
18	43	Fredrik Noren	13	38	8	87
19	309	Jeremy Smith	40	15	6	8
20	270	Jacob Runkles	15	36	6	36
21	874	Zack Williams	26	17	4	4
22	193	Hunter Schlosser	31	18	3	8
23	454	Layton Smail	24	19	2	2
24	178	Clayton Tucker	19	21	2	2
25	645	Colby Copp	20	28	1	1
26	565	Dominic DeSimone	21	22	0	0
27	136	Joshua Philbrick	25	23	0	0
28	830	Ezra Lewis	27	25	0	0
29	429	Justin Jones	29	24	0	0
30	292	Kolton Dean	28	26	0	0
31	181	Wyatt Lyonsmith	23	33	0	0
32	226	Josh Mosiman	30	27	0	0
33	234	Mccoy Brough	32	30	0	0
34	319	Devon Bates	34	29	0	0
35	117	Nicholas Nisbet	33	32	0	0
36	979	Philip Maus	35	34	0	0
37	433	Anthony Gonsalves	38	35	0	0
38	209	Lucas Lamborn	36	37	0	0
39	37	Ben LaMay	37	39	0	69
40	512	Austin Cozadd	DNF	31	0	0
41	897	Blake Ballard	39	DNF	0	0

*Holeshot

450MX Overall Points Standings

Pos.	No.	Name	Overall
1	14	Dylan Ferrandis	531
2	3	Eli Tomac	458
3	94	Ken Roczen	446
4	2	Cooper Webb	358
5	23	Chase Sexton	342
6	29	Christian Craig	292
7	25	Marvin Musquin	240
8	17	Joey Savatgy	240
9	51	Justin Barcia	239
10	7	Aaron Plessinger	232
11	34	Max Anstie	208
12	28	Brandon Hartranft	188
13	19	Justin Bogle	181
14	72	Coty Schock	174
15	9	Adam Cianciarulo	147
16	15	Dean Wilson	146
17	57	Justin Rodbell	105
18	951	Ryan Surratt	98
19	43	Fredrik Noren	87
20	97	Ben LaMay	69
21	376	Chris Canning	48
22	11	Kyle Chisholm	41
23	270	Jacob Runkles	36
24	441	Scott Meshey	36
25	122	Jeremy Hand	34
26	1	Zach Osborne	33
27	69	Robbie Wageman	33
28	21	Jason Anderson	29
29	314	Tyler Stepek	27
30	85	Kevin Moranz	26
31	800	Jace Kessler	22
32	837	Bryson Gardner	15
33	280	William Clason	13
34	76	Grant Harlan	12
35	621	RJ Wageman	12
36	466	Jake Mohnike	11
37	715	Phillip Nicoletti	9
38	177	Alessandro Lupino	8
39	264	Ryan Sipes	8
40	309	Jeremy Smith	8
41	193	Hunter Schlosser	8
42	647	Matthew Hubert	6
43	515	Tyler Medaglia	4
44	87	Curren Thurman	4
45	874	Zack Williams	4
46	83	Alex Ray	4
47	315	Cody Groves	4
48	65	Carson Brown	3
49	74	Mitchell Falk	3
50	637	Robert Piazza	3
51	794	Bryce Backaus	3
52	178	Clayton Tucker	2
53	454	Layton Smail	2
54	58	Jacob Hayes	2
55	148	Bryce Hansen	1
56	645	Colby Copp	1

*This table includes only MX riders that earned points throughout the 2021 season. For the full points standings, please visit the AMA MX results page.

250MX Report

Moto 1

The 250 motos were certainly the most exciting as the championship had yet to be decided. Justin Cooper kicked things off by taking the holeshot in the first moto, barely edging out RJ Hampshire. Starting in 1st place was just what Cooper needed as he was trailing Jett Lawrence by 23 points. Even better for Cooper was that Lawrence had gotten a mid-pack start, right around 15th place, only to crash and resume the race in 25th place.

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Lawrence started cutting through the pack right away, but it was not an easy climb. He passed several riders before one crashed in front of him, sending Lawrence back to the ground and back to 25th place. It’s hard to imagine the type of pressure Lawrence was feeling, but he seemed to channel it well. He remained calm and steady as opposed to frantic and unpredictable, picking off riders one-by-one.

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As Lawrence made some key passes, Cooper widened the gap between himself and Hampshire. He went on to take 1st at the checkered flag with Lawrence settling into 8th. It had seemed like Lawrence had the title locked up, but this first moto turned up the heat a little bit. For Lawrence to take the title, he’d have to finish in 7th place or better in the second moto.

Moto 2

Following his success in the first 250 moto, Cooper started out front in the second moto. He fluctuated between 2nd and 3rd place until making some quick passes to slot into 1st. As long as Cooper finished in 1st place and Lawrence finished lower than 7th, the title would go to Cooper. Lawrence suffered from another slow start and small mistake in the beginning, pushing him back to 13th place after the first lap.

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Needless to say, the adrenaline was pumping as Cooper and Lawrence made their way around the track. Lawrence remained collected in the second moto, slowly climbing positions as if he wasn’t in a hurry. It took him seven minutes, but he eventually made it into 7th place. The riders ahead of him seemed to be pushing the pace, so Lawrence remained steady in 7th, playing the long game. The passes came to him throughout the moto, and by the checkered flag, he’d managed to secure 3rd place.

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The running order for the second 250 moto was Cooper, Jo Shimoda, Lawrence, Max Vohland, and Austin Forkner. The overall podium was Cooper, Shimoda, Hampshire, Vohland, and Lawrence.

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In the end, the title went to Jett Lawrence by six points. Cooper took 2nd overall and Hunter Lawrence took 3rd. Hampshire finished in 4th place and Shimoda took 5th. Overall, 157 points separated 1st from 5th place. See the complete points standings for the 250MX class below.

250MX Results

Pos.	No.	Name	M1	M2	Points	Overall
1	32	Justin Cooper	1	1	50	497
2	30	Jo Shimoda	4	2	40	340
3	24	RJ Hampshire	2	6	37	364
4	115	Maximus Vohland	5	4	34	236
5	18	Jett Lawrence	8	3	33	497
6	41	Hunter Lawrence	3	9	32	381
7	90	Dilan Schwartz	10	7	25	209
8	241	Joshua Varize	7	11	24	139
9	147	Levi Kitchen	6	12	24	104
10	42	Michael Mosiman	11	8	23	252
11	59	Jarrett Frye	9	10	23	184
12	38	Austin Forkner	40	5	16	256
13	73	Derek Kelley	12	14	16	48
14	380	Preston Kilroy	14	13	15	77
15	39	Carson Mumford	13	15	14	183
16	772	Rick Elzinga	17	16	9	9
17	377	Austin Black	18	18	6	10
18	75	Ty Masterpool	15	37	6	166
19	112	Xlyian Ramella	20	17	5	13
20	77	Jerry Robin	16	38	5	16
21	901	Brayden Lessler	24	19	2	9
22	484	Tanner Ward	19	27	2	2
23	172	Tommy Rios	21	20	1	11
24	995	Christopher Prebula	23	22	0	22
25	742	TJ Uselman	26	21	0	4
26	159	Tyson Johnson	28	24	0	2
27	33	Derek Drake	27	25	0	9
28	388	Brandon Ray	22	32	0	0
29	766	Levi Newby	32	23	0	0
30	198	Cole Bailey	34	26	0	0
31	801	Brian DeRuyter	35	28	0	0
32	162	Maxwell Sanford	30	33	0	0
33	544	Noah Willbrant	29	36	0	0
34	337	Slade Smith	25	40	0	0
35	364	Chad Saultz	36	30	0	0
36	258	Tyler Evans	37	35	0	0
37	671	Tyler Ducray	38	39	0	0
38	182	Mason Olson	DNF	29	0	0
39	158	Tre Fierro	31	DNF	0	0
40	165	Jorge Rubalcava	DNF	31	0	0
41	321	Bradley Lionnet	33	DNF	0	0
42	157	Hunter Calle	DNF	34	0	0
43	170	Devin Simonson	39	DNF	0	8

*Holeshot

250MX Overall Points Standings

Pos.	No.	Name	Overall
1	18	Jett Lawrence	497
2	32	Justin Cooper	491
3	41	Hunter Lawrence	381
4	24	RJ Hampshire	364
5	30	Jo Shimoda	340
6	6	Jeremy Martin	307
7	38	Austin Forkner	256
8	42	Michael Mosiman	252
9	115	Maximus Vohland	236
10	90	Dilan Schwartz	209
11	47	Jalek Swoll	195
12	59	Jarrett Frye	184
13	39	Carson Mumford	183
14	64	Colt Nichols	172
15	75	Ty Masterpool	166
16	48	Garrett Marchbanks	146
17	241	Joshua Varize	139
18	45	Pierce Brown	126
19	147	Levi Kitchen	104
20	67	Stilez Robertson	90
21	380	Preston Kilroy	77
22	91	Nate Thrasher	52
23	73	Derek Kelley	48
24	220	Ramyller Alves	31
25	307	Brandon Scharer	29
26	150	Seth Hammaker	26
27	995	Christopher Prebula	22
28	26	Alex Martin	19
29	77	Jerry Robin	16
30	112	Xylian Ramella	13
31	557	Kaliub Russell	11
32	172	Tommy Rios	11
33	377	Austin Black	10
34	33	Derek Drake	9
35	772	Rick Elzinga	9
36	901	Brayden Lessler	9
37	874	Zack Williams	9
38	170	Devin Simonson	8
39	432	Kaeden Amerine	8
40	778	James Harrington	7
41	31	Cameron McAdoo	6
42	76	Grant Harland	6
43	800	Jace Kessler	5
44	242	Garrett Hoffman	4
45	742	TJ Uselman	4
46	667	Jesse Flock	3
47	604	Max Miller	3
48	159	Tyson Johnson	2
49	701	Jake Pinhancos	2
50	484	Tanner Ward	2
51	464	Dominique Thury	2
52	437	Vincent Luhovey	1
53	726	Gared Steinke	1
54	443	Luke Renzland	1

*This table includes only MX riders that earned points throughout the 2021 season. For the full points standings, please visit the AMA MX results page.

It was an exciting season for both classes, packed full of impressive rides and determined riders. It’s now time for a well-earned break as the teams prepare for Supercross. We’ll be back to talk all things SX (and RMFantasySX) soon, so stay tuned.