Pro Motocross: Budds Creek 2021 Results – RM Rider Exchange

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The ninth round of the 2021 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross series took place at Budds Creek Motocross Park in Mechanicsville, MD on August 21. Catch up on all of the action by reading the complete race report and scrolling through a gallery of photos from the day.

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450MX Report

Moto 1

Cooper Webb and Eli Tomac were nearly bar-to-bar rounding the first corner of 450 Moto 1 with Webb narrowly taking the holeshot. After just a few turns, however, it was clear that it didn’t matter who got the holeshot because Ken Roczen flew past both riders to take the lead. The door was closed after that, and Roczen went on to take the first moto win.

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Others riders behind 1st place weren’t having it as easy as Roczen. Christian Craig had been in the top 5 in the first turns of the race, but he went down and got shuffled to the back of the top 10. Just when it seemed like he was recovering, he had another get-off that saw him leaving the race after just five laps. Aaron Plessinger had a bad crash of his own and also DNF’d the race.

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Back up front, Webb was holding down 2nd place and Tomac 3rd. Chase Sexton had climbed up to the duo, however, and wasted no time getting around Tomac. He then turned his energy towards Webb and made a pass for 2nd about as quickly as he made one for 3rd. With Webb and Tomac both pushed back, it seemed like Sexton would cruise through in 2nd place. That was not the case, however, as Ferrandis had caught up to the top 5 as well. After he made his way around Webb and Tomac, Ferrandis made pretty quick work of Sexton. He even tried to close the gap on Roczen but still took 2nd for the first moto. Sexton, Tomac, and Webb rounded out the top 5.

Moto 2

In 450 Moto 2, Roczen slotted into 1st place after taking the holeshot. Webb, Ferrandis, Sexton, and Tomac were all up front as well, but their positions were anything but settled. First, Sexton made a pass on Ferrandis, then Webb. He didn’t have enough speed to pass Roczen, but the two teammates did start to pull away from the rest of the race.

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Ferrandis, feeling some pressure from Tomac, got on the throttle and made his way around Webb as well. This left Webb to deal with Tomac, and the two played cat-and-mouse for several turns until Tomac made a pass stick. Tomac found his rhythm after that and started to catch up to the top 3.

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Back up front, Sexton made a small mistake that slowed him down enough for Ferrandis to overtake 2nd place. This left Sexton open to Tomac, and Tomac quickly passed the Honda rider. The other Honda rider, Roczen, began to feel the heat from Ferrandis. There were still eight minutes on the clock, and Ferrandis was making each one count by trying to make pass after pass stick on Roczen. Eventually, Ferrandis pushed past Roczen to overtake 1st place. Roczen finished in 2nd, Tomac in 3rd, Sexton in 4th, and Marvin Musquin in 5th.

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Ferrandis’ second-moto pass was enough to give him the overall win. Roczen earned 2nd and Tomac 3rd, with Sexton and Webb rounding out the top 5.

450MX Results

Pos.	No.	Name	M1	M2	Points	Overall
1	14	Dylan Ferrandis	2	1	47	392
2	94	Ken Roczen	1	2	47	353
3	3	Eli Tomac	4	3	38	321
4	23	Chase Sexton	3	4	38	308
5	2	Cooper Webb	5	6	31	240
6	17	Joey Savatgy	6	7	29	189
7	25	Marvin Musquin	10	5	27	217
8	15	Dean Wilson	8	9	25	146
9	72	Coty Schock	7	11	24	102
10	34	Max Anstie	9	10	23	149
11	11	Kyle Chisholm	11	13	18	20
12	57	Justin Rodbell	12	14	16	56
13	28	Brandon Hartranft	15	12	15	111
14	29	Christian Craig	40	8	13	224
15	270	Jacob Runkles	13	16	13	23
16	19	Justin Bogle	14	17	11	118
17	376	Chris Canning	23	15	6	46
18	441	Scott Meshey	16	35	5	17
19	280	William Clason	17	26	4	9
20	314	Tyler Stepek	35	18	3	21
21	951	Ryan Surratt	20	19	3	42
22	122	Jeremy Hand	18	22	3	22
23	97	Ben LaMay	19	36	2	35
24	315	Cody Groves	22	20	1	4
25	144	Nicolas Rolando	24	21	0	0
26	794	Bryce Backaus	7	24	0	1
27	148	Bryce Hansen	29	23	0	0
28	711	Tristan Lane	28	25	0	0
29	309	Jeremy Smith	25	28	0	2
30	489	Ricci Randanella	26	29	0	0
31	371	Dawson Ryker	21	40	0	0
32	281	Cory Carsten	30	33	0	0
33	124	Lane Shaw	32	32	0	0
34	512	Austin Cozadd	34	34	0	0
35	647	Matthew Hubert	39	30	0	0
36	483	Bryton Carroll	31	38	0	0
37	637	Robert Piazza	33	37	0	3
38	736	Kenneth Venarchick	38	39	0	0
39	778	James Harrington	DNF	27	0	0
40	580	Dustin Jensen	DNF	31	0	0
41	7	Aaron Plessinger	36	DNF	0	217
42	800	Jace Kessler	37	DNF	0	8

250MX Report

Moto 1

In a familiar show of speed, Justin Cooper kicked off the first 250 moto by taking the holeshot. Jalek Swoll and Austin Forkner rounded the corner shortly after, followed by Garrett Marchbanks, RJ Hampshire, Jeremy Martin, Jett Lawrence, Ty Masterpool, Max Vohland, and Jo Shimoda. While Cooper stayed steady in the lead, all of the spots behind him shuffled and changed.

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First, Forkner made a move around Swoll to overtake 2nd place. Then, Hampshire slid into 3rd place, only to tip over in front of the mechanics’ area and lose several positions. Hunter Lawrence had battled his way into the mix, aided by a crash for Marchbanks that sent the rider back past 15th place. Lawrence eventually slotted into 6th place just ahead of Shimoda.

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By the end of the moto, Cooper led Jett Lawrence, Jeremy Martin, Forkner, and Swoll through the checkered flag in the top-5 positions.

Moto 2

Martin was the early leader of the second 250 moto, getting ahead of Jett Lawrence and Masterpool. After a few laps, Masterpool lost some speed, dropping back behind Hunter Lawrence, Cooper, and Forkner.

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After that, the race for the podium was pretty much settled. Martin was in a race of his own up front, the Lawrence brothers had found their pace and settled into position, Cooper didn’t seem to be pushing it to make any passes, and Forkner was in more danger of being passed himself than he was of catching Cooper.

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Martin took 1st with almost a nine-second lead over Jett Lawrence. That was enough for Martin to secure the overall win, joined by Lawrence and Cooper on the podium. Hunter Lawrence took 4th overall and Forkner finished in 5th.

Pos.	No.	Name	M1	M2	Points	Overall
1	6	Jeremy Martin	3	1	45	307
2	18	Jett Lawrence	2	2	44	364
3	32	Justin Cooper	1	4	43	367
4	41	Hunter Lawrence	6	3	35	298
5	38	Austin Forkner	4	5	34	186
6	30	Jo Shimoda	7	7	28	220
7	24	RJ Hampshire	9	6	27	270
8	75	Ty Masterpool	8	9	25	109
9	90	Dilan Schwartz	10	8	24	140
10	47	Jalek Swoll	5	15	22	195
11	241	Joshua Varize	11	11	20	76
12	59	Jarrett Frye	14	10	18	123
13	39	Carson Mumford	13	12	17	127
14	115	Maximus Vohland	12	13	17	168
15	380	Preston Kilroy	15	14	13	29
16	147	Levi Kitchen	16	16	10	47
17	432	Kaeden Amerine	19	17	6	6
18	150	Seth Hammaker	17	DNF	4	26
19	242	Garrett Hoffman	27	18	3	4
20	77	Jerry Robin	18	28	3	7
21	170	Devin Simonson	40	19	2	2
22	874	Zack Williams	24	20	1	6
23	172	Tommy Rios	20	21	1	1
24	742	TJ Uselman	25	22	0	1
25	162	Maxwell Sanford	29	23	0	0
26	204	Kyle Greeson	28	27	0	0
27	701	Jake Pinhancos	26	31	0	2
28	437	Vincent Luhovey	22	36	0	0
29	307	Brandon Scharer	21	37	0	13
30	766	Levi Newby	33	26	0	0
31	841	Jeffrey Walker	36	24	0	0
32	807	Cole Harkins	30	30	0	0
33	995	Christopher Prebula	23	38	0	7
34	412	Jared Lesher	37	25	0	0
35	544	Noah Willbrandt	32	32	0	0
36	195	Blake Ashely	38	29	0	0
37	351	Jack Rogers	31	39	0	0
38	48	Garrett Marchbanks	34	40	0	146
39	486	Dennis Gritzmacher	DNF	33	0	0
40	375	Lawrence Fortin III	DNF	34	0	0
41	112	Xylian Ramella	35	DNF	0	8
42	153	Stephen Hooker	DNF	35	0	0
43	443	Luke Renzland	39	DNF	0	1

Dylan Ferrandis maintains a healthy 39-point lead over Ken Roczen heading into Ironman next week. Justin Cooper, however, only has 3 points separating him and Jett Lawrence in the 250MX class.