Pro Motocross: Fox Raceway 2 2021 Results – RM Rider Exchange

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The 11th round of the 2021 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross series took place at Fox Raceway in Pala, California on September 4. The points chase has been wrapped up for the 450s – see how the title was clinched early by reading the race report below.

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450MX Report

Moto 1

Ken Roczen started out front in 450 Moto 1. Cooper Webb and Dylan Ferrandis weren’t far behind, however, and Roczen wasn’t giving himself much of a gap.

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Further back, Eli Tomac was contending with Max Anstie for 4th place. Their battle began to catch up to Webb and Ferandis’. Ferrandis was in the position to close out the championship early, and that fervor showed as he made his way around Webb. Roczen wasn’t safe up front as Ferrandis got on the throttle. Roczen, for his part, started to waver, and it was all that Ferrandis needed to take over the top position.

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Then in 2nd, Roczen had pressure from Webb to deal with. Webb had been holding off Tomac, and that pushed him up to Roczen. Whatever exhaustion or issues Roczen was feeling with Ferrandis was showing in full force as he tried to defend his position from Webb. It seemed as though Roczen was going to lose the fight, but Tomac suddenly slotted into the #3 spot. He made quick work of Roczen after making his way around Webb, and the top 5 for the first 450 moto was Ferrandis, Tomac, Roczen, Webb, and Christian Craig.

Moto 2

Roczen started in 2nd place in the second 450 moto with Webb securing the early lead. Ferrandis was in 3rd and Tomac in 4th. Before the end of the second lap, however, Roczen had pushed Webb back to 2nd place. Ferrandis seemed to pick up on this and, in another show of speed and force to clinch the title early, he made his way around Webb and Roczen in two quick moves.

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Once he made his way into 1st place, Ferrandis was on fire. He laid down flawless lap after flawless lap, locking down the title a little more with each passing turn. Behind his smooth run in the front, Roczen was losing time to Tomac and eventually his position. Tomac had climbed up the ranks, and was now trying to run Ferrandis down.

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With Roczen in the rearview, Ferrandis may have switched from aggressive to defensive riding. Tomac was able to make his way around the points leader, and Ferrandis didn’t seem to be pushing the issue. Even if Tomac secured the overall win for the day, Ferrandis could still leave with the title.

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In the end, that’s how the race finished. Tomac went 2-1 on the day to take 1st overall, followed by Ferrandis, Cooper, Roczen, and Craig. Ferrandis, even without winning the second moto, had enough points amassed to take the title, making Fox Raceway a landmark occasion for the 450MX rookie.

450MX Results

Pos.	No.	Name	M1	M2	Points	Overall
1	3	Eli Tomac	2	1	47	415
2	14	Dylan Ferrandis	1	2	47	486
3	2	Cooper Webb	4	3	38	316
4	94	Ken Roczen	3	6	35	424
5	29	Christian Craig	5	4	34	258
6	34	Max Anstie	6	5	31	180
7	72	Coty Schock	7	7	28	158
8	28	Brandon Hartranft	10	8	24	159
9	17	Joey Savatgy	9	9	24	240
10	43	Fredrik Noren	11	10	21	79
11	57	Justin Rodbell	12	11	19	86
12	97	Ben LaMay	15	12	15	69
13	951	Ryan Surratt	13	14	15	72
14	19	Justin Bogle	8	34	13	156
15	69	Robbie Wageman	17	13	12	12
16	85	Kevin Moranz	18	16	8	12
17	441	Scott Meshey	14	DNF	7	24
18	800	Jace Kessler	37	15	6	22
19	647	Matthew Hubert	19	17	6	6
20	193	Hunter Schlosser	16	23	5	5
21	466	Jake Mohnike	21	18	3	3
22	270	Jacob Runkles	20	19	3	30
23	181	Wyatt Lyonsmith	24	21	0	0
24	837	Bryson Gardner	22	20	1	1
25	309	Jeremy Smith	23	22	0	2
26	565	Dominic DeSimone	29	24	0	0
27	429	Justin Jones	27	26	0	0
28	178	Clayton Tucker	26	29	0	0
29	621	RJ Wageman	25	33	0	0
30	454	Layton Smail	31	28	0	0
31	830	Ezra Lewis	35	27	0	0
32	645	Colby Copp	40	25	0	0
33	139	Joshua Philbrick	28	38	0	0
34	447	Deven Raper	33	35	0	0
35	413	Tanner Myers	39	32	0	0
36	600	Connor Olson	32	39	0	0
37	284	Dennis Stapleton	36	37	0	0
38	253	Nicholas Jones	38	36	0	0
39	559	Dylan Merriam	34	40	0	0
40	292	Kolton Dean	30	DNF	0	0
41	512	Austin Cozadd	DNF	30	0	0
42	319	Devon Bates	DNF	31	0	0

250MX Report

Moto 1

The first race of the day – and it was a scorcher of a day at 100° – was kicked off with Max Vohland taking the holeshot. He was leading Michael Mosiman until Mosiman made a quick pass to overtake the lead. Voland was suddenly left to fend off Jett Lawrence who wasn’t wasting anytime. After taking over the red plate at Ironman, Lawrence was intent on defending it. He passed Mosiman over the finish line jump to overtake 2nd.

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Lawrence’s success up front spelled out trouble for Justin Cooper. After being pushed out of the lead at Ironman, Cooper found himself barely inside of the top 10 in this moto and fighting for a top-5 position instead of a podium one. Up front, Lawrence caught Mosiman and took over the lead after Mosiman crashed and fell back to 5th place.

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Then in 1st, Lawrence was untouchable. Cooper made a valiant effort to climb up to the top, but was only able to make it to 5th place by the checkered flag. Lawrence, Mosiman, RJ Hampshire, and Jo Shimoda finished in 1st-4th place.

Moto 2

The second 250 moto got off to a shaky start when the gates malfunctioned. It was a bit of a confusing scramble to get things sorted out, but the gates were eventually fixed and, when they dropped normally, Lawrence tore out with the holeshot. Mosiman was close behind in 2nd, and Cooper got a better start to slot into 3rd place by the end of the first lap. He was anything but settled in the position, however, as he was all over Mosiman trying to find a way into 2nd place.

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In the back of the top 5, Hunter Lawrence was battling with Shimoda, Austin Forkner, and Joshua Varzie. The four were making passes and having a good race, almost all of them performing better than they did in their first moto.

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Up front, Jett Lawrence was well on his way to his second 1-1 finish of the season. Cooper was able to reel Mosiman in for 2nd place, but it took him so long to make the pass that Lawrence was out of reach before the checkered flag. Lawrence took the overall win with Mosiman and Cooper finishing in 2nd and 3rd place, respectively. Shimoda and Hunter Lawrence rounded out the top 5.

250MX Results

Pos.	No.	Name	M1	M2	Points	Overall
1	18	Jett Lawrence	1	1	50	464
2	42	Michael Mosiman	2	4	40	229
3	32	Justin Cooper	5	2	38	441
4	30	Jo Shimoda	4	3	38	300
5	41	Hunter Lawrence	6	6	30	349
6	24	RJ Hampshire	3	14	27	327
7	90	Dilan Schwartz	10	8	24	184
8	241	Joshua Varzie	9	9	24	115
9	147	Levi Kitchen	12	7	23	80
10	38	Austin Forkner	15	5	22	240
11	75	Ty Masterpool	8	12	22	160
12	59	Jarrett Frye	11	10	21	161
13	115	Maximus Vohland	7	15	20	202
14	39	Carson Mumford	13	13	16	169
15	380	Preston Kilroy	16	11	15	92
16	995	Christopher Prebula	17	16	9	22
17	901	Brayden Lessler	18	17	7	7
18	73	Derek Kelley	14	37	7	32
19	377	Austin Black	20	18	4	4
20	159	Tyson Joshnson	25	19	2	2
21	170	Devin Simonson	19	30	2	8
22	742	TJ Uselman	22	20	1	4
23	112	Xylian Ramella	21	22	0	0
24	310	Kai Aiello	26	21	0	0
25	157	Hunter Calle	30	26	0	0
26	337	Slade Smith	23	32	0	0
27	544	Noah Willbrant	32	24	0	0
28	198	Cole Bailey	34	23	0	0
29	364	Chad Saultz	31	28	0	0
30	432	Kaeden Amerine	24	35	0	8
31	772	Rick Elzinga	29	31	0	0
32	195	Blake Ashley	27	33	0	0
33	286	Brandon Sussman	35	29	0	0
34	671	Tyler Ducray	38	36	0	0
35	77	Jerry Robin	36	38	0	11
36	172	Tommy Rios	37	40	0	10
37	541	Jeffrey Walker	40	39	0	0
38	182	Mason Olson	DNF	26	0	0
39	299	Konnor Visger	DNF	27	0	0
40	766	Levi Newby	28	DNF	0	0
41	33	Derek Drake	33	DNF	0	9
42	165	Jorge Rubalcava	DNF	34	0	0
43	276	Eugenio Barbaglia	39	DNF	0	0

The 450MX title has already been decided, and it’s looking like the 250MX title may be, too. Jett Lawrence is leading Justin Cooper by 23 points, and with only one race left, it would take a crash or disastrous race for Lawrence to lose out on the title now. Anything could happen, though, and we’ll see how the series pans out when MX returns to Hangtown.