Pro Motocross: Washougal 2021 Results – RM Rider Exchange

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The seventh round of the 2021 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship took place at Washougal MX Park in Washougal, Washington on July 24. The lush Pacific Northwest has long been a favorite location of the season and, after being missed last year, its return was most welcome. Read on to see how your favorite riders in each class finished.

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450MX Report

Moto 1

Chase Sexton tore out of the gate first, nabbing the holeshot and early lead of the first 450 moto. Ken Roczen, Cooper Webb, and Marvin Musquin weren’t far behind, but Sexton didn’t seem to be feeling any pressure. His lead grew gradually until he had a full five seconds over Roczen in 2nd place.

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Further back, Eli Tomac, Justin Barcia, and points leader Dylan Ferrandis were scrambling to make up positions. Tomac had started in 9th place but made it up to 5th in just a few short laps. Meanwhile, Barcia and Ferrandis were battling for 6th place. Musquin was in a battle of his own with Webb, though Webb relinquished 3rd place with little fanfare. Tomac then made quick work of Webb to overtake 4th, and Webb continued to fall as the race progressed.

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By the halfway point of the race, Sexton remained untouched in 1st place. Roczen was still in 2nd place, but his focus had been pulled to Musquin who was mounting a charge from 3rd place. As the two grappled, Tomac, Barcia, and Ferrandis closed in on the fight. Once Musquin made his way around Roczen, it was open season. Roczen was eventually picked off by the Tomac, Barcia, and Ferrandis trio, finishing the moto back in 6th place. His teammate, Sexton, fared much better, taking his first moto win of the season. Tomac, Musquin, Barcia, and Ferrandis finished in the other top-5 positions.

Moto 2

Webb took the holeshot of the second 450 moto, but he didn’t hold onto the lead for long. Ferrandis made a quick move on the 2021 Supercross champion, and, as has been the case all season, Webb faded into relative obscurity for the rest of the race. Sexton, Christian Craig, Roczen, and Aaron Plessinger quickly slotted into the top 5 positions that Webb vacated.

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As spots in the top 5 shuffled, Musquin and Tomac climbed up into the mix. Near the halfway point of the race, the running order was Ferrandis, Sexton, Tomac, Plessinger, and Musquin. Roczen and Craig had fallen with Webb to the tail end of the top 10, but they were still racing hard against each other.

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Back up front, Tomac was on the gas and looking for a way around Plessinger. He found it just over the finish line jump, launching past Plessinger and up to Sexton. Sexton responded by pushing up to Ferrandis, and suddenly, the top-3 riders were riding fender to fender. The three stayed locked in like that for a few laps until Tomac finally pushed past Sexton. Ferrandis stayed on the throttle in 1st, however, holding off Tomac to the checkered flag.

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Ferrandis, Tomac, Sexton, Plessinger, and Musquin finished in the top 5 of their second moto, but the overall win went to Sexton. Tomac and Ferrandis finished in 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, with Musquin and Barcia rounding out the top 5.

450MX Results

Pos.	No.	Name	M1	M2	Points	Overall
1	23	Chase Sexton	1	3	45	238
2	3	Eli Tomac	2	2	44	249
3	14	Dylan Ferrandis	5	1	41	303
4	25	Marvin Musquin	3	5	36	177
5	51	Justin Barcia	4	7	32	239
6	2	Cooper Webb	7	6	29	177
7	7	Aaron Plessinger	12	4	27	217
8	29	Christian Craig	8	8	26	182
9	94	Ken Roczen	6	10	26	256
10	17	Joey Savatgy	10	9	23	144
11	34	Max Anstie	9	12	21	101
12	15	Dean Wilson	11	11	20	102
13	28	Brandon Hartranft	13	15	14	85
14	19	Justin Bogle	16	13	13	86
15	72	Coty Schock	17	14	11	58
16	97	Ben LaMay	15	16	11	27
17	264	Ryan Sipes	14	20	8	8
18	122	Jeremy Hand	19	18	5	9
19	951	Ryan Surratt	22	17	4	22
20	65	Carson Brown	18	DNF	3	3
21	441	Scott Meshey	23	19	2	11
22	193	Hunter Schlosser	21	21	0	0
23	314	Tyler Stepek	20	23	1	11
24	837	Bryson Gardner	24	25	0	0
25	57	Justin Rodbell	26	24	0	33
26	454	Layton Small	25	26	0	0
27	594	Morgan Burger	28	27	0	0
28	647	Matthew Hubert	37	22	0	0
29	292	Kolton Dean	31	28	0	0
30	181	Wyatt Lyonsmith	29	32	0	0
31	476	Collin Jurin	27	34	0	0
32	121	Chris Howell	33	30	0	0
33	600	Connor Olson	30	36	0	0
34	645	Colby Copp	39	29	0	0
35	319	Devon Bates	35	33	0	0
36	83	Alex Ray	32	37	0	4
37	992	Zachery Redding	36	35	0	0
38	246	Chance Blackburn	34	38	0	0
39	447	Deven Raper	38	39	0	0
40	43	Fredrik Noren	40	40	0	58
41	565	Dominic DeSimone	DNF	31	0	0

250MX Report

Moto 1

In the first 250 moto, Carson Mumford ended up taking the holeshot. He led the first few laps of the race until Justin Cooper burst past. After that, it was a steady decline for Mumford as RJ Hampshire, Pierce Brown, Jeremy Martin, and Michael Mosiman – the riders we’re used to seeing up front – overtook the top 5. Jalek Swoll was initially in the mix, but a crash had him carted off the track by the Alpinestars Medical team.

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Noticeably missing from the action were the Lawrence brothers. Hunter was sitting just outside of the top 5 while Jett didn’t even break into the top 10 until the midpoint of the race. Neither were anywhere near the battle for the lead brewing between Cooper and Hampshire or the battle for 3rd brewing between Brown, Martin, and Mosiman.

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Martin made the first move by passing Brown. It seemed as though he’d lead Mosiman past as well, but Hunter Lawrence had finally started to close in on 5th place. After several laps, Hunter wasn’t able to reel in Mosiman before Mosiman made a pass on Brown. Before the checkered flag, however, Brown fell out of the top 5, so Hunter Lawrence got the 5th-place finish he was after.

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Back up front, Hampshire fought hard to pass Cooper. No pass stuck before the clock ran out, however, so the running order for the first 250 moto was Cooper, Hampshire, Martin, Mosiman, and Hunter Lawrence.

Moto 2

Justin Cooper started out front once again in the second 250 moto, beating out Martin, Hampshire, Austin Forkner, and Brown. Jett Lawrence was sitting better in 6th place, although he still had some considerable points to make up.

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After a few laps, Martin was right on Cooper’s rear tire. Martin had been close to overtaking the lead in the 1st lap, but Cooper had sped off before any pass attempt could stick. This time, however, Martin was riding much more aggressively, and the two eventually started to gap Hampshire in 3rd. After a few laps, Martin finally took a faster inside line around Cooper, speeding away before Cooper could even try to retaliate.

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With Martin safe and away in 1st place, Cooper was left to fend off Hampshire. The latter was poised to slot into 2nd, but stalled his bike near the mechanics area and instead lost his position to Brown. Forkner had also lost position due to a small crash, so the Lawrence brothers were sitting in 5th and 6th place, respectively. Then, Hunter Lawrence slid out from 6th place and fell back to 11th place behind Jo Shimoda.

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Meanwhile, the battle for the top 3 was heating up. Hampshire had made his way back around Brown for 3rd, and the two went back and forth until Jett Lawrence climbed up to Brown to make a pass as well. With only two minutes left to go, Jett Lawrence made his way around Hampshire and started to size up Cooper a full six seconds ahead. It didn’t seem like Jett Lawrence was going to be able to catch Cooper, but Cooper unexpectedly crashed on the face of a hill. He and his bike seemed out of sorts as they resumed the race in 7th place.

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Cooper’s crash pushed Jett Lawrence up to 2nd place by the checkered flag, followed by Hampshire, Brown, and a surprising Shimoda in 5th place. Martin’s win in the second 250 moto was enough to secure him the overall for the day, joined by Hampshire and Cooper on the podium. Jett Lawrence took 4th overall and Brown finished in 5th.

250MX Results

Pos.	No.	Name	M1	M2	Points	Overall
1	6	Jeremy Martin	3	1	45	220
2	24	RJ Hampshire	2	3	42	205
3	32	Justin Cooper	1	8	38	281
4	18	Jett Lawrence	7	2	36	273
5	45	Pierce Brown	6	4	33	126
6	42	Michael Mosiman	4	7	32	154
7	41	Hunter Lawrence	5	10	27	237
8	90	Dilan Schwartz	13	6	23	101
9	38	Austin Forkner	12	9	21	137
10	115	Maximus Vohland	9	12	21	120
11	39	Carson Mumford	11	11	20	93
12	48	Garrett Marchbanks	10	15	17	141
13	30	Jo Shimoda	24	5	16	178
14	73	Derek Kelley	14	14	14	25
15	64	Colt Nichols	8	33	13	172
16	59	Jarrett Frye	18	13	11	84
17	220	Ramyller Alves	16	16	10	31
18	26	Alex Martin	15	19	8	16
19	995	Christopher Prebula	22	17	4	4
20	241	Joshua Varize	17	39	4	41
21	874	Zack Williams	23	18	3	5
22	77	Jerry Robin	19	37	2	2
23	242	Garrett Hoffman	26	20	1	1
24	726	Gared Steinke	20	23	1	1
25	112	Xylian Ramella	21	24	0	4
26	491	Gabe Gutierres	25	21	0	0
27	778	James Harrington	28	25	0	5
28	554	Wade Brommel	29	26	0	0
29	974	Brain Marty	30	28	0	0
30	766	Levi Newby	38	22	0	0
31	249	Bailey Kroone	31	29	0	0
32	182	Mason Olson	34	27	0	0
33	204	Kyle Greeson	27	35	0	0
34	301	Jordan Jarvis	36	30	0	0
35	299	Konnor Visger	35	31	0	0
36	216	Devin Harriman	33	34	0	0
37	165	Jorge Rubalcava	32	36	0	0
38	671	Tyler Ducray	37	38	0	0
39	113	Braden Spangle	39	40	0	0
40	622	Zac Maley	DNF	32	0	0
41	47	Jalek Swoll	40	DNS	0	148

Dylan Ferrandis now maintains a 47-point lead over Ken Roczen, and Eli Tomac is only seven points away from 2nd place overall. For the 250s, Justin Cooper is leading Jett Lawrence by eight points.