Recapping a stunted opening SMX play off from Char...

2025 SMX

Play Off One
zMAX Dragway at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Group Honda HRC Progressive’s Jett Lawrence opened his 2025 SMX World Championship account with a press release win at Playoff 1 in Charlotte. The defending two-time SMX World Champion and freshly topped AMA Professional Motocross Champion led each lap of the 450SMX Class moto at zMAX Dragway, with the day’s outcomes in the end selected simply that single race.

Jett Lawrence

Lightning within the space compelled officers to cancel the second motos for each courses, with fading daylight ruling out any restart. In consequence, the general scores have been locked in after Moto 1.

Chase Sexton (Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing facility Racing) secured second general, gathering 22 precious championship factors after beginning the weekend seeded sixth. Eli Tomac (Monster Power Yamaha Star Racing) recovered from a late crash whereas operating second to nonetheless carry house third.

Playoff 2 is ready for The Dome at America’s Middle in St. Louis on September thirteenth. It’s the venue’s first postseason SMX occasion, with the added twist of double factors on the road. That leads into the triple-points-paying finale in Las Vegas on September twentieth, the place the 450SMX Champion will accumulate a $1 million prize, and the 250SMX Champion will earn $500,000.

450 Moto One

Pos

Rider

Bike

Time/Hole

1

J. Lawrence

Hon

23m31.477

2

C. Sexton

KTM

+3.865

3

E. Tomac

Yam

+7.531

4

H. Lawrence

Hon

+9.868

5

R. Hampshire

Hus

+25.590

6

Ok. Roczen

Suz

+31.054

7

C. Webb

Yam

+52.072

8

D. Ferrandis

Hon

+57.003

9

J. Savatgy

Hon

+1m02.075

10

J. Barcia

Gasoline

+1m13.131

11

J. Cooper

Yam

+1m15.979

12

B. Bloss

Guess

+1m31.685

13

J. Hill

KTM

+1m33.900

14

V. Guillod

Yam

+1m41.913

15

S. McElrath

Hon

+1m42.828

16

D. Wilson

Hon

+1m48.161

17

M. Oldenburg

Guess

+1m49.579

18

C. Schock

Yam

+1m52.404

19

H. Kullas

Hus

+1m54.339

20

M. Harrison

Kaw

+1 lap

21

J. Hand

Hon

+1 lap

22

R. Pape

Yam

+1 lap

450 Moto Two

Cancelled

450 SMX Factors

Pos

Rider

Bioke

Points

1

J. Lawrence

Hon

47

2

C. Sexton

OkTM

-9

3

J. Cooper

Yam

-11

4

H. Lawrence

Hon

-12

5

E. Tomac

Yam

-12

6

C. Webb

Yam

-14

7

R. Hampshire

Hus

-18

8

Ok. Roczen

Suz

-20

9

J. Barcia

Gas

-22

10

D. Ferrandis

Hon

-23

450 Qualifying

Pos

Rider

Bike

Time/Hole

1

C. Sexton

KTM

1:55.592

2

J. Lawrence

Hon

+0.128

3

E. Tomac

Yam

+1.231

4

H. Lawrence

Hon

+2.096

5

Ok. Roczen

Suz

+2.292

6

J. Cooper

Yam

+2.451

7

R. Hampshire

Hus

+2.658

8

D. Ferrandis

Hon

+3.526

9

C. Webb

Yam

+3.794

10

V. Guillod

Yam

+3.849

11

J. Savatgy

Hon

+4.203

12

B. Bloss

Guess

+5.044

13

J. Hill

KTM

+5.794

14

S. McElrath

Hon

+5.913

15

M. Oldenburg

Guess

+6.082

16

J. Barcia

Gasoline

+6.089

17

C. Schock

Yam

+6.396

18

D. Drake

Yam

+7.491

19

J. Hand

Hon

+7.630

20

M. Harrison

Kaw

+7.709

21

H. Kullas

Hus

+7.963

22

D. Wilson

Hon

+8.168

23

G. Harlan

Yam

+8.478

24

Ok. Chisholm

Suz

+8.480

25

R. Pape

Yam

+8.994

26

M. Stewart

Hus

+9.916

27

M. Weltin

Yam

+9.974

28

J. Brief IV

Hon

+10.968


250

Within the 250SMX Class, Haiden Deegan (Monster Power Yamaha Star Racing) confirmed his class with a comeback win. After a poor begin, the two-time SMX 250 Champion reeled in Seth Hammaker (Monster Power Professional Circuit Kawasaki), who had grabbed the holeshot and constructed a giant early lead.

Deegan made his transfer with two laps to go and held on for the victory. Hammaker crossed the road second, whereas Levi Kitchen (Monster Power Professional Circuit Kawasaki) seemed set for third however was docked a spot for a cross-flag penalty, dropping him to fourth. That handed the ultimate podium place to Jo Shimoda (Group Honda HRC Progressive), who charged from outdoors the highest ten after an early crash.

Haiden Deegan

250 Moto One

Pos

Rider

Bike

Time/Hole

1

H. Deegan

Yam

23m38.200

2

S. Hammaker

Kaw

+3.368

3

J. Shimoda

Hon

+6.767

4

L. Kitchen

Kaw

+5.064

5

A. Forkner

Tri

+22.989

6

R. Difrancesco

Gasoline

+24.485

7

T. Vialle

KTM

+25.550

8

C. Davies

Yam

+26.691

9

N. Thrasher

Yam

+27.665

10

T. Masterpool

Kaw

+31.199

11

D. Adams

Kaw

+33.848

12

M. Vohland

Yam

+37.126

13

M. Anstie

Yam

+42.511

14

D. Schwartz

Yam

+50.516

15

D. Bennick

Yam

+53.604

16

C. Park

Hon

+59.339

17

J. Smith

Tri

+1m11.305

18

L. Turner

KTM

+1m16.237

19

G. Linville

KTM

+1m19.172

20

P. Ross

Yam

+1m46.015

21

H. Miller

Yam

+10 laps

22

G. Marchbanks

Kaw

+10 laps

250 SMX Factors

Pos

Rider

Bike

Factors

1

H. Deegan

Yam

50

2

J. Shimoda

Hon

-8

3

S. Hammaker

Kaw

-16

4

T. Vialle

KTM

-17

5

L. Kitchen

Kaw

-21

6

A. Forkner

Tri

-25

7

M. Vohland

Yam

-26

8

N. Thrasher

Yam

-26

9

R. Di Francesco

Gasoline

-27

10

G. Marchbanks

Kaw

-30

250 Qualifying

Pos

Rider

Bike

Hole

1

T. Masterpool

Kaw

1m56.957

2

H. Deegan

Yam

+1.016

3

L. Kitchen

Kaw

+1.621

4

M. Anstie

Yam

+1.684

5

D. Bennick

Yam

+1.953

6

S. Hammaker

Kaw

+2.112

7

C. Park

Hon

+2.221

8

T. Vialle

KTM

+2.315

9

R. Difrancesco

Gasoline

+2.484

10

G. Marchbanks

Kaw

+2.671

11

J. Beaumer

KTM

+2.703

12

H. Yoder

Kaw

+3.025

13

J. Shimoda

Hon

+3.146

14

N. Thrasher

Yam

+3.151

15

C. Davies

Yam

+3.211

16

D. Adams

Kaw

+3.337

17

J. Smith

Tri

+3.495

18

A. Forkner

Tri

+3.501

19

L. Turner

KTM

+3.720

20

H. Miller

Yam

+3.815

21

G. Linville

KTM

+4.308

22

C. Thompson

KTM

+4.916

23

M. Vohland

Yam

+5.093

24

P. Ross

Yam

+5.361

25

D. Schwartz

Yam

+5.562

26

J. Rodbell

Hon

+6.302

27

L. Neese

Hon

+6.342

28

T. Albright

Yam

+8.724


SMX Subsequent Predominant

For the SMX Subsequent Class, a showcase for rising beginner expertise, the Charlotte schedule was lower quick earlier than they may race. As a substitute, they’ll line up in St. Louis based mostly on their Harmony qualifying outcomes, earlier than their championship-deciding moto takes place as deliberate subsequent Saturday.

SMX Subsequent Qualifying

Pos

Rider

Bike

Time/Hole

1

C. Dudney

Yam

2m02.837

2

Ok. Johnson

Yam

+1.824

3

C. Wooden

Yam

+2.864

4

Ok. Minear

Yam

+3.227

5

T. Wooden

Hon

+3.570

6

E. Temmerman

Kaw

+3.600

7

V. Wey

Kaw

+3.886

8

M. Fitch

Yam

+4.176

9

O. Covell

Yam

+4.312

10

A. Schafer

KTM

+4.554

11

M. Shane

Hus

+4.618

12

J. Fappani

KTM

+4.646

13

W. Thurman

KTM

+4.833

14

B. Harrison

Gasoline

+5.025

15

C. Lawton

Yam

+5.883

16

R. Malinoski

Yam

+6.080

17

J. Wolf

Kaw

+6.382

18

D. Thomas

Hus

+6.481

19

L. Hartz

Yam

+6.715

20

Ok. Bollasina

Yam

+6.756

21

L. Gibson

Hus

+6.763

22

T. Batchelor

Gasoline

+8.151

23

C. Merman

KTM

+8.943

24

C. Harris

KTM

+23.632

25

L. Oehlhof

Hon

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