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Who are the fast guys riding East?

Cole Davies and hopefully Jo, and ?

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Hammaker

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I want Hammaker to win so badly, he’s got a great shot this year. 
Pierce Brown and Cole Davies will both be extremely fast. 
Also hoping to see a nice rebound for Casey Cochran. 
As of now, Jo will likely miss the first couple of rounds. But who knows, considering originally he wasn’t going to race at all. 

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I want Hammaker to win so badly, he’s got a great shot this year. Pierce Brown and Cole Davies will both be extremely fast. Also hoping to see...

I want Hammaker to win so badly, he’s got a great shot this year. 
Pierce Brown and Cole Davies will both be extremely fast. 
Also hoping to see a nice rebound for Casey Cochran. 
As of now, Jo will likely miss the first couple of rounds. But who knows, considering originally he wasn’t going to race at all. 

Sounding more and more like Jo will be at the first round of 250 east. I wonder what percent he will be at.


https://www.vitalmx.com/features/weekend-breakdown-2026-houston

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2/2/2026 2:59pm Edited Date/Time 2/2/2026 5:51pm

Hammaker, Schock, Thrasher, Shimoda, Bennick, Cochran, Park, Swoll and Drew Adams should all be up in the mix. Some of the smaller-team/privateer riders will be a factor too: Weltin, Kelley, Miller (all on MX6 Kawasaki), Guillod (Rock River), Locurcio (Privateer Paddock), and a few others...

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2/2/2026 3:03pm Edited Date/Time 2/6/2026 6:47am

Here's a quick list, probably missed someone, feel free to mention and I'll add to list...

10 Seth Hammaker

22 Coty Schock

25 Nate Thrasher

30 Jo Shimoda 

35 Cole Davies

33 Austin Forkner? 

35 Drew Adams

39 Valentin Guillod

49 Cullin Park

50 Lorenzo Locrucio

53 Henry Miller

56 Jalek Swoll 

58 Dax Bennick

59 Casey Cochoran

65 Marshall Weltin

67 Hardy Munoz 

68 Enzo Lopes?

73 Gavin Towers

74 Gage Linville 

77 Derek Kelly 

75 Lance Kobusch

82 Caden Dudney?

85 Alexander Fedorstov

89 Devin Simonson

91 Iziah Clark

163 Pierce Brown

943 Noah Viney 

??? Brodie Connolly 

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skypig
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Great info - thanks. ^

Looking forward to it. 
The racing in the West has been a little lacklustre IMO. Danger Boy running away with it.
Maybe my view is influenced by the unreal (and clean) racing in the 450s

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Kayden Mineer?

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skypig wrote:

Who are the fast guys riding East?

Cole Davies and hopefully Jo, and ?

Pierce Brown

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uncledaddy69
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2/2/2026 3:38pm
skypig wrote:

Kayden Mineer?

Star is pitting the amateurs against each other. Whoever does better in futures gets the 250 east ride. It’s between Gordon, Minear, and Dudney. 

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ML, I know you've indicated it's 50-50 on Jo in your past few videos, do you know if it's leaning one way or the other for being at the first round?

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Hoping Pierce Brown and Hammaker killer it. My dark horse is Thrasher finally putting it together. I wonder if Forkner will ride a 250?

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Genuine question: Following the Houston incident: Forkner? 

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BS12 wrote:

Genuine question: Following the Houston incident: Forkner? 

You’re not alone with this thought…🤔

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Hopefully it’s more exciting than the west rounds have been. Lot of good front runners on the east!

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BS12 wrote:

Genuine question: Following the Houston incident: Forkner? 

TeamGreen wrote:

You’re not alone with this thought…🤔

I think he has a broken hand. Poor guy, it’s not going well at this point 

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Is Beaumer riding any Supercross? I know he is recovering from injury but I don't remember the timeline for his return. 

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I want Hammaker to win so badly, he’s got a great shot this year. Pierce Brown and Cole Davies will both be extremely fast. Also hoping to see...

I want Hammaker to win so badly, he’s got a great shot this year. 
Pierce Brown and Cole Davies will both be extremely fast. 
Also hoping to see a nice rebound for Casey Cochran. 
As of now, Jo will likely miss the first couple of rounds. But who knows, considering originally he wasn’t going to race at all. 

vdrsnk04 wrote:

Sounding more and more like Jo will be at the first round of 250 east. I wonder what percent he will be at.


https://www.vitalmx.com/features/weekend-breakdown-2026-houston

Hopefully more than 70%. 

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BS12 wrote:

Genuine question: Following the Houston incident: Forkner? 

TeamGreen wrote:

You’re not alone with this thought…🤔

JDub067 wrote:

I think he has a broken hand. Poor guy, it’s not going well at this point 

You never know what these guys can pull off in a coupl’a weeks. 🤣

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Falcon wrote:

Is Beaumer riding any Supercross? I know he is recovering from injury but I don't remember the timeline for his return. 

outdoors 

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2/3/2026 11:39am

Hopefully Jo gets to race and would be cheering for him and Seth or Brown. Excited to see Adam's, Dax and Davies as well.  

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I'm expecting Davies to win right out of the gate.. and hopefully Brown can keep it off the ground. He has shown some incredible speed at times. Forkner could have had a great series, but.... 

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2/3/2026 2:16pm

going with Jalek, would be an epic "out of left field" Champ

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2/3/2026 2:19pm

Go Davies. Hope he finds the speed he had prior to the arm injury and can win a shootout again. 

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CEMX182 wrote:

going with Jalek, would be an epic "out of left field" Champ

He’s really fast and actually someone who I do think will win a championship in maybe the next 5 or so years. 

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CEMX182
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He’s really fast and actually someone who I do think will win a championship in maybe the next 5 or so years. 

definitely agree with you on that!

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2/3/2026 5:03pm

I’m thinking Cullin park is going to be pretty good 

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2/3/2026 5:12pm
MX Culture wrote:
Here's a quick list, probably missed someone, feel free to mention and I'll add to list...10 Seth Hammaker22 Coty Schock25 Nate Thrasher30 Jo Shimoda 35 Cole Davies33...

Here's a quick list, probably missed someone, feel free to mention and I'll add to list...

10 Seth Hammaker

22 Coty Schock

25 Nate Thrasher

30 Jo Shimoda 

35 Cole Davies

33 Austin Forkner? 

35 Drew Adams

39 Valentin Guillod

49 Cullin Park

50 Lorenzo Locrucio

53 Henry Miller

56 Jalek Swoll 

58 Dax Bennick

59 Casey Cochoran

65 Marshall Weltin

67 Hardy Munoz 

68 Enzo Lopes?

73 Gavin Towers

74 Gage Linville 

77 Derek Kelly 

75 Lance Kobusch

82 Caden Dudney?

85 Alexander Fedorstov

89 Devin Simonson

91 Iziah Clark

163 Pierce Brown

943 Noah Viney 

??? Brodie Connolly 

East looks like it will fun. I think quadlock Honda has a kid coming up I think his name is Brody Campbell.

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2/3/2026 5:13pm

Pierce leveled up last year, it’s a shame his crash in the whoops derailed his year the way it did. Hope we can see him back up front competing for wins.

Jalek, too. Dude’s had some tough luck the last few years.

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2/3/2026 9:20pm Edited Date/Time 2/3/2026 9:21pm
MX Culture wrote:
Here's a quick list, probably missed someone, feel free to mention and I'll add to list...10 Seth Hammaker22 Coty Schock25 Nate Thrasher30 Jo Shimoda 35 Cole Davies33...

Here's a quick list, probably missed someone, feel free to mention and I'll add to list...

10 Seth Hammaker

22 Coty Schock

25 Nate Thrasher

30 Jo Shimoda 

35 Cole Davies

33 Austin Forkner? 

35 Drew Adams

39 Valentin Guillod

49 Cullin Park

50 Lorenzo Locrucio

53 Henry Miller

56 Jalek Swoll 

58 Dax Bennick

59 Casey Cochoran

65 Marshall Weltin

67 Hardy Munoz 

68 Enzo Lopes?

73 Gavin Towers

74 Gage Linville 

77 Derek Kelly 

75 Lance Kobusch

82 Caden Dudney?

85 Alexander Fedorstov

89 Devin Simonson

91 Iziah Clark

163 Pierce Brown

943 Noah Viney 

??? Brodie Connolly 

East looks like it will fun. I think quadlock Honda has a kid coming up I think his name is Brody Campbell.

Brodie Connolly. He's a Kiwi that races in the Australian series.

He's good but might not be at the level as the top guys, indoors anyway. He'll be decent outdoors 

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