Bench Racing | Birmingham Supercross Night Show

Just an off night for ET3

But dam Hunter Lawrence is coming into his own!

Then he should've done it without cutting the track

It’s been rough. Could be last yr on a factory bike.

Whose was it? I missed this.

Did you see it? Zero advantage gained, if anything it slowed him down. 
Pointless penalty all he did was clip the first or second marker, it’s not like he cut the track.

Exactly…

The only reason Star allowed Deegan to be penalized is because it gave Davies an extra 3 point cushion over Hammaker. What was 3 is now 6. A win for Yamaha. 

That’s pretty interesting actually 

This, otherwise it would have been a whole drawn out process like the red light stuff

Down 1 coming in to tonight, down 3 after 2-3 provisional finishes, Now down 6 after 1 and 2 swap. 

4D team tactics. 

I was thinking the same. Wonder if he could take JA21 bike for next season? 

That was probably the most undeserved penalty I’ve ever seen. I hate that the quoted post makes sense. 

How does Star "allow" the penalty?

Looked to me that Prado screwed up Eli's flow and that was it. Bubba even commented on how they can do that to Tomac. I have seen it before with Webb, Anderson, and Barcia being the most successful at taking Eli off rhythm. KTM can't be happy about it, can they???

He meant allow in the sense of likely not fighting AMA to the death against the penalty like they traditionally do

Grant Harlan 14th. That’s gotta be a career best finish for him? Glad to see he’s turning it around!

He “clip[ped] the first or second marker” as he was cutting between them to get to the inside line (otherwise known as cutting the track), which is against the rules. 

Looks like AP has his left knee wrapped. Hopefully just a stinger and not worse. 

Fastest laps of the races 

250 west heat 

52.023 = Haiden Deegan
52.447 = Max Anstie
52.916 = Levi Kitchen
53.173 = Avery Long 
53.326 = Ryder Difrancesco 
53.634 = Parker Ross
53.796 = Joshua Varize
53.799 = Hunter Yoder 
53.854 = Lux Turner
53.921 = Dilan Schwartz 

250 east heat 

51.629 = Cole Davies
52.063 = Seth Hammaker
52.401 = Jo Shimoda 
53.027 = Nate Trasher 
53.083 = Pierce Brown
53.208 = Daxton Bennick
53.345 = Caden Dudney
53.444 = Devin Simonson 
53.466 = Derek Kelley
53.552 = Coty Schock 

450 heat 1 

52.065 = Hunter Lawrence 
52.292 = Cooper Webb
52.413 = Malcolm Stewart 
53.210 = Garrett Marchbanks 
53.699 = Jordon Smith
53.727 = Justin Hill
53.787 = Christian Craig 
53.958 = Grant Harlan
54.203 = Kevin Moranz
54.975 = Fredrik Noren 

450 heat 2 

51.732 = Ken Roczen 
52.228 = Aaron Plessinger 
52.246 = Justin Cooper 
52.334 = Eli Tomac 
52.542 = Jorge Prado 
53.153 = Shane Mcelrath 
53.606 = Colt Nichols
54.853 = Justin Bogle
54.941 = Cole Thompson 
55.119 = Vince Friese 

250 main 

52.604 = Haiden Deegan
52.610 = Cole Davies 
53.020 = Jo Shimoda 
53.113 = Seth Hammaker
53.188 = Levi Kitchen 
53.464 = Max Anstie 
53.610 = Daxton Bennick 
53.791 = Ryder Difrancesco 
54.001 = Max Vohland
54.371 = Nate Trasher 

450 main 

51.275 = Ken Roczen 
51.783 = Hunter Lawrence 
52.396 = Eli Tomac 
52.565 = Jorge Prado 
52.975 = Cooper Webb 
53.015 = Garrett Marchbanks 
53.058 = Justin Cooper 
53.204 = Colt Nichols 
53.274 = Malcolm Stewart 
53.389 = Aaron Plessinger

250 SX West stats 

Wins 

5 = Haiden Deegan 
1 = Max Anstie 

Podiums 

6 = Haiden Deegan 
3 = Cameron Mcadoo 
3 = Levi Kitchen 
2 = Michael Mosiman 
2 = Ryder Difrancesco 
2 = Max Anstie 
1 = Chance Hymas 

Laps lead

81 = Haiden Deegan 
22 = Levi Kitchen 
15 = Max Anstie 
11 = Michael Mosiman 
6 = Ryder Difrancesco 
4 = Maximus Vohland 

Holeshot 

2 = Haiden Deegan 
2 = Max Anstie 
1 = Ryder Difrancesco 
1 = Michael Mosiman 
1 = Cameron Mcadoo 
1 = Maximus Vohland 
1 = Levi Kitchen 

Fastest lap of the race 

7 = Haiden Deegan 
1 = Max Anstie 
1 = Levi Kitchen 

Heat wins 

6 = Haiden Deegan 
2 = Maximus Vohland 
1 = Max Anstie 
1 = Chance Hymas 
1 = Levi Kitchen 

Laps lead during the heats 

40 = Haiden Deegan 
13 = Max Anstie 
10 = Maximus Vohland 
8 = Chance Hymas 
7 = Levi Kitchen 
6 = Lux Turner 
4 = Hunter Yoder
2 = Ryder Difrancesco 

Fastest in practice 

5 = Haiden Deegan 
2 = Levi Kitchen  
 

250 SX East stats 

Wins 

2 = Cole Davies 
1 = Pierce Brown 
1 = Seth Hammaker 

Podiums 

3 = Cole Davies 
3 = Seth Hammaker 
2 = Pierce Brown 
2 = Jo Shimoda 
1 = Daxton Bennick 

Laps lead 

40 = Cole Davies 
15 = Pierce Brown
13 = Seth Hammaker 
8 = Jalek Swoll 
5 = Jo Shimoda 
4 = Daxton Bennick 

Holeshot 

2 = Jalek Swoll 
1 = Jo Shimoda 
1 = Seth Hammaker 
1 = Daxton Bennick 

Fastest lap of the race 

4 = Cole Davies
1 = Seth Hammaker 

Heat wins 

2 = Cole Davies 
1 = Seth Hammaker 
1 = Pierce Brown 
1 = Drew Adams 

Laps lead during the heats 

18 = Cole Davies
9 = Seth Hammaker 
6 = Drew Adams 
5 = Pierce Brown 
1 = Nate Trasher 

Fastest in practice 

2 = Seth Hammaker 
1 = Pierce Brown
1 = Drew Adams 
 

Kitchen is not in the kinda shape he needs to be in to race at Deegan’s or Davies pace on a consistent basis. Neither is Jo.

450 SX stats 

Wins 

4 = Eli Tomac 
3 = Hunter Lawrence 
1 = Chase Sexton 
1 = Cooper Webb
1 = Ken Roczen 

Podiums 

8 = Hunter Lawrence 
8 = Eli Tomac 
6 = Ken Roczen 
5 = Cooper Webb 
1 = Jorge Prado 
1 = Chase Sexton 
1 = Justin Cooper 

Laps lead 

80 = Ken Roczen 
71 = Eli Tomac 
67 = Hunter Lawrence 
16 = Cooper Webb
15 = Chase Sexton 
13 = Justin Cooper 
11 = Jorge Prado 
9 = Jason Anderson 

Holeshot 

4 = Jorge Prado 
3 = Hunter Lawrence 
2 = Cooper Webb 
2 = Eli Tomac 
1 = Jason Anderson 
1 = Ken Roczen 
1 = Vince Friese 

Fastest lap of the race 

6 = Eli Tomac 
4 = Ken Roczen 
2 = Chase Sexton 
1 = Cooper Webb
1 = Hunter Lawrence 

Heat wins 

5 = Ken Roczen 
3 = Jorge Prado 
3 = Eli Tomac 
3 = Hunter Lawrence 
1 = Chase Sexton 
1 = Cooper Webb 

Laps lead during the heats 

40 = Ken Roczen 
30 = Jorge Prado 
22 = Hunter Lawrence 
19 = Eli Tomac 
14 = Cooper Webb 
3 = Chase Sexton
3 = Justin Cooper 

Fastest in practice 

5 = Eli Tomac 
2 = Chase Sexton 
2 = Jorge Prado 
1 = Hunter Lawrence

Deegan torched Davies and the entire class and you know it!  





 

Was at the race tonight, just made it home! So enjoyable to watch the riding techniques in person, you can really appreciate a lot more, and even the camera work at the actual event is fantastic. Didn't miss bondo at all. 😅

Some observations, 

250:

Man that was an absolute blast 10/10 race for me. Bummed to see Jo go from 2nd to 4th with 3 turns left, but wow it was everyone up there I wanted to see! And I'm not even a fan, but I must acknowledge Deegan is a baddddd dude on a dirtbike. That was gnarly in person. The guy looked so strong and planted on the bike. All the top guys were racing hard, but somehow Deegan raced even harder.. it was genuinely impressive. 

450:

Hunter rode great, looked very relaxed and controlled. I didn't catch him looking sketchy or out of shape once. Just looked like a smart, controlled, managed win. Very efficient on the bike imo. Effortless. 

Ken was absolutely flying and looked so comfortable on the Suzuki. It was a joy to watch. Ken's riding style is just so fluid. Ken in many ways looks as good as ever. 

Not sure what happened to Eli.. he looked amazing in qualifying but his body language was off in the main, he completely lacked intensity, just kind of looked like he was riding around. Not sure if the JCoop thing spooked him, if he felt unwell, or just no flow, but he didn't look like himself. 🤷‍♂️

Aaron Plessinger: “I was planning on Birmingham being a good day. Practice went decent and the track was wild – dry and wet at the same time, if you can imagine that! It was just a wild track altogether, but I qualified ninth and then had a really good Heat Race in battling with Jorge and felt good. I got a good start in the Main Event, rode a little tight at first, and then started to loosen up as the race went on. Then I hit a rock on the face of a jump, and I felt the rear-end start to rise, which is when I knew I wasn’t going to make the triple. I tried to ditch the bike, but it was too late, and the bars hit my knees. After that it was a bit of a blur – I think I did a flip or two and, when I landed, I heard something really crunch so that was the end of my night. I went to the Medical Unit, they checked me out, and I am in one piece, but I am just sore and bummed out. I felt like we made a lot of good progress in the break, but I just have to keep grinding to get to where we need to be.”

Just checked and his best is a 9th in 450SX and a 5th in 250SX.

You aren’t very intelligent are you? They were both 19 at the start of the season and turned 20 the year they moved up to 450s.