2023 THUNDER VALLEY MOTOCROSS NATIONAL // 250 RACE RESULTS

Here is a recap of the 2023 Thunder Valley Motocross Nationals 250 races. Here, you will find a detailed breakdown of the race results, rider performances, and key takeaways from the event in Lakewood, Colorado. Let’s see how the day of racing went down.

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250 OVERALL RACE RESULTS

Hunter goes 2-1 for his third straight overall. 

Justin Cooper again got the holeshot with Levi Kitchen second and Hunter Lawrence third. Hunter and Levi went back and forth in the. On the second lap Cooper went down in the lead pushing him back to 13th.

The factory Hinda rider of CHance Hymas got into third and was hanging with Kitchen for second. RJ Hampshire crashed twice in the first six laps in an attempt to make his way to the front of the pack pushing him back to 12th.

With two laps to go, Justin Cooper made a comeback to battle with Jo Shimoda in fourth place. Hunter wins the second moto and the overall with Kitchen second, Hymas third, Cooper fourth, Volhand, fifth, Smith sixth and Hampshire making his way back up to 7th.

POS.	#	RIDER	M1     M2
1	96	Hunter Lawrence	2	1
2	32	Justin Cooper	1	4
3	43	Levi Kitchen	5	2
4	30	Jo Shimoda	3	8
5	832	Chance Hymas	11	3
6	34	Maximus Vohland	7	5
7	58	Jordon Smith	6	6
8	238	Haiden Deegan	4	9
9	24	RJ Hampshire	8	7
10	38	Jalek  Swoll	10	10
11	75	Ryder DiFrancesco	9	11
12	243	Caden Braswell	12	12
13	339	Talon Hawkins	14	14
14	85	Dilan Schwartz	17	13
15	41	Derek Kelley	15	15
16	71	Preston Kilroy	13	23
17	337	Slade Smith	19	16
18	361	Chase Yentzer	18	17
19	99	Hardy Munoz	16	39
20	992	Joel Rizzi	21	18
21	435	Marcus Phelps	30	19
22	310	Kai Aiello	20	20
23	670	Gavin Brough	23	21
24	983	Ethan Lane	24	22
25	366	Blaze Cremaldi	26	24
26	158	Tre Fierro	25	27
27	702	Hunter Cross	22	33
28	188	Brantley Schnell	28	28
29	332	Colton Eigenmann	35	26
30	299	Konnor  Visger	32	29
31	866	Ashton Bloxom	33	31
32	352	Bronson McClure	31	34
33	239	Bryson Raymond	27	38
34	346	Charles  Tolleson	36	30
35	694	Nicholas Inman	34	32
36	128	Tom Vialle	29	40
37	409	Carter Dubach		25
38	470	Ethan Day		35
39	301	Jordan Jarvis		36
40	42	Joshua Varize	37
41	258	Tyler Evans		37
42	88	Guillem Farres	38
43	124	Jett Reynolds	39
44	159	Tyson Johnson	40

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250 MOTO 1 RESULTS // THUNDER VALLEY

Justin Cooper is back!

The Star Racing rider of Justin Cooper, Haiden Deegan, Levi Kitchen and Jordan Smith started in the top four positions. The points leader, Hunter Lawrence started in the top ten and started working his way up. Unfortunately, RJ Hampshire was in a first-turn crash and had to put a charge in for the pack of the pack. Hunter was having trouble getting past the Star Racing Yamaha riders. By lap six he made his way into third position.

When Hunter got on the rear wheel of Haiden Deegan, Deegan started to ride a wide track making some risky moves. After a few laps Hunter made his way around into second, but Deegan’s teammate Justin Cooper was close to 10 seconds ahead of the pack.

POS.		#	RIDER	INTERVAL
1		32	Justin Cooper	16 Laps
2		96	Hunter Lawrence	+02.773
3		30	Jo Shimoda	+12.884
4		238	Haiden Deegan	+14.400
5		43	Levi Kitchen	+21.696
6		58	Jordon Smith	+34.023
7		34	Maximus Vohland	+37.348
8		24	RJ Hampshire	+39.045
9		75	Ryder DiFrancesco	+55.646
10		38	Jalek  Swoll	+1:05.871
11		832	Chance Hymas	+1:11.060
12		243	Caden Braswell	+1:32.711
13		71	Preston Kilroy	+1:41.739
14		339	Talon Hawkins	+1:54.090
15		41	Derek Kelley	+2:18.341
16		99	Hardy Munoz	15 Laps
17		85	Dilan Schwartz	+08.963
18		361	Chase Yentzer	+09.593
19		337	Slade Smith	+56.385
20		310	Kai Aiello	+1:08.390
21		992	Joel Rizzi	+1:12.345
22		702	Hunter Cross	+1:34.947
23		670	Gavin Brough	+1:36.444
24		983	Ethan Lane	+1:38.425
25		158	Tre Fierro	+1:46.377
26		366	Blaze Cremaldi	+1:53.200
27		239	Bryson Raymond	+1:54.960
28		188	Brantley Schnell	+2:17.470
29		128	Tom Vialle	14 Laps
30		435	Marcus Phelps	+2:45.431
31		352	Bronson McClure	+2:51.845
32		299	Konnor  Visger	+2:54.097
33		866	Ashton Bloxom	+3:07.637
34		694	Nicholas Inman	+3:32.282
35		332	Colton Eigenmann	+3:41.709
36		346	Charles  Tolleson	+4:43.589
37		42	Joshua Varize	7 Laps
38		88	Guillem Farres	DNS
39		124	Jett Reynolds	DNS
40		159	Tyson Johnson	DNS