250 QUALIFYING RESULTS // 2023 WASHOUGAL NATIONAL

The 2023 Washougal National is officially here and the 250 class is set to go with Hunter Lawrence having a 13 point lead over the rookie, Haiden Deegan, and the rest of the Championship hopefuls, RJ Hampshire, Justin Cooper, Jo Shimoda and more, are looking for their first overall wins of the season. After a sandy Southwick track and a soft Millville track, the series is taking a unique turn to Washougal, Washington, where the dirt is known for being much more hard packed and slick. MXA is on hand at the Washougal National, and we have some cool videos from the race. Scroll down for 250 qualifying results as they come in from today, and click the link below for more of our coverage from Washougal.

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250 OVERALL QUALIFYING RESULTS

Yamaha is celebrating 50 years of the YZ lineup in 2024 and Haiden Deegan and the rest of the Star Racing crew are wearing throwback 90’s inspired gear and graphics. 

The Washougal National track is a difficult one and we’ve seen lots of ruts today, as well as some slick sections on the track. The second session had less mud on the track, but the ruts in the turns were deeper, which has caused the track to get slower. The track also has a new set of rollers after the finish line jump, which adds to the technicality of the track.

POS.	#	NAME	BEST TIME
1	32	Justin Cooper	2:14.175
2	96	Hunter Lawrence	2:14.579
3	238	Haiden Deegan	2:15.289
4	24	RJ Hampshire	2:15.432
5	55	Austin Forkner	2:15.818
6	34	Maximus Vohland	2:15.985
7	35	Seth Hammaker	2:15.996
8	38	Jalek Swoll	2:16.197
9	52	Carson Mumford	2:16.394
10	30	Jo Shimoda	2:16.798
11	75	Ryder DiFrancesco	2:16.978
12	43	Levi Kitchen	2:17.085
13	33	Pierce Brown	2:17.411
14	128	Tom Vialle	2:17.414
15	42	Joshua Varize	2:18.341
16	41	Derek Kelley	2:19.422
17	85	Dilan Schwartz	2:19.438
18	71	Preston Kilroy	2:20.203
19	339	Talon Hawkins	2:20.560
20	506	Preston Boespflug	2:20.865
21	702	Hunter Cross	2:23.220
22	243	Caden Braswell	2:23.566
23	159	Tyson Johnson	2:23.630
24	337	Slade Smith	2:24.436
25	435	Marcus Phelps	2:24.904
26	361	Chase Yentzer	2:25.274
27	273	Brock Bennett	2:25.412
28	777	James Harrington	2:25.630
29	99	Hardy Munoz	2:25.684
30	162	Maxwell Sanford	2:25.708
31	332	Colton Eigenmann	2:27.261
32	983	Ethan Lane	2:27.572
33	211	Jason Fichera	2:27.818
34	626	Colton Aeck	2:28.123
35	793	Jesse Jacobsen	2:28.188
36	670	Gavin Brough	2:28.712

The top 36 transfer directly to the motos. 

37	119	Logan Boye	2:28.729
38	299	Konnor Visger	2:28.823
39	866	Ashton Bloxom	2:29.048
40	733	Alex Ransom	2:29.116
41	276	Jaret Finch	2:29.545
42	835	Conner Lords	2:29.919
43	962	Joseph Tait	2:30.255
44	470	Ethan Day	2:30.864
45	188	Brantley Schnell	2:30.940
46	346	Charles Tolleson	2:30.969
47	374	Jared Gumeson	2:31.024
48	409	Carter Dubach	2:31.421
49	537	Travis Mecking	2:31.701
50	364	Chad Saultz	2:32.000
51	318	Seth Crotty	2:32.511
52	424	Nolan Dickinson	2:33.197
53	924	Gage Hulsey	2:33.763
54	377	Austin Black	2:34.109
55	182	Mason Olson	2:35.143
56	694	Nicholas Inman	2:35.228
57	301	Jordan Jarvis	2:35.692
58	326	Rafael Chao	2:35.972
59	759	Mason Holt	2:36.093
60	769	Andrew Rossi	2:36.227
61	941	Kelson Ammons	2:36.236
62	585	Bradley Ludwigsen	2:36.766
63	264	Ben Blakely	2:36.840
64	589	Kurt Thomas	2:36.906
65	294	Nicholas McDonnell	2:37.023
66	462	Skyler Adams	2:37.132
67	291	Corey Kirkland	2:38.800
68	971	Brian Saunier	2:41.609
69	133	Dylan Marsh	2:42.748
70	405	Tyler Aldor	2:48.326
71	274	Jared Struebing	2:54.148

Ryder Difrancesco through the light pocket.

Justin Cooper was the fastest qualifier, his time from the first session held up to be the quickest of the class.

250 QUALIFYING RESULTS: SESSION 1 (GROUP A)

Hunter Lawrence is back with the red plates this weekend. 

The first 250 qualifying session started out with Carson Mumford, Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s fill-in rider who recently returned from injury, on top of the leader board straight away. However, he was knocked off the top by a a group of front runners, and it was his teammate, Seth Hammker, who has missed most of the season with a wrist injury, and who recently returned to the series at Red Bud, who snagged the top spot. Haiden Deegan made his way to second in times with a few minutes to go. Justin Cooper, well known for his fast qualifying times, jumped to third, with Jo Shimoda and Carson Mumford behind him in the later stages of the session.

Then, as the checkered flag flew, Justin Cooper dropped a blistering fast, 2:14 lap time to best everyone by over a second. Still, it was impressive to see four Pro Circuit Kawasaki riders within the top seven in qualifying, with Austin Forkner, the fifth Pro Circuit rider, in 13th.

POS.		#	RIDER		BEST TIME
1		32	Justin Cooper		2:14.175
2		238	Haiden Deegan		2:15.289
3		35	Seth Hammaker		2:15.996
4		24	RJ Hampshire		2:16.080
5		30	Jo Shimoda		2:16.900
6		52	Carson Mumford		2:16.914
7		75	Ryder DiFrancesco		2:16.978
8		34	Maximus Vohland		2:17.042
9		43	Levi Kitchen		2:17.085
10		33	Pierce Brown		2:17.747
11		128	Tom Vialle		2:17.878
12		55	Austin Forkner		2:17.930
13		38	Jalek Swoll		2:18.029
14		42	Joshua Varize		2:19.290
15		41	Derek Kelley		2:19.422
16		85	Dilan Schwartz		2:19.438
17		339	Talon Hawkins		2:20.560
18		702	Hunter Cross		2:23.220
19		159	Tyson Johnson		2:23.630
20		243	Caden Braswell		2:23.931
21		71	Preston Kilroy		2:24.106
22		435	Marcus Phelps		2:24.904
23		361	Chase Yentzer		2:25.274
24		337	Slade Smith		2:25.307
25		777	James Harrington		2:25.630
26		99	Hardy Munoz		2:25.684
27		162	Maxwell Sanford		2:25.970
28		332	Colton Eigenmann		2:27.261
29		793	Jesse Jacobsen		2:28.188
30		983	Ethan Lane		2:28.190
31		119	Logan Boye		2:28.729
32		733	Alex Ransom		2:29.360
33		670	Gavin Brough		2:29.882
34		346	Charles Tolleson		2:31.651
35		377	Austin Black		2:34.109

Tom Vialle is one of three overall winners in the 250 class this year. Tom has one win, Haiden Deegan has won an overall (Red Bud) and Hunter Lawrence has all the other wins so far.

Pierce Brown, preparing for qualifying practice. 

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