Ken Roczen edged last year’s champion, Eli Tomac, to go fastest in the first qualifying session of the season. Roczen said: “Mainly having fun out there, it’s still early on, looking forward to racing. With how tacky this track is – I haven’t ridden anything like it in a while.”
Anderson was third with Marvin Musquin fourth and inventing a couple of his own lines but Adam Cianciarulo was back in ninth just behind Zach Osborne who looks good to go after his crash in eighth.
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Jett Lawrence went quickest on his final lap to underline his hype with Christian Craig second looking great on the Yamaha and RJ Hampshire third despite a pretty hard crash that meant he couldn’t finish the last couple of minutes of the session after tweaking the bike.
“The tracks pretty technical, I got everything clean,” Lawrence said about his final lap. Austin Forkner was sixth and quading where Lawrence and Craig were wheel-tapping but it didn’t translate to the quickest time.
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