Haiden Deegan fastest in Salt Lake City 250 East/West Showdown Q1

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah: Haiden Deegan and Levi Kitchen broke the 50-second barrier in the first qualification and landed one-two on the chart. Seth Hammaker was the fastest Eastern divisional rider and the only other racer to land in the 49-second range.

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Qualification 1

Western Division

Deegan (49.113) is anxious to get this round over so he can fully concentrate on the 450 class and Pro Motocross. He earned the holeshot in the first qualification session with Ryder DiFrancesco in tow.

Deegan started out quick and got progressively faster as the session continued.

Deegan had nearly a one-second lead for most of the session, but Levi Kitchen (49.668) twisted the throttle a little harder at the end and cut that to .55 seconds. He was second on the board and the only other rider to crack the 50 -second advantage.

Lux Turner (50.472) surged into third overall in the first session on the track.

Fourth-place DiFrancesco (50.555) and Max Anstie (50.637) rounded out the top five.

In his second professional race, Kayden Minear (51.003) was seventh.