Cole Davies holeshot the second 250SX heat race, but he had Michael Mosiman all over him in the opening stages of the race. The track crew had put a lot of water down before the night show to combat the dry conditions, and Davies seemed like he was having a hard time with it, as he was making a lot of little mistakes. Mosiman was also applying a lot of pressure, which probably didn’t help. Davies eventually got away from Mosiman, only to have Mosiman close back up toward the end. It looked like Mosiman might make the move on the final lap, but Davies held on.
Back in the pack was Julien Beaumer, who’d gotten a horrible start. He was riding himself forward and was up to ninth by the third lap, but was only able to get to sixth by the end of the race, which means his gate pick won’t be stellar for the 250SX main.
Jordon Smith went down early in this one. He later made another mistake and went off the track. Despite all that, and riding without a visor, he passed into ninth on the final lap to qualify for the main event.
Davies won, followed by Mosiman, Coty Schock, Robbie Wageman, Hunter Yoder, Beaumer, Dylan Walsh, Avery Long, and Smith.
Malcolm Stewart jumped out to the early lead and when Aaron Plessinger, who was almost right beside him, started making mistakes, Stewart took control and checked out. Plessinger, meanwhile, dropped a few spots back after making a couple more mistakes and coming up short in a rhythm lane. He regrouped though and started moving back forward. Several laps later he’d passed Mitchell Oldenburg for second. Stewart was gone at that point, however, and Plessinger settled in for second.
The rest of the race was pretty uneventful, with Stewart, Plessinger, Oldenburg, Justin Hill, Shane McElrath, Dean Wilson, Benny Bloss, Justin Starling, and Jeremy Hand filling the transfer spots.
