| New Orleans race report |
| Written by Nick Thiel |
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Lites qualifying Heat 1 Barcia rips the holeshot with Weeck and Nicoletti in second and third. Second lap and Mookie is on the move and is up to third place. Stewart and Nicoletti are engaged in a great battle at the halfway point of the heat race. With two laps to go mookie makes an aggressive pass on Nicoletti to take second place. All the while Barcia is gone out front. Barcia goes on to take the easy win
Heat 2 Roczen made it to the first corner first and takes the early lead. Roczen was out front putting in some solid laps Behind him it’s a typical case of follow the leader. Roczen goes on to take the main event win.
Supercross qualifying Heat 1 Metcalfe takes the early holeshot he’s got Weimer and short right behind. Lap two and Metcalfe has some serious pressure from Weimer. Weimer takes the lead from Metcalfe on lap three. Only a handful of corners later and Short makes his way by Metcalfe as well. Izzi was coming through the field in a super aggressive manner! Weimer takes the heat race win.
Heat 2 Villopoto takes the holeshot but Albertson sneaks by in the first timing section. His lead was short lived with Villopoto sneaking back by as well as Millsaps. Millsaps was stalking Villopoto closely but goes over the bars hard while exiting a timing section. After that Villopoto had plenty of breathing room out front. Villopoto takes the win followed in by Alessi
Last chance qualifiers
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Lites main event Alex Martin rips the holeshot from the outside gate. Durham Barcia and Mookie are running right behind. Lap three and Durham has made his way around Martin and is putting in some fast laps out front. Mookie is now in second. Lap five and the order is Durham, Stewart, Barcia, Baggett. One lap later and Stewart went down really hard in the whoops. He ends up getting back on the motorcycle in 19th place. Bogle made his way into the top five by getting around his team-mate Barcia. 7 laps to go and Durham makes a big mistake but keeps it on two wheels but has Baggett hot on his heels. Two laps to go and Durham has pulled back out on Baggett and has about two seconds over his team-mate. Last lap of the main event and you couldn’t even fit a piece of paper between Durham and Baggett! Durham holds on and takes the win with Baggett in second.
Supercross main event Villopoto takes the holeshot. Millsaps is down in the first corner. Grant is running right behind Villopoto in second! Alessi is running in third place. With Faith having his best start yet running in fourth place. Lap five both Metcalfe and Brayton make their way around Faith and are fighting each other hard. Villopoto is flat out gone at the halfway point of the main event. Josh Grant is having his best race in years running in second place. He’s still being chased by Alessi, who’s in third place. With five laps to go Alessi gets tangled up with a lapper and goes down. He has quite a bit of trouble restarting the motorcycle and goes a lap down ending his podium hunt. Villopoto goes onto win the main event. Grant takes second place and Brayton takes third.
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