When the gate dropped on the 250 main it was Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Seth Hammaker with the holeshot. HRC Honda’s Jo Shimoda ran second ahead of the Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing duo of Nate Thrasher and Pierce Brown. Drew Adams, though, was on the move early, making quick passes on Brown and Thrasher to put himself in position get his first career podium. Adams had captured top qualifying honors earlier and won his heat race, so he had momentum. Drew continued to charge to the back of Shimoda.
Meanwhile, Thrasher who ran third early, got shuffled back to sixth. His teammate Cole Davies was the man on the move coming from ninth, to get to the back of his teammate Brown. The two teammates had a close call when Davies jumped off the outside of the off camber and their lines came together. Davies eventually made the pass and controlled the position until he made a mistake in the sand that allowed brown pull alongside him again. Brown could not make the pass and Davies regained control of fourth.
From there, Davies regrouped and went after Adams, until another mistake let Adams get free, briefly. Davies really ramped it up, he became the fastest rider on track by over two seconds on lap 7. That lap allowed him to make the pass on Adams and go after Shimoda. Shortly after getting passed by Davies, Adams’ career day came to a crashing halt after a big crash in the whoops. Like his teammate Hammaker earlier in the day, Adams did get back on his feet and on his bike, but he too rode back to pits.
Davies was up to third and tried to get to Shimoda, but it looked like the top three were locked in until Shimoda went down in the sand, dropping
him back to fourth behind Brown. This allowed Davies to get to second.
After a big crash and appearing to be banged up in qualifying, Hammaker rebounded in incredible fashion, leading every lap of the main event and taking his first win of the season with a comfortable four second lead at the finish. Davies and Brown rounded out the podium. Brown’s third allows him to keep the red plate as the series’ heads to a triple crown in Indianapolis next weekend.