The opening round of the SMX Next Championship took place at Anaheim 2 on Saturday and it was a Monster Energy/Yamaha Star Racing runaway.

Australian Kayden Minear went wire-to-wire in his first-ever Supercross race to take the opening round win. The 18-year-old was never challenged throughout the 8 Minute + 1 Lap race and spearheaded an impressive sweep of the podium by Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing.

Minear took the checkered flag 1.7 seconds ahead of 16-year-old Caden Dudney, who was followed by 18-year-old Landen Gordon. Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green’s Vincent Wey, the 16-year-old son of former SMX star Nick Wey, was in podium contention throughout the race, but ultimately settled for fourth.

Full results from the opening round below:

199KAYDEN MINEAR Holeshot9 Laps1:04.496 (9)9/9:23.446282CADEN DUDNEY1.7421:04.178 (3)9/9:25.1873180LANDEN GORDON8.3011:05.038 (6)9/9:31.747427VINCENT WEY9.8031:04.721 (3)9/9:33.2485199DEACON DENNO15.8011:06.069 (6)9/9:39.247657JESSON TURNER18.7411:05.687 (4)9/9:42.187710WYATT THURMAN19.8021:06.394 (5)9/9:43.247814KANE BOLLASINA21.2751:06.658 (6)9/9:44.720923LANDON GIBSON22.2541:06.164 (7)9/9:45.69910343COLE TIMBOE29.1261:06.702 (6)9/9:52.5711129MCKAYDEN FITCH29.6191:06.554 (9)9/9:53.064122JEREMY FAPPANI35.2431:07.222 (6)9/9:58.6881393SETH DENNIS37.8861:08.017 (4)9/10:01.33214480ASHTON OUDMAN41.9821:07.846 (4)9/10:05.4291548TRINNYTIE BATCHELOR52.8331:08.973 (5)9/10:16.27816177KADE JOHNSON53.1821:06.111 (4)9/10:16.6281750CHACE LAWTON58.0721:10.636 (7)9/10:21.5171841NATE FREEHILL1 Lap1:09.373 (3)8/9:41.8181949BRENNON HARRISON1 Lap1:10.375 (3)8/10:10.6042026NATHAN ABBOTT3 Laps1:08.245 (5)6/8:50.760219RYDER MALINOSKI DNS9 Laps02279MAX SHANE DNS9 Laps0