Ryan Nitzen | January 24, 2026
The 2026 Monster Energy Supercross Championship continues its west coast tour as the series returns to Anaheim, California for round three. We’re into the swing of this year now and points are getting established – Eli Tomac on top of the 450’s and Haiden Deegan narrowly leading the 250’s over his teammate Max Anstie. Tonight is also the first round for the SMX Next competitors. Stay tuned to this thread as we bring you all the action from A2.
Haiden Deegan leads the way into A2 with the 250 class points lead.
250 QUALIFYING 1
The track is soft and rutted but that didn’t stop the top 250 riders from putting in their best laps during the first qualifying session. Points leader Haiden Deegan put his red plate on top with a time more than one full second faster than anyone else on track. Levi Kitchen clocked second, 1.2 seconds behind Deegan, with Chance Hymas rounding out the top three.
250SMX Q1 QUALIFYING RESULTS (Top 10)
1.
Haiden Deegan
(Yam)
1:02.745
2.
Levi Kitchen
(Kaw)
1:03.962
3.
Chance Hymas
(Hon)
1:04.395
4.
Max Vohland
(Yam)
1:04.488
5.
Michael Mosiman
(Yam)
1:04.646
6.
Ryder Difrancesco
(Hus)
1:04.946
7.
Hunter Yoder
(Yam)
1:05.296
8.
Carson Mumford
(KTM)
1:05.423
9.
Dilan Schwartz
(Yam)
1:05.425
10.
Max Anstie
(Yam)
1:05.473