ARLINGTON, Texas: The 250 East riders have been chomping at the bit and it\u2019s time for them to let loose.<\/p>\n
Heat 2<\/p>\n
Three riders crashed in Turn 1, which brought out the red flag. Bryce Shelly and Luca Marsalisi were two of the riders involved. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s unfortunate for Jo Shimoda as well. He had the holeshot.<\/p>\n
Shimoda didn\u2019t allow that to discourage him; he took the lead early on the restart, but Seth Hammaker took it away before the conclusion on Lap 1.<\/p>\n
Daxton Bennick slotted into third.<\/p>\n
Coty Schock made the pass into third on Lap 4.<\/p>\n
Derek Kelley rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n
Pierce Brown moved around Kelley for fifth on Lap 6.<\/p>\n
Brown made the pass for fourth two laps later.<\/p>\n
Hammaker (first), Shimoda (second), Schock (third) held onto their podium positions.<\/p>\n
Fourth-place Pierce Brown and Daxton Bennick (fifth) rounded out the top five. <\/p>\n
Kelley (sixth), Kyle Peters (seventh), Luke Clout (eighth), and John Short, IV (ninth) also advanced directly into the Feature. <\/p>\n
Heat 2 Results<\/a><\/p>\n Heat 1<\/p>\n Cole Davies took the lead early, but after struggling through qualification, Jalek Swoll slotted into the second position. <\/p>\n In his 250 debut, Caden Dudney rode third on Lap 3. <\/p>\n On Lap , Nate Thrasher picked off two riders and moved Swoll to third and Dudney to fourth. Cullin Park rounded out the top five. <\/p>\n Davies had a five-second lead on Lap 7.<\/p>\n Davies held on for the victory over Thrasher.<\/p>\n Swoll and Dudney held onto third and fourth respectively, with Park rounding out the top five.<\/p>\n Drew Adams (sixth), Devin Simonson (seventh), Henry Miller (eighth), and Marshal Weltin (ninth) also advanced directly into the Main. <\/p>\n