RJ Hampshire was the fastest rider on the track at the start of the AMA Supercross 250 West Zone. The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna rider didn’t even cross the first lap in the lead, but that made little difference as he showed a better pace than the others at Angel Stadium from that point on until the end.
In the main event of the evening, the holeshot belonged to Julien Beaumer, but the Red Bull KTM rider held on to the lead for the entire first lap. He would then be overtaken by RJ Hampshire, with the #24 beating his opponent on the following laps: from the second to the eighth, Beaumer was always behind Hampshire, with Levi Kitchen third on all of them.
Jordon Smith followed in second place for one lap, with TJ Albright and Talon Hawkins also on the podium, and always with Hampshire as the leader.
In the last three laps of the main event, Hampshire maintained his lead, but the following positions underwent some changes: Joshua Varize came in second, ahead of Smith, with Robbie Wageman also in good form but unable to hold onto the podium until the end.
So Hampshire had an almost perfect start, winning by 3.138s over Smith, while Kitchen was still in third position.