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Good morning and what a great one it will be celebrating our nations 250^th birthday, on the fourth of July, at RedBud. Not even a little (or a lot) of weather can slow down this year’s celebration. Heavy rains came down Friday afternoon, creating rivers everywhere. But the crews have been working tirelessly to get the track as best as possible but remember it's RedBud so even on a bad day, it is still pretty great. A few showers throughout the day are possible, but nothing like yesterday’s downpour.

After a weekend off, racing resumes this weekend, and fans are eager to get back to the racing action. In the 450 class Jett Lawrence leads Hunter Lawrence by only two points. Hunter was able to win High Point somewhat easily; will he continue that trend this weekend or will Jett retaliate? Historically, Haiden Deegan never had the best of luck at RedBud in the 250 class, but he has been inching closer to the top two every race, will he turn his luck around? And then nine-time World Champion Antonio Cairoli is coming back out of retirement (for the second or third time now?) for the next three rounds. The guy is 40 years old and can’t seem to hang up his boots quite yet. Then of course we cannot talk rain without mentioning Aaron Plessinger’s name. AP loves RedBud and it's quite possible he did a rain dance that started all of this inclement weather. He has been looking better every weekend, is this the race he lands on the podium for the first time in 2026?

In the 250 class the points are still really close, Levi Kitchen leads by only one point over Jo Shimoda. Shimoda has one point over Julien Beaumer, who has five points over Cole Davies. Only seven points between the top four and no repeat winners in four races. No rider has yet to find consistency in this series, and if the track is muddy, it is doubtful today will be the day someone does.

The first round of qualifiers is set to begin shortly, so check back soon for a look at who’s leading the pack here at RedBud.

Until then check out First Look:

All morning we were waiting on the word that first qualifiers were canceled, but the track crew did an amazing job of pushing most of the mud off of the track. Cole Davies carried his confidence over from Hight Point, getting the fastest time in the first session. He was even penalized for failing sound, losing his fastest lap but fortunately his second time was still faster than everyone else.

In the 450 class it was Jett Lawrence who was a full second faster than Hunter Lawrence, with RJ Hampshire coming through in third. Haiden Deegan was third fastest but lost his fast lap for jumping the leap on the site lap.

Second qualifying session and once again Cole Davies shot to the top of the board. No one could challenge his time, on the rough and rutted track. Davies’ teammate Caden Dudney was second fastest and Kitchen in third.

450 class Jett Lawrence set the fastest lap in the first session, and that time would hold, however Haiden Deegan was fastest in the second session. Every rider had their fair share of troubles out on the rough track, Jett went down and Jorge Prado hit his bike going for a wild ride. The ruts are super deep with lines going everywhere. It will be interesting to see who can stay the smoothest and most consistent in the motos.