Lotte van Drunen’s AMA WMX Debut at Thunder Valley: Results, Highlights and Race Report. Follow all through this post!
Follow Lotte van Drunen’s AMA WMX debut at Thunder Valley! The two-time WMX World Champion makes her first-pro U.S. appearance this weekend in Round 2 of the Women’s Motocross Championship.
As for the championship standings, reigning champion Lachlan Turner leads the series after the opening round, with Australian rider Charli Cannon sitting second.
The WMX class will have two qualifying sessions today before Moto 1 gets underway at 2:10 p.m. local time. Moto 2 will take place tomorrow following the completion of the 450 and 250 class motos.
Stay tuned to this live feed for all the latest news, results, and updates from Thunder Valley.
Top 10 First Qualifying session
| Pos | # | Rider | Time/Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lachlan Turner | 2:24.140 |
| 2 | 51 | Mikayla Nielsen | +3.793 |
| 3 | 10 | Taylah McCutcheon | +4.337 |
| 4 | 7 | Charli Cannon | +5.837 |
| 5 | 301 | Jordan Jarvis | +5.942 |
| 6 | 401 | Lotte van Drunen | +6.394 |
| 7 | 84 | Emma Milesevic | +9.805 |
| 8 | 167 | Piper Bell | +10.727 |
| 9 | 76 | Lilly-Ann Pettus | +11.480 |
| 10 | 454 | Ava Silvestri | +18.119 |
WMX PREVIEW
The addition of van Drunen to the WMX field is poised to bring even more attention and fanfare to the growing series, with a pair of back-to-back champions from opposite sides of the world set to line up together for the first time. As a result, the anticipation of a Turner versus van Drunen showdown has grabbed the attention of the motocross world and adds even more international diversity to the WMX Championship, which will welcome six different athletes from four countries outside the United States at Thunder Valley.
Top 10 WMX Standings after Round 1
| Pos | # | Rider | Brand | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lachlan Turner | Yamaha | 50 |
| 2 | 7 | Charli Cannon | Honda | 42 |
| 3 | 51 | Mikayla Nielsen | Honda | 42 |
| 4 | 301 | Jordan Jarvis | Yamaha | 35 |
| 5 | 10 | Taylah McCutcheon | Kawasaki | 35 |
| 6 | 76 | Lilly-Ann Pettus | Triumph | 32 |
| 7 | 84 | Emma Milesevic | Yamaha | 30 |
| 8 | 167 | Piper Bell | KTM | 27 |
| 9 | 708 | Destiny Slingerland | Yamaha | 22 |
| 10 | 532 | Haileigh Williams | Husqvarna | 22 |
Leading the field into action in the mile-high altitude of Thunder Valley is Altus Motorsports bLU cRU Yamaha’s Lachlan Turner, who began her quest for a third straight WMX crown with a hard-fought 1-1 performance at the opening round this past weekend from Hangtown in Northern California. While Turner ultimately walked away with a sweep of the motos, it didn’t come easy as Quad Lock Honda’s Charli Cannon went bar-to-bar with Turner in each moto and nearly came away with a 1-1 sweep of her own if not for some self-inflicted misfortune. The 20-year-old Australian has yet to enjoy the thrill of victory since coming to the U.S., but if she continues to race at the level she showed at the opening round and avoids miscues, that winless distinction seems destined to end.
