Levi Kitchen Tops 250 A Practice With 2:22.717 — Ama Motocross 2026

Levi Kitchen opened ama motocross 2026 by topping the first 250 A practice session at Fox Raceway at Pala in Pala, California, then trimmed the benchmark again on his final lap to 2:22.717. The 11-round championship started with early pace-setting runs across the 250 and 450 classes.

Fox Raceway at Pala

The first session mattered quickly. Riders met at 7:15 a.m. with Pastor Jake before bikes rolled onto the track at 8 a.m., and Jace Allred led the 250 B group in the first session on track. In 250 A, Lux Turner set the early standard at 2:25.075 before the fight at the top tightened.

Kitchen then moved ahead of Turner and later lowered his own mark from 2:23.678 to 2:22.717. That final lap left him fastest in the session and set the opening reference for the class on a day when every front-running lap was going to matter.

250 A Pace

Julien Beaumer also pushed into the mix, part of the shuffle that knocked Turner off the top spot. Dudney ended third in 250 A with a 2:24.070, while Chance Hymas was fifth at 2:26.430.

That early order also put some of the class’s title names under a bright first look. Jo Shimoda finished 17th in the 250 A session, and Nate Thrasher was 24th, far back from Kitchen’s pace at the front.

Haiden Deegan Opens 450s

Once the first 450 session got underway, Haiden Deegan led it. The opener at Fox Raceway at Pala gives the championship its first set of reference times, and the 250 class will crown a first-time Pro Motocross Champion by season’s end.

For readers tracking the title picture, the opening session already sorted the early pace setters from the pack. Kitchen owns the first clear marker in 250 A, and the next sessions will show whether anyone can answer it before the championship settles into its summer rhythm.