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NBC Sports
3 days ago
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Motocross at Hangtown 2025, Round 2: How to watch, start times, schedule, TV info
Round 2 of the 2025 Pro Motocross season heads to the Hangtown Motocross Classic in Rancho Cordova, California, as Jett Lawrence embarks on what he hopes will be his second perfect season after first accomplishing that feat as a rookie. Two things stand in his way: 1) Eli Tomac pressured the 2023 Motocross champion throughout the second moto of the season opener last week in Pala, California, and 2) this is the only track on which he has been beaten. Lawrence crashed heavily on a downhill portion of the track last year and opened the door for Chase Sexton to sweep the motos. After Lawrence suffered an injury midway through the season, Sexton became the 2024 champion. Dan Beaver, Sexton will not mount up this weekend as he continues to recover from the injury he suffered in Moto 1 in Pala, California, in the Fox Raceway Nationals. He'll return when he is 100 percent. Coming off his 1-1 performance in Pala, Haiden Deegan hopes to sweep the motos again this week. He won the 250 championship in 2024, but was only able to get the broom out once, which adds to his motivation at Hangtown. Here are the pertinent details for watching Round 2 of the 2025 Motocross season at Hangtown in Rancho Cordova, California: (All times are ET) BROADCAST/STREAMING SCHEDULE: TV coverage of Motocross Round 2 at Hangtown in Rancho Cordova, California, will begin live Saturday, May 31, at 4:00 p.m. ET on Peacock, Telemundo, and the NBC Sports App. Race Day Live coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. ET on Peacock, featuring qualification coverage. All 31 rounds of the 2025 SuperMotocross schedule will be broadcast across the NBC, CNBC, USA Network, Peacock, and NBC Sports digital platforms with live coverage of all heats and features on Peacock. Details on how to sign up are available by clicking here. HANGTOWN RACEWAY ENTRY LISTS 450 and 250 entry lists HANGTOWN RACEWAY TRACK MAP HANGTOWN RACEWAY EVENT SCHEDULE (all times ET): Here are the start times and schedule for Saturday's Supercross race: Qualification 11:00 a.m.: 250 Class Qualifying 1 Group B- 15 minutes (1 Lap Free) 11:20 a.m.: 250 Class Qualifying 1 Group A- 15 minutes (1 Lap Free) 11:50 a.m.: 450 Class Qualifying 1 Group A- 15 minutes (1 Lap Free) 12:10 p.m.: 450 Class Qualifying 1 Group B- 15 minutes (1 Lap Free) 12:40 p.m.: 250 Class Group B Start Practice (Off Gate) 5 minutes 12:45 p.m.: 250 Class Qualifying 2 Group B- 15 minutes 1:05 p.m.: 250 Class Group A Start Practice (Off Gate) 5 minutes 1:10 p.m.: 250 Class Qualifying 2 Group A- 15 minutes 1:30 p.m.: 450 Class Group A Start Practice (Off Gate) 5 minutes 1:35 p.m.: 450 Class Qualifying 2 Group A- 15 minutes 1:55 p.m.: 450 Class Group B Start Practice (Off Gate) 5 minutes 2:00 p.m.: 450 Class Qualifying 2 Group B- 15 minutes 2:45 p.m.: 250 Consolation Race 3:00 p.m.: 450 Consolation Race Feature Program 4:15 p.m.: 250 Class Moto #1 5:15 p.m.: 450 Class Moto #1 5:50 p.m.: Halftime 6:30 p.m.: 250 Class Moto #2 7:30 p.m.: 450 Class Moto #2 More SuperMotocross News Chase Sexton out of Hangtown Betting lines, predictions for Hangtown Hangtown Preview 2027 MXoN to be held in the Netherlands Fox Raceway 450 results | 250 results Jett Lawrence remains undefeated at Fox Haiden Deegan sweeps Fox National motos Chase Sexton retires after Fox Nationals Moto 1 crash Perfection: Jett Lawrence wins fifth moto in Pala Haiden Deegan wins Fox Raceway Moto 1
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Economic development consultant presents plan for brighter Marion County
FAIRMONT — After a year of developing a strategy for economic development, Marion County's economic development consultant said the county was ready for its development marathon. But to reach the finish line will require teamwork. The county hired Murray, Ky.-based Chuck Sexton, CEO of Strategic Location Advisors, last July to develop an economic development strategy for the county. He delivered that plan at Wednesday's meeting of the Marion Regional Development Corp. The county approved the first part of Sexton's plan at its meeting earlier in the day Wednesday, when it moved to earmark $150,000 over the next three years to create a new 501©3 that will be called the Marion County Economic Partnership. But while the next task in front of the county is to hire an executive director for the new organization, that may not be its biggest challenge. 'I think the biggest obstacle is getting everybody on the same page, singing from the same song book,' Sexton said. 'To say, this is the direction we're gonna go.' Sexton's strategy calls for the new 501©3 to not just attract business development to Marion County, but to actively pursue it on a global stage. Once the county hires an executive director for the entity, it will be the director's job to attend industry shows and aggressively court business and build relationships to put Marion County in the eye of industry whenever a business is looking for a new place to open up shop. Sexton said he will work in concert with Marion County's existing economic development agency, the Marion Regional Development Corp., which is important, because while the Marion County Economic Partnership can aggressively pursue business development leads, it can't sell property to the companies it brings in to do business in Marion County. Bruce McDaniel, executive director of the Marion Regional Development Corp., said that's where his organization comes in. Once a business is speared and reeled in, MRDC can have whatever property the business needs prepared and ready to sell to the business. MRDC's main focus is developing real estate into business ready pads, complete with utilities, companies can move into and start developing right away. Sexton said for successful economic development both the industrial development arm, like the MRDC, and the traditional economic develop arm, in this case the new 501©3, are needed. Fairmont City Manager Travis Blosser asked Sexton if the City would be paying twice for economic development, once for MRDC and again for the Economic Partnership. Sexton clarified that no, the idea is to pay into one entity and then have funding pass through to the other entity. But, there's still a ways to go before the new partnership can go on safari for businesses to bring back to Fairmont. 'Economic development is not a sprint, it's a marathon,' Sexton said. 'It's getting everyone on the same page and willing to be patient and get the right professional here.' Part of that marathon will be building up an annual operating budget for the new 501©3. Sexton said the target budget for the economic partnership organization should be between $500,000 to $600,000. McDaniel said that amount was way too much for either the City or County to provide on its own, but that the long term goal was to foster support among the county's other stakeholders, such as banks, credit corporations, businesses or even other counties, with an eye toward eventually having the half a million dollar budget be split between multiple entities. Sexton warned that without cooperation from every party involved in developing Marion County's economic development apparatus, the strategy would be doomed to fail. He said corporate leaders can tell when a county, town and other leaders aren't on the same page, dissuading business from setting up shop where they're prospecting. McDaniel was impressed with Sexton's presentation. 'It's a very comprehensive strategy,' he said. 'Something we've never done here in Fairmont, Marion County or West Virginia. So it looks like the pieces are there. Now it's going to be up to everybody in this community to work together to make it happen.' During his presentation, Sexton said he rarely sees representatives from West Virginia at industry conferences he goes to. With any luck, that'll soon change. During the county commission meeting, Commission President Ernie VanGilder said with the county losing jobs due to industries closing or moving away, having an economic development plan in place is more important than ever. Novelis, a major employer in Fairmont, announced in March plan to close by mid summer. However, VanGilder said he sees opportunities in the growing aerospace sector anchored out by the North Central West Virginia Airport. 'I think it's unreasonable to believe that manufacturing will be our biggest thing to go after it,' VanGilder said. 'Heavy manufacturing is really tough to bring into an area like that. What we have around this area is support groups, like our relationship with the airport, Pratt & Whitney, Mitsubishi and Boeing. Those facilities, they need manufactured parts, they need the ability to transport parts. If we can create those partnerships with those companies, that should create jobs.' Another aspect VanGilder brought up and Sexton emphasized was the importance of workforce development, namely improving the career technical education system in West Virginia beyond its current level. VanGilder said he wants to open partnerships with educational institutes like Pierpont Community and Technical College to help bring the region's workforce to where it needs to be. County Commissioner Linda Longstreth, who expressed concerns earlier this year about the lack of information on Sexton's progress in coming up with the strategy, said during the commission meeting Wednesday that she appreciated him coming in and briefing MRDC on the particulars of the plan. The next step now is to hire an executive to helm the new entity. Part of Sexton's deliverables included putting together a search entity whose task is to find the right person to lead the new entity. Sexton has done so, and with that his services to the county are at an end. All the pieces the county needs to move forward are in place. 'I want to encourage the people who live here to understand that their leadership has taken the steps to try to make a bigger and better difference for this community going forward,' Sexton said. 'If they can all work together collaboratively to do that, 10 years from now this community is going to change a lot in a good way.'
NBC Sports
4 days ago
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Chase Sexton to miss 2025 Pro Motocross Round 2 with injury
Defending champion Chase Sexton will skip Round 2 of the 2025 Pro Motocross series to recover from an injury sustained last week at Fox Raceway in Pala, California. 'My apologies for being quiet on here and not providing an update first off, but I just wanted to come clear the air a bit,' Sexton said in a social media post on Thursday. 'As you know I had a big get off at last weekend for the kickoff to outdoors and am very sore and beat up but nothing broken so that's a positive. 'With that being said I will not be racing this weekend and am going to get back to 100% before returning. Thanks to the people in my corner and all the kind messages ❤️ Goodluck to my [KTM Factory Racing] teammates this weekend.' Sexton's complained of shoulder pain after crashing early in Moto 1 in Pala. He retired from that race and failed to mount up for Moto 2, which means that he failed to earn any points for the round. Neither Sexton nor Red Bull KTM has provided an update on when he will race next, and with a 298-point advantage over the 21st-place cutline in SuperMotocross League points, there is no rush to return. Sexton's odds of defending his Motocross championship will take a huge hit after failing to earn points in the first two rounds, however. More SuperMotocross News Betting lines, predictions for Hangtown Hangtown Preview 2027 MXoN to be held in the Netherlands Fox Raceway 450 results | 250 results Jett Lawrence remains undefeated at Fox Haiden Deegan sweeps Fox National motos Chase Sexton retires after Fox Nationals Moto 1 crash Perfection: Jett Lawrence wins fifth moto in Pala Haiden Deegan wins Fox Raceway Moto 1 Fox Raceway: 450 Qualification | 250 Qualification
Perth Now
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Galvin situation comes with more questions for Bulldogs
Canterbury will roll the dice on their best start to a season in 23 years, hoping to repeat history and make Lachlan Galvin the missing piece of a premiership puzzle. Bulldogs officials expect to have a clearer picture on the Galvin situation this week, after the Wests Tigers' teenage prodigy decided Canterbury was his club of choice. It remains possible the playmaker could be in Bulldogs colours next week, if a six-figure transfer fee can be agreed to get Galvin out of the last 17 months of his deal. That would allow the 19-year-old to take the field for the Bulldogs on June 9, against a Parramatta side he also met with last week. If a deal can be brokered, Galvin's move would represent one of the biggest mid-season transfers in history. Parramatta commanded headlines in 2017 when they got Mitchell Moses out of the Tigers early, on the way to that year's preliminary final. But the Eels were ninth on the ladder when they signed Moses, rather than in first place like Canterbury are now. Penrith also made use of a COVID-enforced loophole in 2021 when they signed Tevita Pangai Junior for three months on his way from Brisbane to the Bulldogs. Canterbury, meanwhile, have a history of making mid-season moves work. The effort to lure Rod Silva from the Sydney Roosters in 1995 was crucial in that year's run to the premiership, with Silva the club's long-needed answer at No.1. History almost repeated in 2012 when the Bulldogs brought in Sam Perrett and Krisnan Inu, with Inu in particular starring on the run to that year's grand final. The Galvin switch is not as simple, and there are questions over whether it has the potential to destabilise the Bulldogs. While Canterbury had holes at fullback in 1995 and out wide in 2012, there are no obvious gaps in this year's team. Halfback Toby Sexton has a 61 per cent win rate in the Canterbury No.7 jersey, but remains uncontracted beyond this year. The 24-year-old has so far attempted to block out talk about his future, but that noise will only grow louder once Galvin arrives. One option for coach Cameron Ciraldo would be to partner Galvin and Matt Burton in the halves, but that would be a tough call on Sexton after the club's 9-2 start. Another option could be to play Galvin off the bench or at lock initially, in a move that would help ease the Bulldogs' back-row shortage. Burton has also played centre at Penrith and the option of fullback has been suggested in recent days, allowing Galvin to partner with Sexton. But questions would then linger over the futures of Bronson Xerri or Connor Tracey, with the latter having collected more Dally M points than any Bulldog this year. The other quandary for Canterbury is what Galvin's arrival means for fellow 19-year-old Mitchell Woods, who has long been viewed as the Bulldogs' future No.7.
Sydney Morning Herald
25-05-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Galvin set to join Bulldogs immediately with Wests Tigers release
Lachlan Galvin is set to accept a three-and-a-half year deal to join the Bulldogs immediately once an end to his tumultuous Wests Tigers career is signed off. The 19-year-old's release from the Tigers is expected to be fast-tracked after a $165,000 transfer fee was flagged by the joint-venture, a move which was promptly followed by meetings with Canterbury and Parramatta. Sources speaking on the condition of anonymity as they did not have permission to discuss the contract have indicated that Galvin's desire to play under Cameron Ciraldo and link with close friend and Bulldogs assistant Luke Vella will win out over an increased offer from the Eels. An immediate move is now expected to be facilitated given Canterbury have the bye this week, and will potentially pit Galvin against Parramatta in their traditional King's Birthday weekend clash on June 9. The Bulldogs offer is believed to be worth around $750,000 a season, considerably less than the salary Wests Tigers chief executive Shane Richardson was willing to pay Galvin when he prepared a contract upgrade and extension worth close to $6 million over five years. Canterbury have long maintained a strategy of only signing players who want to play for the club and Bulldogs boss Phil Gould originally dismissed any bid for Galvin, despite describing him last year as 'the best teenage football I've ever seen'. Galvin's availability this season has changed the Bulldogs tune, with his arrival all but ending halfback Toby Sexton's tenure at the end of this season. Sexton has been in career-best touch in guiding Canterbury to the top of the ladder but remains off-contract. Where Galvin fits into Ciraldo's high-flying side in the short and long-term remains to be seen given Sexton's combination with five-eighth Matt Burton.
