Texas Takes Over: Caden Dudney Earns Breakthrough SMX Next Victory

For the second straight week, the SMX Next – Supercross Championship was in action in Houston, Texas, and for the second straight week, Monster Energy/Yamaha Star Racing dominated the podium.

As the gate dropped on the 8 Minute + 1 Lap race, it was 16-year-old Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green rider Vincent Wey who put himself out front early with the holeshot. It wasn’t long before 17-year-old Triumph Racing America rider Deacon Denno, a Texas native, took the lead to the delight of the home crowd. As the race wore on, all eyes were on another Texan, 16-year-old Caden Dudney, who charged to the lead aboard his Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing ride and stormed to his first SMX Next victory by a margin of 1.5 seconds over Denno for a Texas 1-2.

Wey crashed out of third in the closing laps while he attempted to pass Denno for second, which allowed 18-year-old Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing rider Landed Gordon to finish third.

“The track was pretty tough out there, but it feels good to get the win in my home state,” said Dudney. “I was pretty close last weekend and that kind of pissed me off, so I had to get redemption on that. I had to put in the work [during the week] and here we are.”

Last week’s winner Kayden Minear was missing in action after the 18-year-old Australian crashed aboard his Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing machine during qualifying and was forced to sit out.

Full results from round 2 of the series below:

1	82	CADEN DUDNEY	11 Laps	50.147 ⁽³⁾
2	199	DEACON DENNO	1.533	50.974 ⁽²⁾
3	180	LANDEN GORDON	6.599	50.551 ⁽⁷⁾
4	57	JESSON TURNER	13.667	51.819 ⁽³⁾
5	2	JEREMY FAPPANI	14.765	52.137 ⁽³⁾
6	10	WYATT THURMAN	23.462	53.061 ⁽⁷⁾
7	93	SETH DENNIS	27.832	53.275 ⁽⁶⁾
8	343	COLE TIMBOE	27.859	53.616 ⁽⁴⁾
9	29	MCKAYDEN FITCH	34.366	53.088 ⁽⁷⁾
10	480	ASHTON OUDMAN	38.799	54.080 ⁽⁶⁾
11	50	CHACE LAWTON	41.164	54.543 ⁽⁸⁾
12	27	VINCENT WEY Holeshot	42.993	51.122 ⁽⁶⁾
13	97	TRISTAN DALTON	51.647	55.065 ⁽⁸⁾
14	105	FRANKLIN BOWSHER	1 Lap	56.067 ⁽⁴⁾
15	404	RILEY BUSSE	1 Lap	56.378 ⁽⁴⁾
16	14	KANE BOLLASINA	1 Lap	54.321 ⁽⁹⁾
17	48	TRINNYTIE BATCHELOR	1 Lap	55.951 ⁽⁵⁾
18	17	KANNON HARGROVE	1 Lap	57.186 ⁽⁵⁾
19	41	NATE FREEHILL	2 Laps	55.227 ⁽²⁾
20	550	COLE FORBES	3 Laps	56.111 ⁽²⁾
21	26	NATHAN ABBOTT DNS	11 Laps
22	177	KADE JOHNSON DNS	11 Laps