After weeks worth of bad starts, he finally got that elusive holeshot in Moto 1 to secure a wire-to-wire win, and then let things come to him in Moto 2 with the likes of Jordon Smith having a wild off-track excursion...

As far as Moto 1 goes, there was never a point where I thought he wasn't winning that Moto after the stall, of which he put on himself for being a gear or two too high. There was way too much time left at the point, and he didn't lose much time in the grand scheme to begin with.

Interestingly enough in qualifying, neither points leader, Jett Lawrence nor Haiden Deegan, were able to top the speed charts, seeing teamates of theres in the opposite classes do so instead in the form of Chance Hymas, who's looked great early in Motos so far but not much afterwards, and Justin Cooper, who's historically great at altitude.

There's heat, then there's what was the heat in Northern California. 103-degree heat blistered throughout the Hangtown facility and made things very difficult on these riders. So much so that the AMA shaved five minutes off of both Moto 2s.

Four Motos went down at Fox Raceway on Saturday afternoon; were they particularly good? No, but they happened, and you cannot deny it.

Luckily, we're now only days away from getting a slew of major 450 riders back on the gate. From Eli Tomac, the Lawrence Brothers, Jorge Prado, Jason Anderson, etc, it feels like we're in as good of a place with this class going into the Pala National, as everyone guns to take down defending Champion Chase Sexton of Red Bull KTM. With that in mind, here are some of my thoughts on four of the central title contenders in this rendition of the Great Outdoors.

If Webb wasn't squarely in the mix before Saturday, he certainly is now, tied for the points lead after outworking Ken Roczen.

Tampa was LOUD for Mookie for the entirety of that charge up to the front.

For many reasons, I imagine Saturday night felt good for Jett and his inner circle.

Here's hoping we can get this kind of speed out of Tomac all season.

Even with the speedbump, Sexton broke back away from Ken Roczen in no time and made things a formality over the final 10 minutes.

I can't say Lawrence is anything other than the clear favorite, but that doesn't mean he's an outright lock...let's not rush to crown him.

If for nothing else, we know that it's an undeniable fact that Eli Tomac's willingness to go and run Motocross Des Nations was genuine.

The former 250 Motocross Champion is now set to join his former running mate Aaron Plessinger and Chase Sexton in England.

The way he rallied after that mistake out in front, only to get back out front and shut down a Tomac heater, was unimaginably impressive.

Firstly, I give up. Secondly, I will never listen to Jason Thomas ever again. That's one me, it won't happen again.

The only way I don't see Sexton winning this is because of one or two ill-timed mistakes, but even then, when you're locked in...

Things ultimately came down to a five-rider pool, but Eli Tomac bowed out specifically so Aaron Plessinger could get the second 450 spot...

It's not that things were in doubt coming into this weekend, but after these last two seasons in the Great Outdoors, does this have to...

A year ago at Budds Creek, Haiden Deegan's 250 Title hopes completely unraveled after a red flag restart went awry within seconds.