Celebrating its 54th anniversary, the Thor Mini O’s, presented by Pro Circuit and fueled by Dunlop, once again delivered an electrifying Thanksgiving tradition at Gatorback Cycle Park in Gainesville.
Photography by Cody Darr
This year’s event saw an impressive 6128 entries over seven days of intense competition, drawing thousands of amateur riders and their families from across the globe. The park was transformed into a vibrant international hub, welcoming not only participants but also leading amateur factory support teams, agents and industry team managers. For aspiring riders, the Mini O’s is an essential milestone—a “must ride” event that marks the culmination of the amateur national racing season and inspires renewed determination for the year ahead.
What truly distinguishes the Mini O’s is its innovative format, seamlessly integrating both supercross and motocross disciplines. Each rider can compete in multiple classes, and champions are crowned in each category. Overall points from SX and MX are combined to award the prestigious Olympiad title in every class, underscoring the event’s unique competitive spirit and tradition of excellence.
Beyond the Supercross, Motocross and Olympiad honors, the event also recognizes outstanding performers with special awards such as the Pro Circuit Platinum Pipe, Nihilo Concepts Prodigy Award, Thor Bronze Boot, Scott Golden Goggle and Dunlop Silver Tire awards, further celebrating the remarkable achievements and talent showcased throughout the week.
Tristan Prueitt, in his second year with Husqvarna, was the big winner of the week, claiming the most titles and taking home the coveted Pro Circuit Platinum Pipe Award, which is given to the rider who accumulates the highest number of points in the Supercross main and Motocross overall combined. Prueitt also won the Scott Golden Goggle award, given to the rider (in 250 C, 450 C, 250 B, 450 B, 250 C Limited, 450 C Limited, 250 B Limited, 450 B Limited and Schoolboy 2) who accumulates the highest number of points in the Supercross main and Motocross overall combined.
Prueitt’s impressive performance included Supercross championships in the 250 B, 250 B Limited, 450 B, and Schoolboy 2 divisions. In Motocross, Prueitt claimed championships in Schoolboy 2, 250 B and 450 B Limited. The only B class titles not won by Prueitt were the 450 B Motocross class, which was won by Yamaha-mounted Alessandro Carminati (although Prueitt won the second moto after finishing sixth in the first), the 250 B Limited Motocross division, won by Braxtyn Mes (KTM), and the 450 B Supercross, which was won by Kane Bollasina (Yamaha).
Christian Humphrey (Yamaha) swept the 125 (12-17) B/C divisions in both MX and SX.
Beckham Smith (KTM) claimed the Thor Bronze Boot Award, given to the rider in the 65cc, 85cc, Supermini and Schoolboy 1 classes who accumulates the highest number of points in the Supercross main and Motocross overall combined. Smith won the 65cc (7-11), 65cc (10-11) and 85cc (9-11) Limited in SX and in MX, he took the wins in 65cc (7-11) and 65cc (10-11).
Cobra rider Boone Lloyd took home the Nihilo Prodigy Award, which is given to the 51cc rider (in all 51cc classes) who accumulates the highest number of points combined in both Supercross and Motocross divisions. Lloyd topped the 51cc (7-8) Limited in SX and won the 51cc (4-8) Limited class in both MX and SX.
Rising to the top of the Pro ranks in Supercross was Kade Johnson (Kawasaki), who claimed the Dunlop Silver Tire Award, given to the rider in the Pro and A classes who accumulates the highest number of points in the Supercross main and Motocross overall combined, after he swept the 250 Pro Sport and 450 Pro Sport classes in Supercross. Johnson backed up his Supercross wins with a fifth overall in the 250 Pro Sport class and a fourth overall in 450 Pro Sport in the Motocross championships.
Deacon Denno gave Triumph its first-ever Mini O’s win, topping Team Green Kawasaki teammates Kade Johnson and Vincent Wey in the 250 A Supercross main.
Triumph riders also took the top two overall spots in the 450 Pro Sport Motocross class, with Mikkel Haarup of Denmark (who competed in the World Motocross Championships from 2019 until last year) finishing with 2-1 moto scores for first overall and Denno second overall with moto scores of 5-2. Kawasaki’s Vincent Wey came from behind to finish third overall with moto scores of 4-3.
In the 250 Pro Sport Motocross class, Carson Wood (Yamaha) took the win, going 3-1 to beat out Haarup’s 2-3 and Denno’s 4-2.
Two-time WMX World Champion Lotte van Drunen from the Netherlands swept every moto in the Women’s 12+ division in both Supercross and Motocross on her Yamaha. Mayla Herrick (KTM) and Lucy Barker (GasGas) were second and third, respectively, in Motocross, while Hannah Hodges, also on a GasGas bike, and Barker were second and third in Supercross.
KTM riders dominated the Supermini 1 (12-15) SX class, taking the top six spots overall. In the main, Jackson Vick finished lap one in second but moved into the lead on lap two, with Brody Pacheco (KTM) following in second and Cash Anderson (KTM) just behind in third. Anderson passed Pacheco on the following lap to take over second, dropping Pacheco to third. Pacheco battled back and forth with Timothy Scott (KTM) and Camden Scoggin for third but at the finish, it was Vick with the win, Anderson in second and Pacheco in third. Fourth through sixth went to Scott, Scoggin and Jake Willis, respectively.
The overall in Supermini 2 (13-16) in MX and SX was won by Easton Graves (Husqvarna), and Graves also won Supermini 1 (12-15) Motocross. GasGas riders Elliott Bowsher (second) and Chase Dashiell (third) completed the Supermini 2 (13-16) Supercross overall podium, while in the same class in the Motocross division, Dashiell was second overall and Cash Anderson third.
Steve Roman (Kawasaki) made waves in the Vet 35+ and Vet 30+ classes, winning the overalls in both Motocross and Supercross divisions. He won over second-placed Kailub Russell (Yamaha) and third-placed Kenny Henry (Husqvarna) in Vet 30+ MX. In Vet 35+ MX, Henry landed second, while third went to Yamaha’s Derrick Fisher. In Vet 35+ SX, second place went to Henry, third to Aaron Lampi (KTM), and in Vet 30+ SX it was Henry again, with Jason Lawrence (Kawasaki) third.
Another multiple SX and MX winner was Whalyn Ballenger (KTM), who won both overalls in the 85cc (12-13) and 85cc (12-13) Limited classes.
The 450 B Limited SX title was won by Yamaha-mounted Kane Bollasina, with Tristan Prueitt and Riley Busse (Yamaha) finishing second and third, respectively.
Max Shane (Husqvarna) took the win in the Collegeboy (16-24) Supercross division, beating out Busse and William Barrett (Yamaha).
In Motocross competition, one of the most exciting races was the first moto of the 450 Pro Sport class, where Vincent Wey grabbed the holeshot as Carson Wood and Kade Johnson battled over second. Mikkel Haarup and Will Canaguier (Suzuki) ran fourth and fifth.
Wood started putting pressure on Wey on the second lap, and eventually Wey went down two laps later, moving Wood into the lead with Johnson and Haarup close behind. Wey was quickly back up to fourth. On lap seven, Haarup tucked inside of Johnson to move into second, and two laps later, he moved to the rear fender of Wood in a battle for the lead. However, Wood successfully used lapped traffic to hold Haarup at bay to take the win. Haarup was second, with Johnson in third, Wey fourth and Denno in fifth.
In the second moto, Haarup took the win over Denno and Wey, giving Haarup the overall win with a 2-1 finish, while Denno was second with a 5-2 tally, and Wey was third with a 4-3 tally.
In the SX division, other notable winners include Chase Moynihan (Yamaha), who led from start to finish to win the SX division’s Schoolboy 1 (12-17) B/C class ahead of Christian Humphrey (Yamaha) and Oliver Kamp (KTM). Tristan Prueitt (Husqvarna) took the win in Schoolboy 2 (12-17) B/C, finishing ahead of Jayce Wolf (Kawasaki) and Alessandro Carminati (Yamaha).
Yamaha’s Tayce Morgan won the Motocross division’s Mini Sr 1 (12-14) and Mini Sr 2 (13-15) classes. Eidan Steinbrecher (Kawasaki) and Joey Vicari (KTM) were second and third in Mini Sr 1 (12-14) MX.
Other title winners in the Supercross races included Ryan Sipes (Kawasaki) Sr 40+; Samuel Hauck (KTM) 85 (9-13); Jaydin Smart (Yamaha) 85 (9-11); and Rydin Williams (Cobra) Mini-E (4-8) Limited class.
More winners of both MX and SX divisions in their respective classes include Hannah Jamison (GasGas) in the Girls (11-16), Ryan Sipes in the Sr 40+ class, and Robert Fitch in the Sr 45+ class. CN
2025 Thor Mini O’s Results
MOTOCROSS
250 PRO SPORT (Top 5)
- Carson Wood (Yam)
- Mikkel Haarup (Tri)
- Deacon Denno (Tri)
- Vincent Wey (Kaw)
- Kade Johnson (Kaw)
450 PRO SPORT (Top 5)
- Mikkel Haarup (Tri)
- Deacon Denno (Tri)
- Vincent Wey (Kaw)
- Kade Johnson (Kaw)
- Owen Covell (Yam)
SUPERCROSS
250 PRO SPORT (Top 5)
- Kade Johnson (Kaw)
- Vincent Wey (Kaw)
- Deacon Denno (Tri)
- Owen Covell (Yam)
- Thor Powell (Yam)
450 PRO SPORT (Top 5)
- Kade Johnson (Kaw)
- Max Shane (Hus)
- Ashton Oudman (Yam)
- Carson Wood (Yam)
- Joshua Boaz (KTM)
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