The Lites LCQ saw Josh Hill take a third place start and move his way into the lead to hold on until the win. The race was relatively uneventful for an LCQ.
The Supercross LCQ was an exciting one to watch with a lot of aggressive racing going on for the last two tickets to the main event. Kyle Lewis holeshotted, but Paul Carpenter immediately took the lead. Kyle Mace was in third, but Jeff Dement quickly took over that position and pushed Mace to fourth. On the third lap, Carpenter went down in a corner, handing the lead to Kyle Lewis. Josh Summey and Ryan Clark were struggling to find open track to make up time and reach a transfer position. By the end, Clark had reached the front and won the race, but Summey, even with all the speed he had shown in his Supercross class debut, did not qualify for the main.
The opening round main event of the 2007 Lites West was a great display of talent but lacked nail-biting moments. Christophe Pourcel, the 2006 MX2 World Champion, made his US supercross racing debut a great one. He grabbed the holeshot and lead Josh Hanson, Ryan Villopoto, Chris Gosselaar, Jason Lawrence, and Jake Weimer around the early laps of the race. Villopoto was on a charge, and moved into second place before the first lap was completed, then went after Pourcel. At the start of the third lap, Villopoto jumped an obstacle to Pourcel's inside and squeezed his bike underneath. The two looked to make a little contact, with neither rider being disturbed. Villlopoto never looked back, and steadily pulled a little breathing room, then a gap, and then a length of the stadium over Pourcel. Lawrence made a charge for Pourcel, but by mid race it was clear he wasn't closing in. He would stay in a solid 3rd until the checkers. Weimer caught and passed Hanson on the tenth lap, and looked to have the speed to pull away, but Hanson had plenty of fight left, and took the position back with three laps to go and held on for fourth. Josh Grant did not line up for the race. He'd had a brutal crash in practice, managed through his heat, but was not there for the main.
1. Ryan Villopoto
2. Cristophe Pourcel
3. Jason Lawrence
4. Josh Hanson
5. Jake Weimer
6. Troy Adams
7. Matthew Lemoine
8. Chris Gosselaar
9. Kyle Chisholm
10. Justin Keeney
11. Steve Boniface
12. Richie Owens
13. Kyle Cunningham
14. Adam Chatfield
15. Cody Mackie
16. Michael Willard
17. Dennis Jonon
18. Michael Lapaglia
19. Josh Hill
20. Martin Davalos