The Spanish youngster had dominated both practice sessions to earn pole position and in the first moto of the weekend he came out of the first turn just inside the top-ten. Lapping more than a second faster than anyone else, he sliced his way up the leaderboard with a series of immaculate passes to take over third by the end of the opening lap and was second next time round before taking the lead with a decisive move on lap four. He immediately opened up an advantage of several seconds to control the race to the finish, eventually taking victory by more than eight seconds. The twenty-five-point scoreline sees him jump from seventh to fourth in the series standings.
 
Francisco Garcia: "My first victory in EMX ! I am so happy; we have worked so hard for this. I am the first member of my family to race motocross - my father never even rode a bike - and I had a knee injury last year so I was out of action for five months. I didn't have much luck in the mud at the first two rounds of the series but I have felt so good since I joined Bud Kawasaki. I had a really good feeling with the track and my KX250 immediately from the start of Free Practice this morning and took the pole position in Timed Training. My start was not so good but I could soon pass into the lead and push to open up a gap. We have worked for this and I now have a lot of confidence; with our first win the season has really kicked in."
 
Bud teammate Jake Cannon was running a comfortable tenth for the first half of the race until he crashed off the side of the track; it cost the Australian teenager nearly a minute to rejoin the race and he eventually finished twenty-fifth.
 
Bike It Kawasaki's Bobby Bruce had been impressive in practice to post second-fastest time in his group behind Garcia but the Englishman was the innocent victim of a mass collision on the entry to turn one. The incident cost him a minute but he persevered to frustratingly just miss the final point in twenty-first at the chequered flag.